Mura elected KPA president; Kelly, Hutcheson, Judge Phillip Shepherd honored

January 21, 2012

John Mura, multi-media manager of the Courier-Journal, was elected president of the Kentucky Press Association for 2012, succeeding Kentucky Standard publisher, Jamie Sizemore. The elections came during KPA’s 143rd Convention, held January 19-20 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington.

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Kentucky Rural Health Association sponsors 2nd annual newspaper reporting contest

January 16, 2012

Who?         The Kentucky Rural Health Association What?         2nd Annual Newspaper Reporting Contest The contest features two divisions (daily and non-daily), with two categories in each division (series and single story). Each of the four winners will receive a plaque and $100 prize. There...

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Size, among other properties, really does matter when it comes to PDFs

January 11, 2012
Size, among other properties, really does matter when it comes to PDFs

I spent my weekend with two clients. The first was a 60,000 circulation newspaper in North Carolina. The second was a large shopper in New England. As I’ve written before, I never know what I’m going to run into when I visit a newspaper....

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Pics of the Winners Needed ASAP

January 5, 2012

The Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers – 2011 competition first, second or third place winners are now listed on kypress.com/winners. Each person is listed only once, but a person could receive...

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Convention Reminder and New Information

January 4, 2012
Convention Reminder and New Information

Just a reminder to make your room reservations for the KPA Winter Convention with the Embassy Suites in Lexington. Here’s a link to the online reservation form — www.kypress.com/roomreservation...

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Bob Carter, former New Era publisher, dies

January 2, 2012

By Jennifer P. Brown, New Era Opinion Editor Kentucky New Era | Robert C. Carter, the former publisher of the Kentucky New Era and a 2011 inductee into the...

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