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ture and hard-news writing, - _‘ .. * 1% .. . " -' - ‘
Kentucky’s Open Meetings and fire . 1% . .- . r E . ;
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mg a pubhc meetlng, the 1mportance . :
of taking accurate notes and a myri- Kentucky Press Association Member Services Director David Greer, front, leads a discussion on ethics with atten- :
ad of other topics. This writer dees at July’s week-long journalism boot camp held in Frankfort.
served as boot camp instructor. In ;
addition, boot campers heard from _ _ . . f
four guest speakers _ retired Record in Garrard County, great deal from 1.t'. Those who com— fea51b1e for communlty papers to 7
Anderson News publisher and Kentucky New Era in Hopk1nsv1lle pleted two wrlting assrgnments send representatives.
award-winning writer Don White, and Hey en Las Americas, within a two-week deadline after Class size had been limited to l5 3
media attorney and KP A legal coun— Landmark .Community the boot camp received a plaque. people. All slots were filled and paid 3
, sel Ashley Pack, Lexington Herald- Newspapers’ Spanlsh-language This marked the debut of the one- 1n advance but four people didn’t
Leader communities editor and for— weekly published by the Sentinel- week format. Previous boot camps, attend — with reasons ranging from :
mer business writer Risa Brim and News of Shelbyville, all sent a repre- started in 2001, ran for three weeks. illness to a family emergency to car
Louisville Courier-Journal colum— sentative. Two other boot campers The concept behind the boot camp is trouble. ;
nist Bob Hill. had also been community colum- to provide training to those individ- Interest was high during the sign- "
Classes were held in Frankfort’s nists for two papers. uals who already work at papers but up period with all 15 slots filled a
historic Berry Hill Mansion, now a The rest of the boot campers were have no formal journalism schooling week before the deadline. ,
state-owned office and meeting individuals interested in writing or those persons interested in writ- _ More than. a .dozen people .Vr
space facility. and newspaper work. They ranged ing and newspapermg as a new or inqulred about Signing up after the 1
Four members of the boot camp in age from retirees to a high— school ' second career. ' slots were filled. . x,
already work at Kentucky newspa- senior. Participants said they . It’s hoped the shorter format Wlll A second one-week boot camp in .
pers. The Paintsville Herald, Central enjoyed boot camp and learned a make it more affordable and more the fall is under con51deration. ;
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