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CENTRAL SERIALS RECORDS M r h l 997 ‘
MARGARETI KING LIBRARY 3 C ’ .
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oMarch19.21 The Official Publication
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KPA/KPSBoardofDiredorsMeefing ~
—— Central Office . ’ THE KENTUCKY .
0 April 24-25 ’
_ KPA Ad Seminar ' .
Holiday Inn North, Lexington / .
0 June 26-27 ' ..
KPA Summer Convention ‘
Embassy Suites, Covington . 2
13610 buy Journal lsm Hall of Fame inductees chosen . ': -
E A Northern Kentucky newspaper executive. a W W
en S ear retired Frankfort capitol bureau chief and two veter- {W ' ' M’s .- 4
ans of Kentucky broadcasting have been named to " W l_ . .
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The 1997 inductees are: _ g. » ' E.) E
legacy 1n 0 Judith Clabes, former editor of The Kentucky , w R 'f: _, x
Post and now president and chief executive officer of Wit .9: M \s WW. I 7.
the Scripps Howard Foundation. WW if he ,4- We”, ,, __ i
entuc ° Hugh Morris. veteran political reporter and __ - ,fi. ’3 l . '5
chief of The Courier-Journal Frankfort bureau. now W ' y W »~ ' WWW; 'i i .'
retired. E .. .. . E r I I
By LISA CARNAHAN ' lien Rowland. active in the early days of f ’ 9'5 . I , 4 ‘-
KPA News Bureau lxnllsx ille tell-vision as a regtuvt. r - . .~ s il'N‘f'lIH‘ “luui . ? gig; $ng 3.113“; mg: ; _,.
At “no end of this monzh, the ant-hernia.) a. .10: -'i”\ any: \i'l'.-1'\>’--'l‘\. and now a 1__ My J E E K?” - , l f
family-owned publications of Walt business C(ll‘lfifllt‘llliit()l‘ on WllRB—TV. in Louisville. m JUDITH CIT/(BEES HUGH MORRIS i ‘ ‘
Dear Will be sold to a major media “ lired Wiche. popular larm anu garden director __ l ‘ ..
player. A.H. Belo Corp. at WllAS radio and television in Louisville, and , gi‘W‘stWfi‘: E '
The Kentucky publications author of a column published in several weekly ’57“thva -.\ ’ i‘ WWW _ $‘f‘* , /
include the Henderson Gleaner. newspapers across the state. ' 35“ \ ' i I, W
The Union County Advocate Clabes is a native of Henderson and graduated " ,. f i_ . l , I '
. (Morganfieldl. The Tribune from UK with degrees in English and journalism. : ._ ,, ; __ __ l 'f
' Courier (Benton). The Franklin She received a master's degree in public administra- ,j_ ‘ , . ‘ l / \
Favorite. The Cadiz Record. The tion from Indiana State University. ,5 '_s ”W ' . § 4" ¥ ' '1 E
McLean County News and the A former teacher, she joined Evansville Printing g: . A '2'?" j $9 ; .
' Herald-Ledger (Eddyville). Corporation in 1971 as Newspapers in Education i:» W": , E
Gleaner and Journal Publishing coordinator. She later became director of community as; '1 "' _. ' ’ W ;_
See BELO, page 6 affairs and associate editor of Evansville Press and ‘ _ . ' W . .. W . l
in 1978, became editor of the Sunday Courier and i f ,5“;
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semlnar In 1983, Clabes was named editor of The FRED WICHE KEN ROWLAND ; . _
Kentucky Post and in 1995 became special projects The author ofa nationally-syndicated newspaper f
. t f A '1 1 1 director for the Scripps newspaper division. A year column that was later produced in book form. (‘labes ‘ '
SC or pH later, she was promoted to her present top position is also the author of "New Guardians of the Press," a I:
" ' with the Scripps Howard Foundation. See FAME, page 16
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KPA News Bureau ' ° ° I °
KPA and the Associated press Crulse among highlights of 97 Summer Convention -
‘ will co-sponsora computer-assisted _ . . . . . . .
reporting (CAR) seminar in April. Where would you like to have a June 26 and 27, jom us on the of fun and extra activmes.
The one-day training session, Summer Convention? Near the banks of the Ohio River as KPA The convention gets started *
- ' scheduled for April 11 on the cam- water? Close to a beach? How returns to Northern Kentucky for unofficially at noon on June 26 as ..
pus of Western Kentucky about a moonlight cruise? Wanna two days of programs and lots of the KPA/RPS Board of Dix-ecu)”: -
7 " University, is being geared toward play some golf, tennis? Want an entertainment. _ . gathers at Toyota's new headquar-
._ smaller newspapers. amusement park nearby? HOW .The Embassy Suites Hotel "1 ters in Erlanger for its quarterly
Last year, a similar workshop about being able to see a profes- Covmgton Will be hosting our 1997 meeting. Members will find that .
A. .4 was held at the University of Sional sports team in action? summer meeting. afternoon filled with informative ‘
Kentucky. The two-day session at Sound enticing? There will be, two half-day’pro- roundtable topics plus a general
. UK was widely attended but pri- If so, the 1997 Kentucky Press gram segments to make the trip to session.
W marily by the state’s larger daily Association Summer Convention is Northern Kentucky important for ‘
-‘ . ~ neWSpapers. This year’s session just for you. Thursday and Friday, everyone attending, along with lots See CONVENTION. page 5 . . -
. - has been kept to one day and costs . , . ,. , . , . ., -. 7 ,.,,-___
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Over the raspy police radio. we heard the A newspaper should be constantly rediscov- , _ , , . .
report of an alligator thrashing around in the eriiig its community. Remember. your readers coaCh s ' ,2; -
apartment parking lot, flailing its tail the way live there for a reason, and if you're not explor- ' - 7’. :_.
Jose Canseco rips at a fastball. ing that reason —— the weather. the rivers. the 1. '

"Stasiowski!" the editor hollered, "get your mountains, the night life, the dominant indus- comer , . .

. butt down there!" try —— you're telling readers you don't care. m 5;? \E ‘

' The veterans in the newsroom giggled. A few years ago, a newspaper in a tourist By Jim Stasiowski ‘ l

' "An alligator?" I said. "Me?" I'd faced down town hired me for a few days of coaching. The ‘3 _J

-' snarling beagles, so my courage wasn't in ques- editor took a couple of hours to drive me around . . .

tion. But I was new to Florida, and the closest town. Everything he showed me was for stopped looking for creative ways to write about

I'd come to an alligator was the little nipper on tourists: new hotels and motels, the beach, the 't‘ And once you Step 'OOklhg for creative ways

my golf shirt. parks, the golf courses, the hiking trails. to cover the same 01d topic. you ve 'OSt every

I "Alligator stories," my editor said with a I looked at his paper for three straight days. battle. b _ . '
g sneer, "always go to the rookie reporter." Not one story about tourists. Remem er. m0“ local stones are about gov—

.j} Years later, after I'd read or written a cou- The problem for most newspapers is, famil- ernment. Clty’ county, school board. When 5 the

ple of dozen alligator-in-parking-lot stories, I iarity breeds apathy. If the circus comes to town last time you 3?” any of)these governments. do

i. asked my editor, "Why do we keep doing them?" one week per year, you'll write a dozen stories something entirely new. .If you re not finding

"We're in Florida, Jim." he said. "Alligators about it; but if the circus lives in your town, new. ways to cover 01d stories, your newspaper "q

3- are what we are." you'll go the whole year without writing one Cir» rotting away.

_' Sociologists call it a sense of place, knowing cus story. . Here are 50$“? ways to get a new perspec-
E where you are and what happens there, know- The standard for most newspapers is: If tive on your familiar 01d place: .
'.'.'j ing the culture, the climate. the legends. the there's a murder, a fire or a bankruptcy. we'll . LOOk up and down. We usually see things

', geography, the personalities, the tendencies. If cover it; otherwise, our culture is something we fit eye level only. We know storefronts. we know

, you're in South Florida. and your paper isn't live with. but. we dont have to write stories “ghs‘ Bl“ whats on )the second floor "f. {down-
running a few alligator stories every year. your about it. In fact. it bores us. town bu‘ldl'??? I onre told an editor h'f‘ toun
readers are wondering, "Are there fewer alliga- If'you're bored with a defining characteristic Add 2' lot ”f 'm'dom'a' hotels. places low-”lwm“

i tors than there used to be?" of 3' our community. that 's because you‘\ e See REDISCOVER, page 12
l Pm] ect examines electronic Police get pact of Silence
_ access IO government InfO from medla 1n kldnapplng

l : ,Fah: access to government infor— the local government. . A Los Angeles police lieutenant tions might have panicked the kid-

' matron m the information age 13 the Roy Eaton, hNA Chairman recently took a chance that the nappers, thereby jeopardizing the
subject of a Jomt prOJect of the and publisher of the Wise County media would agree tokeep a lid on a boy's life.
National Newspaper Assoc1ation Messenger, Decatur, Texas, said, child kidnapping case if he asked “They might have thought they /
(NNA) and American Court & “Combining NNA s and ACCN’S them to. He guessed right, and the were in over their heads, and they
CommerCial Newspapers. . resources for this proyect. we Will story was held until the child was would have to get rid ofthe kid. The

The preject Will investigate be able to analyze the impact of returned safely to his mother. kid was the evidence.” Alba added.

public-private partnerships public-private partnerships on In reporting the episode. Log Following the press conference,
between state and local govern- ways of electronically accessing Angeles Times columnist Bill Alba and other officers also contact- \
ments and private “online” infor- information from courthouses and Boyarsky wrote: “Police Lt. Anthony ed newspaper editors and broadcast \
mation providers that raise ques- state and local government agen— Alba knew reporters didn’t believe managers with the same request
tions about whether government cies. We are pleased to be working him when he first denied there had and got their compliance
information can be sold for profit. with ACCN on this important pro- been a kidnapping at the Simms‘ The news blackout lasted 18

. As courthouses and state and ject that will provide valuable house. I’ve been in police work 29 hours __ until a woman who lived

3 local agencies more frequently turn information for community news- years. and I can read faces," he said. in the house where the' abductors /

l to private information providers to papers.” So Alba, the LAPD's top press were kee ing Matthew spirit ed him .
make government information NNA will examine “exclusive officer, gambled that. for the safety 0f to a nearhv hos ital while thev were
available electronically, new con- electronic access” arrangements, the victim, the media would go along slee in iRans'dm demands» revi-
cerns have emerged about the legal and prepare a legal and public poli- in helding the story if he admitted ‘ 1p hg'd b en sent to thepbov’s
and public policy implications of cy report. NNA’s government rela— there had beenakidnapping. (gusy a e ‘ ' ‘
these public-private partnerships. tions department will collect and When 7-year-old Matthew 3mg] ct bet th 1' d

N NA and ACCN members analyze information gathered from Simms had been snatched from his th edpa weten e po$ce :md
have expressed concerns over states and localities across the Sherman Oaks home, reporters b in}: (113 was n: hinprece epte ’
. existing and proposed partnerships country. monitoring police communications 'I‘iiv l oes no happen 0 benf

. under which electronic access to Brad Thompson, ACCN believed there had been a kidnap- enty years ago, t ere was a “e ,.
court and agency information is President and President of the ping. n?“ embargo on the Patty Hearst ./

. provided for a “user fee” that is Detroit (MI) Legal News, said, But detectives, according to kidnapping. ,

, split between a state or local gov- “The combination of NNA’s nation- Alba, asked him to tell the press it “Y0“ have”to take these things .
ernment and a private access al network and ACCN’s expert was a home-invasion robbery. What case by case, thd Times editor l
provider. knowledge of public records is an actually happened was that two Shelby Coffee III. Our ha?” urge as

NNA and ACCN began scruti- excellent way to work for equal maSked gunmen forced their way Journalists ‘3 to present Just about
nizing the legal and public policy access for all to local units of gov- into the bOY’S home and fled With ever ything we .kn9w' Bl.” I dont
implications of some public-private ernment. Matthew 3391‘ ordering his mother have any hesitation m saying we d'd
partnerships after learning of “ACCN’s newspapers have his- and amai'd to he on the floor. the fight th‘hg' The key P01"? was
. “CivicLink,” an information service torically served the purpose of Wrote Boyarsky: “All the ingre- the question Of a human hfe at
. of Ameritech Information Access quickly and impartially informing dients Of a LA media show were stake. “
'| (AIA), a subsidiary of the “baby the citizenship about the process coming together, and, 1n a town Alba commented to Boyarsky, I
Bell” Ameritech. In Indianapolis, and product of governmental oper- where teleViswn goes "8173' over a t°°k 3 mg chance and thank GOd
Ind., CivicLink is the exclusive ations. We do not fear competi- routine traffic chase, this WOUId everyone went along “nth W h was
platform for electronic access to tion—we have all thrived on have been 818311th the fight call, and I really credit the
court and agency information. healthy competition. We want to hm the show was stopped by media for this kid getting back to
Users of the service must sign a prevent unfair arrangements that Albas deal “nth the media. The 001’ his parents unharmed.
subscription agreement and pay a could create monopolies on elec- told 303'th that mund-the—clock . (Reprinted froni the Feb. 15
fee. AIA shares the revenue with tronic access to government data.” coverage by televmion and radio “3‘ 1881“? 0f Editor & Publisher) ,
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three-hour workshop. scheduled Press Institute and has conducted As the day progressed. the far (TAN you see at night?" i
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: Have you ever dreamed of a ware plan put Apple in a difficult pull together all of the necessary ()penStep development environ-
crash-free Macintosh? Have you position last year and damaged the elements to produce Rhapsody by ment. ‘
’5 ever wished those Type 1 and Type company‘s credibility and sales. the beginning of 1998. Even if ()penStep. according to (iulker.
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