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Volume 71, Number 4 - April, 2000 I I ‘ IS S
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PUBLISHED AS A MEMBER SERVICE OF THE KENTUCKY PRESS ASSOCIATION AND KENTUCKY PRESS SERVICE
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Interest in first 1:661ng our way
boot camp high N ewspaper pros discuss industry’s future
Several newspapers have indi- By KARLA DOOLEY l}: they all indicated that technolo- Most papers are already
cated they will send a reporter to KPA News Bureau gy will be the driving force behind attempting to keep abreast of tech~
the Kentucky Press Association’s Just give me the metro section. the newspapers large and small of nology and make themselves more
first Journalism Boot Camp. sched- the business page and a copy of the the new millennium. attractive to consumers by main-
uled for July 17 through August 4 comics-on the side. 3 And in an age where digital. taining web sites.
at Midway College. 3 3 3 A future in which readers can broadcast and print journalism “I think we need to be right
The boot camp is limited to the pick up a personalized newspaper compete for consumers‘ time. most there with the technology," said
first .20 partic1pants to be reg18- Just as eaSily as they might order a said the newspaper mdustrv will . . 3 ~ , 3 - . ,
. , 3 3 _ ~ lleboirah l)(nnlt. (ditoi and pub—
tered. Even though Its three fast food lunch is one shift that Jo- have to run fast to keep up. ., .l
, . . . . 3 3 lisher of lhe l‘almouth ()utlook.
months 33W3Y~ the registration Ann Huff Albers imagines could “I think we ve got to he Dennie said she 13330333 the
process. 15 underway. Thls early take place in this ever-moving absolutely essential to people's information J33 33 333“ (33333333333113
Signup 15 being offered _t0 Kentucky industry over the next few decades. lives every day of the week," said h' 3 3 . ff 33‘ ve n JthJJx
newspapers; 1f Its ObVIOUS that 20 But that could be the least of Tim Kelly, publisher of the (NJ deUT 9 e s e n J) 3 J
Kentucky reporters WODJt be regis- the changes. She and other media Lexington Herald-Leader. rural community her paper SOJVJJS‘
tered, then the course WI“ be professionals around the state But just how many changes Although the paper ls a small
offered to reporters 1“ adjacent offered up their ideas on what the newspapers will have to make in
See CAMP, page 5 ‘OOS could hold, and not surprising- order to do that remains to be seen. See FUTURE. page 6
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KPA News Bureau 3‘ < -. 3
Glenn Gray says his jobs as a basketball coach and - 23‘ § ’J , Kentucky has its second new
referee are a good way to break from the pressures of 3 J‘tsus- 3-. j- ? area code of the past two years,
being a publisher and vice president for Nolan Group J" ,. ‘% i?! Beginning April 1. telephone users
Newspapers. 33;" _':'J3 . ‘ ~ ~ s3 calling central and northern
BUt Gray’s night JJObS aren’t JJUSt a form 0f FGIBX‘ J V? '3 . J‘ J Kentucky can start using the new
ation. He says they come with stress of their own and ' J . J‘ > .. 859 area code.
intersect with his newspaper work in some interesting 7 ' . , _3 3 From now until Oct. 1. callers
ways. ’JJ 9 J ' can use either the new area code or
Gray spends two or three nights per week calling ’J ’ J the old 606 code to make their call.
high school basketball games for the 13th Region. On . t) V 3 i __ ‘ “ ; .3 On Oct. 1. callers will have to dial
other nights, he coaches an elementary school basket- 3 J \ J 859 to successfully complete a call
ball team. . S
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Last month, Gray took time off from work at the I I \ 53 , _ 3 3 3 3 pg 3
papers to call two games in the girls state basketball . . 33t333333333 ».
tournament, an honor he’s aspired to for some time. t . ' ”J“ " ‘J" 3 “3;
’ Only 32 referees out of 700 are chosen to work at 3 333 K 3 WSW
the two state tournaments each year. Gray, who was . J” . 3 f . , 3 KM S I
ranked number one among his district’s girls referees ' x .3 " ' I 133:! I ll 9” ’
and number two for boys games this season, says it’s J I
his dream to one day throw the ball up on the final J $3 ‘3 ' dune 15-16: Summer Convonfion,
night of the boys tournament. ‘ " ‘ 3 Executive hm, Omnsbora '
He’s been refereeing for 16 years and says it's been 1‘“ .
good for his newspaper work. . __ , Insule
3 Ithink it brings credibility, he said. I‘hey see you ~3 3 3 i“ ”2339' II P ““3 ““3"" I
calling a fair game (and) they know you re gomg to Glenn Gray, pubhsher and Vice preSident for Nolan ~ 3- 3 3 3 3 3
be fair. In the newspaper industry. now, fair goes a long Group Newspapers and a member of the KPA/KPS nemmmmm 3:3
way.” Board of Directors, was one of the handful of refer- figmmmflm 535?:
But Grav. 42 savs he never intended to make eeschosen forthe two state tournaments. (PhotobyJ. ' = ' " '
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