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NOVEMBER 2007 ARTICLES
Anita Bugg has figured out a simple solution for juggling the demands of being a journalist at a small weekly newspaper and logging 48 hours a week as an emergency medical technician. "I don't have a life," Bugg said with a big laugh. But for the past year, the editor of the Ballard Weekly has managed to make it work.
The past 30 days have seen a flurry of Kentucky newspapers sponsor local schools in the Kentucky High School Journalism Association. And there’s still time for your paper to invest $50 in the future of Kentucky journalism by sponsoring a local high school newspaper or yearbook.
The overwhelming vote in the U.S. House on Oct. 16 in favor of the proposed federal shield law for journalists was roundly hailed by press groups as a significant landmark - and it was. But less noticed was a last-minute compromise that significantly narrowed the bill's definition of a journalist. The late amendment to the bill focuses attention on a question of no small significance: In the eyes of the law, what is a journalist, anyway?
Senate passes federal shield law for reporters The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed The Free Flow of Information Act by a vote of 328 to 21. All the members of the Kentucky contingency voted for the measure. Currently, 33 states and the District of Columbia protect reporters from being compelled to reveal confidential sources, however no law exists on the federal level. The Oct. 16 bipartisan vote brings a federal shield law one step closer to becoming a reality.
Kentucky Monthly has been named Official State Magazine of The Cup Experience, a series of community and statewide events and activities that will be coordinated by the Mayor’s 2008 Louisville Host Committee and take place during the 2008 Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup pits the best U.S. professional golfers against their European counterparts and will be held Sept. 16-21, 2008, at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville.
National Newspaper Association witness Max Heath, vice president for Circulation/Postal/Acquisitions for Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc. told the House Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia today that the 2007 postal rates hit community newspapers very hard. The increased postal costs will cut into newsroom budgets and cause higher subscription prices for readers at a time when newspapers are trying to retain readers.
Clarence Friend flips through an album, pausing to point out a caricature of Lyndon B. Johnson. His eye strays to the corner of the cartoon, where in fittingly artistic fashion, the signature "Friend" stamps the work. The entire album showcases the work of this 83-year-old resident of a Winchester retirement home.
A.G. office upholds denial of ethics records For the second time in recent weeks, the Attorney General's office has upheld an open-records request concerning the actions of the Executive Branch Ethics Commission. At issue in this appeal is whether the Executive Branch Ethics Commission violated the Kentucky Open Records Act in denying the request of Associated Press reporter Joe Biesk for "access to or copies of any documents, written or electronic, pertaining to the vote by which the Executive Branch Ethics Commission decided to conclude its investigation into Gov. Ernie Fletcher."
People and Papers
Cover art needed for KPA newspaper directory What better way to show a photographer's talent than on the front cover of the KPA Yearbook and Directory? Each year, the KPA selects one four-color photograph or a montage from a photographer at a Kentucky newspaper and publish that on the front cover of the directory with appropriate credit given inside the directory.
Columnist Ellen Goodman notes gender bias in media Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Ellen Goodman told a nearly filled Memorial Hall crowd recently that politics are, indeed, personal. Maybe too personal. In the annual Paul G. Blazer Lecture Series in the Humanities at the University of Kentucky, Goodman illustrated the changes in news coverage of politics and the effects of gender biases in information reported to the public. She spoke on the topic, “Men, Women, and the Media: Is the Political (Too) Personal?”
Ashland paper expands environmental coverage on Web site The Daily Independent in Ashland has expanded its Web site to include a new section dedicated to environmental issues, including local content such as the story and audio-enhanced slide show about a Russell teacher, Doug Keaton whose class built a wind turbine. John Flavell, the 18,000-circulation paper's chief photographer, and Mark Maynard, the managing editor, are the main editors of the site. It includes a collection of stories and agency reports about climate change, renewable energy and conservation. In an e-mail announcing the section, Flavell wrote that the paper hopes the section will be "a resource for world wide research on the climate crisis and possible solutions." The section is another sign that community journalists can do great work on the Web, too. The Independent is the largest Kentucky paper owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. Reprinted with permission from The Rural Blog.
The Cadiz Record has received national recognition for its front-page design of its annual bridal section. The honor came with a $50 check from Metro Creative Graphics. The magazine praised graphic designer Matt Martini, who laid out the special section art for the cover.
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Despite working longs shifts as EMT, Anita Bugg finds time to produce weekly
paper
Still time to help high-school programs
Lawmakers
consider who is a reporter
Kentucky
Monthly named official magazine of The Cup Experience 
Heath
addresses subcommittee on effect of postal increase
A friendly chat 
Cadiz
Record recognized for advertising efforts by Metro 
