(CNN) — Now that they’ve gotten a peek at it, publishers of books, newspapers and magazines are hoping Apple’s forthcoming iPad tablet device will breathe new life into their struggling industry.

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Tom Curley addresses KPA members. (Ed Reinke, AP)

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Journalists should be willing to fight for strong laws protecting open access to government even as the news industry struggles in a weak economy, the top executive of The Associated Press said in a speech to a Kentucky newspaper organization Friday.

Tom Curley, chief executive of the AP, said that strong open-access laws are important items in the “journalistic tool kit,” but that journalists have often taken them for granted. Read the rest of this entry

The Advocate-Messenger’s Larry Vaught has been named Kentucky Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

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After seven years at the helm, Pam Johnson will step down as head of the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting at the end of the school year.

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Mervin R. Aubespin has been named the 2010 recipient of Louisville’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Award. Aubespin is a former editor and reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal , and a past president of the National Association of Black Journalists.

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A Vine Grove native has been selected as editor of The News-Enterprise.

Ben Sheroan, who began his journalism career at the newspaper in 1974, assumed the editor’s position Monday.

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