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JULY 2007 ARTICLES
The words “citizen journalist” don’t always leave the best impression on folks. While most readers are citizens, not too many of them are interested in being journalists. They would like to see soccer games, church socials, grand openings, prom photos and the like in their local newspaper. For many Kentucky newspapers, the citizen journalist might conjure the image of cavalry coming over the hill.
Yeah, I know. A lot of you, a lot of people don’t like lobbyists. They (“we”) are badmouthed anytime even a menial piece of legislation is introduced, discussed or made into law. We’re the ones who bought all those drinks and meals and favors and golf outings around the globe for Kentucky legislators. You remember all that. Led to BOPTROT and the eventual ouster of some legislators. We’re the ones identified in the media as those “in their three-piece pinstriped suits.”
I have no doubt it will be a great week. As this column was penned, the July 9 start of the one-week-long 2007 KPA Journalism Boot Camp was just days away. It’s an exciting time as the boot camp moves to a new location – the Kentucky State University campus in Frankfort -- and adds access to a computer-writing lab. And yours truly, the boot camp instructor, has spent time tweaking, refining and honing the boot camp curriculum.
Newspapers can find new revenue from BANK More than 40 newspapers begin the second-half of 2007 as participating newspapers in the Kentucky Press Service’s newest revenue network - Banner Ad Network for Kentucky. The network began in january with about 35 newspapers and the understanding that a second signup period would be offered for more newspapers to participate. Beginning in January, 2008, newspapers will be offered only one annual signup period.
As reporters and editors work to turn a news story into a finished product, they also are creating a record of how that story came to life. The steps in the story-making process can be memorialized in a wide array of places. At the least, there typically are the reporter’s notes and documents. Often, there also are the memos and emails between editor and reporter; drafts of the story; and the editor’s and reporter’s memories of the conversations they had as their work progressed.
New site for public notices ready to run After fighting legislation is six sessions and at least one promise on the horizon for the 2008 Kentucky General Assembly, the Kentucky Press Association has joined other state press associations with a national web site for posting public notice ads. The public notices (defined as those required by Kentucky law) will be uploaded by participating newspapers onto www.publicnoticeads.com and will be available to the public through www.kypublicnotice.com.
In the opinion of the Attorney General ... Despite finding that the Breckinridge County Board of Education violated state law by refusing to acknowledge an Open Records request that was not signed or dated, the Kentucky attorney general's office has ruled that the board of education acted properly when it denied a request on behalf of the Herald-News of Hardinsburg.
Forty newspapers have already signed up for the 2007 Fall KPA Chapter Series, Mr. Dogwood Goes to Washington. The deadline to sign up and have scrapbooks available for elementary students in your local schools is July 30. Once again, the most beloved miniature dachshunds, Chloe and Woody, are gearing up for a family vacation. Their travels will take them from their Kentucky home to our nation' s capital, Washington, D.C.
People and Papers
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Calling all citizens
City
takes on lobbyists and you? 
Annual
boot camp ready to roll 
Good habits can protect reporters 
Still
time to sign up for latest KPA Woody adventure 