F (UK) LEX 405 RECORDS I
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‘ MARGARET 1 KING LIBIgiRlES ,j
' UNIVERSITY OF KY UB 40506
" LEXINGTON KY i"
i Volume 70, Number 3 - March, 1999
- . PUBLISHED AS A MEMBER SERVICE OF THE KENTUCKY PRESS ASSOCIATION AND KENTUCKY PRESS SERVICE 7
_ Six Kentucky journalists, five of three occasions. 3" » ,. IF—II I» _ . ,. . II II I I II
them newspaper professionals, will 0 Walt Dear. former owner of , ‘3; ”are _ I . .. ‘ 3 -‘
be inducted into the Kentucky The Gleaner in Henderson. Dear had , ’- f I I ,I g I; . .
Journalism Hall of Fame next month. an extraordinary eye for budding ' I ,. I _ _ _ 4 I I i I mI‘I— '
lhe Hall of l‘ame is housed in Journalists. hiring two who went on .- . a , ‘3; a; A % I 3 .- 235;;- i
the Liiivei'sity of Kentucky School of to Win or share Pulitzer Prices. and . «.3 l g I J “ i 3 a...
. Journalism and Telectimmunications one who became a managing editor ”I ,- 5 I“: I : “I I ’
I and the induction ceremony is spon— for The Associated Press. He was 3 -, . II ’53 I ..
sored by the school's alumni associa— president of the Kentucky Press I' ' j a? 4,; i g 6 . I IV“
tion. Association in 1980. w .‘ I ——I-J Firm .-_._.- 'I L. ‘ I ' ' ‘
This year’s inductees are: ° Joe Dorris, former editor. COX Dear DOI‘I‘IS Wilson
I ° Earl (70X. Louisville. Spm‘th' columnist and publisher of Th0 and has distinguished himself during his death in 19:30. A Memphis. Tenn.
0011"]th {0" The V()‘C"‘Tnbun" and Kentucky New Era. Hf’PkmSVIHO- four decades with the (‘--l with his native. (‘ole started the newspaper
. former executive sports editor for The Dorris had a profound impact on complete, accurate and fair accounts with $950 and became recognized as a _
Courier-Journal and Louisville western Kentucky through outstand— of'events and issues in education and publisher and business and civic . .
Times. Cox helped form the ing contributions as a writer and edi— political issues. leader. In 1091. the National Black
. Associated Press Sports Editors tor. ° The late l. Willis (‘ole. former Press Hall of Fame at Howard -
'~ ' group, serving as its president and 0 Richard (Dick) Wilson, owner. editor and publisher of The University inducted (‘ole, and a his— :
writing its code of ethics. Before Lexington bureau chief and higher- LOUISVlllt’ LO'ddPl'. an African- UH'IICHI marker in lllS honor “HS (’l‘OCI- /’
" becoming an editor, Cox was named education reporter for The Courier- American 1003] newspaper that ( “I" "d 1“ URN-WI“? 1“ 1991- /-I
Kentucky Sportswriter of the Year on Journal. Wilson is a UK graduate launched 1“ 1917 and Pllbl‘Sth until See JOURNALISM, page 7
KHS J A State C ti t KPA ad contest breaks records "
. I , . The 1999 KPA S rin r Ad Winners will he announced at
‘ By LISA CARNAHAN ‘The event was so large, it 1 . p E” ‘ _. z
., I . . . Contest set records for the number an awards banquet dui ing the
. ~ KPA News Bureau Director baSically outgrew Lexmgton so we . . . ( t . ., .
. . . . . of entries submitted and revenue 19J9 Spring Ad Seminar at the - .
The second annual Kentucky started looking for locations in . , a . . .
. . . . generated from the contest. (xalt House East in Louisville May
. High School Journalism LouiSVille that could hold a larger Sixt two news a ers submit 6 7
Association State Convention will crowd,” said KPA Executive 2 y . :p p ‘ ‘ . ‘ .
_ . - - . - . ted 2,550 entries for a revenue of The contest was ludged by the
be held March 31 in Louisvdle Director Dav1d T. Thompson. ‘ , '. . ‘
- . , a - . - - $10,912. Alabama Press AssoCiation.
w1th hopes of topping last years This years Site, the Holiday Inn
turnout of student journalists and South on Fern Valley Road, can ' ‘ . 3 I : , " ' _;;.
their teachers. accommodate nearly 1,000 so we a.._-,,,,A.A__, _fiv _..,,a. “ '- ~. ~
The first KHSJA state conven- should be in good shape.” ‘ ' I‘ . " = " ' . i” -. ,2
, tion, held last March in The convention will feature a 3 ' . , , 5; .~t II"?
II I' . I' Lexington. was the largest gather- variety of sessions for both the » I . I 3' I'i‘»II3I’: .3 *2
' , ing of its kind in Kentucky histo- students and advisers, ranging . ~ '_ . I ' 1,
. ry, with 720 students and teach- from newspaper and yearbook lay- - ‘ II .- -1. -
I ers from schools across the state. See KHSJA, page 7 . j - . . . . ' , - , :1; I‘Iff;"f; 5 I a; ..;I.‘
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t t ( irculation Seminar is scheduled (‘lass/ Periodicals ( lass mailing «3 «a». , .,~; 3 ’II' ’T$:;‘I§I§IZ§ .
i for April 22 at the Holiday Inn WimrvnwntS and problem-s With «e3 - .3. as. r
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kev Uh. Postal SerVice officials Kentucky Network for Newspaper .. 5’Hwfigj . Igmmwwgfi: “st; -:_
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r I I Mann, chmgtom and Bl” Needy. newspapers how l” nurture future : _ -~ . 3 ~I§III§W£§:%‘§*%§§§P§§I ~
, I Louisville. The discussion will See CIRCULATION, page 7 L . _ if: ,. A 33::
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