By David T. Thompson
Executive Director
I don’t write columns about newspaper folks retiring. For the most part, I probably don’t know a lot about them, at least going back to their start in the business. And these days, there are too many retiring.
By R.G. Dunlop
The Courier-Journal
David Hawpe, an unrepentant liberal who spent much of his professional life railing against what he considered to be the coal industry’s excesses and as an advocate for the underprivileged, especially in his beloved Appalachia, is retiring after 40 years with The Courier-Journal.
By STAFF REPORT, Kentucky Standard, Bardstown
If you recently ran an ad in The Kentucky Standard’s classified section and you get a suspicious phone call, be sure not to share any personal information.
That’s the message from Bardstown Police Detective Larry Coombs, who is investigating phone calls to Kentucky Standard classified advertising customers from individuals falsely identifying themselves as employees of the advertising department. The callers informed customers that a payment problem had occurred with their advertisement appearing in the newspaper. The callers then asked for the customers’ credit card number or checking account transaction routing number.
By DAVID GREER
KPA Member Services Director
Today I was quoted in a story in USA Today. Immediately, I dashed out to two nearby convenience stores and a grocery and bought up the eight copies I could find. You’d have thought I’d never seen my name in print before.
But I have. Hundreds of times in the newspapers where I was a reporter, editor and publisher. But all were community papers and didn’t pretend to be a national newspaper. Before newspapers, I even had a 16-year career in radio news broadcasting working for stations in Indianapolis and Detroit, and elsewhere. I had even heard my own voice reports more than 30 times as they were played back in nationwide CBS Radio network newscasts on more than 400 radio stations coast-to-coast. Yet, none of those experiences moved me like seeing my name in a well-known nationally distributed and highly respected publication such as USA Today.
This information was copied from The News-Enterprise website.
Late Monday afternoon, The News-Enterprise was made aware of an attempted phone scam targeting the newspaper’s classified advertising customers. Several classified customers reported being contacted by telephone by individuals falsely identifying themselves as employees of the advertising department. Customers were informed by the callers that a payment problem had occurred with their advertisement appearing in the newspaper. The callers then asked for the customers’ credit card number or checking account transaction routing number.
The News-Enterprise wishes to inform our readers and classified advertisers of these attempted scam calls. Local police have been informed of the fraudulent calls. If you have recently placed a classified advertisement in the newspaper and receive a call as described above, please do not provide any credit card or banking information to the caller. Contact the newspaper at (270) 765-3862 for verification of any payment problem or to report a scam attempt.
Since launching the ProPublica Reporting Network and its first initiative – Adopt a Stimulus Project –we’ve been hearing from members and local reporters trying to keep track of how federal stimulus dollars are being spent in their communities. The stimulus is one of the largest spending bills in our nation’s history, and following $787 billion as it flows through the economy can be a daunting task. What follows are answers to some questions we’ve been asked so far.
Clarissa Williams, former ad and circulation director of the Richmond Register, has been named general manager of the Oldham Era in LaGrange. Read the rest of this entry
The 2009 KPA Journalism Boot Camp, July 6-10 at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, was a great success. “We’ve had many excellent folks come through the boot camp since 2001 and these were among the best,” boot camp instructor David Greer, KPA member services director, said. “Many boot campers already work at newspapers or other publications. But many others want to explore their journalism options with new or second careers, or to enhance their free-lance skills.” The camp emphasizes learning to write in newspaper style, AP Style, writing effective leads, covering events and meetings, as well as libel and open meetings and open records, among others. Boot camp guest speakers included Don White, syndicated feature writer and retired Anderson News publisher, KPA legal counsel Jeremy Rogers from Dinsmore & Shohl, Herald-Leader feature writer Amy Wilson and Herald-Leader editor Peter Baniak. The next boot camp is tentatively scheduled for early July 2010.
By Teresa Revlett
KPS Director of Sales
Want a half of a million dollars? The Courier Journal in Louisville “is giving away up to $500,000 in advertising to help local businesses.” An ad reflecting just that ran in the newspaper on July 14. Their plan is to help local businesses and “stimulate the local economy.”
Editor’s Note: The following column was published in the Georgetown News-Graphic on Saturday, July 11, by publisher Mike Scogin.
By Mike Scogin
Georgetown News-Graphic
7/11/09
Let me say this loud and clear. Newspapers are alive and well. No, this is not just some self-serving proclamation made by someone in denial.
I have been a newspaper publisher for 22 years, so while I admit a devotion to newspapers, I also have some amount of knowledge of the subject. Read the rest of this entry
