Herald-Leader staff report
A former Lexingtonian has been named publisher of a New Hampshire newspaper. John Winn Miller, 57, will become the next publisher of the Concord Monitor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning daily paper with a circulation of about 20,000 in the state’s capital. Read the rest of this entry
From The Herald-Leader
Retired newspaper owner and publisher John Howell Wolf, 92, of Carlisle died Sunday.
He owned and published eight community newspapers in the Cincinnati area before selling them and retiring to a cottage on Lake Carnico in Nicholas County in 1983.
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The Postal Service has failed to take into account the effect of the loss of Saturday mail delivery upon small town America, and has overlooked new competition it will spur from newspaper carrier forces if it drops Saturdays, National Newspaper Association witnesses told the Postal Regulatory Commission today. Read the rest of this entry
COLUMBIA, MO – Judging results have been processed and winners of the 2010 Best of Newspaper In Education contest have been posted online at nnaweb.org.
Winners will be recognized at the “Puttin’ on the Ritz” award reception held Saturday, Oct. 2, during NNA’s 2010 Annual Convention & Trade Show at the Omaha Hilton and Qwest Center in Omaha, NE, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2010. Download the registration form available at nnaweb.org to attend the Convention or purchase reception tickets.
In an attempt to raise awareness about rural Kentucky’s health and health care challenges, the Kentucky Rural Health Association has announced it will begin sponsoring an annual newspaper reporting awards program. The purpose of the awards program is to encourage print media outlets to bring attention to Kentucky’s health-related issues.
David Dick, an Emmy-winning television reporter for CBS News who became a journalism educator and author and helped start a weekly newspaper in his home Bluegrass horse country, died July 16 at his home in Plum Lick, Ky., after a 17-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 80. Read the rest of this entry
The end of June marked the eight-month anniversary of the establishment of the KPA News Content Service. With nearly 50 participating publications, the NCS posted 550 Kentucky news stories in June alone. Read the rest of this entry
From The Herald-Leader
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has declined to rehear a case in which it ruled against Lexington over the city’s attempt to close a January 2008 Urban County Council meeting.
The meeting was scheduled to discuss the city’s response to Kentucky American Water’s request to the state Public Service Commission to build a $162 million treatment plant and pipeline. The request was ultimately approved.
By Dori Hjalmarson, The Herald-Leader
PIKEVILLE — Appalachian News-Express Editor Jerry Boggs said he will not press assault charges against Pikeville Mayor Frank Justice II.
On Wednesday, Boggs filed a criminal complaint with the Pike County attorney’s office that said Justice confronted him at a sports bar about a story the newspaper was printing. Boggs said Justice punched him in the face.
By Teresa Revlett, KPS Director of Sales
The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors met Friday at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond to discuss weekly newspapers and websites. Al Cross, organizer of the event and director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, suggested posting items online that you cannot put in your regular printed newspaper. Read the rest of this entry
