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aSSlgnment 111 Despite now working , I ,1 ‘ t it I accepting nominations for the ‘ 1
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AfghanIStanl Iraq largest broadcast news gafﬁﬁi ‘ ' Journalism Hall of Fame. To be 1
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BY DAVID G1REER1 former editor of EKU s . ., 1111 .. 1 Kentucky natives or must have
Member Serv1ces Director student newspaper, The 11 1:1 .1 spent a signiﬁcant portion of their .
When Jeff Newton covered the Fort Progress, still has deep i 1 careers working in newspaper or
Knox beat for The News-Enterprise in roots in newspapers. in? 111st ' broadcast journalism in
. . Flimbethtown from 1993 to 1996, his “I sti'tl don’t consider " . 1,111,111,: , .1j,,,.,.‘,ith ,,;-'123,¢1,;l_11_,) ﬂ: 1 K’entucky.~ , . 1 v. . ,. 1, _
m. goal was to become a foreign war cor- myself a broadcast journal- ’ ' v‘ “ 1111 11 1 ~ 1* 1 ,1 A nonunahonformasavaﬂablé '5 ”
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19905 was covering the war 1n Bosnia EKU, Newton took a job " > ; . 1 1 plete the form and send the , 1 - z
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the Czech Releth; _ 1 _ Prague, cap1ta1l Of th‘? Former News-Enterprise reporter Jeff Newton spoke in , Julie Berry, Assistantrtqther- / - ' , . 1

Today, Newton 15 35 and llvmg hls Czech RePUth- Whlle Lexington last month about his experiences and his , Director, School ofJourn'alism 1 3
dream as a ﬁeld producer for the CBS theﬁe, he covered the assignments covering the war for 60 Minutes II, _.and Telecommunications}, . _ 1;
News program 60 Minutes II. He was fig ting in nearby Bosnia. , . . . . Umvérsi lofKenttm ,107 1 ' ‘ 1/
embedded in a military unit and He feared for his safety every day for reporting IOb 1h Elizabethtown. Whhe GrehanBtyuﬂdingLexklhgton, KY: ‘
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ground war began. He spoke in In 1993, Newton decided to return learned much about the rruhtary. 1h Deadline fog/jirécéiﬁffnf‘ndnn. _ ,.
Lexington Oct. 16 where he shared home — he spent part of his adoles- 1996' he moved to the Fayettev111e “55611513 Jan5;2004Select10n 1, , .
with fellow journalists and journalism cence in Louisville —— and accepted a See CBS on Page 10 1'13 mutakeplacelatermjanuzg/ .
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pers against those Thought 1.1-, ’ g3 Western Kentucky is said and done. The announcement Ifso,AmencanP§§ﬁz/§eﬁy%§m:
in any other state, x “we” University; Eastern comes at the National College Media tohear fromyoufwé’fg”:g§%§r
any time, any- ”3%? Progress, Eastern Convention. AmeﬁcanP‘tfia’
where. That’s what 113; David T.Thompson 1 “tr“ K e n t u c k y The Pacemakers are given in three neWspapermag 1?: if? '
I think of the over- AExecuﬁve Director ‘1 U n i v e r s i t y ; categories — daily newspaper, four- mpubhcguonsrgﬁra
all quality of our Kentucky Kernel, year university; non-daily, four-year try,isplanmng,aa§€s
publications. University of Kentucky; Murray State university; and two-year university ,1: onaewspapeﬁs @111;

And I can say much the same thing News, Murray State University. newspapers. With the Kentucky Kernel bmedbythesaw 211% 1; 1
about Kentucky’s university student Only California, with many more competing in the daily four-year divi- yearsogmmeaffet‘wﬁw
publications if the results of the universities, thus many more universi- sion while the other three Kentucky wﬁyourneWﬁhﬁtﬁihgjw '
Pacemaker finalists are any indication. ty student publications, has more publications will be competing in the e‘gmwiw’» ., ‘

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Daily Independent Corlﬂey Media Group, Oversewisev- Childress named new Hamm named editorial
- - era newspapers, ma azmes, e _ - -
publisher reSIgns sites and other printgnd electronic Messenger Inquirer director of LCNI ;
Roger F. Coleman, publisher of businesses publisher Benjamin ”Benjy” Hamm, manag-
The Independent in Ashland since ‘ Robert L. Childress a longtime ing editor of The Herald-Journal, 1
. Coleman came to Ashland from a , _ ’ , . .
June 3, 2002, has reSigned to accept a . publisher With newspapers in Spartansburg, SC, 18 returning to
. . . , , newspaper group near Chicago, Ill., . . . .
pOSition in Milwaukee, Wisc. and in his tenure at the In de en dent Tennessee and Virginia, has been Landmark Community Newspapers, ‘
He was also has been publisher of 1 11 d p l d named the new publisher of the 1110, effective NOV. 10 as editorial
the Greenup County Newsjfimes sevedra .C anggs were m: e mftu mg Messenger-Inquirer replacing Ed director of the 53-newspaper group.
since January. a re e:1gn an. “13"in rom a er- Riney, who left the company last He was editor of LCNl’s tri-weekly
- - noon 0 morning e ivery. month. The Lancaster News Lancaster S.C. ‘
Cl llbe esd t fTh . . . ’ ' ’
0 eman W1 pr 1 en 0 e Childress, 63, is publisher of the from June 1991 to February 1995. .
Danville (Va.) Register 8: Bee. Prior to Under his leadership, the paper
The K 61:11:11 Ck Pres S taking the job in Virginia, he was pub- won more than 100 South Carolina
._____._.__ y —— lisher of The Mountain Press in Press Association awards, including
Sevierville, Tenn, from 1987 until tak- firsts for General Excellence, Public
The Kentucky Press (ISSN-0023—0324) is District 11 - Glenn Gray, Manchester ing the Danville job in 1997. Service, Features and Spot News.
published monthly by the Kentucky Press ' Enterprise Childress expects to begin work in Hamm was an Associated Press
Association/ Kentucky Press Service, Inc. ' _ Owensboro around Thanksgiving. reporter and editor from 1989-1991,
Periodicals Class postage ls Bald at . _ District 12 -leffNea1, Somerset , He is a native of Durham, N .C., and a reporter for The Post in his
ggankfort, K; 4301;393‘313133?“ Pm: ‘5 Commonwealth Journal , and served in the US. Air Force from hometown of Salisbury, N.C., in 1986-
adPer yizrl‘hgie If; :12}, P112255 fnmge 0 District 13 -Tom Cau dill Lemgtoh , , 1959 to 1963. He is a graduate of 1987. He has a Master’s degree in ‘
Consumer Lane, Frankfort, KY, 40601, (502), Herald-Leader , ' , Southwestern State College (now communications form the University
223-8821. , , , 1 , r, , { Southwestern Oklahoma State of South Carolina, and a bachelor’s ,
, , , , _Disti'ict 14 - Teresa Scenters, Berea’Citizen ’ ', University) in Weatherford, Okla., degree from Catawba College.
[Officers _ ,, p ‘ ' , , :y “ ' ' ' , ii“ ' f W ; ; ,, ’E / , f and began his career as a circulation Hamm replaces Alan Mattingly,
Kentucky Press Assoaation , ,, g , State/$t7-Larg; : 1:3ch ,1 I” , district manager at The Dally who is relocating to Paris, France,
, 7 ,5 1 :y , ,i f ,1, . y, Q95. 9937 9/1““ eme 1 / L ’ Progress in Charlottesville, Va. with his wife, Susan, who is joining
Igﬁt‘z‘eggfgmmn TummlﬂwggtrgddaMatgfoanWlieMessenger Prior to Sevierville, Childress held the staff of the International Herald- _
_Danvi1leAdvocateM/essengei' 3, [Division'Chai’mian /, ., ' p , the Star-Exponent in Culpepper, Va. Times’ organization.
' ‘ ‘ , ' , ‘ ’ Z ' ’ , " NewsEditorial Divisionalohn, 2 In Tennessee, he held posts as vice Hamm supervised a staff of 62 at
Vice President— David ThOrnberry, ‘ ,' Shindlebbwer, SpencerMagnet ‘ , president and as treasurer of TPA. the 55,000 Spartanburg daily, where
Somerset Commonwealth Journal , , , , 4 , ' , , , ’ y 1 Riney, 56, had been publisher since since March 1998 he oversaw daily
_ . AdvertisingDivision'- Cheryl Magers,’ y' , 1997. He joined the paper in 1987 as newsroom operations, the newspa— v.
greaslure]. i; Chime Pomm' , camel Kentucky News Journal " , chief financial officer and later was per’s web site, technology, training
r avorite Circulation Division _ Kriss Johnson.“ . », promoted to general manager. and development, long-term plan-
Past President - Dave Eldridge, Lexington Herald-Leader , f V / “mg and budgeting In the PaSt fiVe -
1655mm Journal Associates Division CliffFeltham See PEOPLE on Page 11 ‘
Board of Directors Kentucky Utilities I - - _ ‘
District 1 ‘ Alice Rouse, Murray Ledger and , y D t three thalt contaiified sofnﬁe 01f3 helr< news
Tunes General counseisqonmesaakemm ea llS—_ giggrtgongng-DrgfefangrUﬁfmggere
Greene, Dinsmore & Shohl, Louisville
Eistrictz-Ied Dillinsham/ Dawson Springs ' Laurel County writer and ”01131" . k, .t. 1 . 1 d d ‘
to egg _ _ yric swri mg a so inc u e
gr Kentucky Press Association Staff C01umn15t dleS poetry, some of which has been pub- ,
DiStfiCt 3 ' Dom Wimmer, Hancock David T- ThomPSOII, Exemﬂve DireCtOI‘ Mabel Williams Martin Wyrick, a lished in magazines.
Clam)“ Eonmeﬁioﬁﬁgogmgfgal s writer whose descriptive prose and Myrick and her husband Wilson L.
eresa eve, ire or e - - -
District 4 - Charlie Portmann, Franklin David Greer, Member Services Director ' EgggcigogpifrgéeiLn;:x:::;s§re:n gygécgftgieltgeifswrote a bOOk called
Favorite Dana Ehlschide, News Bureau Director , , ’ '
David Spencer, New Media Director , magazmes and b.0019 dled Sunday, . _
District 5 - Ron Filkins, Kentucky Standard Buffy Sams, Bookkeeping Assistant Get 12 at a h08p1ce 1n Hamllton, Oth- Former C-J reporter dies
1 District 6 Arthur B Post Louisville EggirdfngtldiResearCh/Markemg Shelibiassezgral years Wyrick who for John C' Meehan, 72' died Sunday,
. _ ' ’ . . . . ’ _ S t. 28.
(30,313.10qu Sue Cammack, Administrative AsSistant merly lived in Laurel County, wrote epMeehan was a native of ”'
. _ ~ . _ RaCh91M&WWIAdV9m§m8ASSEtmt weekly columns called ”If Quilts P 1 ~ d t f h '
District 7 - Kelley Warmck, Gallatin County Holly Willard, INAN Busmess Clerk , - u u ennsy vania, a gra ua e 0 t e
News Mark Sheridan, [NAN Account Executive Could Talk I d [Listenhand Land. University Of Louisville, a lover Of the
Tami Hensley, Tearsheet Clerk Beneath the Lake, Whlc appeared m written word and an avid reader.
District 8 — Ken Metz, Bath County News the London Sentinel-Echo, Laurel After being decorated for service in
Outlook gégnty VEEEkIYéEPrbmlglrﬁleso d the infantry in the Korean War, he
r1 une, erea 1 izen, 1C m n k d t f . _
District 9 - Mark Maynard, Ashland Daily Staff members, Ofﬁcers and Directors may Register and other newspapers. She gain; :11: $11201: £212; Flielgcgi‘lizlrirs
. Independent. be reached by e—mail using the individual's wrote about her life and about folklore h ' _
ﬁrst initial, full last name@kypress.com. in the columns one 0“ e founders Of Wenz Neely
District 10 - Edmund Shelby, Beattyville There is no space or punctuation in the e- - ' - - -
Enterprise mail address. She published SlX books, including See DEATHS on Page 5 ‘

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1 the former Sov1et Oh B Th ’2 ””27 about issues faCing American newspapers face the same cluded, I not only felt a newfound ,
1 republic of 9 y e their country. But dilemma. We explained that at one respect for our colleagues from abroad 7,; 1
‘1 Moldova are some Wa -211 it’s clear they don’t time in the late 19th and early 20th but I‘also felt my own renewed pas~ I
of the bravest, most “ML 3131151? : have as much free- centuries, many American papers were Sion for journalism. There’s no better f; ;
'1 courageous practi- 25,1, '5'”: , dom of the press as politically aligned with one party or way to reinforce the view that our pro- -
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1 tioners 0 our craft ”A Member Services 1 , ' they want — or 0t er t e ot er and were often influenced by feSSion — despite its many blemishes — ,1
1 I have ever had the Director ’ . , 9’31] nations enjoy. them. But as many communities found is very much a noble craft and more 5:
1' pleasure of meet- We learned that themselves with just one newspaper importantly an essential building block
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1 mg face to face. Moldova, a now—inde- some Moldovan Journalists have been left, most papers tend now to be politi- for any nation traveling the road to ,; .-
1 pendent nation in Eastern Europe after shot and killed in recent years for cally neutral. freedom, prosperity and justice. 9;;
1 the fall of the Soviet Union, is appar- reporting the wrong things. We also Do they have access to the Internet, EKU grad works for CBS News. Jeff jj _
’1 ently still coming to grips with how to learned that some Moldovan journal- some in our group asked? Yes, Newton, 35, is now a field producer
i make a free-market economy, freedom ists have used their high visibility to answered one reporter, but her news- for the CBS News program 60 Minutes 1'1
3 of the press and freedom of speech enter politics. Has this been a problem paper only has one computer with II. Newton joined CBS News in ’:
1 work. A dozen Moldovan journalists, among American journalists, they Internet access per each 10 employees, October 2002 after making a name for 1.- '
' .- touring the United States to learn more asked? No, only our movie stars do Of the 150 or so newspapers in himself by shooting TV video as a free— '1
about journalism American-style, that,Ireplied. We all laughed. Moldova, all but eight publish in lancer in Afghanistan and Iraq and
. stopped at KPA last month to spend Under communism, newspapers Russian. The other eight publish in the then selling it to TV networks. 1,’
an afternoon chatting with a half- were owned by the state. Having a Moldovan language, which is the same Newton is a former editor of The .1
3 dozen Kentucky journalists. Another good bottom line was irrelevant. Now, as Romanian. All of the Moldovan Eastern Progress at EKU and later 31
group from the same nation visited us like American newspapers, the bottom journalists spoke Russian and all our served as the Fort Knox beat reporter LI ”-
f in April. Both meetings were learning line is very important. Political parties communications with them were for The News-Enterprise in : 1‘
1 experiences for all concerned. bankroll some Moldovan papers through Russian—speaking interpreters. Elizabethtown from 1993 to ’96. .
: As one Moldovan journalist said, secretly and yet the reporting staffs It’s fascinating experience to sit Speaking recently at a SP] dinner in g ‘
7 freedom of the press is still just a theo— may not even know it. They might sus— down with journalists from half a Lexington, Newton noted that he still ,1 "
{‘1 ry in his country. Not all the visitors pect it — because editorial decisions world away and compare notes. The considers himself a print journalist 1:1 _ 1;
§ would agree with that View as some seem slanted — but it’s not an estab— similarities far outweigh the differ- who works for CBS. Read the full story
...; said they have more freedom than ever lished fact. That clearly troubled our ences. in this issue of The Kentucky Press. rig
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{ By KIM GREENE . Meg: the most frequently sued in 2001 were casters. (Book defendants are most many were settled. They don’t tell C
Q KPA General . .1 .. newspapers (46.6 percent of the com- often sued by writers and authors.) In you how many involved the payment N
Counsel ’1 a... plaints). Reporters and correspon- fact, about half of the plaintiffs against of money by the news organization to in
1‘ Dinsmore &: Shohl g V' 2? dents were sued in 32.4 percent of the news organizations in the smaller the plaintiff. And they don’t tell you V,
l The Libel Defense ‘5; 59.5% complaints. Some might be surprised media markets were business people how much money was involved in
: Resource Center gage? to know that television stations and or companies. any of those payments. 115
f (LDRC) has complet— 9 7.7%; it producers accounted for only 20.1 per- And here’s something else you A different analysis, this one con- D
t ed its first complaint ' ‘7 ”‘3 7 cent and 14.7 percent of the com- won’t like. According to this survey, ducted by the Media Law Resource in
3: survey in five years. - . . plaints, respectively. smaller newspapers and broadcasters Center looked at damages awarded by
3‘ Covering the year Even individuals not employed by were the targets of lawsuits far more juries to libel plaintiffs. If the informa— cc
Q 2001, this survey looks at lawsuits or affiliated with the news organiza- often than those in mid-level or large tion about who’s suing whom was eye to
filed against news media organiza— tions have been sued. Slightly more markets. Forty—two percent of the opening, this information is eye pop- G
tions. The results can be eye opening. than 7percent of the complaints were complaints in this survey were filed ping! b.
Newspapers were most often sued against sources. This doesn’t sound against smaller media organizations, Despite the fact that fewer libel E]
l for libel. In fact, libel claims outnum- like a big number, but it is a signifi- while about 33 percent were against cases actually went to trial in the 19905 pl
9‘ bered other types of claims by two to cant occurrence. Keep it in mind the largest and 25 percent were than in the 19805, and despite the fact A
i one. Other ”popular” claims against when you are negotiating with the against medium sized media organi— that the media won more of those tri- dj
I newspapers included invasion of pri- author of a letter to the editor or a zations. als in the 19905 than they won in the
‘ vacy (primarily false light, which is a homemade advertisement which pre- All of this presents a very good rea~ 19805, the total amount of money d.
_ branch of invasion of privacy that is sents legal concerns. When we talk to son, if you needed one, for KPA mem— damages awarded by juries in those 131
quite similar to a libel claim) - 29 per- you on the Hotline about those letters ber newspapers to be extremely vigi- trials skyrocketed. In the 19805 the A
1 cent, intentional or negligent inﬂiction or ads and suggest that you ask the lant when editing, reviewing or total amount of was $240 million. In th
‘ of emotional distress - 23 percent, authors to modify certain language in screening news articles, opinion the 19905, the total had climbed to
: breach of contract - 14 percent and order to minimize legal concerns, we pieces, letters to the editor and ads. $568 million. Yikes! th
; intellectual property claims - 12 per- often mention that it’s for the protec— The time and effort devoted up front - When you have news articles, let-
;‘ cent. tion of those authors as well as the and even the cost, if there is any — are ters to the editor, ads (political or oth- ' I
3 Two-thirds of the lawsuits involved newspaper. This statistic proves that well worth it when you consider the erwise) or other content that raise
:- general and investigative reporting, point. There are sources - including time effort - and the tremendous cost - legal red flags in your mind, don’t C
:1 opinion and commentary and 10 per- authors of letters to the editor and ads of defending one of these lawsuits. hesitate to call your Hotline attorneys. . =
3 cent of the cases arose from published - out there who are being sued along Ask anyone who’s been there. That’s what we’re here for. . "'”’,-"". > C‘
.} advertisements. DeSpite the fact that with the newspapers which publish Of course, the LDRC survey statis- We'd also like to help with any "i like #131.
f 50 many of the lawsuits came out of the letters or ads. tics cited above just concern lawsuits general questions you may have about
investigative reporting, the survey Who sues the news media? which were filed. They don’t tell you protecting yourself against libel and R
3 revealed only four trespass claims and According to this survey, business how many of those lawsuits were other claims. Feel free to call or e-mail
only 15 intrusion claims. people and corporations are most tossed by the courts and how many those questions and we’ll be happy to a'
Among news media organizations, likely to sue newspapers and broad- went to trial. They don’t tell you how address them in this column. L
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j: AP — A release of files Tuesday gation. Downey filed suit to block the to conceal information, and "a great materials that served no public inter- p;
from the investigation of former leg- release and later was joined by nine majority” of the voluminous files est” and that the Downey case 7C
islative aide Kent Downey amounts to other people who were allowed to were released, Greene said. ”Given exposed a flaw in the state Open te.
3 ”close to a total victory” for the media keep their names secret. the history of this case, it’s very close Record Law. at
} and public, a newspaper lawyer said. Franklin County Circuit Judge to a total victory. For the newspapers The law shields the investigative re
9: The hundreds of pages released by William Graham allowed the release and the public.” files of county and commonwealth’s
‘-' the state attorney general’s office in April 2002 of much of the inves- Greene represented The Courier- attorneys from release, he said. That th
l included information previously tigative file, but kept secret material Journal of Louisville and The State protection does not extend to the at
f shielded from public scrutiny. that Downey and the other nine said Journal of Frankfort, among the attorney general’s office when cases ac
3 Downey, of Versailles, pleaded would violate their privacy if papers seeking disclosure of the are closed, he said. U1
: guilty in 1997 to federal charges of released. records. He said the appellate court’s ruling
f conspiracy to promote prostitution In August, Graham ordered the Brent Caldwell, an attorney repre— will discourage people from coming U1
through a small company he operated release of the remaining material not senting three people wanting to keep forward to be interviewed by the th
3' that arranged golf outings and other released in 2002. Those remaining their names concealed, said Graham attorney general’s investigators out of an
i events. papers were made public last month. did a good job of balancing the pub- fear that what they say me be released W
3 The documents gave glimpses into Portions of the investigation, lic’s right to know against privacy to the public.
._ the tawdriness of those outings. though, are still being withheld from rights. Downey’s attorney, Jack Smith, C(
Q Investigators spoke to people who the public. Caldwell said he agreed with the said much of what Downey wanted th‘
'1 gave firsthand accounts about strip- ”We think that there are some initial ruling that none of the informa- concealed is still private. Pl
3 pers, gambling, lingerie shows and instances where the opinion still goes tion should be released. That ruling Smith said the release should end 19
drinking at the events. too far in protecting information that was reversed by the state Court of the matter.
4 After the investigation was formal- really shouldn’t be protected under Appeals, leading to the release of The files released included an w]
‘ 1y closed in 1999, several newspapers the open records law,” said Kim information. interview of state Rep. John Will Stacy Lc
requested that the attorney general’s Greene, a media attorney. Caldwell said information still hit
office release its record of the mvesti- Graham, dld reject many requests being concealed included ”salac1ous see DOWNEY on Page 10

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' Colorado publ'sher elected N NA p 'd t '

Robert Sweeney, publisher and edi- cations, with three newspapers located after serving for three years. Anfinson for Dolan Media Co., representing ,
tor of Villager Newspapers in Denver, in Western Colorado. succeeds Bill Masterson, publisher of American Court and Commercial
Colo., was elected president of the Elected to NNA’s board of directors the Rapid City (S.D.) Journal. Bladine Newspapers, Jim Kelly, journalism
National Newspaper Association dur- for three-year terms were: Elizabeth succeeds Devon Sorlie, former pub- professor for Brigham Young
ing the association’s 117th annual con- ”Liz" K. Parker, co-publisher and lisher of the High Country University, as an at large director, rep-
vention and trade show. executive editor for Recorder Independent Press in Bozeman, Mont. resenting college papers; and Jim ,

Sweeney succeeds Jeff David, pub- Newspapers, Inc. in Stirling, N.J. as Tock succeeds Alan Cruikshank, pub- Sterling, journalism professor and
lisher of the Livingston Parish News in Region 2 director (New Jersey, New lisher of The Fountain Hills (Ariz.) Missouri Chair in Community
Denham Springs, La., who becomes York, Ohio and Pennsylvania); Reed Times. Continuing on the board are: Newspaper Management for the
immediate past president. Anfinson, publisher of the Swift Alan L. Baker, publisher of The University of Missouri-Columbia was .

Also elected to NNA’s executive County Monitor-News in Benson, Ellsworth (Maine) American as Region reappointed as a director at large.
committee was Mike Buffington, edi— Minn. as Region 6 director (Iowa, 1 director (Connecticut, Brian Steffens continues as executive
tor of the Jackson Herald in Jefferson, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Massachusetts, Maine, New director for the association.

Ga., as vice president. Buffington had Dakota); Jon E. ”Jeb” Bladine, presi~ Hampshire, Rhode Island and Region 5 (Illinois, Indiana,
been treasurer for the association. dent and publisher for the News— Vermont); Jerry Tidwell, publisher of Michigan and Wisconsin) is currently
Elected as treasurer was Jerry Reppert, Register Publishing Company in the Hood County News in Granbury, vacant. An election will be held this
publisher of the Gazette-Democrat in McMinnville, Ore. as Region 9 director Texas as Region 8 director (Arkansas, year to fill this position.

Anna, Ill. Reppert had been Region 5 (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas); Tom Leaving the board this year were:
director for the association. Washington); Greg Tock, publisher of Mullen, publisher of the News Letter Linda C. Owens, chair for the

Outgoing immediate past presi— the White Mountain Independent in Journal in Newcastle, Wyo., as region Department of Communications for
dent, Ken Rhoades was named as Show Low, Ariz., as Region 11 director 10 director (Colorado, New Mexico, the University of South Carolina-
president for the National Newspaper (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada Utah and Wyoming); Doug Crews, Aiken, SC. She had represented col— ,
Association Foundation. The NNAF is and Guam). executive director for the Missouri lege newspapers on the board. And .
the educational arm of the association. Parker succeeds Thomas M. Press Association, representing the Charles I. Wrubel, president of Wrubel '

Villager Newspapers, Inc. serves as Edwards, publisher of the Bluffton Newspaper Association Managers; Communications, who had represent-
the umbrella to seven Colorado publi- (Ohio) News, who leaves the board Sam Spencer, executive vice president ed Suburban Newspapers of America.
DEATHS -
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- Co., a public relations firm, and
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Shelb Ville s Sentinel-News
Retired Courier-Journal ,.
advertising executive dies .

RaymondC. Hornback, 0f Reprinted from the Sentinel-News Armstrong said. The article was pub- ties. :
Lex1ngton, diedWednesday, Oct. Sat lished in the Oct. 1 issue of The