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OCTOBER 2007 ARTICLES
It is one of those events rarely seen in newspapers these days - switching to daily publication. But two Kentucky papers, the Georgetown News-Graphic and the Appalachian News-Express in Pikeville, bucked the trend and shifted to daily publication in the past 14 months. For each paper, the change has proven to be the right one.
It’s a busy time of year as planning is well underway for the January 2008 KPA convention at the Marriott Griffin Gate in Lexington. At the same time, the annual Kentucky High School Journalism Association membership drive is in full swing. And once again this year, Kentucky newspapers are helping mentor the next generation of journalists by sponsoring local high schools in KHSJA.
This is an interesting time for journalists. It's one of those times that even more diligence is required, when we all need to be careful about the stories we decide to write, the sources we use and the angles we see. You see, it's election time again and almost every politician wants to use you.
Sixteen years ago, Kriss Johnson took her first job at a newspaper. This year, she’s working for 146 of them. Johnson currently is president of the Kentucky Press Association, a position in which she serves the daily and weekly newspapers in the Bluegrass State. Over the past 16 years, she has taken a whirlwind tour of the newspaper industry, using her experiences as a former educator and current NIE outreach manager to bring a new focus to the KPA.
A well-known figure in Kentucky journalism has taken the reins as the new president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
Bloggers have a lot in common with America’s first “journalists” — those Colonial pamphleteers whose opinions the First Amendment’s authors wanted to protect, four media lawyers told University of Kentucky students on Wednesday.
The News Media & Libel Quarterly Journal (Summer Edition) published a story entitled "Messages or meetings?" concerning open meeting laws and how they apply to public officials who communicate through instant messages. This story caught my eye as this issue occasionally pops up on the hotline--reporters calling to ask what to do when they believe their city council members (or any public agency officials) are communicating about city business over e-mails or instant messages. People and Papers Passings
Winter convention will feature sports workshop The KPA News Editorial Division Steering Committee has recommended having at least one sports-oriented breakout session at the KPA convention in Lexington on Jan. 25. But the committee is looking for feedback from sports editors and reporters about what type of workshop(s) they would find most beneficial. We'd like feedback, ideas and suggestions. They can send their thoughts to me at dgreer@kypress.com. In the opinion of the Attorney General ... The Attorney General’s office has upheld a decision to withhold records connected to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission’s preliminary investigation of Gov. Ernie Fletcher. At issue in this appeal is whether the Executive Branch Ethics Commission violated the Kentucky Open Records Act in denying the request of Courier-Journal reporter Tom Loftus for “a copy of any and all records which record each commissioner’s vote in terminating the commission’s preliminary investigation of Gov. Ernie Fletcher.” Joel Wilson, the long-time editor of The Glasgow Daily Times, has retired after 50 years. He served the last four as editor emeritus. Before that, Wilson served as editor for more than 40 years. Wilson began work at the Daily Times in 1957 for owner and publisher Carroll Knicely and worked for two corporations and several publishers. He managed the paper’s daily reporting on Glasgow and Barren County. Photo submitted
Exhibit will spotlight Kentucky photographers’ work At the 2008 KPA Winter Convention, which will be held Jan. 24-25 at the Marriott Resort at Griffin Gate in Lexington, the Kentucky Press Association will display photos from Kentucky newspapers that were taken in 2007. These photos will be on display during the trade show and the exhibit will be available for local use, such as public libraries for instance, after the convention ends Jan. 25. Gannett planning paper size reduction at several locations After completing a two-year conversion of its 85 daily papers from 52-inch web size to 48-inch, Gannett Co. Inc. is conducting a national review for a possible second size cut to 44-inch web. The Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta, a 23,174-daily circulation Gannett paper, already made the cutback in August, reducing its size to the 44-inch web, and plans are in the works to make similar changes soon at The Salinas (Calif.) Californian and The Spectrum in St. George, Utah, according to Austin Ryan, vice president/production for Gannett. Nominations being accepted for community service award Each year, the Lexington Herald-Leader honors a newspaper person, or a newspaper staff, by presenting its Community Service Award. The award was renamed the Lewis Owens Community Service Award in 1996. Presented annually by the Lexington Herald-Leader, the award recognizes outstanding community service by a Kentucky newspaper person or staff. The award was originally established in memory of Edwards M. Templin, promotion director of the Lexington Herald-Leader and president elect of the Kentucky Press Association when he died in 1967. It was later renamed to honor and memorialize Lewis Owens for his many years of service to community and service organizations and to Kentucky’s newspaper industry. |
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A year after changing publishing schedule, 
Papers
step up, help schools join KHSJA
Be extra careful of election season
Johnson breaks ground as KPA president
New communication challenges laws
Laws catching up with new methods
Saying goodbye
