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. kiss 3 i " ’Q. 3, l Russians from all walks of life are facing great chal-
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.. 3 «v ' racy and a free market economy.
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. . .3 3. _ 3. 3 1,. . ._ . Force, a leadingcitizen 3
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.~‘ ‘ A cameraman from Morehead State University's communications department focuses his studio camera "“d'tmn; _
‘ on Ken Metz, managing editor of the Bath County News-Outlook, who is working on the front page of his Here 5 what you W'” ‘10:
-. newspaper. MSU has been commissioned by the Kentucky Press Association to make a video of the ' Attend pre-departure workshops presented by
‘ newspaper profession to be shown to prospective journalism students. The News-Outlook is one of eight Russian specialists and your exchange leader, lim
" ' papers, ranging from small ones up to the Cincinnati Enquirer, to show the operations of all size publica- Newberry. Hear firsthand reports from previous Friend-
,3 « tions. A first of its type, the video will also be made available to all press associations in the nation to ship Force Ambassadors who have been home httstpd m
3,. - promote journalism in their states. Photo courtesy of Russ Metz, Bath County News-Outlook. Moscow.
.5. , ° Fly direct from Louisville to Moscow \ ia Delta : u
3:} Airline. .
” 0 Live for a week with a Russian family matched — '
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3 The Kentucky Press Assocration 5 news bureau director has resigned, effective July 14. including Red Square the Kremlin and H“, mlhmnm ,'
.'< 3 Becky L. Meadows, who has been with KPA since September 1992, gave up her position as newS . Meet Russian counterparts m “u” ‘3“,ch mm m ' . ..
‘3‘ bureau director for the organization to accept a position as editor of the Delta Evening Star, a new interest: explore joint projects and areas of further timp‘ ' .
3— newspaper in Carrollton, Ky. eration. :; , " .
"l'mleavingbehind someofthe best friends l'veeyer madein mylife," Meadows said. "I hate to leave . Host your new Russian friends in your mm hmm, . ,
g23‘; KPA; bl" ”"5 '5 an opportunity I cant pass up , _ , during the retum exchange from Moscow to Kentucky a 3 _,
;r I also hope to attend KPA s wmter and summer conventions each year to keep in touch with the oExchange {3.3, is $1 750 {mm [Mum-luv A\ll trai 3.1V '- v‘ '
” friends Ive made all across the state, she added. . . , lodging, meals and tours are included. For more intorr 1..
>. As of press time, the KPA Board of Directors had made no decision on whether to hire another news mation Pk‘d‘“ ‘- 1n iudy Cl 1mN u the Km,“ 1“ l‘ost n ' - i
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AUGUST Modisonvrlle Messenger, among other papers:
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Managers Convention Paxton Media Group Inc. ficer of Paxton Media Group Paducah Sun in Kentucky; The
and theNewYorkTimesCom- "These newspapers are Courier in Russellville, Ark;
_ - . - e pany announced July 10 that well-run, and are located in TheHenderson Dailyl.)ispatch
16 20 National ASSOClaUOIjt Of Blatk they have signed a letter of attractive markets which in Henderson,N.('.; lheDaily
Journalists COHVGDUOH, intent relating to the acquisi— complement our existing Citizen in Searcy, Ark; and
Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia tion by Paxton Media Group newspapers very nicely. We The Paragould Daily Press in
of tour daily newspapers and believe our experience own- Iaragould, Ark; as well as
_ one weekly newspaper from ing and publishing similar three daily newspapers ac
24 KPA Board Of Directors the New York Times Com- newspapers will enable Us to quired June 1 from Won-ell
meeting, Central Office, pany. providea commitment to edi— Enterprises, Inc.
F kf t The daily newspapers are torial excellence and to a level The newspapers ilLtJLllrt‘tl
ran 01' the Madisonville Messenger, of service to readers and ad— by Worrell are: The limes
~ Kentucky; The Lenoir News— vertisers that these communr» tieorgian,C‘arrollton,Ga. lhe ,
23‘26 Asian American JOUI’ITfiliStg Topic, Lenoir, N.C.; State Ga- ties have come to expect from Douglas (Tounty Sentinel,
C . l f. zette, Dyersburg, Tenn; and the New York Times Com~ Douglasville, Ga; and the
onvention, H1 ton Hawaiian The Daily Corinthian,Corinth, pany," Paxton said. Mountain Press, Sevien ille, ]
Village, Honolulu Miss. The weekly newspaper Paxton Media Group is a Tennflhe lZnewspapershax e 1'
is The Banner-Independent, family owned company, a totaldailycirculationolabout
Booneville, Miss.The transac— founded in 1896 and owned 133““
tion is expected to close on or and managed by third and Paxton Media Group also
about August 1. fourth generation members of owns WPSD—T V, an NW at»
"These acquisitions are the Paxton family. Upon filiate, which serves the
consistentwith our strategy of completion of the acquisition Pad ucah-(‘ape Girardeau
buvin ' dail news a ers and of the New York Times news. (MOH larrisbur v (Ila-Marion
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related weekly operations in papers, Paxton Media Group (IL) market, 12 paid and tree
small to medium size cities in will own 12 daily newspapers. distribution weekly neu cw, l
the southeastern United lnadditiontothenewspa- pers, and Sun Publishing, a ‘
’ AD IDEAS, JULY States,"s‘aid Fred Paxton,presi- pers being acquired, Paxton specialized printerservingcusv
dent and chief executive of- Media Group owns The tomers nationwide. :
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" year, so help your readers prepare for it! ________________________________.__.“
' BRIDES. Believe it or not, quite a few weddings 1994 KPA Officers and Board Of Directors
usually take place in July. Check with your local President Dim", 4 District m
' ' ‘ ' ‘ Dorothy Abernalln (1‘ lc p“ A loin (‘iiiiilrll
florIStS’ etc. to see 1f a 518 page Is In order. The (Hi/hum I u: [grill/m [#:2111322 IIHrIX'II'tl III Iii/.1 Inn/(r
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l "\Ve pretty much work seven days a dents employed, most people are In un l e
l week," she said. ”Tuesday nights, we farmers. The crops of Lh()|(t’ are . '
work all night." sovbeans, corn and wheat. Tobacco is F 13 r W
l Bob writes editorials and histori— not the main crop. am]. ee en 0 '
i cal articles for the newspaper. lle Covering the lives of these
l also sells advertising, and makes people is mes' Job, and he admits
: trips each week to Richmond and sometimes he takes flack for stories 0
" lrvine to see if he can round up more he writes. A k A F d t
3 advertisers. Beattyville, with a ”From time tmtime l reallv S r1 en 0
3 population of l, 100, doesn't have expect people to be madder at me
much of an advertising yield. than they are," he said with a mile. 0 IN N NA
: Bob does most of the writing for With only two full—time employ»
; the newspaper, while Linda keeps ees, it’s impressive the paper is able ,
g traCk of the books and does paste—up. to cover as much news and events as And one Of you COUld W111 an
it sounds like a good mix of it does. City and county government - - l
dUtit’S for each bUl sometimes its is covered, along with school news unbellevable experlence at the 1995
i difficult to get the more meager tasks and other events. Of course, there are ' ' ‘ J
5 accomplished-like cleaning Up the several part-time people who help, NNA Convention in St. Paul, M11111” \. \\
I: newspaper office. such as a typesetter who works two
1 "Last week I divided up the days a week and one part-time ' ,
' l office between us. We each hAd person who sells advertising. There S never been a better tlme
rooms we were responsible for The pa er’s editorial cartoonist is
cleaning," Linda said with a wry ——p——————____ tO Show your support for the /
smile. "We never rot to it." i ' ‘
“ Although our N atlonal Newspaper
Hickman Courier Clrculations are A ssociation'
J h J t I J h, different, our ethics '
o n ones sa a one in is
newspaper office, the lights out, Should be the . ,
sunlightstreamingthrougha win- same ' Last year YOUT newspaper aSSOClathn
dow in front of his desk. ' d -
me Hickman Courierhad gone “M" Jones save every communlty weekly $3,000 to / .
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time. a localmn whoisan Emergency $7,000 dollars in increased postage costs.
At least, soitseemed. MedicalTechnician on the ambu- ThIS alone should lUStlfy the small COSt of l
Rrringgg. _ _ lance serVice. . . . ‘
”Hello?” Jones said into the ”We’re lucky," Jones said with a membership. But if friends need more
telephone handset. “What time? smile. ”Most small papers don’t have . ' ' T
Tuesday? Sure I’ll be there. Thanks an editorial cartoonist." encouragemen tr JUSt mentlon the NINA
“same” Hettrives through ”WIMPer t“ efforts to assure access to N1] numbers
Work on another issue has provide news to people of Hickman . , ’
already begun. and Fulton County that isn’t covered the many NNA Ed uca tIOI’lal seminars, the
The weekly newspaper, owned in the major dailies distributed there. . ff . ‘ f
by the Paul Westpheling family, has ”inform, entertain, be a platform OUtStandlng GOVernment A alrs CON er-
, a reputation for being spunky and for opinions, to be a watchdog,” ' '
I persistent. Those qualities are also Jones said. ”And to take tip for the ence and the wealth 9f matenal p-UbllShEd
exhibited in Jones, who is editor of little guy,and_make sure people are regularly In Publlshers' AUXlllaTV.
the neWspaper. treated fairly. That’s what I thtnk 4
The newspaper was started in newspapers are all about."
1859' I” 1861' the bu'ldmg Wh'Ch . . And to top it off, some luckv person will Win this great weekend’ I
housed the paper burned to the Sometimes Jones is asked to . R . » , _ _
. . _ _ . , adisson Hotel/5t. I aul, Minnesota, 4 nights, single or double
ground, but it was rebuilt by the speak to lotal high school classe~ ‘ - 7 a , Q . _ H V
paper’s owners, the Warren brothers, about Journalism Whenever he is (‘CU‘PanCVr SOP”- ~O'-3 ° \(‘nl‘lmm (Mall .“l Amen“? 57“ ‘hl‘PPmls‘ l
Then the brothers_closed the newspa» called on to do so, he takes a copv of sweepstakes ° Mid-America Renaissance l‘t'stn'al. letlr tic kets ' ‘ ,
per to fight in the Civil War, and the Hickman Courier and The Mystic lake Casino, 1 night gaming package 0 Minnesota Zoo four I
retumed upon the end of the war to Courier-Journal, the state's largest “(ch . Children's Theatre familv four pack of l
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re—open the paper, and it has sur- daily“ nusspapc r. tickets . Camp Snoopv Amusement Park at / ‘\ —r\
l vived ever since. I hold the papers tip and sav, Vi ll . \ ‘ 4 1 ill 3 '1 ,/ 1/
i ”Hickman is like any other small ’Now, what’s the difference?’ And ‘ a of ’ mtnmi ( 'PUmt pm“ “ \ ff,
’ town," Jones said. "The business then i sav, ’Although our circulations __,— _ \r i
community is striving to make ends are different, our ethics should be the For more Information, (all NNA at ’ l
meet.” same." (302) 466-7200 /. l
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call the K PA Central Office at (800) 264-572]. We want to {j;§,L_-Er.L—<
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Meet KPA'S & ClSSOCiClTeS' interns
« X13 Bethney Jo , .. Michelle Rae * Tonya Renee ,
, Foster Stinneti Root I
s . ‘ School: Campbellsyllie ' ' ‘~
College * ., '- * School: Murray State School; Western Kentucky
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‘0‘ Major: English & , 1° ‘
9;; 3 Journalism ‘ Major: Print Journalism ‘ ' 1'5: Major: Print Journalism,
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" ‘ Springs Times Journal ‘ Maysviile Ledger ' ' ’
independent Host newspaper: Corbin
What she learned: How News Journal
important advertising is to a newspaper and What she learned: I have
respect for the work ad reps do: that journalism learned to make sure to have all of the facts for What she learned: I have learned something
is not a 9 to 5 job; how cool it is to watch a cutline when l take a photo, and how to be about every aspect of producing a newspaper.
something you‘ve worked on run off the press. more responsible Also, I learned to always This ranges from writing and editing stories, to
make sure that your film is advancing. designing and laying out ads, to putting to-
is the real world like the classroom? Many of the gether an eye—catching design on some of the
things I learned in the classroom and working on Is the real world like the classroom? The class- more overlooked pages.
the college‘s newspaper and yearbook are very room has no way of teaching you the unex-
appiicable In the real world ofjournalism, but pected things that happen daily, or how to Is the real world like the classroom? I would say
even though the importance of deadlines was react to things the classroom has some similarities of the real .
stressed, they never seemed so Important until world, but not many. For instance, the world will
my internship at the Times Journal. My internship experience has been very educat- not come to an end if the class ends before you
ing. I have been away from home for the first get your story completed in Public Affairs
There are two parts of my internship that stand time. I have learned how to work on my own Reporting class, but if you are two minutes
out in my mind as very exciting. The first was and how to be more responsible. No one stands behind schedule at a real newspaper. your
when I wrote a story about the new parasailing over my shoulder to tell me where to go or when editor will make your fate sound worse than
operation at the Jamest