From the March 31, Lexington Herald-Leader:
By Dori Hjalmarson – dhjalmarson@herald-leader.com
The Appalachian News-Express has cut its newspaper publication from five days a week to three. Read the rest of this entry
EDITOR’S NOTE: Top court officials’ plan for more transparency in Kentucky courts, reported by the state’s major newspapers recently, will include more openness in juvenile courts. This is a major development on the open-government front and will have an impact in every county.
Terry Anderson and Al Cross have written a 550-word story for the Kentucky Open Government Blog focusing on the juvenile-court issue, which has not been previously reported, and with quotes from Chief Justice John Minton Jr., who has not bquoted in the issue. The story appears below and is also attached to this e-mail. All news outlets are welcome to use it, with proper attribution. When posting the story online, please use the link for the KOG Blog: http://kentuckyopengovernmentblog.blogspot.com.
If you use this story, please notify Al Cross — al.cross@uky.edu Read the rest of this entry
…some get shut out.
That pretty much sums up the end of the 2009 Kentucky General Assembly. Rather than ending the session March 27 (Friday) as originally scheduled, the House adjourned sine die on Thursday, March 26. After the House Democratic caucus voted to follow its own (new) rules and not consider any legislation the final two days of the 30-day session, the House closed up shop. So I guess the 2009 session will go down as a 29-day session. Read the rest of this entry
He was known to publishers and editors across the state. He maintained he had installed the first computer pagination and layout equipment in this part of the country.
The National Newspaper Association held its Government Affairs Conference, March 18-21, in Washington, and KPA representatives took time to visit with some of Kentucky’s delegation on Capitol Hill. Shown are Edmund Shelby, 2009 KPA President; Chip Hutcheson, KPA Vice President; and, Max Heath, KPA Past President, with Senator Mitch McConnell.
From the Rural Blog, Rural Journalism Institute, University of Kentucky:
“Dailies are on hard times, but weekly newspaper readership is hard core,” the Daily Yonder says in introducing a piece by Betty Dotson-Lewis, singing the praises and giving many of the operational details of her hometown newspaper, The Nicholas Chronicle in Summersville, W.Va. “This small-town newspaper is a mainstay of Nicholas County,” she writes.
‘Digitally based consumption by a fragmented audience requires new and sophisticated distribution mechanics…smartly connect(ing) consumers toavailable, relevant content in virtually unlimited ways.’
By Alan Gibson
Clinton County News
In most instances, putting a newspaper editor in a room with a television news reporter and a radio newscaster could certainly cause some fireworks.
Throw those three in a confined area with 20 sworn officers from the Kentucky State Police, and no one could possibly know what to expect. Read the rest of this entry
By Tonda F. Rush (letters@editorandpublisher.com), counsel to National Newspaper Association and Public Notice Resource Center.
Newspapers have taken it in the chops recently. The roundhouse blows haven’t come the Internet, but from well-intended judges and legislators, who are believing too many newspaper deathbed stories and doing too little to protect the public’s right to know.
Postage Rates for Newspapers’ TMC Products
Congress Needs to Hear How the Unreasonable Rate Increase Will Impact Newspapers
Issue
On February 10, 2009, the U.S. Postal Service proposed new rates which impose a postage rate increase greater than the rate of inflation on newspapers, with some rates rising as much as 11 percent. The Postal Service also proposed a new rate incentive program that would reward national and local saturation advertising mailers with a 4 cent / per piece discount on new volume. While the Postal Regulatory Commission approved the new rates on March 16, 2009, it said that it did not have enough information in its expedited review of the rates, to determine if the rates violated the law under the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. NAA is exploring our options, but a regulatory remedy may not present itself for some time.
