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MID-MONTH
The sign on his office wall read: "The issue is flood control, the story is Noah." Steve Lowery stalked Noah stories for most of his journalistic life. That life ended April 29 when the 54-year-old former publisher of The Lebanon Enterprise died at his home in Colorado. The coroner in Westcliffe, Colo. said Lowery died of natural causes. The coroner estimated his time of death as Sunday night. "He called it just like he saw it," friend Jimmy Hidgon said. "There was no gray area with Steve Lowery."
KPA Ready to Launch Statewide Public Notice Website The Kentucky Press Association is joining forces with several other states in offering a statewide public notice website. Through this process, Kentucky newspapers are being asked to upload all public notices to the site. From there, the public -- anyone able to get on the internet -- will have access to public notices.
Advertising Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers - 2007 Awards in the KPA advertising contest were announced Friday, May 18, as part of the 2007 KPA Spring Ad Seminar in Louisville. A news release listing awards by newspapers is available on www.kypress.com KPA is also making available the entire list of awards, including the staff by name and judge's comments. For a complete listing of all awards by division, go to www.kypress.com and click on the link to the 2007 Advertising Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers. Click Here for Contest Results
Woody and Chloe are packing their bags and ready to head off to Washington, D.C., for the 2007 KPA Fall Chapter Series project, Mr. Dogwood Goes to Washington. It's still Woody who'll be writing to elementary students about his exploits in the nation's capital. He's the same ol' Woody (don't expect him to stay out of trouble) but he thinks he needs to be a little mroe dignified while rubbing elbows with the nation's leader so he's going to be known as Mr. Dogwood.
Western Kentucky University photojournalism graduate Rick Loomis was recently honored as part of a Pulitzer Prize winning team at the Los Angeles Times. Loomis and reporters Kenneth R. Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for “Altered Oceans,” a five-part series of print and online reports on the world’s distressed oceans. The project revealed how mankind has choked the oceans with trash, nitrogen, carbon and other pollutants.
Newspaper Next workshop to be held in June The First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University is bringing Newspaper Next to Nashville on Friday, June 29. The American Press Institute will present the daylong program, which is based on the ambitious, year-long project that researched and tested new business models for the newspaper industry. The result is a set of practical concepts, tools and processes that newspaper companies can use to navigate to a new future.
Phelan joins Kentucky Standard staff Robin Phelan has been named as advertising manager at The Kentucky Standard. Phelan has mostly worked in the Tennessee cities of Chattanooga, Kingston, Kingsport and Knoxville, but he has worked in North Carolina as well. Phelan has been involved in various non-profit groups through his employment. Phelan and his wife Myra have recently moved to Bardstown.
Three papers, shopper unite under one banner Three newspapers and a shopper have started publishing this under common ownership for the first time in their storied histories. The Hickman Courier in Hickman, The Hickman County Gazette in Clinton, The Fulton Leader and The Fulton Shopper, both in Fulton, now make up the Kentucky Division of Magic Valley Publishing Co., Inc.
New Era welcomes Dedrick to staff Blair Dedrick has joined the news staff of the Kentucky New Era. Dedrick, 23, is covering local government and business.
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KPA Past President Steve Lowery Dies
Mr. Dogwood Goes to Washington
Western grad part of Pulitzer Prize team