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, Christee Mitchell has joined the In an effort to improve customer . Two Western Kentucky Univer- Russell, has been named office assis-
staff of the Berea Citizen in the compo- serviceindelivery oftheGlasgow Daily Sity graduates have pined the Elizabe- tant for the Spencer Magnet.
sition department. She isa graduate of Times, publisher Bill Tinsley has an- thtown News Enterprise staff as The Kentucky News Photogra-
Western Kentucky University with a nounced the addition of Bobby Wells graphic deSign assoaates. Steve phersAssociation presentedits annual
double major in Englishandsociology and Kevin Bishop to the circulation Haycraft and James Strickland bOth awardsin mid-Octoberduring KNPA'S
and recently interned at Corbin This department. graduated from Western with adver- fall conference. Kentucky newspaper
Week. Acton Noe and Nancy Apodaca tisingdegrees.PublisherMike Anders photographers honored by KNPA in-
patty Fox has been named adver- havejoined thestaffoftheNewsDemty also announced that Dorothy Sharlene cluded Charles Bertram, Lexington
tising director of the Beattyville Enter- crat and Leader in Russellville. Noe, a Williams had joined the N-E's staff as Herald-Leader, Still Photographer of
- prise. May graduate of New York Univer- a classified compositor and Cristi the Year;Bill Luster, the Courier-Jour-
The Voice—Tribune's John Chalek sity, is a reporter / photographer for Heyde had been named classified sales nal, runnerup in Still Photographer of
received the 1995 AlbertSandersMem- the twice weekly Park Newspaper and representative. the Year; Janet Wome, Lexington Her-
ber of the Year Award at the St. Apodacaisworkingin thenewspaper's Kentucky Standard publisher ald-Leader, Still Best ofShow. The Lex-
Matthews Area Business Association's advertising department. Steve Lowery has added four employ- ington Herald-Leader's photography
annual banquet. Chalek was honored Chris Wooten has Joined the staff ees to the editorial staff of the department was named the Best Pho-
for outstanding service to SMABA and of the Voice-Tribune asa staff reporter. Bardstown tri-weekly. New additions “38'3th Staff.
theSt.Matthewscommunjty.TheVoice Lisa Browning has joined Land- include Rebecca Ray, assistant editor; Jim Jennings, former assistant
Tribunewasalsohonored foroutstand~ mark Community Newspapers, Inc, Stephanie McMillin, production co- managing editor for graphics of the 1
ing corporate support to the group. Central Office in Shelbyville as an of. ordinator; Michelle Corder, proof- Lexington Herald-Leader, has been ‘
fice assistant. reader; and, Jason Lee, graphic de- elected president of the Society of l
“‘R—k signer/pagsi’nator.b f 1 Newspape; Design. Jennings, now a I
l I lh Karen ensen rennet, ormer ya Lexington- ased newspaper consult- ,
k C KCHLUC )7 DFC§é senior accountantwith Cotton & Allen ant, takes the helm in January.
TheKentuckyPreseOSSN-0023-0324hspublished District 13 public accounting firm in Louisville, Harlan County native Jackie
3:313:31); gafimmdgmpzmagaifinmdy Glenn Gray, Manchester Enterprise has been named accounting supervt— Comett hasyomed theadvertising sales 1
{ml KY 40601. segucbsmmkpfim pm.“ is $8 whys: sor for Landmark Community News- staff for the Harlan Dally Enterprise. l
Postmaster Send change of address to me Kentu-cky District‘l“! . papers. Comett came to the Enterprise from '
, I 533;? consume 13:12,an KY ”601' (302) Stuart Simpson‘ “lam Week John Henson, managing editor of Liberty Life Insurance. He also has been
- District 15 A the Harlan Daily; Erntegprlise, has been an assistant football coach at Harlan.
’ , _ Tom Caudill, Lexington Herald-Leader named editor 0 t e a] y' replacmg '
Office" and Dlmms Lisa Carnahan, who will become the FTC tEIemarkEtlng
Kentucky Press Association - - - - .
District 153 new KPA News Bureau Directorinlate rules nOVV 1n effe Ct
President Guy Hatfield, Citizen Voice and Times December_ The announcement was
- Dorothy Abernathy, Oldham Era State at Large made by Enterprise publisher James Effective December 1, the Federal
, Russ Powell, Ashland Daily Independent Kerby. Henson received his bachelor's Trade Commission’s new rules gov-
P ”"1"" El“ . degree from Eastern Kentucky Unl- eming telemarketing took effect.
, John DeiSanto,Ashland Dally Independent Jay anyaducah gun verSity and was awarded a master's Newspapersthatsellsubscriptions
p... President Ch" H t ch Prin T‘ Lead degree m sports administration from and advertising over the telephone
Steve Lowery Kentucky Standard 1P u eson, ceton er EKU m 1991' should ‘ l '
. , . . _ pay particu ar attention to the
19 Lyles Benton Tribune Courier Richmond Register publisher following:
- Vice President rry ' David Harrison has named John , lfa , ,. . , . s
. . person requests hc or she not
a gene Clabes, Recorder Associates Division Butwellasthe newspaper smanaging be called again the paper must keep
ew - ~ ' ’ ‘ l
,. sPapers Bob Adams, Western Kentucky University editot: Butwell formerly was the his or her name on a list and refrain ,
Imam! Advertising Division papet s Berea bureau chief. Rebecca from calling again. _
. Marty Backus, Appalachian Teresa Revlett McLean County News Mullins has taken Butwell 5 place at 0 Callers must identifvthemselves {
News Express I the Berea bureau and been named Reg- promptly and make it clear that the !
0mm” News Editorial Division ister Berea editor. Harrison also pro~ purposdofthe call is to sell something 1
William Mitchell Fulton Leader Wm New" was“ WM mom-q Joyce R0? to mmpwmm 5”" ' calm“ mu“ “"P'm" 3“ ““9 . ‘
Circulation Division perwsor and Julie Lawson as Medley I Calls must be made between 8
Distrith Todd Rainwam A alarm“ New editor, replacing Mullins in that posi- am. and Q pm .
. Jed Dillingham, Dawson Springs PW?“ Express . PP tron. Butwell poined The Register in . Papers must keep dt‘ldllt‘d
‘ Dist “3 :99] affix {min/(:6 azm‘Znag-lmg (:1’ records of all calls for two years. '
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Ii' Teresa Reflefl’ MCLean County News BT-VR0"'W0”9: Ea‘mm KenkaY Mullins and Lawson are both gradu- and addresses of cllstomi'rs, dates, l
. District 4 “‘Vm'W ates of the UK yturnallsm school amounts sold, names and last known 1
Charlie P°”"““"' ankm‘ Favorite General Counsel: Rachael Raneyls the new director addresses of current and former em-
, , _ for Sun Publishin in Paducah. Ranev _ - , - _
Jon nemhaker and Km, groom, Wyatt, . . g‘ , ployees, and anv flt tltious. names used
District 5 Tarrant and Combs )0th the Sun staff in October, 1989, as bv those employees.
, . David Greer, Elizabethtown News account executive and was promoted ’ '
. 5““??in Kentucky pus, Association to sales manager in 1992 for EXTRA the I)ave Eldridge ClCClCd
. , Districts Kentucky Press Service Staff Sun's TMC and entertainment pack— [ KPA/KPS B d
l Mav AubesPln, Louisville Courierloumal De . age. Liz Latta has replaced Raney as 0 ‘ Car
. “d 7- ThomPSO": E‘W‘We mm” EXTRA sales manager. Iatta is a jour- Continued from Pa 8 1
Bonnie Howard, Business Manager . 8
. District 7 Chm Davis Advemsin Director nallsm graduate from Murray State . _
s ‘ Kelley Warnlck, Gallatln County News Reba Lewis, Research/Migrating University and is studying for a local, a part of Landmark ( ommunlty
. , . , ‘ District” Coordinator master's degree in communications. Newspafx'rsdncl,basedinShelbyvrlh‘.
, Sue Camrnack, Secretary Julie Scott hasJoined the Sun asadver e was ‘i'rm ation manager ”H “
' ‘ Ken Metz, Bath County News mumk ghuif)’ “3:30", fikmping A-‘Sis‘an' tising account executive for EXTRA. :Nlnchester 8"" 'f‘rom ”'79 t” WM h‘" V
_ . rry rper, vertising Assistant , - a . . ore moi/mg to t (' clrnl ation depart
_ . ,‘ District 10-11 Rachel McCarty, Clipping Director She preVIou ly worked for ntwspi ment 0‘ th ) H q 1‘ ) (‘1‘ ‘. ;
~ - Marty Backus, Appalachian News Express . persm Kentuckyand Flonda and most ‘ U ‘ ‘ N n ' “m‘ r ""
, _ ‘ , ‘ Nancy Peyton, Mail/News Release ' thr . t, s Fld i, . k 1 . , ‘
, " ‘ , om SerVice recently for the Metropolisflll.)Planet 0‘ V“ r ' ' m H WW “I "m“ ““
. . ‘g' l‘. ‘l Loullclliaimaker Jackson Times/ Linda Slemp, Clipping Assistant Bonnie Parsons, former secretary WWI“ ”‘ W‘“‘d"dt§“- \a., 1““ J ( ”V t
‘. . ,. - , Bea ‘ vi"? Ente ’ se Carol Payton, Clipping Assistant for Taylorsville attorney Lorraine and 8mm ”1"“I)"h“”"'r““”“'”l§
I, . .‘ . ', '_’ j ”y ‘ rprl Holly Stigers, Clipping Assistant to Kentiickv.
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' Kentucky university publications do well nationally Commen
Kernel named top Internet % .
. . Censorslnp of student newspapers
StUdent DUbllCaUOn IS a call for all journalists to help
The on-line version of the Ken- Selena Woody received a fourth
tucky Kernel, the University of place award for one of her opinion By Jim Highland Since that time, the US. Supreme . .
Kentucky's student newspaper, was pages in the BeSt 0t Collegiate Design Western Kentucky University Court has ruled that SChOOlS, SChOOl
chosen as the toplntemetstudentpub- competition. The page design was fea- "lseenothing wrong with keeping boards and advisers have a right to
‘ lication in the country in November at tured .th the College Media ReVieW, a certain things out of the newspaper. It control content of high school newspa-
. the 1995 National College Media Con— COT'F‘P‘tat‘Oh 0t W‘hhers- . it would embarrass the school, then pers, but the court has left the door
vention in Washington, DC. The Eastern Progress W0“ htth maybe it's best that we not print it." open for the states to extend First
The Kernel competed with on-line place 1“ the 0h'5‘te Best Of Show com— Words like this are bein 5 ken Amendment rightsto theseyoungjour— .
student newspapers, magazines and petition held at the College Media in' umalism and En lish ctagssfgom nalists. . ‘ . ~
radio stations for the "Best of the Net" Advisers/ American Collegiate Press in fientuck d a g th U 'ted Anyone who has ever spoken as a r /‘
General Excellence award. The on-line Association held in Washington. Stat y a n cross e m ' 1' ‘ '
' _ , _ _ es where some lugh school teach— )ouma ist to a CIVIC club knows that ,
Kernel also picked up a third place College Heightsl-lerald The C01 tell' h . d - . ka manypeo leinourcommunitiesdon't 1
award for design. lege Heights Herald and Talisman ersare )dingltfe: Shh eTsltso yto like us Erticularl when their ox is t
This was the first year of the "Best Xposure also received national recog- censor (t n) lg SC 00 newspapers bein ofed But they res, re rt \ 1' f
of the Net"competition and it featured mtion during the competition. I“ the to make the @001 system 100k 800d degcht I h thy pect p0_ ers \‘V
student media entries from more than BestotShow,theHerald,WesternKen— In some instances, professional an b1 iorsw en keeyélexppseasenous ,f\\
30universitiesaround thecountry.The tucky University's twice—weeklynews- newsorgaruzationsmcommumtiesare pro Eh? orfizcroo mp0 moan' and \
1 awards were sponsored by the ASSOCi- paper, placed second in the non-daily being maligned by teachers who tel] 501116 ng' ppens t t makes their - \\ ‘
l ated Collegiate Press and lntemet tabloid dh’tStOh- the" students the media distort and commutuhes a better place to hv?’ / A
World. The second issue of the 1994-95 even intentionally lie when they print Thatswhat these high schoolpur—
‘ "This is a very special award," said Talisman Xposure was second in gen— their daily or weekly editions. nalists want. to do, expose the prob- '
, Mike Agin, UK's student media ad— eral interest magazine category. The These same teachers use the lems that exrst “ guns m the schools,
viser. "The UK students who work at Xposure is a three-volume, soft cover phrases such as "we don't want to be gangs: “Olencel teenage Pregnancyr
the newspaper area creating a nation— magazine/ yearbook. like them. We want to support the Alps “ and make something happen
; ally-ranked publication and putting it Other WKU awards were Herald, school at all costs. Just because the to improve thett SChOOtS-
i on the superhighway for the world to Pacemaker Finalist; Joe Howell, third, principal pulled that story doesn'tmean Of course, if they can't print the
see. Obviously, this award means that feature P‘C_tt"e Of the .year; Andy he or she has done anything wrong. It stories and their advisers can't support
many people outside UK are liking CUtfal'Oi third, sports picture 0f the was just in our best interest." thembecause ofafearof being fired or
what they see" year; Matt Tungate, honorable men- As a member of the Society of pro. denied tenure, then the problems are '
The Kentucky Kemelalso wonsev- tion,LosAngelesTimeseditorialofthe fessional Journalists National Task pushed under the rug and everyone /
eral other national awards during the year; Stacy Curtis, honorable mention, Force on High School Journalism, Ican pretends they don't exist. The prob- _
four-day convention, including a first College Media AdVISets best corruc honestlysay thatifwords like these are lems aren't addressed, they don't go ‘
place for best opinion page design; strip. . . not a call for action on the part of away and they just get worse.
editorial editor Matt Felice and . . h‘ the Collegiate DeSign 3 compe professional journalists the should The next session of the Kentucky _
"Sherman‘s Alley" creators Jerry Voigt ttt‘Ohr photolournalism, College be a, y General Assembly is a matter of a few
and Toby Gibbs each picked up first Heights Herald, first, second, thith ' It was a few short ears a 0 that weeks away and the students need
place awards in cartooning; and the Talisman, fourth I Front Page Tablmd' mydaughter waseditorg’fa highgschool help in the form 0t legislation WhtCh _. .
Kernel 5 advertismg department l-lerald, second, Sports Pages, Heta'd' newspaper and her principal decided extendshothem thesame FirstAmend- I
picked upa second place award. first, Magazme Feature Presentations, th ed'to ' l h te H h l ment freedoms professional journal- -
UK's studentdaily also was given Talisman Xposure, fourth; Yearbook an an 1. na 5 e wro on SC 00 ists have
several awards in the College Media People Spreads, Talisman, fifth; Year- Sptht was inappropriate and should Noon istalkin about ivin thm
Review, a publication from CMA that bOOk Indexes, Talisman, third: . notrunbecauseitrecommended bu‘ld' th . ht C; . t8 g F t
; showcases the best work produced by DennisVarney,asenior Pnht pur- mg a bonfire the night before home 0 “8 lbs] prin '3th or Ere}: or .
l studentmedia designers fortheir news- nalism mapr from Raccoon, is editor games and getting people together for commit l . orinva e privacy. at 5
i paper, magazine and yearbook. The of the Herald for the fall semester. a pep rally. where advrsers play the" role 0t get-
‘ Kernel finished fifth for front page de- Catherine Whipple,asenior print jour- The fear was that the situation “"8 students toact teSPOhS‘th- A“ the
1' sign and fourth in best nameplate. nalism major from Georgetown, is de— could get out of hand, and there was students went IS the right to print the
. Former Kernel staff member Byl 5‘8“ editor. always the possibility that someone tTUth: and itsuptothose intheprotes—
‘ Hensley won a fifth place for best ad» Amethel Parel—Sewell was editor could get hurt. Sion to make sure they get it. ,
: vertisement. of the 1994-95 Talisman XPOSUTC- A My daughter said the editorial ,
: Eastern Progress - Matt McCarty photopurnalismgraduate,sheiswork- would run, and her principal replaced 1"" Highland '5 a professor at Western
and Janna Gillaspie received an honor- “‘8 t“ PUbhcahOhS 1“ Chicago. Craig her as editor of the newspaper. She Kentucky University and is a member of
' able mention awardin the LosAngeles Fritz,alsoa photojoumalismgraduate, fought back, thanks to support from the 505M]! of Professional Journalists N‘" _ ~
I Times / American Collegiate Press was desrgn director for XPOSUTC- He ‘5 the Louisville Courier-Joumal, several tional Task Force on High School Iou male 7, -
‘ Story of the Year competition. The studying in England for the fall semes- other newspapers and some radio and ism and the SP] National Education Com-
‘ award in the feature story category ter. . television stations. mitten
was for the story package "Growing P bll'bbti Ada'T‘S' film“; a: 51:1 depct After two days of negotiation and
U in Brockton," which ex sed un- u ‘Ca ons, '5 a “set e era ' , ,,
clgan living conditionsincaripigusfam- and Talisman Xposure, and JOAhh :3 $0122: fift:fi:hngag:gg£:fh W ”p ' ‘
ily housing and the ups and downs of Thompson isStudentPublicationsbusi- some idancegrom the school su r- . . . . , t u 0 I ‘
children growing up there. “855 manager. intendgeiit decided that ~the edittfrei‘al T f.- *
Nominations needed for UK Hall of Fame wouldrun.Shegotherjobbackandthe 3- _ i > .
The University of Kentucky Jour- Kentucky. grénapal W‘T'“ back to (10118 what he W‘ W“ "'“" ""‘ "a ' :“""‘“” ’j'“ ‘fl'f" ‘ t T
nalismAlumniAssrx‘iationissoliciting Nominations should be received l best, being an ex-coac ’ running gaggtfiugglphiflzt‘Ht],, ', .
nominations for its annual induction at UK’s School of Journalism no later the SChOOI and agreeing not to control "Np mm mm m! 'i“fu hm ,‘ . ' I . ’ ‘
ofoutstandingtournalistsintothe Kent than Friday, January 12, 1996. lnduct- the contlent of the :ewspapelt. The ""”l‘"“"‘ "' "N W“ ‘-”‘ "”"1’ ”"' i .
tucky Journalism Hall of Fame. ees will be honored during a special prinCIpa was taug t what t e FlrSt ""“’f"“‘;fi"”"”,“ ' ‘
. . . . _ Amendment was about but there was Wm " ""W ‘ ’ "t“ -
ThepurposeoftheJournalismHall recognition program in April. I‘ tl 'd‘ h bel' ed' . ‘ "H/(lullll (in Wm rm: um r m ms? ' . '
ot Fame is to recognize persons who Nominations should be sent to ‘t eev1 (“C0 e iev mn' h"“”"“”’"“ AUNOW' ‘ ‘ ,
ha vv made significantcontributions to Buck Rvan, UK School of Journalism, My daughter “7““ her problems Ca'll ’"ggghzzshlfioo ‘ ' ‘
thc industry Selection is made from (irehan Building, Universitv of Ken- and won her case Simply because the m a mo N I ‘_
individuals, livmg or dead, who are lucky, lcxmghm, KY 40506. For more local school bogard believed she had, E *5, -- .
l Kt‘nlllt ky natives or have spent a sub- information, contact the Journalism under the U'.‘ ' Constitution, Fir“ V'W'm‘ "" I ’
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and 57 other newspapers.) In the pro— tory. 1995
cess,theCourtoprpealshasauthored ...the newspaper’s criticism of ’
a solid,well-reasoned opinion that goes Flanagan's budget proposal cannot be . . .
a long way to clarify First Amendment said to harm the public official’s repu- Western Kentucky UniverSlty.
jurisprudence in this Commonwealth. tation in a way that would lower him in .. H. _ . . . .
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that resulted in the hugest libel verdict Court has said. “hit is a prized Ameri- 33:50:11:th n Pufil‘gdamns
everagainstanewspaperin Kentucky? can privilege to speak one’s mind, Available for em ngO lent' Janu 2 1996
That’ s the scary thing. The Times Jour- although not always with perfect good P ym ' ' ary ’
nal was doingitsjob. Judge/Executive taste, on all public institutions New . . .
Flanagan sued the newspaper over York Times [v Sullivan, citation omit- 13:21:: fi9aésmm’t" “Tissm
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ing about an elected public official’s of Appeals has taken the opportunity . . , .
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The Kentucky Press Association/ Association and Kentucky Press Ser- ship Committee discussed the request for 1996, with a recommendation to
Kentucky Press Service Board of Di- vice financial statements through Sep- at its Thursday meeting but declined that effect being passed on to the KPA
rectors spent November 2-3 at Cum- tember 30, 1995; action; Business Meeting on January 26.
berland Falls State Park near Corbinto " approved the 1996 Kentucky " approved the appointment of The Board also heard reports from
set the future of both organizations. Press Association budget proposal Marty Backus as treasurer of the Ken- KPA divisions and other committees.
Board members spent Thursday showingabudgetedincomeof$207,820 tucky Press Association and Kentucky The Board meeting adioumed at
aftemooninaseriesof committee meet- and budgeted expenses of $183,010; Press Service for 1996. 11:50 am. with the next scheduled
ings, then returned Friday morning as " approved the 1996 Kentucky *approved the nomination of Guy Board meeting to be held Thursday,
a full Board to take action on commit Press Service budget proposal show- Hatfield as vice presidentof KPA/KPS January 25 at the 1996 Winter Conven—
;; tee recommendations. ing a budgeted income of $659,160and tion. _
‘3, Included in the Board's action: budgeted expenses of $633,640. (Staff . ‘ -
; 'establishingacontestdivisionfor also presented a revised budget for C0mm1ttee aCIIOHS and dISCUSSIO