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that wanted th? News-Express to Kentucky Press Association Executive Director David Thompson, left rear, and State Rep. Dennis Horlander, stamping fourth from right, celebrate
SWItCh to a dally format, BaCkUS the signing of House Bill 3 by Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, seated. The law will ease some restrictions on access to juvenile criminal records
said. and proceedings. The bill had the support of the Kentucky Press Association. . '
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ated from the University of Kentucky where he ejarned his journalism " KENTUCKY ’ " _ " TION: ' Lexington HeraldeLeaden
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ed news for six years before moving to the sports desk, where he worked Ledger and Times ‘ L V _. - i = , HICl'L-ivautcheson L , fly , , a ”I 3 If
the next 37 years. Known as Speedy, Carrico covered} the high school beat, L I}. : ’. 5 _ . ‘7 - ,. Princettm Times Leader] , I ,
golf and track, and also was a columnist and copy editor. ;F‘9§id¢fltfl31$ctf1 Enterprise ' g > . j
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Robert Thurman Barnard, retired opinion page editor at The Courier- Board'ofDirectors LL AssocratesDrvrsron-Stan Lampe, 9"
Journal in Louisville and former president of the Nhtional Conference of Dmmdi' Loy dFord, The, Lake ‘ = erntucky Edugation Cabinet
Editorial Writers, has died. He was 79. . NeWS,CaivertC1ty . - . V . . - V
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ed for prostate cancer, according to his son, Kevin Barnard. , Eliot igedegflhngham, Dawson V ' Pam Johnson, WesternKentuckyL . V‘
Robert Barnard retired in 1990 after 27 years at The Courier-Journal, 17 spy g3, gr .. : ‘:V University j > . '. . , , -
of them as editor of the editorial page. - L " L » V. f ' ,. -‘ _ , ‘ . , . _
He served as president of the NCEW in 1979 and was the first president 2321;530:33312m0m'fhe ' V General Counsels “ Jon'Fleischaker, .,
of the NCEW Foundation, which supports NCEW programs, including an ‘ , , . .. . ' , ' V ‘ , ,. Ashley PackIDiflsmOIG&5h9hl;r,V' ..
annual Minority Writers Seminar for opinion writers at newspapers and T ‘ ' a, ' I , ' ,' ’ , ' ‘ UV ‘ _’
radio and television stations. £3334 kg Jobe, Butler (3991157 9. ' _ KVeVHhICkY Press Association Staff ,,
Barnard was a founding member of the First Amendment Congress, a L ' - V ' . DVaVIdVTvThOWPSQIP EXQWFVG- 7
coalition of 20 national journalism and communications organizations that DiStrict 5- R011 PM, Kentucky , 1 Director ' V . ~ , , , 1 . V.
sponsored national, state and local congresses on media and First Standard " LL 3 ’ V BonmeV.I§:Ioward,VController 7 ‘
Amendment to ics from 1979 throu h 1997. ‘ ., ‘ Teresa ReVlEtt’ DireCtO-r of Sales
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Barnard jOlned The Courier-Journal 1n 1963 as a551stant managlng edltor. Districtt’) —John Mura, Louisvfllei LDirector , ’ . .V :. _ . ,V 1:» .
He moved to the editorial staff as an associate editor in 1970 and became Courier—Journal V V ., . . .7 '- ~ . ’ , ' '.
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edltorial page editor 1n 1971. He was named assocrate editor of the news- , . , V . V . . iDirector .V v5.
paper's daily Forum page in 1988. . . . Dismct'7VelKelley Wenile,GalIatm DaVid SpenCer, New Media : ,. .._» .
Kelth L. Runyon, edltor of The Forum 1n the Couriier-Journal, descrlbed County News; , . V . . . . Administrator . ‘ , ; V ;'. 3 » '
Barnard as "an editor of exacting standards" who ‘oversaw the editorial ‘ , V'; ' __ fl _ : ‘ - I. ~ > ‘ ' . " . 3‘9."
page during upheaval of the Vietnam War, Watergate and the desegregation ' DiStfiCt 8 ~‘QKen Metz, Bath County SifiylfmailséfnfilakeepmgAsmstant '-
of Louisville's schools. Neweoutlc’ek " = ' ,, - V, ' . , 'Resiarch/Markefihg Codename.»
"Though he shunned the spotlight personally, the words he guided onto ' _ V . ' ,V V. V_ . L . Sue Camrnack,Adnumstrat1ve i-
the pages of The Courier-Journal provided a beacon still felt in this region. Dlsmd‘ 9"“ [#019953 Tacke’tt, Pamtsfl’flle "Assistant .. . ,. .
For those of us for whom he was mentor and teacher, he will be remem- 'Herald, , 1 2,7- . -. f ' RachelMcCartyAdvertlsmg . 'i L
bered with great respect," Runyon said. . s ' ' > "Assiistant' ,. ' ' f . . .1;
He began his journalism career in 1949 as a reporter at the Raleigh (N.C.) District10~EdmundShe1by V : ' ,- Holly Wfllard,II\lANBusmessClerk=j
Times. He later worked at the Winston-Salem (N.Cl) Journal and the St. BeattyvtlleEnterprise ‘ Stafméinbérs,.ofi€cers.and directors
Petersburg (Fla) Times. '. ;.;;:i ti" May-bevrehew byeéviziail usin ‘3tfiéiifi3i9"';g
Barnard was born in Wayne, Pa., on Aug. 2, 192:6, grew up in Grosse , SelimféCLZVflheSawyers, Londonmdual'SfirSfmthal,fidl lasts
Pointe Farms, Mich., and graduated high school in scarsdale, N.Y. . V. ,V";'_'__ f , ,..'» jnmne@kypresscom 3;};

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Newspapers . A changing and eXCiting world ,
Content is king. Publish a _' also offered. And a perky staff venience of paper as much as the
strong, vibrant, interesting news- 0hr by the VJ,“ member gives a very polished on- next person. Despite our many
paper and readers and advertisers way ... it 1"; camera weekly run-down of week— evolving technologies, few, if any,
will follow. ____——— 4t? end activities and events thanks to yet offer the reliability and porta-
That applies to our broadcast- z“? ' video—streaming technology. bility of paper. But that’s changing
ing brethren too. A few years ago, By David Greer lfiffig, 1 Some other newspaper web — albeit slowly — and; it still makes
it appeared cable TV would eat the KPA Member Services L4”)? sites around the state now offer content king. 1
broadcast networks’ lunch with a Direcm" ' limited free local content to non- Predicting the future can be fun
slow but steady erosion of their over to the online world too. subscribers but make the entire — if not daunting. Bht it certainly
' audience. But some wildly popu- It’s been fascinating to watch paper or most of it available online looks to me that the lines between
lar hit shows on CBS and ABC many newspaper web sites evolve. for paid subscribers. print and broadcast journalism
. now have network executives Once, text-only ruled many As a paid subscriber of the State will continue to bluif in the years
reciting their new mantra — ”con- papers’ sites. But now some are Journal here in Frankfort, I enjoy ahead as the Internet and stream-
tent is king.” And the smart ones actively adopting a multi-media reading the online version beforeI ing audio and Video make their
are looking at every delivery plat- lifestyle. Look for the trend to even have a chance to take the marks.
form available —TV, online, iPods, grow and grow. paper version out of my box at Ten years from1 now, heck,
DVDs, etc. The Courier-Journal, for exam— home. maybe just five years, a routine job
It’s just as true in the print ple, now updates local stories Does that make me a traitor?I interview question at many papers
world. And as an extension, the throughout the day. Podcasts are don’t think so.Isti11 like the feel of will be: “Did you bring any of
”content is king” axiom carries paper in my hands and the con— your audio and video clips?”
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Kentucky colonel charges Colo. Press session
KPA president—elect gives .. .. . . . . all aspects of the industry in Colorado, from
'1 * ' _ _ ' '1 ' jag“ ‘ reporting and editing to ad design and circula-
1n31 ght to NIE program i eat: . tion- some, such as Cindy tiller of the
BY SCOTT GATES ‘3‘” throughout the session. '
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY Piller brought up the point that teachers can
. ' initially be overwhelmed by the idea of a ”dif-
Attendees at this. year’s Colorado Press W we .; ferent textbook every day," a pitch often used
Friday afternoon seSSion were met by a rare aggrefimt . ta 0f unwieldy lesson plans.
treat the appearance Of a genume Kenkay ‘ Johnson and other attendees familiar with
I Colonel. . ‘mfirfig K NIE agreed, stressing that it shduld be made
K115? JOhhSOh/ who led the Newspaper In “s clear to teachers that a newspaper is an educa-
' Education seSSion, .Wfls. made an honorary " tional tool, not simply a burden on lesson
colonel last January, joming the same order as jans
. Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken. . p A ' d ff t' t 1 tth t' th N
But going far beyond a good chicken recipe, ‘ 3: ' ' A n. ane echve 0.0 aF ad e 8w}???
., her contribution served the state in drawing " ' . 8801081301.} 0 merifia oun atrcgn, w 1C 15
. students and their parents to newspapers. KRISS JOHNSON 11w? ve 'dm moge t :n 950dNI_ gaggrafis
Five years ago, Johnson made the push for a nathHWI e, con ucte a stu y ,m t at
statewide literacy program in the form of seri— found newspapers m classrooms increase stan-
' alized stories, meted out one chapter a week in NIE is a big deal in Lexington, and 6.6 per— dardized test scores anywhere from 3 percent
local papers. When the program first launched, cent Of the Herald—Leader’s circulation goes to 10 Percent: . ‘
. . 44 out of the 146 Kentucky newspapers signed into classrooms. The catch is then getting the IOhh‘SOH‘ flhdS her ‘involvement WIth NIE
" ' on. This year, 84 are participating — that’s all Students into the newspapers, ”paper-training" rewarding 1“ 1"? OWh hght and summed UP the
_ but one of the dailies — with 935,000 impres- them as IOhhSOh PUt it, an art that she dis— experience Wlth a quote from publisher
, sions of the story being printed each week. CUSSEd throughout the SESSiOh- Katharine Graham: “To love what you d_0 and
The success of this colonel—worthy project is On the newspaper side of the issue, one of feel that it matters — how could anything be
one example of Newspaper in Education, or the best things NIE representatives can do is more fun?” .
C. NIE, the focus of Johnson’s session and her link educate teachers, said Johnson. Once they’re Newspapers looking to expand NIE pro- l
t to the CPA. Nine years ago, she left the Greeley aware 0f the benefits newspapers bring to the grams can find more information online at 1
for. Tribune's NIE program and moved to classroom and how to utilize them, the pro- www.naafoundation.org, or see what Johnson '2
f Lexington, Ky., joining the Herald-Leader as its gram can bUild steam. and the Herald—Leader are up to at ~
educational and community outreach manager. The 11 that attended the 595510“ represented www.nieconnects.com. .

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In April, six new members were inducted in the University of Ken cky Journalism Hall of Fame. Honored at a luncheon were Larry Spitzer, a retired
Louisville Courier-Journal photographer; Don Neagle, owner / op an ator of WRUS-AM in Russellville; the sons and widow of Claude Sullivan, long-
time Kentucky Wildcat announcer for WVLK and the Standard Oil Network; David Thompson, executive director of the Kentucky Press Association;
Ferrell Wellman, former WAVE-TV Frankfort bureau chief and no EKU faculty member; and Bob White, retired as ”Mr. High School Sports” with
The Louisville Courier—Journal. '
April 11, I had the privilege of being inducted O S d interviews, except for one question. Betty
into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. It is n 8C ' n Berryman, in the second interview, asked, ”If
an honor any journalist would be proud of and I Thou .‘ ht g you’re offered the job, would you commit to five
was deeply touched to learn of my selection. ‘ 44% years?” My answer was a quick “yes,” but hon-
However, most all of you reading this share g a! estly inside I said, ”Lady I just hope you’ll keep
in my award. While the name David Thompson _ A me for five years."
might be printed on the plaque, there are a host B y D “md T'. ornpson Over the last 22 years, I’ve heard a lot of hor—
of people whose names should be on there. KPA Executwe Director i” M j ror stories about contentious relationships
The five with whom I was inducted and most between press association executive directors
of the previous 142 recipients are recognized games for the Lex' gton Herald convinced me and their boards and officers. I’ve never been.
because of what they did, and do, as individual early on what I wnted to be.) I share it With able to relate to those horror stories because
journalists -- their writing, reporting, editing, them. there have been no contentious relationships.
photography and broadcasting. But I know that Then there’s the? group who labeled them- No, not every issue has been met with unani-
my award isn’t for anything David Thompson selves the ”firing squad,” the executive commit- mous approval, and not every vote has passed.
has done, it’s more for what KPA is and KPA has tee 0f KPA in Aug1list, 1983- Don Towles, Lewis But I know everything the boards have done
become. In an association arena, one person Owens, Betty Berry man (all three Of them are have been to make KPA the best organization it
doesn’t do anything. members 0f the Hell Of Fame), Floe Bowles and can be and to help newspapers, large and small.
By name and by position, I credited a lot of IOhh Munford. They were looking for an execu- We have the second largest board in the
people in my acceptance speech. This isn’t the five director and hi,” some reason set aside my country with 27 members. But still I don't have
speech I gave because it was never written resume for one Of the people to interview. There any tales to tell. Many of the board members
down. But it is parts of the speech that came were two interviews With them. I’ve held orders and officers I consider to be very good, even
from the heart. to Vietnam in my hands and in October, 1997/ very close friends. And with all of them over the
Certainly there’s Dad because I probably suffered a near fatal heart attack. Bl“ neither 0f last 22 years, perhaps 200 to 250 individuals, I
wouldn’t be in the industry if he hadn’t been a those, I don’t think, scared me as much as sitting share the award.
journalist. And Mom who never said a discour— before Don, Lewis); Betty, Floe and IOhH for two There wouldn’t be a KPA if not for newspa-
aging word even though at about age 12 I had interviews. I’m grateful to them for giving me pers. Newspapers that I would proudly put
decided what I wanted to be. (Seeing Dad sitting the chance to becotne KPA executive director. . .
on the floor, or down on the field covering I really don’t remember much from the two See THOMPSON on Page 5

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were Don Neagle of WRUS-AM, Claude Sullivan (posthumous) of WVLK/Standard Oil Network ' " w , 13.5.: .
and Ferrell Wellman of WAVE—TV and currently a member of the Eastern Kentucky University fac- . ’- ' - . .' ‘
ulty staff. This year marks the 26th year of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. This year’s six 332%” g .1 a; /
honorees join the 142 previous inductees in the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. L W ' ‘1 s1! 2? '
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I think they actually look forward to the times who, when I tbld them of the award, said she
I HOMPS ON I’m out of the office. I speak of course of the staff didn’t know there was a ”Letter Openers Hall of
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Continued from page 4 of KPA and much like I feel about my newspa- Fame. .
pers, I feel that way about the staff. I 11 put them To Marilyntl really owe the largest part of the
against newspapers in any state, any place, any up against the staff of any press association, any award. She’s always known and done what’s
time. place, any time. The strength of this staff is its best for me. Thirty-six years ago, soon as we
Overall, Ibelieve Kentucky has top quality experience. There are just 11 of us but we share were married she said we’d survive on the pit-
newspapers. Our contests are judged under 138 years of experience working for KPA. And tance of a teadher’s salary and that I would go
reciprocal agreements with other states. In the five of us have an additional 78 years in the back to the University of Kentucky and get my
last 22 years, there have been 64 different con- news media, mostly with newspapers. Together journalism degree. The decision had been made
tests judged (remember, most of those years we that's 216 years of working with and working and, as usual, she had made it. But the biggest
had the ad contest and two news contests) and for newspapers. And with my staff, I share the sacrifice came in early 1979 and had it not been
never once have I been embarrassed by the qual- award. for that, I wonldn’t be here today. My dream job
ity of Kentucky newspapers. In fact, I’ve often And then there are three people who are why was to be publisher and editor of the
come away very proud of the comments judges I do, what I do. Even over the last 22 years, Georgetown News and Georgetown Times. And
have made _ about photography, about writing, when asked ”Just what is it that Dav1d does," when that job came open, she encouraged me to
about the overall appearance of our newspapers. they’ve readily replied, ”He opens mail and go for it. But the sacrifice came in that it resulted
And I remember year before last, two judges, talks on the phone.” in a 33 percent pay cut. So to her I really do give
both appeared to have several years of experi— Of course, I speak of Marilyn, Kalli and the largest credit for the induction.
ence in the business, telling me after the judging Symmi. Kalli and Symmi were both threatened There are many, many others —fr1ends, fami—
ended, ”If I ever have the chance, I want to work at a young age, by their mother, if they ever ly, confidants tand assoc1ate members — who
for a Kentucky newspaper." So to all Kentucky went into the newspaper business. Symmi heed- have played a! role in my career and played a
newspapers, to the publishers, the editors, the ed those words and became an RN. Kalli did, role in making KPA what it is today. To each of
ad directors and all the Staff members, I share too, in a way but turned the tables on me and them, and to all of you reading this, I share the
the award, went into TV and is now in radio sales with honor of being in the Journalism Hall of Fame.
Ten people who were at the luncheon April 11 Clear Channel in Lexington. And she married The plaque might read David Thompson but
were glad I was but probably wish they weren’t. Brian whoi's in TV. Of course, she’s also the one i it belongs to a lot,of people. ‘ 2 g , , . .- ,~ . . ,
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Courier-Journal and Louisville Times to a)”, ing with presidents, Fred Paxton is being ' .
( three Pulitzers before family disagreements ”was“ remembered for his legacy of compassion for / '
i led to the papers' sale in 1986, has died. He ”ggé Others and generosity in his contributions to . ’ “‘ ' I ,
cations of pneumonia. He died April 3 at his ' , said former GOV- Brereton I ones. ”Fred was a glw g V I . ‘ 7--
home in Glenview, a Louisville suburb. } the epitome of honesty, decency, basic good- fifitasg“ it
_ Bingham, a third-generation publisher of ness and plain old common sense.” g3; ,
the family-owned newspapers, took over in ”a: Paxton, 73/ died at 5350 am. Sunday after 6; "W ‘i i: .
1971 from his father, Barry Bingham Sr., and s‘ V, :l a three-wleek battle with pancreatic cancer. drag”? "
quickly emphasized ethics and public service a“, ' He was c airman of t e board of Paxton ' “is
journalism. He led the newspapers until his W > \ Media Group, whose media holdings in _ V :g’ -: .
family sold them despite bitter opposition . ' . ' j . western Kentucky include The Tribune— t
from Bingham Ir, . .. .;. ' . . g Courier, The Paducah Sun, The Eddyville p . ,9.
The newspapers photo staff won the . ' I , gag Herald Ledger, The Cadiz Record’ The ' .
. Pulitzer for feature photography in 1976 for 3" y ’_ erg? MerrOPOhS (111-) Planet and WPSD'TV- _ . ‘3
photos of court-ordered busing. The Courier- «Q .1 ”£55 Paxton was recogmzed as an outstandlng a; ._
Journal won the Pulitzer for general or spot r ‘V ' V r’ " commufiutyhanddblusmelss lteadecri, End as a1 T i """
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' :24. TWO years later, It won for international the sale was finalized, and received a stand- One of his last acts was to help Paducah’s mourn his loss for th- whole community.”
. porting for coverage of Cambodian . _ _ _ _ , _ _ , . . _ .
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V it's $1171? gifting: 3:322:11 1:21;: plltitbtlJtat "Wherever you go in the tradition of these . ”He came out. and wanted to help with of Venice, Fla. ; a siste Pat Brockenborough .
. o 0 rather it's the agenda-setting and p olicy- newspapers, I will be with you," Bingham either a new cabin or to help fix our sewer of Paducah; three son, Jim, Davrd and
, 0 u rn a l l S m changing work for which the awards are told them. "Wherever I go my loyal heart . problems, said Shirley Barlow, chairman of Richard Paxton, all of Paducah; a daughter,
given that's important," said David Hawpe, will be with you here. Preserve this shrine of the missmn board. He offered a $25,000 con- Nancy Desa1 of Ather on, Cahf., and 12 F
The Courier-Journal's editorial director, who quality and integrity WhiCh I have tried to tub/u t1?“ . . . grandchildren. nf' d f 1
. . has been with the newspaper since 1969. help you build over the past 15 years." He 3 been very supportive [of the mlssmn dli‘regdl Pa>ttorlivalslpi w s a coc1 11: 5121:: e ect- ,_
Dissension among the children surfaced The Bingham reign began in 1918' when for many years, Barlow said. No one knew e ”ea ers m. as n ton an . ra .Oft'
C 0mm “n l in 1984, when daughter Sallie Bingham chal- Robert Worth Bingham Spent more than $1 Whatbhe d‘Id to help “51 O???“ tie 10am I don t :hink the: Ya? Stuff CIVIC tor
1 lenged her brother's control of the compa- million to buy a contrrilling interest in The 3:121:35; gfigffOp e 1 e 1m w o ept fizzletflrgrgrtih; 113321;“, astgrteéiih 11::st ern
nies. She and her sister, Eleanor Bin ham Courier-Journal and T e Louisville Times. ' _. . . ,, . .
Miller, were ousted from the board if direc- Barry Bin gham Sr. became publisher and Joe Framptom, chalrman ofthe board of gatréer mffirrlrgaltion, .eiid US. Sen. Mitch
m 0 l/t rn S 0 S S 0 tors, and Sallie Bingham turned down a fam- president in 1937 after his father died. Ere Paducffilh Bank, worked With Paxton on MCI/1.211118 , - ouisyi e. t .nfl b
fly offer of $26.3 million. Bingham Jr. graduated from Harvard with Ge Paduc Iunlor College Board, e e was a man 0 rea d1 h uence. .ecause
. ' , _ . . histo in 1956 and served in the reater Paducah Economlc Development he owned newspaper an t e telev151on sta—
I The newspapers were 501d by Bingham 3 a degree 1n ry , _ , Corp. and several other committees. tlon, but. he never abused his clout for per-
i . t family to Gannett 03' Inc. in 1986 for more Marines before starting in broadcast Journal- ”He gave of his time and resources a lot sonal gain,” McConndll said. ”He used his
- ‘ a r B l” am 1’" than $300 million. . . lsm, working. for CBS and NBC 11’1 New York. of us will continue to benefit from that for influence for good purposes for the commu-
' Barry Bmgham Sr. sald he couldn't find a Survivors IHCIUde h1_S w1fe, Edlth, whom years to come,” Framptom said. ”He helped nity and the state, and never for Self inter-
solution to the family's disagreements that he married in 1963; thelr daughters, limily many people and did a lot of things that no est.”
. was fair to everyone. His 8011, thoug