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Missouri Press Association
has scheduled plenty of
sessions and activities for its
145th annual Convention to
be held Sept. 8-10 in Branson.
Joplin editor talks about covering disaster
Carol Stark, left, editor of The Joplin Globe, talks about the paper’s staff and its efforts to
keep the community informed after the May 22 tornado. Among the listeners is Doug
Crews, standing left, executive director of the Missouri Press Association and treasurer
of the Missouri Press Foundation. Crews was in Joplin on June 19 to turn over money
raised through the Foundation to help The Globe’s staffers who lost their residences in
the tornado. Others in the photo are Globe publisher Michael Beatty, center; Dave Berry
of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Neighbor Newspapers and the president of MPA in
2003; and Scott Charton of Columbia, who is working on a video documentary of The
Globe’s work. The death toll from the storm stood at 155 on June 28. A column by Stark
and story of the video are on pages 9 and 10. (Photo by T. Rob Brown, The Joplin Globe)
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Missouri Press will raffle
a quilt to raise money for the
Foundation. Tickets are $10
each. Ten tickets will be sent to
each member newspaper.
More tickets are available.
Regular Features
President 2
Obituaries 19
On the Move 13 Jean Maneke 22
Scrapbook 15
Missouri Press News, July 2011
Six people will be
inducted into the
Missouri Press
Association’s
Newspaper Hall
of Fame
on Sept. 9.
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Missouri
Press
held its
annual
Porter
Fisher
Golf
Classic in
Monroe
City on
June 9.
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Smaller papers earning from digital
Publishers expect revenue percentage from print to decline
I
had the opportunity to see a presentation at Show-Me have online users pay with subscribers having free access.
Of the papers that don’t charge, 35 percent say they plan to,
Press by Mike Jenner, the Houston Harte Chair at the
50 percent say they may at some point, with only 15 percent
University of Missouri School of Journalism.
The presentation was titled “The Push to Paid” and dis- saying they have no plans to charge.
Two-thirds of publishers believe audiences will pay for
cussed the attitudes of publishers toward paid content on
online content. Only 14 percent agreed with: “I don’t believe
the web.
The purpose was to examine print-to-digital revenue expec- we will ever be able to get customers to
pay for online content.”
tations, to access attitudes toward paid content
Two-thirds
Nineteen percent surveyed
models and to explore paid online, tablet and
were neutral.
mobile plans.
of publishers
Of those papers curThe survey was a random sample of all 1,340
rently charging, one-third
U.S. dailies and consisted of 301 phone interbelieve readthink the revenue from
views with daily newspaper publishers. The
charging for access will
survey was conducted April 1-18, 2011.
ers will pay
count for up to 20 percent
Responses to the survey skewed the sample
for at least
of digital revenue and one
to papers with 77 percent under 25,000, with
in 10 expect content rev18 percent independent, 57 percent in privately
some content.
enue will be 20 percent
owned groups and 25 percent in publicly traded
or more.
groups.
Six in 10 publishers see
The survey showed that today more than 50
Joe May
no
effect on print circulation while 35 percent
percent of the newspapers derive 80 percent or
The Mexico Ledger
believe
it will slow or stop decreases in circulamore of their revenue from print. Publishers
MPA President
tion. Four percent of those surveyed believe they
expect that in three years print revenue will fall
will have a circulation increase.
to 60-80 percent.
Thirty-eight percent think a paid content
Today, digital revenues represent less than 15
percent of revenue for more than 85 percent of the newspa- model will reduce views by 20 percent. Another 34 percent do
not expect much impact on page views.
pers surveyed.
What does all this mean?
In three years, according to the publishers surveyed, more
• Newspapers aren’t waiting for others to figure this out.
than 60 percent put themselves at or above 15 percent. In digi• Smaller papers are leading the way.
tal revenue, some publishers projected as high as 40 percent.
our out of 10 newspapers are charging for some online
• Publishers are finally expecting a long-awaited shift from
content. Of the paid content models, the smaller papers print to digital revenue.
seem to be adapting more quickly. Forty-six percent of newsMike Jenner will moderate a “Technology Discussion” panel
papers under 25,000 circulation are charging for some online at the convention in September, discussing cutting-edge issues
content, while only 24 percent of papers above 25,000 charge. involving social media, paid content, deals of the day to maxiOf the papers that are charging, 15 percent are metered, mize profits and gain more customers and subscribers.
30 percent have all users pay and the remaining 54 percent
You don’t want to miss this convention in Branson.
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VOL. 79, NO. 7
JULY 2011
Official Publication of
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PRESIDENT: Joe May, Mexico Ledger
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Phil Conger,
Bethany Republican-Clipper
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Mark Maassen,
The Kansas City Star
SECRETARY: Bill Miller Jr., Washington Missourian
TREASURER: Jeff Schrag,
Springfield Daily Events
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Greg Baker
EDITOR: Kent M. Ford
DIRECTORS: Kevin Jones, St. Louis American
Brad Gentry, Houston Herald
Joe Spaar, The Odessan
Richard Gard, St. Louis, Missouri Lawyers Media
Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian
Dennis Warden, Gasconade County Republican
Kate Martin, Perry County Republic-Monitor
Jim Robertson, Columbia Daily Tribune
Linda Geist, Monroe City Lake Gazette
NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Trevor Vernon,
Eldon Advertiser
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MPA Convention in Branson
145th annual meeting in September will appeal to all — be there!
T
he Missouri Press Association
calls on its members to rally in
Branson in September.
Look over the agenda for the annual
Convention. You’ll see many sessions
that will rekindle your enthusiasm and
show you different and better ways to do
things. You’ll have some fun, too. “Elvis”
will be there! And golfers in the group
will enjoy a round on the beautiful, new
Payne Stewart tribute golf course.
A registration form for the 145th Annual Convention is on page 3. An agenda
for the Sept. 8-10 meeting is on page 5.
Here are some of the sessions scheduled and the presenters:
• Technology Discussion: Social Media, Paid Content, Deals of the Day &
Etc. — Jane Haslag, Jefferson City News
Tribune; Jeff McNeill, Houston Herald;
Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau Southeast
Missourian; Andy Waters, Columbia
Daily Tribune; moderator Mike Jenner,
Missouri School of Journalism/Reynolds
Journalism Institute.
This session you don’t want to miss.
Come and see how some of your Missouri newspaper associates are tackling
the challenges and exploiting the opportunities of our digital world.
This session will be complemented
by these:
• “The Things I Believe About Newspapers” — Sammy Papert.
• “You’re on the Jury: Is Print a Dead
Duck?” — Bill Miller
Jr. of the Washington Missourian joins
community newspaper expert Ken Blum.
• “101 Easy Ways
to Boost Your Bottom
Line” — Ken Blum.
This one speaks for
itself. Would you like your bottom line
to be boosted?
• For spouses, tour Stone Hill Winery
and lunch at The Gardens.
• “Sales by the Numbers” and “Sales
Time and Territory Management” —
Tim Smith. Are you getting the most out
of your sales time and processes?
When was the last time you examined
how and why you do what you do when
you’re working with advertisers? Are you
getting all you can from your efforts? Are
your advertisers?
• “Best Advertising Ideas” — Panel
discussions of promotions that work for
the advertiser and the newspaper. Bring
samples of your best ad ideas to win $$$.
• “Get Close, Shoot Fast and Don’t Be
Afraid to Bite the Dust” — Ken Blum.
Do you have writers
on your staff who
have to take pictures,
and often what they
get isn’t as good as it
could be? Get them
to this session!
These sessions
and more are just
the training portion of the Convention.
Mix in the “Viva Las Vegas!” reception
with Dave “Elvis” Ehlert, the Newspaper
Hall of Fame Banquet and the Awards
Luncheon, and you’ve got a program
that will appeal to everyone.
Examine the agenda for details and
plan to join your colleagues in Branson
to enjoy yourself, learn something and
support your newspaper. This event is
about and for you. Your attendance will
be appreciated.
See how some Missouri papers are tackling technology
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ndy Waters has worked
at the Columbia Daily
Tribune as a general assignment reporter, business
writer/editor, city editor,
head of online operations
and general manager, his
current position.
His first exposure to the
newsroom came as a reporting intern during summers
off from Washington & Lee
University in Lexington,
Va. After graduating with a
journalism degree, Waters
worked four years for The
Andy Waters
Associated Press in Kansas
City, Los Angeles and Portland, Ore. He came back to
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Columbia to join other family members at the Tribune
full-time in 1995.
Waters has been instrumental in the development of
new technology applications at the Tribune, including
installation of an access paywall for the paper’s online
edition. He has spoken at a number of industry meetings about how the Tribune is using technology.
Andy is the son of publisher emeritus Hank Waters
III. On Dec. 1, Andy and one of his sisters bought the
Tribune from four other family members and became
the sole owners.
Waters will participate on a Friday breakfast panel at
the MPA Convention in September. He’ll join several
others in a “Technology Discussion” that will include
how they use social media, paid content and Deals of
the Day to maximize profits, gain clients and build
circulation.
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Missouri Press Association
145th Annual Convention Schedule
Hilton Branson Convention Center
200 East Main Street, Branson, MO
Thursday, Sept. 8
7:30-11:30 a.m. Registration open
8:00-11:00 a.m. Missouri Press Association and Missouri Press Service Boards meet
Noon Golf at Payne Stewart Golf Club, a tribute course honoring the life and legacy of golf legend Payne Stewart
6:00-8:00 p.m. Registration open
8:00 p.m. Viva Las Vegas! Reception and Live Entertainment with Dave “Elvis” Ehlert
Friday, Sept. 9
7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration open
8:00-9:30 a.m. Breakfast Program “Technology Discussion” Panel, (Jane Haslag, Jeff McNeill, Jon Rust, Andy Waters;
moderator Mike Jenner) discussing cutting edge issues involving social media, paid content, Deals of the Day, to
maximize profits and gain more clients and subscribers
9:45-10:45 a.m. Breakout Session 1: “The Ins and Outs of Non-Compete Agreements,” Attorney Jay Dade
Breakout Session 2: “Avoiding Advertising Scams,” Better Business Bureau of St. Louis
Breakout Session 3: “101 Easy Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line,” Ken Blum
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Spouses Event: Tour Stone Hill Winery, then enjoy lunch at The Gardens Restaurant
10:45-11:00 a.m. Refreshment break
11:00 a.m. - Noon Breakout Session 4: “Sales by Numbers,” Tim Smith
Breakout Session 5: “Intellectual Property Issues,” Attorneys Jean Maneke and Jay Dade
Noon - 12:30 p.m. MPA Business Meeting and Election of Officers and Directors
12:30-1:45 p.m. Luncheon. “The Things I Believe About Newspapers,” Sammy Papert
2:00-3:45 p.m. Breakout Session 6: “Sales Time and Territory Management,” Tim Smith
Breakout Session 7: “You’re on the Jury: Is Print a Dead Duck?,” Ken Blum and Bill Miller, Jr.
4:30-6:00 p.m. Registration open
6:00 p.m. MPA Newspaper Hall of Fame Reception
6:30 p.m. Hall of Fame Banquet, 21st Annual Induction Ceremony
9:30 p.m. Mizzou Football Watch Party, University of Missouri Tigers vs. Arizona State
Saturday, Sept. 10
8:00 a.m. - Noon Registration open
8:30-10:15 a.m. Missouri Associated Dailies Breakfast. Discussion led by Sammy Papert
Weekly Newspapers Breakfast. “Dr. Blum’s Group Therapy for Community Newspapers,” Ken Blum
10:30-11:45 a.m. Breakout Session 8: “Best Advertising Ideas” Panel. Bring samples of your Best Ad Ideas to win $$$.
Breakout Session 9: “Get Close, Shoot Fast and Don’t be Afraid to Bite the Dust,” Ken Blum
(Reporter/photographer multi-taskers, bring your cameras to this session!)
Noon Missouri Press Better Newspaper Contest Awards Luncheon
Tornado: Through the Eyes of The Joplin Globe, Michael Beatty, publisher. Outstanding Young Journalists of the
Year Awards, College Media Association Awards, Scholarship Presentations, BNC Awards Presentation
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Will Ken Blum declare print a ‘dead duck’?
K
en Blum has been involved with paid and free
circulation community newspapers and a variety
of other publishing ventures for 43 years.
For 30 years, he was the editor and
manager of a group of newspapers, shoppers and specialty publications operated
by Dix Newspapers in Ohio. In 1997, he
launched Butterfly Publications, his own
publishing, speaking and advising firm
related to the community newspaper
industry.
Blum has written two monthly columns for Publishers’ Auxiliary, the official
publication of the National Newspaper
Association: Editor’s Notebook and Black
Ink, which covers all aspects of running a
community newspaper, that has appeared
since 1982. He has written more than
Ken Blum
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hometown newspapers. Numerous state associations
run his columns in their newsletters. Blum’s book “Black Ink/The Book” was released in
late 1998 and is a best-seller in the community newspaper industry in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Aus-
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He will have four sessions on Sept. 9
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6 will enter Hall of Fame on Sept. 9
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Pioneers of black press in St. Louis among 21st group of inductees
ix newspaper people, including
a husband and wife who were
pioneers in the black press in St.
Louis, will be inducted this fall into the
Missouri Press Association Newspaper
Hall of Fame.
The induction program will be Sept.
9 during the 145th annual Convention
of the Missouri Press Association (MPA).
Newspaper people from all over the state
will gather for the meeting at the Hilton
Branson Convention
Hotel.
This will be the
21st group to be
inducted into the
Newspaper Hall of
Fame, which was established by MPA in
1991.
This year’s inductees are the late Melba
and Nathaniel Sweets,
longtime publishers
of the St. Louis American; the late Norman
J. Colman, second
president of MPA;
Don Warden, retired
publisher of the Gasconade County Republican in Owensville; Doug Davis,
publisher of The Lamar Democrat; and
Ron Jennings, a long-time reporter for
The Sedalia Democrat.
Hall of Fame inductees or their families receive Pinnacle Awards in honor of
their service to the Missouri newspaper
industry and their communities. Plaques
with their likenesses will join the permanent display of inductees in the MPA
office in Columbia and in the student
lounge in Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri
School of Journalism.
Norman J. Colman
orman Colman moved to St. Louis
in 1852 after practicing law in Indiana for three years. He bought a farm,
established a nursery and acquired an
interest in a publication that he renamed
Colman’s Rural World.
Through 56 years of publishing “for
Midwestern and southern farmers and
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Missouri Press News, July 2011
livestock breeders,” Colman became
known as the “dean of agricultural
journalism.”
He called for cooperation between
government, academic researchers, and
farmers to improve crop production. The
weekly publication became the nation’s
most influential proponent of applying scientific ideas and management to
agriculture.
Colman served as Missouri lieutenant
governor in 1874,
and he was appointed
U.S. commissioner of
agriculture in 1885.
Pre s i d e n t Grove r
Cleveland elevated
that office to cabinet
level, making Colman
the nation’s first secretary of agriculture.
In 1870-71 Colman served as the
second president of
MPA.
He died in December 1911. At his
funeral, the minister
said Colman “had
done more than any other to lift the
calling of farmers to the level of learned
professions.”
(Information on Colman is from the
1947 doctoral dissertation by George F.
Lemmor.)
Doug Davis
oug Davis and his wife, Rayma,
have owned and published the Lamar Democrat since 1985. He had been
sent to the newspaper by his employer,
the Boone Group, a few years earlier
because the newspaper had lost almost
$100,000 the previous year, circulation
had plummeted and merchants were
boycotting.
Since earning his degree in business
administration at the University of
North Alabama, Davis had become a
troubleshooter. He solved problems at
the newspapers where he worked, and
that’s what he did in Lamar. He went to
all of the local civic and business lead-
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ers and told them they had the support
of their newspaper and the newspaper
wanted to be a part of promoting Lamar.
But he didn’t stop with fixing the
newspaper. While serving on the City
Council for 10 years, he led a swimming
pool committee to the completion of the
first water park in Southwest Missouri.
He helped with the design of a community auditorium and with replacing
the city landfill. Davis also worked for
extension of the runway at the airport.
He created five-year and 10-year capital
spending plans for the repair and replacement of city infrastructure and
helped lead the community’s emergency
preparedness.
The Democrat has a program to teach
journalism to high school students and
to provide scholarships for newspaper
interns. The first student Davis hired
was Russell Viers, who now is an international software trainer and an expert
on Adobe products.
Davis has served on virtually every
civic and service organization in Barton County, and he is on the Board of
Governors of Missouri Southern State
University in Joplin.
He is a past president of the Ozark
Press Association and has served on
numerous MPA committees.
Ron Jennings
on Jennings wrote news, reviews
and “people” features for The
Sedalia Democrat for 35 years. He joined
the daily in 1972, fresh from the Missouri School of Journalism. Well before
retiring he became the “face” of the
newspaper.
Since 1990 Jennings has battled brain
cancer with repeated surgery, radiation
and chemotherapy, but he continued
working until 2007.
In a letter supporting the nomination of Jennings to the Hall of Fame,
Democrat publisher Dave Phillips wrote,
“Ron Jennings spent decades covering
breaking news and reporting normal
small-town events in Sedalia. But his
true calling was in telling the stories of
everyday people. His community con-
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nections ran deep and his love of Sedalia
showed in his work.”
Jennings was chosen to be the grand
marshal of Sedalia’s sesquicentennial
parade. A local teacher and writer told
about her experience driving the car in
the parade.
“As we waited for the event to start,
Ron had his own procession to his side
of the convertible. Person after person
— legislators and dignitaries, but mostly
‘regular people’ of all ages — came to
greet him or share a memory.”
On Jennings’ 30th anniversary at The
Democrat, U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton read a
tribute to him into the Congressional
Record.
“Mr. Speaker,” Rep. Skelton read,
“Ron Jennings has been dedicated to
making the city of Sedalia and the state
of Missouri a better place to live...”
Melba and Nathaniel Sweets
year after its founding in 1928,
The St. Louis American recruited
Nathaniel Sweets, a Lincoln University
graduate, to be its advertising manager.
He quickly became business manager,
and then in 1932 was named publisher,
A
County Republican in Owensville in
1949, served as president of MPA in
1993.
Before returning to Owensville in
the early 1960s, Warden worked for a
printing company in St. Louis and for
the Richmond Herald, a weekly in Ray
County.
The Warden families became sole
owners of the Republican in 1963, and
brothers Tom and Don bought out their
parents in 1977. Don handled advertising, Tom focused on news.
Tom Warden retired in 2000, and
Don became sole publisher.
The Wardens adopted quickly any
new technology that would allow them
to improve the newspaper. They were
among the first in Missouri to switch
from hot metal typesetting to offset
printing and to using computers for news
and advertising composition.
Don Warden’s son, Dennis, began
working at the newspaper in 1987 in
advertising sales. When Don retired in
2008 he turned the operation over to
Dennis, who represents the third generaDon Warden
on Warden, whose parents became tion of Wardens to own and publish the
part-owners of the Gasconade Republican.
a position he held for more than 50 years.
Melba Sweets joined the newspaper in
the early 1930s as editor and columnist.
Her gossip column “We’re Tellin’” ran for
more than 45 years.
In addition to keeping the AfroAmerican community informed and hiring young black reporters, Mrs. Sweets
mentored them and prepared many to
move on to national publications such
as The New York Times, The Los Angeles
Times and Time magazine.
The Sweets established The St. Louis
Cab Co. when black residents grew tired
of not being able to hail cabs.
For more than 50 years the couple
initiated and promoted efforts to improve the lives of the black citizens of
the community. Their campaigns against
discrimination in hiring, promotion and
finance are credited with moving St.
Louis forward in the struggle for civil
rights.
Nathaniel Sweets died in 1988, Melba
in 2006.
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Service, process, time management equal sales
T
hose who attended the Missouri Advertising
Managers’ Association meeting in April in Kansas
City know the value of Tim Smith’s
presentations. He shares the knowledge he
gained during his years working in publishing
and over several years as a marketing trainer.
Tim Smith Consulting, Allentown, Pa.,
is an employee and management training
organization dedicated to “quality classroom instructor and business skills training.”
Smith will present twice during Friday,
Sept. 9, breakout sessions at the MPA Convention in Branson. His first session, “Sales
by Numbers,” will be at 11 a.m. At 2 p.m.
he will present “Sales Time and Territory
Management.”
“We are very results oriented in our apTim Smith
proach and can show our customers specific
benefits,” Smith says. “Our approach has been proven
over and over so that we can ensure the success of our
customers in reaching their specific goals.
“At Tim Smith Consulting, our philosophy and our
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approach are simple: practical proven techniques and
customer satisfaction.”
Smith worked in the newspaper and
print industry for more than nine years.
He started out in circulation and was
promoted to a supervisory role in the
production department due to his work
ethic and his results.
He has worked in sales, being promoted to sales manager due to his results
— especially in revenue — his repeat
business and his ability to develop new
business.
Smith has delivered tailored training
programs on management skills, customer service and sales training to the
newspaper industry for more than eight
years.He has done keynote speeches,
conventions, individual newspapers and
one-on-one coaching with managers, production,
display, editorial and sales people. He has helped
organizations create their customer service models and
increase sales through more consistent sales processes.
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Video being shot of Joplin Globe work
Missouri Press raising funds to finance documentary
A
n effort supported by the Missouri Press Association is under
way to raise $60,000 to finance
the production of a documentary video
about the efforts of The Joplin Globe to
keep its community informed after the
May 22 tornado that destroyed about a
third of the city.
The MPA and the Missouri Press
Foundation boards have endorsed the
project, and fund-raising is under way.
A seven-minute preview of the documentary may be viewed at youtube.
com/watch?v=4D37UI3N0Ek. A longer
preview will debut in September at the
MPA Convention in Branson.
Scott Charton, retired Associated
Press roving correspondent, will produce
the video. Co-producer is documentarian Beth Pike. Veteran videographer
Steve Hudnell is shooting the video.
That same trio collaborated with
MPA on the Missouri PBS documentary,
“Trustees for the Public: 200 Years of
Missouri Newspapers,” which won the
Midwest Regional EMMY Award for
Best Documentary in 2009.
They hope to have the Joplin video
ready for release to general audiences in
early 2012.
oe May, publisher of The Mexico
Ledger and president of MPA, and
Betty Spaar, publisher of The Odessan
in Odessa and president of the Missouri
Press Foundation, describe the project as
a way to spread the word, near and far,
about community newspapers and the
important role they play in our society,
J
Video journalists Steve Hudnell and Beth Pike interview Anne Kettenbrink, a page designer
and copy editor for the News Tribune in Jefferson City. She worked at The Joplin Globe a couple
of years ago and went to help at The Globe after the tornado. Hudnell and Pike, along with
Scott Charton, have interviewed many of The Globe’s employees during several days of work
in Joplin on documenting the newspaper’s efforts to keep the community informed after the
disaster, which killed more than 150 people and destroyed about a third of the city. (Photo
by Scott Charton)
reporting the news and serving as the
local news authority. The Press Foundation also has an
on-going effort to raise funds to assist
the Globe’s employees whose residences
were destroyed or damaged by the May
22 catastrophe. More than 20 of the The
Globe’s employees lost their residences
to the F-5 storm, the worst in Missouri
Continuing coverage of the
tornado recovery and video
of the May 22 storm can be seen
at The Joplin Globe’s website,
joplinglobe.com.
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history. Globe page designer Bruce Baillie
was among the 156 fatalities.
MPA executive director Doug Crews,
his wife Tricia, and Bolivar publisher
Dave Berry, a past president of MPA,
went to Joplin on June 19. They attended a gathering of The Globe’s newsroom
staff for a memorial dinner in honor of
Baillie.
Crews presented Globe publisher
Mike Beatty with $54,000 in checks
from the Missouri Press Foundation.
Donations continue arriving from
throughout the U.S., with the total of
more than $65,000.
Those wishing to contribute to the
Globe Relief Fund or to production
of the documentary may send checks
to the Foundation at 802 Locust St.,
Columbia, MO 65201, or phone 573449-4167. Or, donations may be made
online at http://tinyurl.com/44szw5r.
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Joplin Globe shares in suffering of city
Assistance, encouragement arrive from newspapers around country
By CAROL STARK / Editor, The Joplin Globe
(May 27)—Globe photographer T.
Rob Brown walked into my office last
week to ask where I thought he could
go to buy a good pair of shoes.
His laugh turned into a choked-back
sob when he pointed down to his waterlogged tennis shoes, covered in grime.
T. Rob hadn’t ruined his shoes because
he was out photographing some type
of weather disaster. He was wearing the
only clothes he had left.
And for that matter, so were Jeff Lehr
and Joe Hadsall and Ryan Atkinson and
Jim Fryar and some 22 other employees
who work at the Globe. All of them now
are a part of the big picture story of human tragedy that has settled over our
city, and will remain with us for years
to come.
ur stories within the Globe walls
are a lot like the ones we’ve been
reporting in the community since the
EF-5 tornado destroyed a third of Joplin
on May 22. We’ve shared hugs of joy and
disbelief upon learning that colleagues
were spared while they hid in a closet,
a bathtub or under their house. And,
on Thursday, we cried when we learned
that our missing page designer, Bruce
Baillie, had been identified among the
126 declared dead so far from this storm.
But, the human
spirit is an amazing thing to wit- The human
ness. And, so is the
generosity of those spirit is an
in the newspaper
industry who have amazing
heard about Jopthing to
lin’s plight.
P a r t i c u l a r l y witness.
touching was the
care package from
the Tuscaloosa News that came with a
letter from Douglas Ray, the editor of
the paper. It read:
“We are sending you these goodies
and supplies to sustain you a bit in the
coming days. We also want you to know
that you and your community are in our
thoughts and prayers. I don’t know if
tragedies like the one that struck there
O
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With Joplin Globe editor Carol Stark looking on, right, Doug Crews, treasurer of the Missouri
Press Foundation and executive director of Missouri Press Association, talks to members of The
Globe’s newsroom staff on June 19. Crews went to The Globe to deliver funds raised through
the Foundation to assist Globe employees who lost their residences. Accompanying Crews
were his wife, Tricia, seated at left in the photo; and Dave Berry of Neighbor Newspapers
and the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. The Foundation’s fund-raising effort for Globe employees
continues, with a total of more than $65,000 as of late June. Donations can be made by
credit card online at http://tinyurl.com/44szw5r, or checks can be mailed to Missouri Press
Foundation, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201. (Photo by Dave Berry)
and the one here a month ago can be
compared, but I do believe both our cities have been shaken to the core.
“We know the physical and emotional
strain you are under now, but the work
you are doing will play a big part in
pulling your community together and
helping in the recovery.
“We are doing well. The first days are
a blur now, and we continue to work at
pacing ourselves for the long road ahead.
But our schedules are returning nearly
to normal. One of our staff members
lost his home and several folks suffered
property damage, but none of us suffered
personal injury or unrecoverable loss.
There has been good support internally
and from The New York Times Co., so
all of that’s in a much better place already.
“You should also know that, in sending you this box, we are paying a debt
forward. The newsroom in Roanoke,
Va., sent us a similar care package in the
immediate aftermath of the storm here.
It included a letter of encouragement
and explained that since the tragedy at
Virginia Tech, they have made a pracwww.mopress.com
tice of sending support to newsrooms
responding to tragedy.”
The care package we received included junk food, sunblock and a Crimson
Tide Frisbee. A card was signed by many
in the newsroom.
Our parent company, Community Newspaper Holdings Inc., quickly
stepped in last week to provide assistance
to our employees. The Missouri Press Association has started a relief fund as has
the Suburban Newspapers of America
and the National Newspaper Association
Foundation.
y phone has been ringing with
calls from newspaper editors from
across the country offering up equipment and even staff as we continue to
tackle this story in the long-term.
As for T. Rob, he will get his new pair
of shoes. Slowly, but surely, he and other
staffers will find homes and cars and all
those luxuries of life that until now, we’ve
taken for granted.
But until then, we at the Globe will
join you in the community as we all
desperately try to find our new “normal.”
M
Missouri Press News, July 2011
Council will examine legality of email
W
ILDWOOD—Councilwoman
Holly Parks survived a vote June
13 to remove her as mayor pro tem of
Wildwood, but she will face an investigation into whether she violated the
sunshine law. City officials will look into whether
Parks committed such an offense, as
well as violated the city charter, when
she sent an email to seven other council
members that opposed the appointment
of another person to the council.
The City Council voted 11-2 to investigate, with Parks and another council
member voting against the move. They
argued that Parks was exercising her
right to freedom of speech by sending
out the email.
The mayor pro tem serves when
the mayor is absent. The vote to strip
Parks of the title failed, with seven of
13 council members voting against it.
Three of the city’s 16 council members
were absent.
Parks apologized at the meeting for
any confusion her email produced. The
email, she said, simply represented her
personal opinion. She said she didn’t feel
the nominee was the best choice for the
post. “At no time did I use my title or
position in the email to represent this as
a council decision ...,” Parks said, reading
from a prepared statement.
Nevertheless, Mayor Tim Woerther
was adamant in denouncing the action
of Parks, a veteran council member.
“The fact of the matter that this email
came from somebody with such experience shows to me a clear intent to avoid
the (state’s) Sunshine Law. It puts the city
at risk. There’s no question.” (St. Louis
Post-Dispatch)
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Southeast
Missouri
Press
meets in
Cape
Girardeau
The Southeast Missouri Press Association elected the above
group of officers and directors when it held its 118th annual
meeting on June 3 at Southeast Missouri State University in
Cape Girardeau. Seated, from the left, are Historian Peggy
Scott, Leader Publications, Festus; Director DeAnna Nelson,
Sikeston Standard Democrat; Executive Secretary Ann Hayes,
Southeast Missouri State University; and Director Gera LeGrand,
Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau. Standing are President
Betty Watkins, Dexter Daily Statesman; Director Scott Seal,
Portageville Missourian News; Director Ed Thomason, New
Madrid Weekly Record; Secretary/Treasurer Michelle Friedrich,
Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic; Director Kate Martin,
Perry County Republic-Monitor, Perryville; and Director Amanda
Layton of the Republic-Monitor. During the business meeting at
lunch, the association presented its Mildred Wallhausen Friend
of SEMO Press Association Award to Jean Maneke, the legal
hotline counselor for the Missouri Press Association.
Newspaper design consultant Ed Henninger gives a quick
critique of a layout of the Dexter Daily Statesman to Corey
Noles, Norene Hyslop and Teresa Neeley of the paper’s staff
during a break in a session at the Southeast Missouri Press
Association meeting. Henninger spoke at lunch and then gave a
presentation on design basics and why they are important.
David Fowler, founder and CEO of Ads-Up, Cardiff by the Sea,
Calif., explains an advertising concept to account representative
Kate Broekling of the Cape Giradeau Southeast Missourian.
Fowler spoke during one of the breakout sessions at the SEMO
Press meeting. Newspapers are a “direct response” medium,
he said, and most ads in newspapers are not direct response
ads. “Would you respond to the ads in your newspaper?” Fowler
asked. The purpose of an ad is to buy the customer, not to sell
him, he said. Business lives on the back end—repeat sales to
current customers. It costs much more to sell a customer the
first time, because the first sale should consist of a deeply
discounted offer whose main purpose is to gather information
about the customer. Once customer information is gathered, a
business can use that information to push promotions to them.
Fowler suggested ad sales people continue to learn by reading
books such as “Marketing Outrageously” by Jon Spoelstra.
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On the Move
• Ste. Genevieve — Jean Feld
Rissover, managing editor of the Ste.
Genevieve Herald since December 1994,
retired from the weekly on May 13.
Fulton Sun’s marketing manager. She
previously worked for the Columbia
Daily Tribune as classified advertising
manager for 16 years. McDonald is a Milwaukee native and worked 12 years for The
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a sales
representative.
• Lee’s Summit — Andrea Hewitt,
editor-in-chief of The Index, the student-produced newspaper at Truman
State University, is an editorial intern
at the Lee’s Summit Journal.
Jean Feld Rissover
Rissover said she plans to do some
painting and to work on several projects
with some of the people she has gotten
to know over the years.
She had worked for the Herald for
more than two years in the 1980s before
doing other things, including running
a small business and working for Ste.
Genevieve County Memorial Hospital’s
administration.
Janet Mace owns the Herald. Bob Burr
is the publisher.
• Monroe City — John Verser joined
The Lake Gazette as editor in mid-May. A
native of Greers Ferry, Ark., and graduate of Arkansas State
University, Verser,
31, spent the past
year at St. Meinrad
Seminary in southern Indiana.
He previously
served as the manJohn Verser
aging editor at the
Port Lavaca Wave in
Texas. He also was sports editor at the
Glasgow Daily Times in Kentucky, the
Tri County Leader in Whitehouse, Texas,
and the Centerville Daily Iowegian.
• Fulton — Central Missouri Newspapers hired Pati McDonald as The
Missouri Press News, July 2011
• St. James — Greg Edwards, a
lifelong resident of St. James, has
been named editor of the St. James
Leader-Journal.
Edwards’ experience with the
weekly dates back almost a decade,
when he helped his mother, Martha
Prine Edwards, a former editor of the
paper, search the archives for interesting
historical items.
Si n c e t h e n h e
worked as a reporter
for The Standard, the
student-produced
newspaper at Missouri State University. He graduated
recently magna cum
laude.
He also served an
internship with the
Greg Edwards
Missouri House of
Representatives.
Edwards replaced Kathleen Meyer,
who left to work for the Meramec Regional Planning Commission.
• Neosho — Steve Boggs, a 27-year
journalism veteran, was named publisher
of GateHouse Media’s Neosho Daily News
effective May 9.
A native of Oklahoma, Boggs began
working for newspapers in 1984 as a
sports writer. He earned a degree from
East Central University in Ada, Okla.,
and then served as city editor of the Ada
Evening News for about 15 years.
Boggs then spent some time as publisher at three Oklahoma newspapers
before being named publisher of the
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Weatherford Democrat in Texas in 2007.
He joined the Neosho Daily News from
there.
Boggs replaced
Rick Rogers, who
left the paper in
April to become director of product
development for
American Consolidated Media in
Texas.
Boggs and his Steve Boggs
wife, Christy, a surgical nurse, have two daughters. Both
of them will attend the University of
Houston this fall.
• Moberly — After almost 59 years
working for the Moberly Monitor-Index,
Virginia Forsyth retired on May 13.
She began working for the newspaper
in 1952 as a Teletype operator.
Forsyth served as composing room
foreman for many years, making up pages, proofreading and inputting stories.
She worked with the newsroom and ad
department to make sure pages reached
the production crew by deadline.
Virginia Forsyth poses with Moberly MonitorIndex publisher Bob Cunningham at the
retirement reception for Forsyth.
Information about the MPA
Convention in September
and a registration form
are at mopress.com.
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Foundation raising funds with quilt raffle
Every newspaper
will be asked
to buy and/or sell
at least 10 tickets
at $10 each
M
issouri Press has created a oneof-a-kind handmade collectible quilt that features the flags
of all current Missouri Press Association
newspaper members.
Newspapers’ nameplates are grouped
in 11 blocks around a block that features
the Missouri Press Association and Missouri Press Foundation logos.
The quilt measures 72” x 56” – a perfect size for displaying on a wall.
The quilt will be raffled to raise
money for the Foundation to support
its projects, which benefit all newspapers
represented on the quilt. Raffle tickets
are on sale for $10 each.
Tickets will be sold until the Saturday
awards luncheon on Sept. 10 at the MPA
Convention in Branson. The drawing
The flags of every member newspaper of
Missouri Press Association will be displayed
on one of the 12 panels in a quilt that was
created to raise funds for the Missouri Press
Foundation. Each of the panels can be seen
on the Missouri Press website, mopress.com/
med_form_test.php.
will be held during the luncheon.
The winner will not have to be present.
Missouri Press will mail 10 tickets
to each member newspaper. These can
be sold to employees or the public or
purchased by the newspaper. More
tickets are available by contacting Mis-
souri Press.
The newspapers will return the ticket
stubs with the donations, and the stubs
will be included in the drawing at the
convention. Tickets also will be sold at
the convention.
Purchased tickets are donations to the
Foundation, so they are tax-deductible.
Star’s new publisher from Idaho Statesman
T
he McClatchy Co. named Mi-Ai
Parrish publisher and president
of The Kansas City Star, effective
June 20.
Parrish, publisher of McClatchy’s
Idaho Statesman since July 2006, succeeds Mark Zieman, who recently
became a vice president of operations
at McClatchy after 25 years at The Star.
Parrish, 40, had been deputy managing editor for features and visuals
at the Minneapolis Star Tribune when
promoted to the publisher’s post in
Boise, Idaho. Her journalism career
has included work at the San Francisco
Chronicle, Arizona Republic, Chicago
Sun-Times and Virginian-Pilot.
Parrish, whose first name is pronounced MEE-uh, said she welcomed
a return to the Midwest with its “welcoming spirit and can-do attitude” and
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Parrish’s journalism career
has included work at the
San Francisco Chronicle, Arizona Republic, Chicago SunTimes and Virginian-Pilot.
that she is enticed by the city’s barbecue,
music and history.
“Mi-Ai is an innovative, intelligent
and enthusiastic publisher — all qualities you need to make a great newspaper
even better,” said Zieman, who announced the appointment and introduced Parrish to Star employees.
At the Idaho Statesman, Parrish led the
effort to diversify business operations,
introduce new products, grow digital
revenue and enhance the paper’s reputation for quality journalism.
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Among the dozens of new advertising and editorial products and services
introduced during Parrish’s tenure at the
Idaho Statesman was “Business Insider,”
a weekly business-to-business magazine.
The paper also formed a partnership
with Boise State University to provide
students, faculty and staff with a special,
electronic edition of the Idaho Statesman
tailored for the university audience.
In 2008, the Statesman was named
a Pulitzer Prize finalist in the breaking
news category for its leading coverage of
events triggered by the men’s room arrest
of U.S. Sen. Larry Craig.
Parrish holds a bachelor’s degree
in journalism from the University of
Maryland. She was born in New York
City and raised in Washington, D.C. She
is married to David Parrish, a Pulitzer
Prize-winning investigative reporter.
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Scrapbook
• Platte City — The Landmark held
a Patio Kickoff party at the end of May
at Nick and Jake’s-Parkville.
Acoustic guitarist/vocalist Sean McNown of Kansas City provided entertainment.
The Landmark ran photos from the
party in the newspaper and on publisher
Ivan Foley’s Facebook page.
• Moberly — Corey Embree, the son
of Monitor-Index sports editor Chuck
Embree, was drafted by the Cleveland
Indians in the recent Major League
Baseball first-year player draft.
Embree was selected in the 47th round
of the 50-round draft, the 1,418th selection overall.
Embree told the Monitor-Index he
would join the Indian’s Rookie League
• Nevada — Nevada police arrested team, the Arizona League Indians in
two local men in connection with the
theft of money from newspaper vending
machines owned by the Daily Mail and
The Joplin Globe.
The two were charged with stealing,
property damaged and possession of
burglary tools.
Ste. Genevieve — The Herald is holding drawings each week for two tickets to
the Friday performances in the Ste. Genevieve Summer Music Festival Series.
Readers had to provide their names
and phone numbers to enter the drawing each week.
• Boonville — Daily News circulation manager Edward Lang and other
members of the newspaper staff went
door-to-door in May selling subscriptions. New subscribers could sign up
for more than 50 percent off the regular
subscription price.
While meeting residents, the staffers
asked people what they like about the
Daily News and what the paper should
be doing differently.
• Steelville — Three Rivers Publishing, publisher of the Steelville Star/
Crawford Mirror, donated $600 worth of
advertising to the Steelville High School
senior class’s 2nd Annual Yadkin Creek
Duck Race.
Individuals could buy ducks for $5
each, and businesses could buy them for
$25. The advertising went to the three
businesses whose ducks finished first
through third in the May 7 race.
All funds raised in the event, which
included vendors at the community
park and the seniors selling sandwiches,
benefited project graduation.
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Goodyear, Ariz.
Embree is believed to be the first
athlete straight out of high school from
Randolph County drafted by a major
league sports team.
He heard his name called in the draft
while sitting in his living room with his
father and his mother, Jannell, and two
friends.
• Sedalia — The Sedalia Democrat will
cease publication of its Sunday edition
and replace it with an expanded weekend
edition on Saturday, effective July 2.
Publisher Dave Phillips said advertising revenue no
longer can support seven-day
publication.
The weekend
edition will be
printed and delivered Saturday
mornings.
Accepting the Newspaper of the Year Award for the Lee’s Summit
Journal were, from the left, Andrea Hewitt, Miranda Wycoff, Julie
Scheidegger and Emily Jarrett.
Lee’s Summit Journal
named Newspaper of Year
T
he Lee’s Summit Journal was named Newspaper of
the Year on June 4 at the annual Heart of America
awards, an awards ceremony for regional media outlets
hosted by the Kansas City Press Club, the local chapter
of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The Newspaper of the Year designation was bestowed
upon the Journal as the publication that earned the most
points during the individual award presentations, regardless of circulation or size.
The Journal took home 29 individual awards, including
seven first-place awards, and photographer Julie Scheidegger swept all three photojournalism categories.
John Beaudoin is the publisher of The Journal.
Scheidegger, reporter/photographer, earned nine
awards; Miranda Wycoff, assistant editor, received seven;
Emily Jarrett, reporter, received seven; Stephen Bubalo,
former sports reporter, received four; and Beaudoin received two.
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• St. Louis —
Five newspaper
journalists were
inducted into
the St. Louis
Media Hall of
Fame on June
8 at Gio’s Ristorante & Bar
in downtown St.
Louis.
Print inductees were: the late
Alice Belcher,
the first woman
employed by the
St. Louis Democrat, forerunner
of the GlobeDemocrat; Linda
Eardley, the first
w o m e n h i re d
specifically to
work on the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch city desk;
the late Selwyn
Pepper, longtime
Po s t - D i s p a t c h
reporter and
editor credited
with helping the
newspaper win
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three Pulitzer Prizes; the late Carl Schurz, founder of several newspapers including the St. Louis German-language
paper, the Westliche Post, and who hired
Joseph Pulitzer as a cub reporter; and
Elaine Viets, former Post-Dispatch columnist and now a mystery author.
nett newspaper in Missouri, will provide
a $10,000 disaster relief grant to Convoy
of Hope for the Joplin tornado recovery
effort.
The Foundation, sponsored by Gannett Co., Inc., since 1977 has provided
through the News-Leader more than $2.7
million in grants to local nonprofits in
• Belton — The main road through the Springfield area through its ComBelton’s Memorial Park, which is closed munity Grant Program.
for major renovations, will reopen as
Maurer Parkway in honor of Dodie
• Sedalia — Sedalia Democrat publishMaurer and her late husband, Joe, for- er and Chamber of Commerce president
mer owners and publishers of The Belton Dave Phillips was the host for the annual
Star Herald.
award ceremony May 26.
A photo of Dodie Maurer thanking
Phillips, dressed as a pirate, presented
the Belton Park Board for the honor ran awards to the honorees, who included
in the May 12 issue of the weekly, its Democrat classified manager Eddie
last issue after 120 years of publication. Crouch. Crouch received the AmbasThe photo was taken by Maurer’s son- sador of the Year award for time spent
in-law, Joe Ledford, assistant managing representing the group to the membereditor of The Kansas City Star. Ledford ship and the community.
began his photojournalism career at The
Star Herald.
• St. Louis — Donald M. Suggs,
publisher of The St. Louis American, was
• Springfield — The Gannett Foun- among the recipients of the 2011 Leaderdation, on recommendation of the ship award from FOCUS St. Louis.
Springfield News-Leader, the only GanSuggs made a pitch for the project to
develop Lambert-St. Louis Airport into
an air cargo hub for trade with China.
The project could mean thousands of
new jobs for St. Louis, Suggs said.
• Seneca — The Seneca News-Dispatch has moved into a new office at
1210 Cherokee Ave., a block away from
its previous location.
• Warrensburg — Veterans at the
Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg receive free subscriptions to The
Daily Star-Journal through subscriber
donations. Two residents of the home
deliver the daily papers to the veterans.
• St. James — The Leader-Journal has
moved its office to 104 N. Jefferson St.
in St. James.
• Eldon — The Advertiser gave prizes
in three age categories in a “draw your
dad” contest for Father’s Day.
• Sweet Springs — A recent issue of
the Sweet Springs Herald included this
item: “NOTICE, If you find mistakes
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Porter Fisher Classic visits Monroe City
O
ne of the storms in the parade of weather that rolled
across the Midwest this spring washed out the last few
holes of the MPA Porter Fisher Golf Classic on June 9. The
pro shop horn called all of the golfers in before the fierce
storm struck, so prizes were awarded according to nine-hole
scores.
The Mound City/Tarkio team of Will Johnson, Haley
Johnson, Gary Vette and Ryan Glynn posted the low score
at Mosswood Meadows Golf Course in Mound City.
Six other teams participated:
✩Kevin Jones/Keith Mancinelli/Jeff Schrag/Trevor Vernon.
✩Doug Crews/Tricia Crews/Joe May/Phyllis May.
✩Vicki Russell/Jim Robertson/Suzie Wilson/Dave Berry.
✩Rep. Paul Quinn/Rep. Tom Shively/Mark Maassen/
Greg Baker.
✩Dennis Warden/Don Warden/Mike Sell/John Spaar.
✩Greg Gaffke/Karen Crabtree/Tony Hoffman/Lyle
Whitaker.
The last team listed represented CenturyLink, which
sponsored the trophies for the Classic. CenturyLink also
donated to the prize fund for the outing and to the ShowMe Press Association for its annual meeting.
The Monroe City Chamber of Commerce and Visitors
Bureau provided and served lunch to the golfers before
tee-off.
Others who contributed prizes to the tournament or
donated to the prize fund were:
Missouri Propane Gas Association
Trevor Vernon/Vernon Publishing, Inc.
The Kansas City Star
Dave Berry/Neighbor Newspapers
Holt County Publishing
Jeff Schrag/Springfield Daily Events
St. Louis American
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in this publication, please consider that
they are there for a reason.
“We try to publish ‘Something for
Everyone’ and some people are always
looking for mistakes.”
• LaPlata — The Home Press held a
luncheon at a local restaurant on June
9 for correspondents and employees so
they and the new owner, Bob Ely, could
get acquainted.
Attending: Ely, Sharron Burns, Marsha Hammons, Pam Burris, Verna
Buck, editor and former owner Becky
Jeffcoat, Randy Bunch, Tej Gosh and
Paula Heming.
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Jeff Schrag of the Springfield Daily
Events watches his putt track
toward the hole during the MPA
Porter Fisher Golf Classic on June
9 at Mosswood Meadows Golf
Course in Monroe City. Schrag’s
partners in the four-person
scramble were, from left, Kevin
Jones, St. Louis American; Keith
Mancinelli of St. Louis; and Trevor
Vernon, Eldon Advertiser. Twentyeight golfers participated.
LaPlata weekly sold to people
who bought Canton newspaper
P
ublisher Becky Jeffcoat sold her
LaPlata Home Press to Lewis Press
News Journal, LLC, effective May 1.
That is the same company owned by
Bob Ely and Phil Calian that purchased
the Canton Press-News Journal last year.
Paula Christner is the publisher of the
Canton and LaPlata weeklies.
Jeffcoat bought the Home Press in
www.mopress.com
January 1999. She continues as editor.
Jeffcoat also works as a PRN at a
Kirksville hospital.
“I was just running myself ragged, so I
decided to get out from under some paperwork and responsibilities,” she said.
Many cosmetic changes have been
made to the paper, including the use of
color, Jeffcoat said.
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Viers headlines at Show-Me Press meeting
Monroe County Appeal editor David Eales elected president
Guests enjoy wine,
panoramic view
at Mark Twain Lake
S
oftware trainer Russell Viers headlined the annual meeting of the
Show-Me Press Association June 9-11
in Hannibal. He presented sessions on
Friday and Saturday at the Quality Inn.
Viers demonstrated various techniques in design and workflow using
InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge and Illustrator.
Before the Show-Me meeting started,
the boards of Missouri Press Association
and Missouri Press Service held their
spring meeting Thursday morning, June
9, at the hotel. After that meeting adjourned the golfers in the bunch headed
to Mosswood Meadows Golf Course in
Monroe City for the MPA Porter Fisher
Golf Classic.
Guests at the Show-Me Press meeting
had Thursday dinner at restaurants in
Hannibal.
In addition to Viers on the Friday
program was Ryan Murray, marketing
director of Mark Twain Home & Museum. He spoke during lunch about the
Hannibal attraction and its activities.
Friends of Arrow Rock
present highest honor
T
he Friends of Arrow Rock presented its highest honor — the
Distinguished Service Award — to Dr.
and Mrs. Thomas B. Hall III at its 52nd
Annual Meeting on June 12.
The organization also celebrated the
completion of a capital campaign that
raised $1.1 million for building preservation, educational programs, curator
services and operating support. Missouri Press Association has been a
partner of Friends of Arrow Rock since
1966. MPA’s Print Shop Museum is one
of the historic attractions in Arrow Rock.
Tom Hall became president of Friends
in 2004.
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Adobe trainer Russell Viers, right, visits at the Show-Me Press Association meeting in Hannibal
with Dennis Warden of the Gasconade County Republican, Owensville, and Paula Christner of
the Canton Press-News Journal.
Friday evening, Show-Me guests
boarded a small bus and traveled to the
Mark Twain Lake Visitor Center for wine
tasting, dinner and musical entertainment. A violent thunderstorm provided
some tension during the ride back to
the hotel.
Saturday’s program included a presentation by Mike Jenner from the Missouri
School of Journalism and the Reynolds
Journalism Institute in Columbia. He
talked about his research on how newspapers are generating revenue from the
internet.
Missouri Press ad director Greg Baker
also presented. He talked about the in-
formation newspapers must be able to
provide if they want to get the attention
of advertising agencies.
Show-Me members elected their officers for the year. David Eales, editor
of the Monroe County Appeal in Paris,
succeeds Linda Geist of the Lake Gazette
in Monroe City as president. Filling the
vice president position is Jeff Grimes of
The Centralia Fireside Guard.
Sandy Nelson of the News-Press &
Gazette Co. remains secretary-treasurer,
and Geist will serve as past president on
the board of directors.
Other directors are Dennis Warden
of Owensville and Stacy Rice of Drexel.
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Obituaries
Kansas City
G
Gary D. Warner
ary D. Warner, 75, former outdoors
editor for The Kansas City Star, died
April 24, 2011.
Mr. Warner joined The Star in the
mid-1960s. He was named outdoors
editor in 1972 and continued in that
role through 1979.
Mr. Warner later served as editor of
Fins and Feathers magazine and later as
public information director for the Army
Corps of Engineers at Table Rock Lake.
He was living in Eureka Springs, Ark.,
at the time of his death.
Excelsior Springs
J
Joe Morgan
oseph Eugene Morgan, 91, Excelsior
Springs, died May 26, 2011, at his
home.
Mr. Morgan was publisher of the
Town & Country Leader, The Daily
Standard and other Leader publications.
He sold the papers and retired in 1986.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley;
two sons, three daughters, two stepsons,
nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren.
The Excelsior Springs Standard published a series of stories about Morgan’s
life and tributes to Morgan by former
publisher Jim Bouldin and current publisher Brian Rice.
Joplin
B
Bruce M. Baillie
ruce M. Baillie, 56, a page designer
for The Joplin Globe, died May 22,
2011, in the tornado that devastated
the city of Joplin, killing more than
150 people.
Mr. Baillie was a native of Canada
and worked for several newspapers there
before buying a bed-and-breakfast in
Sedona, Ariz. He later worked for the
Benton County Daily Record in Arkansas.
He joined The Globe in 2003.
Retirement reception in Hannibal
Jack and Sarah Whitaker, center, were the guests of honor on May 20 for a retirement reception
at the Hannibal Courier-Post. Whitaker retired recently as publisher of the paper. Among the
Whitakers’ Missouri Press newspaper friends and associates who dropped in to congratulate
them were, from left, JoAnn Steinbeck, Dan Steinbeck and Jennifer Pegler from Canton; Joe
and Phyllis May, Mexico, and Tricia and Doug Crews, Columbia. (Submitted photo)
T
hese individuals and organizations made recent contributions to Missouri Press Foundation. Donations advance the journalism training and
historical preservation projects of Missouri Press. All are greatly appreciated.
Donations to the Foundation are wonderful tributes to Missouri newspaper people, and they make excellent memorials to friends and associates
who made careers out of working at newspapers.
To make a donation with a credit card, call (573) 449-4167, or send
checks to Missouri Press Foundation, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201.
Show-Me Press Association Annual Meeting
The Lake Gazette, Monroe City
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper In Education Program
Missouri Valley Conference, St. Louis
Washington Missourian Newspaper In Education Program
Wal-Mart, Bentonville, Ark.
Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller, Washington, Mo.
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0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Source: ETC Institute (2011)
72% learn about issues in newspaper
I
n Columbia, Mo., more people get
Primary Sources of Information about City Issues,
information about city issues from
local newspapers than from any
Services, and Events 2011 vs 2007 vs 2005
other medium.
by percentage of respondents (multiple answers allowed)
The city gathered that bit of informa72%
tion during its fourth DirectionFinder
79%
Local newspaper
75%
survey conducted this spring. The pur65%
69%
Television news
75%
pose of this survey was to help identify
38%
61%
City newsletter included w/ monthly utility bills
and respond to resident concerns while
56%
46%
assessing citizen satisfaction with the
48%
Radio
56%
delivery of major city services and to help
40%
40%
Friends/neighbors
determine priorities for the community.
42%
40%
A random sample of 1,800 households
22%
City website
13%
in Columbia received the survey, which
8%
21%
City cable channel
18%
was conducted by ETC Institute. Of that
6%
Social networking sites not asked in 2005 or 2007
number, 834 households from all areas
2%
of the city completed the survey.
3%
Other
5%
Seventy-two percent of the respon0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
dents said the local newspaper is the
2011
2007
2005
primary source of information about
Trends
city issues. That percentage was 75% in
Source: ETC Institute (2011)
2005 and 79% in 2007.
Sixty-five percent of those responding
said television news was their primary of city information for 46% of the survey
• City newsletter sent with monthly
(2011)
respondents.
utility bills: 38%
source of information about theETC
city.Institute
Other sources of city information
• City cable channel: 8%
Local affiliates of three networks serve
were:
• Social networking sites: 6%
the Columbia television market.
• Friends and neighbors: 40%
• Other: 2%.
Radio stations, of which there are
• City website: 40%
many in the market, were the top source
Readers asked to not steal Sunday papers
W
e have made it a point to promote the amount of savings
readers can achieve through
the coupons in our Sunday print edition.
Couponing is a valid way to stretch
your family’s dollars, but every positive
force seems to have a dark side. …
...Unfortunately, surveillance video
and news rack audits show some of our
residents paying for one newspaper but
taking all of the papers in the box, or
taking one paper and the coupon inserts
from all of the other papers in the box.
Newspaper racks are, in essence, a
“gentlemen’s agreement” between the
publisher and readers... We realize not
everyone will honor the agreement, but
lately the increase in theft has prompted
us to remind people that taking more
papers than you have paid for is ... theft,
punishable by up to one year in jail, a
fine of up to $1,000 or any combination
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of the two.
We are glad that people find value
in the Democrat. While the bulk of
our revenue comes from advertising,
subscriptions and rack purchases help
us continue to deliver meaningful local
news to our readers. We believe what we
produce is well worth paying for, and ask
our readers to take only their fair share.
(The Sedalia Democrat)
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802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-4888
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Consumers look to papers
when planning purchases
A
RLINGTON, Va. – Newspaper
advertising is the leading advertising medium cited by consumers in planning, shopping and making
purchasing decisions, according to data
from a Frank N. Magid Associates survey of 2,500 adults. The findings were
announced recently by the Newspaper
Association of America.
“This important new research reaffirms the power of newspaper advertising
to engage consumers and drive them to
take action,” said NAA President and
CEO John Sturm. “More than all other
media, adults continue to turn to newspapers to inform shopping decisions that
lead to purchases.”
This study, titled “How America
Shops and Spends 2011,” is the latest
in an ongoing series of NAA research
investigating consumer shopping habits
and the influence media has on shopping
today. Highlights include:
— Four-in-five adults (79 percent) of
those surveyed said they “took action” as
a result of newspaper advertising in the
past month, including:
•Clipping a coupon (54 percent)
•Buying something (46 percent)
•Visiting websites to learn more (37
percent)
R.B. “Bob” Smith III
running for legislature
R
.B. “Bob” Smith III, a past president
of Missouri Press Association, has
filed as a Republican candidate for the
146th District of the Missouri House of
Representatives.
Incumbent Rep. Darrell Pollock cannot run again because of term limits.
Smith is a former publisher of several
Missouri newspapers, including publications in Branson, Forsyth, Kimberling
City and Hermann. He was the publisher of the Lebanon Daily Record when
elected president of MPA for 1991.
Smith retired last summer after 20
years working for the Missouri Division
of Tourism, serving as interim director
for his last two years.
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•Trying something for the first time
(20 percent)
— 52 percent of all adults identify
newspapers as the medium they use to
help plan shopping or make purchase
decisions
— 72 percent of all adults regularly
or occasionally read newspaper preprints
(For Sunday inserts, this figure increases
to 90 percent).
— Over the course of 30 days, 79
percent of adults acted on newspaper
preprint advertising.
— 38 percent of adults who identify
themselves as newspaper “non-readers”
recalled other forms of engagement with
newspapers in the past week, including
checking sales in local stores, clipping
coupons, comparing prices, checking
movie or TV listings and classified, and
also various forms of editorial content.
— Advertising on local newspaper
websites ranked second (behind only
e-mailed store or product information)
among online options for advertising
sources, beating general interest websites, or portals, paid ads that appear
on the right side of the search engine
screens, ads on social network pages,
and ads on mobile devices.
Newspapers also lead other media on
the following advertising benefits:
•Checking for your regular shopping
(41 percent).
•Having advertising that you consult
from stores that you regularly shop (36
percent).
•Being the most believable and trustworthy (36 percent).
•Being the best for bringing sales to
your attention (38 percent).
•Being the most valuable in planning
your shopping (36 percent).
•Preferred for receiving advertising
information (36 percent).
•You look forward to this kind of
advertising (30 percent).
Other media trailed well behind
newspapers as the primary medium for
checking advertising.
The closest competitor – the Internet
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James Curry (seated) receives a plaque from
Judge John Moody. (Photo provided by Curry’s
daughter, Sue Jones.)
Attorneys honor Curry
for community service
A
ttorneys in the Ava region on May
2 honored James E. Curry, owner
and publisher of the Douglas County
Herald, for a lifetime of service to the
community.
An attorney in Ava for more than 60
years, Curry has held a membership in
nearly every civic and service organization the community has known.
The Douglas County Commission
proclaimed May 2 as James E. Curry
Day.
Curry served as Ava city attorney for
44 years and as Douglas County prosecuting attorney for six years.
Curry bought stock in his family’s
Douglas County Herald in 1946 and
became a partner with his father, Elmer
Curry. When Elmer retired in 1969,
Curry became publisher.
Curry practiced law until he retired
at age 84. Today at age 90, he still goes
to the newspaper office each morning,
and each week waits for the paper to roll
off the press.
age points (35 percent vs. 28 percent).
Direct mail mustered only a 12 percent
response in the survey, and television was
cited by only 9 percent of respondents.
The numbers for other media trail off
from that point.
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Check your political ad
attribution policy now!
Beware of discrimination in housing ads
S
everal issues relating to advertising makes a decision about this! I suggest
have come up this month that I your folks just make this change now. It’s
want to address to those of you a simple change of policy, and now is a
handling the newspaper’s ad content. good time to take action, go over this
You will want to keep this column in staff meetings and get notes up in
handy.
your advertising department so staff
First, if you regularly
will mentally make the
read the Bulletin from
shift. Before you know it,
Missouri Press Associait’ll be election time again.
tion, you saw my brief
Speaking of advertising
note about issues relating
issues, I cannot remind
to attribution in political
you often enough about
advertising. your housing ads and
It has become common
what needs to be done
practice among many of
to avoid discrimination
the smaller newspapers in
issues. e sure you have the
the state to use the words
statement of non“Paid for by the candidate”
discrimination in an adin political advertising of
vertising box (I’m assumlocal races, where the caning most of you run it as
didates come in and pay for
Jean Maneke, MPA’s Legal
a box) at the top of your
the ad themselves.
Hotline attorney, can be
I would suggest you alert reached at (816) 753-9000, Housing advertising secyour ad staff that they need jmaneke@manekelaw.com. tion. If you are NOT runto change that practice.
ning The Equal Housing
Section 130.031 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri relates to the statement and if it doesn’t contain the
attribution that is required on political Equal Housing logo in it, CALL ME
campaign ads. It says, when an ad is paid NOW! Seriously, stop reading right
for by the candidate from personal funds now and go check if you don’t know for
and where no candidate campaign com- absolutely sure.
And then, be sure everyone writing
mittee exists, such ads must say “Paid for
by” and include the first and last name copy for those ads understands the
simple rule to Describe The Property,
by which the candidate is known.
ewspapers have adopted the incor- NOT the Renter or Buyer. rect attribution habit just because
About a month ago, a Missouri newsit’s easy. But in early May, the members paper got a letter from a city’s Human
of the Missouri Ethics Commission Relations Department advising that they
requested a study be done as to whether were investigating a complaint about a
the language “Paid for by the Candidate” fair housing issue regarding an ad that
complies with state statutes. was running. he ad said an apartment was “Perfect
I’ll bet they decide it does not comfor senior or retired.” The comply. If that happens, then those running
such attribution in campaign ads could plaint stated: “These advertisements
be cited by the Commission, and they suggest that families with children may
might be fined. That would not be a not be welcome.”
It is clear that these complaints that
good thing for you. But why wait until the Commission are filed are done by organizations that
B
N
T
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use the fines that are assessed to fund
their non-discrimination activities.
These are not filed by persons who have
actually been discriminated against, in
most cases. Most of the time, these are groups
seeking ads just like this to use to make
their complaints. That doesn’t mean
these groups are bad, but it DOES mean
that someone
is watching
what you are
The attorney
doing.
T h e s e
c a t e g o r i e s general has notio f a d s a re fied a city that
important
to monitor, repeated generic
because the
n e w s p a p e r meeting notice
has as much entries do not
liability as
your adver- comply with the
tiser for discriminatory statute requirlanguage in
housing ads. ing notice that a
Warn your meeting will be
folks about
language like closed. Call if you
this in your
ads. Call me want a copy of
anytime you
the AG’s letter.
have a question. The
call to me is
free. The fine or settlement you may
have to pay will NOT be free.
Before I close, let me add one last note
for those on the news side of the paper. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office recently sent a letter to a city advising that its notice of a meeting, which
listed items such as “ordinance reports”
and “new business,” was insufficient to
meet the standard under the Sunshine
Law. And it also stated that listing the
same three subsections for closure each
time the city met was NOT complying
with the Sunshine Law. “Simply listing these same subsections
for meeting after meeting is not creating
an agenda that is reasonably calculated
‘to advise the public of the matters to be
considered,’” the letter said. If you believe your city would benefit
from seeing this letter, let me know and
I’ll send you a copy!
Missouri Press News, July 2011
Missouri Newspaper Organizations
NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Matt Daugherty, Smithville/
Kearney/Libertyv; Vice President, Phil Cobb, Maryville; Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany;
Treasurer, W.C. Farmer, Rock Port. Directors: Past President Jim Fall, Maryville; Dennis
Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Jim McPherson, Weston; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; Adam Johnson,
Mound City; Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Kay Wilson, Maryville; Steve Booher, St. Joseph;
D’Anna Balliett, Cameron.
SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, David Eales, Paris; Vice President,
Jeff Grimes, Centralia; Secretary-Treasurer, Sandy Nelson, News-Press & Gazette Co.
Directors: Dennis Warden, Owensville; Stacy Rice, Drexel; Past President/Director, Linda
Geist, Monroe City.
OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Keith Moore, Ava; Vice President, Whitney
Anderson, Crane; Secretary-Treasurer, Dala Whittaker, Cabool. Directors: Roger Dillon,
Eminence; Brad Gentry, Houston; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Chris Case, Cuba; Tianna
Brooks, Mountain View; Sharon Vaughn, Summersville.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Betty Watkins, Dexter; First
Vice President, Amanda Layton, Perryville; Second Vice President, Donna Denson, Cape
Girardeau; Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff; Executive Secretary, Ann
Hayes, Southeast Missouri State University; Historian, Peggy Scott, Festus. Directors:
Gera LeGrand, Cape Girardeau; Kim Combs, Piedmont; H. Scott Seal, Portageville; Kate
Martin, Perryville; Deanna Nelson, Sikeston; Ed Thomason, New Madrid.
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice
President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer,
Linda Geist, Monroe City.
MISSOURI CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney,
Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve
Edwards, St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia.
Directors: Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck, Jefferson City.
MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION: President, Dennis Warden,
Owensville; First Vice President, Jane Haslag, Jefferson City; Second Vice President,
Jana Todd, Warrenton; Secretary, Jeanine York, Washington; Treasurer, Kristie Williams,
Columbia. Directors: Suzie Wilson, Milan; Bruce Wallace, Ashland; Brian Rice, Excelsior
Springs; Lisa Miller, Camdenton; Kevin Jones, St. Louis. Past President, Stacy Rice, Drexel.
MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, vacant;
Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia; Past President, Larry
Freels, Kirksville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins, St. Louis; Dan Potter,
Columbia.
MISSOURI PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATORS: President, Colene McEntee, St.
Charles; President-Elect, vacant; Secretary, Peggy Koch, Barnhart; Treasurer, Roxanne
Miller, Ballwin; Public Relations Officer, Suzanne Corbett, St. Louis; Membership Officer,
Linda Briggs-Harty, St. Louis; Contest Director, Janice Denham, Kirkwood; Quest Awards
Directors, Susan Fadem, St. Louis, and Marge Polcyn, St. Louis; Conference Director,
vacant; Archivist, Dee Rabey, Granite City, Ill.; Past President, Fran Mannino, Kirkwood.
MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, Vicki Russell, Columbia; Vice President, Jack
Whitaker, Hannibal; Secretary-Treasurer, Dave Bradley, St. Joseph. Directors: Steve
Oldfield, Adrian, John Spaar, Odessa.
MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; First Vice
President, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Second Vice President, Kirk Powell, Pleasant Hill;
Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Rogers
Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Columbia; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson,
Milan; Dane Vernon, Eldon; Vicki Russell, Columbia; Bill James, Harrisonville; Bill Miller
Sr., Washington, Tom Miller, Washington; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe. Directors Emeritus:
Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville; Wallace Vernon, Eldon.
MISSOURI-KANSAS AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, Susan Lynn, Iola,
Kan. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, vacant; Past Chairman, Carol Stark, Joplin.
MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Dave Hon, Missouri Western
State University; Vice President, Andrea Sisney, Webster University; Secretary, Janaca
Scherer, University of Missouri, St. Louis; MPA Liaison, Jack Dimond, Missouri State
University; Adviser, Dr. Robert Bergland, Missouri Western State University.
Missouri Press News, July 2011
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CALENDAR
July
20-23 — 50th Annual National
Newspaper Association Government
Affairs Conference, Washington, D.C.
September
8 — MPA/MPA Board meeting, Hilton
Convention Center, Branson
8-10 — 145th Annual MPA
Convention, Hilton Convention
Center at Branson Landing, Branson
22-25 — National Newspaper
Association Annual Convention
and Trade Show, Albuquerque, N.M.
October
20 — Missouri Photojournalism
Hall of Fame Induction Program,
Washington, Mo.
November
19 — Mizzou football v. Texas Tech,
Columbia; MPA Tailgate party
in Hearnes Fieldhouse two hours
before kickoff (time not yet set)
Missouri Employers
Mutual claims it isn’t
subject to Sunshine Law
M
issouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co., a state governmentfinanced startup created to provide competition in the unemployment insurance
industry, and which has three of its five
board of director positions under the effective control of the governor, contends
it is not subject to the Sunshine Law.
MEM has denied the Columbia Daily
Tribune’s repeated requests that it open
its records for inspection.
MEM put its director, Roger Wilson,
a former Missouri govemor, on administrative leave (several) weeks ago, and
two board members, one current and
one who resigned last year, have been
indicted by federal grand juries for financial crimes. The criminal accusations do
not touch Missouri Employers Mutual.
Jean Maneke, Missouri Press Association’s legal hotline counselor, is
convinced MEM is covered by the open
records and open meetings law. (Columbia Daily Tribune)
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Teachers are part of our electric co-op.
Missouri’s Electric Cooperatives
Touchstone Energy®
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