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mg a pubhc meetlng, the 1mportance . :
of taking accurate notes and a myri- Kentucky Press Association Member Services Director David Greer, front, leads a discussion on ethics with atten- :
ad of other topics. This writer dees at July’s week-long journalism boot camp held in Frankfort.
served as boot camp instructor. In ;
addition, boot campers heard from _ _ . . f
four guest speakers _ retired Record in Garrard County, great deal from 1.t'. Those who com— fea51b1e for communlty papers to 7
Anderson News publisher and Kentucky New Era in Hopk1nsv1lle pleted two wrlting assrgnments send representatives.
award-winning writer Don White, and Hey en Las Americas, within a two-week deadline after Class size had been limited to l5 3
media attorney and KP A legal coun— Landmark .Community the boot camp received a plaque. people. All slots were filled and paid 3
, sel Ashley Pack, Lexington Herald- Newspapers’ Spanlsh-language This marked the debut of the one- 1n advance but four people didn’t
Leader communities editor and for— weekly published by the Sentinel- week format. Previous boot camps, attend — with reasons ranging from :
mer business writer Risa Brim and News of Shelbyville, all sent a repre- started in 2001, ran for three weeks. illness to a family emergency to car
Louisville Courier-Journal colum— sentative. Two other boot campers The concept behind the boot camp is trouble. ;
nist Bob Hill. had also been community colum- to provide training to those individ- Interest was high during the sign- "
Classes were held in Frankfort’s nists for two papers. uals who already work at papers but up period with all 15 slots filled a
historic Berry Hill Mansion, now a The rest of the boot campers were have no formal journalism schooling week before the deadline. ,
state-owned office and meeting individuals interested in writing or those persons interested in writ- _ More than. a .dozen people .Vr
space facility. and newspaper work. They ranged ing and newspapermg as a new or inqulred about Signing up after the 1
Four members of the boot camp in age from retirees to a high— school ' second career. ' slots were filled. . x,
already work at Kentucky newspa- senior. Participants said they . It’s hoped the shorter format Wlll A second one-week boot camp in .
pers. The Paintsville Herald, Central enjoyed boot camp and learned a make it more affordable and more the fall is under con51deration. ;
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Foreign correspo d t

Kentucky Journalists discuss busmess, polltics and Wal—Mart With Russ1an counterparts '
' 5.] ' 1 ‘. ' ' ' I. , 7 ' Sitting across the table from fellow jour- she and her children left their home for sev-
'3}! .4 '13" ' w ‘ ' , nalists whose language and customs are eral months until the situation settled down.

,1 " V . i totally alien to our own and whose homes Others told similar stories.

”rear ‘ 3945-. . are half a world away is always a fascinating, Gradually, political ' coverage has disap-

g ' - yet humbling experience. But each such peared from many newspapers as a result of .'

a?” ”,1. g occasion has left me impressed with their the intimidation, one Russian said. Another, 1

2 i y , I”, dedication and courage. whoworked for a television station, told

' 2% ”fig/M, 517g / g This time, 10 Russian journalists and their how her colleagues first found sources

‘ y %” geégaéwé’;.~c ' interpreter visited the Kentucky Press wouldn’t talk to them, then their access to '1

My ,rtfaém’flfl’ ‘é Association last month for a three—hour dis- government buildings was restricted and '

@, {fifiw ,. cussion With ahalf-dozen . finally the station’s elec- ;

. ”4%,? ”WM/[)4 of their Kentucky coun— Oh b th tr1c1ty was dlsconnected.

.5”, ’ terparts on a w1de array , I y e 4 Her print colleagues told ,

w 2.3.," " ' f , , '7 of topics. - ‘3 similar stories. Yet, most

M .. M... .- Everyone in ‘ this w; 2%”: persevered and found

. . --' -. group, whose trip was ' V‘ . - it”? i ways to continue broad- :
‘ ‘ ’ . Louisville office of the KPAMemb‘er‘Ser-uices. % i i - As their nation’s econo- f
. ‘ r. ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ‘ . . ' > World Affairs ,COunCfl, ' 1" W Director . p 7, " “£4 ' my and standard of" living ' '
' " fl lives—.ijastern Sibéltiaf W ; .' I . _ has" grown and more con-7 ' ,
' ' . = .1 near Where Russia, China and,NOrth Korea) suiner goods. such as. cars and “electronics '
. . ..._ I 5} , meet. Of the 10;.zthere were eight women and have become available and affordable, many \

_. m " .1, 7 Women. One of the-Russian men comment- Russians are- willing to trade freedom for .

“12’6”- . . . . -' . ed that, just as the make-up of the group prosperity. Apathy from the Russian public . .
,. . 1.22"” M; .- M , showed, journalism inRussi-ais increasingly has only encouraged such bully behavior . '

a I : ~« ’; ‘ becoming a female profession, he said. from government officials, our visitors said. ‘ ,

. . ‘gfiirééi‘é; w Over the past four years, KPA has hosted We asked the group about their views on ,

g3“; gamed} about KPA’s function and purpose since North Korean border. The question seemed j
“ .335 54:33.25. 91%,!“ there are no parallel organizations in their to generate ample discussion among our vis— I
m- :3 t“ ”. -. ' {Q’s— countries. And just as previous groups have itors — all in Russian, of course -- so we did- '
.17 “ r 17g . . g _ asked, a woman in this group also wanted to n.’ t know exactly what they said among ;

' V ' ' 1 . . . . -. ', = , know about the process of registering a themselves. But one editor said through the Q

‘ newspaper with our government prior to interpreter that he had traveled on business
’2: , beginning publication. She seemed genuine- to North Korea several times in recent years
ly surprised'when we explained there was and found it to be a stark land with ample :
' a __ ., at; no such requirement. poverty. North Korea’s leader, he said, is a
$53“ var . That led to her follow—up question of how man who likes to impress people. The mis- :
fix’” often are newspapers closed by the govern- sile test firings were his way of ”asking” for '
”V4. . ment. Never, we said. Again, a look of aston- assistance from the West without looking 1
‘12“: j, E x . ishment appeared on her face. weak to his own people, the journalist said. 1
”e “if“ ' After decades of government ownership During the discussion, someone on the

QM f3)» W and control, Russian newspapers are now American side of the table mentioned Wal— '
1;, H «5* M often privately owned, our colleagues said. Mart. That drew an immediate look of con- ;

" " W But the owners are often political parties or fusion among several of the visitors until one '3
a W . «f3» . large companies that use the newspapers as apparently reminded the group that was the
Ififir/Mwl" . 1 . - official mouthpieces to advocate particular name of the store they visited in Louisville
”xii: , V . ‘1 ~ ' points of View. Or they will pay newspapers the night before. Then a smile broke out on 3
fl,” ' . v' to publish favorable stories. one woman’s face. "From the prices we saw, I
V . Sadly, the Russians said, they actually we pay twice as much at home for these '

have less freedom of speech now than they goods,” she said through the interpreter. 3
PHOTOS BY JOHN WHITLOCK/KPA enjoyed immediately after the fall of the I
, Soviet Union in the 19908. Even though their ' ' 0 ¢ 0 '

Ten Russian journalists .visited the Kentucky Press nation has embraced democracy, journalists David E. Greer is the Kentucky Press '

Association in July for a three-hour discussion with a half- are still often intimidated or even threatened Association Member Services Director and
: dozen of their Kentuckycounterparts on a 'widé array'of tOp-‘ by‘p‘oliticians, .they said,‘.0ne‘ told, of.bei}1g “Kentucky High School Iournalism Association,
f ics. The visit was organized by the World Affairs Council. 7 threatened abOut'her‘ election coverage. S‘o,‘ "Administrator :

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NNA in Congress BACK HOME
the them i. .1 , ,
or re orm t {right his Estate 2':-
The National Newspaper which stretch into months and . t . 1 V _ E) .
Association (NNA) this week joined years, well beyond the 20 days W ,- -1 ' '. 33m
other media organizations in urging required by the law. _ . t 06“ ' 2489)»; r M-
Congress to press ahead with Late last year, President Bush .. ‘ $.11 _ ttég I it,”
Freedom of Information Act signed Executive Order 13392, 7 ' " . aft“ 9% . 1'
improvements, despite a recent which directed federal agencies to ‘ 3.1;; _ a firefight r94” 9 . y '
Presidential Executive Order submit plans for improving their ' g :gg’pilggfipegl t m 21 i
designed to make agencies more FOIA processing. The Order also 3 fifit‘égt f if” E, 1% 1
responsive. required the appointment of Chief -‘ r - we“ 3. é '.
Tonda Rush, director of public FOIA Officers and the creation of A“ ‘3‘ 1‘
policy for NNA, testified before the FOIA Requester Service Centers to \ 1.1},r ',
House Government Reform make agency FOIA operations more " '3=;§'~ti%§,:jf M H": " his
Committee‘s Subcommittee on ”citizen-friendly”. 9% ”tilt
Government Management, Finance But while the Executive Order “‘9‘” h"
and Accountability on behalf of was a positive step forward, it did- a ‘V
NNA and the Sunshine in n't go far enough in requiring the TIMES PHOTO BY SARAH BLOOM
Government Initiative, a coalition of specific, structural improvements . . . _ .
perrr prrp working .0 by re The or $:::.‘:;:Es:t;§:::£2:1:.gastrittiszssstarrsizitfizs:
ensure openness in government. Congress cannot be? replaced by Times’ new office at 4477 Main Street in Clay City. The Times is returning to Clay
The subcommittee's chairman, even a perfect executive order, Rush City after 12 years in Stanton.
Rep. Todd Russell Platts (R-PA), said. '
scheduled the hearing, the second in Rush proposed, among other
‘ as many years, in response to years things, the creation of an independ- WWWWHWWWWME
I: of wides read criticism of the effec- ent ombudsman to mediate dis- i '
tiveness 5f the law. Areas of primary putes between agencies and 2006 want to see _
concern to NNA and other media requesters, providing an alternative , q a =,
groups are: the lack of viable alter— to suing in federal court over AV1mIJ§mG the wi n n i n ads
natives to litigation when resolving improper denials. She also stressed ”EQXCELfiLEflé/E g
disputes, difficulty faced by prevail— the effects of current practices on ”MW e 11
ing parties in obtaining legal fees community newspapers which may ”* l1“ from the 2006
and the lack of meaningful penalties not have the resources to litigate r ' KENTtJCKY/ * '
for processing delays, some of against federal agencies. NEWSPAPéRS Ad Contest
Martin KlSh takes on new role at Ll close and ~
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_ Marketing for Associated Industries of Kentucky, ,“1 i this order form to:
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Kish is responsible for creating and executing mar— >9” E has all the FlI‘St Place ads Ad Contest 2006 CD g
; keting and communications strategy for AIK, including C/O Kentucky Press Association ‘1 _
; media relations; print, web and electronic communica- g from the 2006 Ad COIltCSt. 101 Consumer Lane 3
' tions; and public information and education cam- 1’5 E Frankfort, KY 40601 i
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~ Active in community leadership, Kish was chair of KISH i Name: 1 1 , I
' the 2002 United Way of the Bluegrass campaign, chair—
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‘ board chair of the Bluegrass State Games. Currently he is a leader of E E
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Look for changes in record keep ’ n
In the summer of 2004, the Kentucky Press to be determined: whether Kentucky law, as
Association filed a lawsuit in federal court in P l l .1 4, interpreted by the Kentucky courts, completely
Frankfort naming the Commonwealth and the mm a ega ”’3: closes juvenile proceedings and records to the
judges and clerks who administer its juvenile standpoint l '1 we media. ”Until we know the answer to this ques- '
courts as defendants. r———— a: 3». tion, our adjudicat'mg KPA's First Amendment
The lawsuit was a First Amendment challenge By Ieremy Rogers and bwfi?! claim would constitute entangling ourselves in
to Kentucky's statutes that automatically seal all Ion Fleischaker ' an abstract disagreement."
records and hearings in juvenile court cases. The KPA General Counsel ” 3"”: As support for the ruling, the Sixth Circuit
kinds of cases covered by Kentucky's closure DinsmOTe 5’ Shohl A “i; i cited to the specific language in the closure
laws range from juvenile criminal cases to cases my”? ”MW/(QWW/ statutes of Kentucky's Unified Juvenile Code. For
against parents charged with abusing or neglect- figs/”e322éflé‘tfgfifigffiffigess5“:“ii/gs; example, the statute that mandates that "[t]he
ing their children. ségsggfigfifgwwfi§ general public shall be excluded" from juvenile
The US. District CourtinFrankfort dismissed glwgéwig court hearings also provides that the juvenile
the lawsuit in February 2005, upholding the :§2,s?M§f/§Mgiglig.yg%fi court judge may open the hearing to those who
statutes that mandate closure of Kentucky's juve- fgfififififinfifigfiififg "have a direct interest in the case or in the work
nile and finding that the public's First «%fi%§§%fiifiifi of the court." According to the Sixth Circuit, this
Amendment right of access to court proceedings taefigggiglgf§,§w%i;§¢%;§wwg§§@ language might reasonably be interpreted by
does not apply to courts that adjudicate any of :g%g%%%§a$§§g§§£fi§§%¢ Kentucky's courts as permitting the news media
. these types of cases. The KPA appealed the ruling ggéégjtgiégéjfi to attend juvenile court cases in some circum-
to the US. Court 'of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, @gggééfiéfigsgggévfigfiég§§%: stances.
which Sits m Cmcmnati. We argued the case g‘figéfifisfleefigsfi,v?§%@”%§ie%e%§e§£ag%y”gfit
before a three-judge panel of that court last gtsts@%‘%t~tiugf§§getaggefggsfe’i Legislative Efforts
November. After more than six months of delib- fflééflmwggfg to Open Juvenile Courts
eration, the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling last jgfigggfiégggggigéggsfifif During last year's General Assembly session,
month dismissing the case on the ground that it tfiigggse/‘t’fs;fsee.r'vtir§2«fwgfjiiétetw: HB‘ 436 was aimed at opening juvenile court pro-
was not convinced that Kentucky's juvenile g§i~sféi:cgfé%§§§§§§ej§flf§sfg ceedings and court records for specific offenses.
courts are, in fact, closed to the press and public. ‘ While the KPA recognized that this bill did not go
Kentucky's closure of juvenile courts focused on far enough, we supported the intent 0f the bill ‘
The First Amendment Claim the fact that many of the kinds of cases in juvenile which was designed to eliminate some of the
KPA's lawsuit was based entirely on the First court are very much like traditional criminal secrecy which shrouds our juvenile courts. But,
. Amendment, which was first interpreted as cre— cases, with similar procedures and penalties. despite our best efforts, it was unable to garner
ating a right of public access to criminal courts in the support it needed to take off.
the 1980 US. Supreme Court case of Richmond The District Court's Ruling What did pass, however, was H8 3. H8 3,
Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia. Then, in 1983, the The District Court denied a litany of proce- aimed at strengthening the sex offender laws,
Sixth Circuit extended the right to include civil dural objections that lawyers representing \the contained some language permitting law enforce—
cases in the case of Brown 8: Williamson Tobacco Commonwealth posed. Similarly, the Dist ict ment access to juvenile records but failed to add
Corp. v. F. T. C. In 2002, the Sixth Circuit decided Court accepted that Kentucky’s Unified Iuverkme any language permitting public access to juvenile
the case of Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, which Code does, in fact, mandate the closure of juvet records. Any records obtained by law enforce-
further extended the First Amendment's reach to nile court hearings and records. ment, however, are specifically exempted from
include deportation hearings conducted by the However, the District Court dismissed KPA's ’ the Open Records Aet and law enforcement is
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). lawsuit, finding that it failed the "experience and prohibited from discussing the contents of the
In order to determine whether the First logic" test. According to the District Court, pro- records.
Amendment right of access applies to a particu- ceedings and records in the juvenile courts have The bill, new law, also requires court clerks to
lar proceeding, courts use a two-part test known been historically closed to the press and public. keep a separate juvenile docket for felonies and
as the "experience and logic" test. The "experi- Further, the District Court held that, even if juve- crimes committed with a deadly weapon. Under
ence" part of the test asks whether the kind of nile proceedings had been historically open to the the old law, the public had access to the petition,
proceeding has a history of openness. In answer- public, the "logic" test would fail because open— order of adjudication, and disposition in juvenile
ing this question, courts often examine how ing juvenile proceedings would frustrate the pur- delinquency proceedings after the child was
much a proceeding is like a traditional criminal pose of juvenile court, which is to protect the adjudicated a juvenile delinquent.
trial. If the "experience" test is answered affirma- juvenile. But, the problem with the old law was that
' tively, then the court addresses the "logic" ques- access to these records was limited because the
tion, which asks whether public access plays a The Sixth Circuit's Ruling public did not know the name of the juvenile
significant positive role in the particular proceed- The Sixth Circuit did not rule on whether the delinquent in order to request the records.
ing in question. First Amendment right of public access to courts Now, a separate docket will be made available
Once the First Amendment right of access is applies to juvenile courts. and should aid you in getting these specific
established, it is not absolute. Hearings and Instead, the Sixth Circuit dismissed KPA's records.

. records can still be sealed if there is a strong lawsuit holding that it was not ready for a legal But, this is not enough. The KPA's intention is
interest in closing them in order to preserve high- challenge in the federal courts under the doctrine to keep fighting to open up juvenile court to let
er values and the closure is narrowly tailored to of ripeness. the light shine in on all records and hearings in
”serve that interest. ' According to the Sixth Circuit, there is one fact juvenile‘cczurt cases. . .* , c , , ~- ~ ,

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