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JUNE
MID-MONTH UPDATE
Dealing with bullies and bad manners When Bill Parcells coached the New York Giants, he was well known as a man with an acid tongue. Parcells has a large frame. He looks like he might be a Marine drill instructor or a football coach, despite his baby face. His motivational style was to put down his players, calling them names and belittling them to make them show him he was wrong about them.
A matter of perspective There's an old story about an advertiser who wanted to buy a billboard to promote his business. After studying a map of available locations, he pointed and said, "That's the one I want." The billboard sales person expressed her concern. "You may want to consider another location. There's a low traffic count on that street. And that sign is on the left side of the road, which means that drivers have to look across the other lanes of traffic to read it."
Frankfort imposing tax, license fees The city of Frankfort notified lobbyists in mid-June that effective immediately those whose offices are outside the city limits will have to start paying occupational taxes and obtain a business license. But the action by the city goes far beyond lobbyists. Eventually attorneys, journalists, engineers and any other profession that comes to Frankfort to conduct business will be required to pay those fees in addition to a net profits tax.
Public Notice Website Launched The Kentucky Press Association has launched its public notice website and is asking newspapers to upload all public notices published. The main website is www.publicnoticeads.com but the public will also be able to retrieve notices through www.kypublicnotice.com. Kentucky joins at least 13 other states that are making public notices in newspapers available on the internet. States are using this service as a way of telling legislatures that public notices are already posted on the internet and allowing government agencies or other entities to post the notices in lieu of newspaper publication is not needed. Newspapers are encouraged to participate in the effort and several have already responded to the initial request.
Journalism Boot Camp ‘Sold Out’ Kentucky Press Association’s annual Journalism Boot Camp is again booked and Member Services Director David Greer has started a standby list. The camp, scheduled for July 9-13 at Kentucky State University, is limited to 15 people. This is KPA’s fifth boot camp, an idea originated when Greer was a member of the KPA/KPS Board of Directors and publisher of the Kentucky Standard in Bardstown.
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association is again bringing its Traveling Campus to the Bluegrass. SNPA will be holding annual training at the University of Kentucky W.T. Young Library July 10-12. There is no fee to attend but advanced registration is required. Half-day training sessions will be held in news, advertising, circulation and management. For a complete schedule of programs and to register online go to http://www.snpa.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=CircuitTravel.meeting&meet=lexington.
I try to offer some variety in my columns, but sometimes it’s hard. Most of the e-mail requests I receive are related to Acrobat (PDF files), Photoshop and InDesign. All Adobe products. It’s hard to remain objective when most of the software released for our industry seems to come from one company. I can’t put it off any longer. Photoshop CS3 deserves its own review.
I had great expectations for today. After spending three hours on the phone with a software representative, I realized the product I planned to review isn't quite ready for prime time. Next, I turned to Plan B. There was an application sitting on my desk that I've meant to try out for the past month. So I took it for a ride around the block. No luck. After several tries, it kept crashing.
Karl Harrison, former executive editor for the Paducah Sun, described come of the changes and challenges of newspapers in west Kentucky at the summer meeting of the West Kentucky Press Association June 8 meeting at Kentucky Dam Village.
WKU students vie for Hearst awards Western Kentucky University senior Jonathan D. Woods of Maple Grove, Minn., finished third in the Hearst Journalism Awards Program's National Photojournalism Championships.
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