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BH Media executive to speak at OPA Convention INSIDE All newspaper superheroes For entertainment Thurs- are invited to converge June day evening, Steven Gragert, OKLAHOMA PRESS ASSOCIATION OPA/OPS BOARD 13-15, 2013, at the Reed Center director of the Will Rogers MEETING: Read what in Midwest City for the annual Memorial Museum in Clare- CONVENTION SPEAKERS was accomplished at the Oklahoma Press Association more, will present an enter- recent board meetings at Convention. taining look at Will Rogers’ TERRY J. KROEGER, the 2013 OPA/OPS Board This year, OPA President history with newspapers. Chief Executive Officer of Retreat. Jeff Shultz made newspaper Sleep in Friday morning or Warren Buffett’s BH Media Group PAGE 6 heroes his theme. Shultz hails enjoy your morning cup of cof- from Pauls Valley, Okla., which fee while checking out some and Publisher of SCHOLARSHIPS: OSU, just happens to be home of the of the best newspapers from The Omaha World-Herald OU and UCO award award world’s only toy museum dedi- surrounding states. thousands of scholarship cated to action figures. News Flash returns at 9 11:00 AM Friday, June 14 dollars to journalism Shultz has found many shin- a.m. Now in its third year, this Why Newspapers Matter students . ing examples of newspaper fast-paced session covers a PAGE 12 heroes this year so it seemed range of topics presented by fitting that the theme contin- several OPA members. It’s a DONATE TO ONF to ued for the convention. great place to pick up some receive this Will Rogers The keynote speaker at the new ideas that could work at print. Details at convention is Terry J. Kroeger, your own newspaper. chief executive officer of War- Friday afternoon consists ren Buffett’s BH Media Group. of concurrent roundtables Kroeger, who is also publisher and educational sessions from of The Omaha World-Herald, notable speakers including will dispel the myth that news- David McCollum, Michael D. papers are dying and focus on Evans, Terry M. Clark and Rol- why newspapers matter at 11 lie Hyde. Your account repre- CHRIS STEVE DAVID a.m. Friday. sentatives, editors and report- TRUTCHLEY GRAGERT McCOLLUM “Running a newspaper ers will benefit from the many 4:00 PM Thurs., June 13 7:00 PM Thurs., June 13 3 & 4 PM Fri., June 14 matters. It’s a lot of fun and sessions. There’s even a ses- we can make money at it,” sion for college students that Kroeger said during the News- provides tips on how to launch paper Association of America’s their newspaper careers. recent Media Xchange Con- The Friday evening ban- vention in Orlando, Fla. quet includes presentation of BH Media Group owns the Milt Phillips Award, ONF 28 daily and 42 weekly com- Beachy Musselman Award, munity newspapers across Half Century Club induction, eight states. The company Quarter Century Club induc- purchased the Tulsa World in tion – and winners of the Bet- MIKE TERRY ROLLIE March. ter Newspaper Contest. EVANS CLARK HYDE The three-day event begins Saturday morning begins at 3:00 PM Fri., June 14 4:00 PM Fri., June 14 5:00 PM Fri., June 14 Thursday afternoon with a ses- 9:00 with a session titled “Best sion led by Chris Trutchley & Worst Ideas.” Have some OPA members at 10 a.m. This can register online or down- of Doerner, Sanders, Daniel fun and pick up a few ideas. is your opportunity to hear load the registration form and and Anderson. Trutchley will The Best Idea and Worst Idea from the congressmen and ask program. discuss how to manage your winners will each receive a questions. To guarantee the OPA room employees’ performance and prize. For complete convention rate, reserve your room at the behavior while staying out of Oklahoma’s congressio- details, go to www.okpress. Sheraton by calling 1-800-325- legal trouble. nal delegation will speak to com/convention where you 3535 by May 27. 2 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013

wanted their new community to have a voice. OPA CALENDAR UP, UP AND That was in 1903 – two years after the town was founded. For 110 years OF EVENTS a Schnoebelen has been the pub- Complete Listing of Events AWAY! lisher of The Mooreland Leader. 23$35(6,'(17·6&2/801 at www.OkPress.com &HOHEUDWLQJ1HZVSDSHU+HURHV3DVW 3UHVHQW In 1946 Omer F.’s son, Omer N., By Jeff Shultz, Garvin County News Star took over The Leader and, like his JUNE 13-15 father, worked hard in championing OPA ANNUAL CONVENTION Last month I had the privilege of tage in 1932 when he founded the the many improvements Mooreland The OPA annual convention will be held at attending my first ever Oklahoma Jour- Sequoyah County Times. enjoys to this day. the Sheraton and Reed Center in Midwest nalism Hall of Fame ceremony. City. His bio on the Hall of Fame’s website • DAVE STORY (2002). No one could The ceremony was inspiring as nine (okjournalism.uco.edu) said Wheel- probably accurately guess how exceptional journalists were inducted er “is the epitome of the fighting many people were inspired to seek THURS., JULY 18 into the Hall of Fame, which is housed country editor.” a career in journalism because of ONF WORKSHOP on the University of Central Oklahoma Dave Story. GET SMART campus in Edmond. • H. MILT PHILLIPS (1977). When a ABOUT AD SALES The 2013 inductees included: major award is named after you, Story always liked recalling some of Local newspaper publishers Mark Millsap •James Coburn, reporter for The then you’ve made a mammoth con- his more notable protégés when he and Karan Ediger have both been ad ac- Edmond Sun; tribution to your profession. Such is and I would visit at corporate and count managers and advertising trainers. •Joe Hancock, publisher of The the case with H. Milt Phillips. OPA meetings. This training will help new advertising staff Hobart Democrat-Chief; One such story involved a young Phillips was the publisher of The members and seasoned account man- •Joe Hight, editor of the Colorado high school girl who wanted to come Seminole Producer for over 50 years agers get smart with practical sales and Springs Gazette; to work for him as a part-time report- and was a champion for civic proj- design tips that Ediger and Millsap have •John Klein, sports columnist for er. ects in his community while fighting learned in their careers. Registration $35. the Tulsa World; for honesty in government in his “She really had a knack for writing For more information or to register, go to •Mike McCarville of The McCar- editorials. and I could tell she one day would be www.OkPress.com/events-calendar. ville Report: “Honored by many, regarded by a good reporter,” he told me. •Mary Mélon, president and pub- others, feared and disliked by the He encouraged her to pursue a jour- lisher of The Journal Record; THURS., AUG. 1 crafty and corrupt,” is the way ‘Clut- nalism degree and years later she •Tom Muchmore, publisher of The ONF WORKSHOP tered Corner’ Phillips was described was the foreign correspondent for Ponca City News; by those who founded the award. the Chicago Sun. FOCUS ON •The late Jerry Laizure, photogra- My favorite story from Dave was PHOTOSHOP TRAINING pher at The Norman Transcript; and • RAY J. DYER (1979). Another long- OPA computer consultant Wilma Melot will •Oliver C. Murray, photojournalist when I was named the publisher of time name associated with quality the Guymon Daily Herald. cover the latest edition of Photoshop. Class for WKY/KFOR-TV. journalism in our state is Dyer. Ray size is limited to 20 so register early. Learn Dave called me on the phone to con- The Hall of Fame was created in J. Dyer worked on newspapers in photo editing techniques and shortcuts you gratulate me. “When I was publisher 1971 to honor Oklahoma men and Kansas and Missouri, but started can use at your publication immediately. there, you know what we called women who have had at least 10 years making his mark on Oklahoma jour- Hands-on training in an up-to-date journal- Woodward? Southeast Oklahoma.” of journalism under their belts and who nalism in 1925 as makeup editor for ism computer lab on the OSU campus in have made major contributions to the the Oklahoma City Times. Take time to visit the Hall of Fame’s Stillwater. Registration $35. For more infor- field of journalism in Oklahoma. Today the Dyer family is as synony- website and read up on some of the mation or to register, go to www.OkPress. Some of the honorees (and those mous with the El Reno Tribune as inductees. com/events-calendar. that have inspired me) that have been El Reno is with giant hamburgers. My only suggestion is to differenti- inducted into the Hall of Fame include: (Note: Dyer’s grandson, Ray Dyer, ate between newspaper and broadcast THURS., SEPT. 26 • MILTON W. REYNOLDS (one of the has been nominated to serve on the honorees. ONF WORKSHOP charter inductees in 1971). Reynolds OPA Board of Directors at the begin- Maybe have an “N” and a “B” in CIRCULATION CONFERENCE was instrumental in getting Okla- ning of the next fiscal year.) parenthesis next to their names. Nothing against broadcast journal- Pryor Times and Claremore Daily Progress homa opened to settlement. He had publisher Bailey Dabney will discuss how to a 20-year crusade in his own newspa- • OMER F. (1995) and OMER N. (1994) ists, but I visit the site to read up on SCHNOEBELEN. The question: those who dedicated their lives to print reach circulation goals. Also, get the latest per and got other newspapers in the information about postal issues from OPA effort to have our state settled. What would Mooreland, Okla., be journalism and would like to readily like if it wasn’t for the Schnoebelen see if someone was a newspaper hall Postal Consultant John McCann. Location Reynolds founded eight newspapers family and The Mooreland Leader: of famer. to be announced. Registration $35. For in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma The answer: Mooreland wouldn’t be more information or to register, go to www. and helped organize press associa- the great small community it is today OkPress.com/events-calendar tions in all three states. This year’s convention in June will be if it wasn’t for the Schnoebelen fam- a celebration of our newspaper heritage For more information on upcoming events, ily. and the heroes who not only reported • WHEELER MAYO (1972). The Mayo visit the OPA website at www.OkPress.com or name has always stood for journal- Omer F. was working at an Iowa the news but also fought to make a dif- contact Member Services Director Lisa Potts ism excellence in Sequoyah County print shop when, at the age of 19, ference in their community and state. at (405) 499-0026, 1-888-815-2672 and Wheeler Mayo started that heri- he founded The Mooreland Leader at Please plan on joining us June 13-15 or email [email protected]. the urging of the town’s citizens who at the Reed Center in Midwest City. The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 3

Yukon Public Schools asking for $65,000 to fulfi ll The concerned parent’s massive open records request Oklahoma Attorneys from Yukon Public request is related to the ongoing law- current records request will total over Publisher

Schools recently told a local woman suit. 25 GB of data and will exceed 250,000 ISSN 1526-811X she will have to pay $65,000 to fulfill an Dawn Danker-Pearce, a spokesper- pages. Official Publication of the open records request. The request will son for Yukon Public Schools, said that Wright believes the district is ask- Oklahoma Press Association supposedly yield more than a quarter the school is demanding the $65,000 ing for the $65,000 to discourage her million pages of documents. because it “would need to allocate full- from requesting more records from PUBLISHER Debbie Wright is requesting copies time personnel…to retrieve the infor- the district. Mark Thomas of emails between groups of district mation and full-time administrative and “With the records I’ve requested [email protected] employees, including district superin- legal staff to review the information for from them, I’ve found things that are tendent Bill Denton and other high confidential information which must be very informative to me,” Wright said. EDITOR ranking district officials. This is one of redacted.” “That keeps me plugging along. If Jennifer Gilliland dozens of records requests Wright has Wright has filed “more than 45 every time I do one I find stuff that made in recent months. records requests with the school dis- shows the school is doing wrong, it [email protected] Denton said the most recent request trict since late 2011,” said Danker- keeps me asking more questions.” OPA OFFICERS would take several months to complete Pearce. Wright has already won one open and would cripple the district. “When the district designates records lawsuit against the Yukon Jeff Shultz, President Wright and another parent are employees for open records r equests, School District. In October a Cana- The Garvin County News Star currently suing the district, alleging the employees are unable to perform dian County district judge ordered the Jeff Mayo, Vice President that Wright’s daughter and another their regularly assigned duties for the district to pay more than $18,000 in Sequoyah County Times girl were harassed and bullied by stu- district,” Danker-Pearce said. “It dis- attorney’s and other fees after the dis- dents and former vocational agriculture rupts the normal flow of support ser- trict refused to turn over an investiga- Gracie Montgomery, Treasurer instructors after open records requests vices to our students, teachers, board, tive report showing serious problems The Purcell Register made by Wright unveiled wrongdoing parents, staff and community.” in the school’s vocational agriculture Mark Thomas, in Yukon’s FFA program. The records Danker-Pearce estimates that the program. Executive Vice President, Oklahoma City City of Tulsa denies request for video recordings OPA DIRECTORS Tulsa City Attorney David O’Meilia item calling for discussion with city cilor Bynum said he had no further Rusty Ferguson, Past President declined a request by the Tulsa City attorneys over a “pending claim” stem- plans to discuss the policy in the future. The Cleveland American Council on April 18 to discuss in an ming from the World’s record request. The Open Meeting Act states that open meeting the city’s policy for releas- The Open Meeting Act allows exec- executive sessions can be held for Jeff Funk, Enid News & Eagle ing police video recordings under the utive sessions for certain purposes, “confidential communications between Robby Trammell, The Oklahoman state’s Open Records Act. including pending litigation. The World a public body and its attorney concern- Dayva Spitzer, Sayre Record & On April 15, at the advice of the city’s has filed no lawsuit over its request. ing a pending investigation, claim or legal department, the Tulsa Police O’Meilia takes a broad interpretation action if the body, with the advice of Beckham County Democrat Department denied a Tulsa World open of the word “pending.” its attorney, determines that disclosure Brian Blansett, Shawnee News-Star records request for the release of audio “Pending means anticipated, poten- will seriously impair, the ability of the Mike Brown, Neighbor News and video recordings of a high-speed tial, possible,” he said. public body to process the claim ... in chase that ended with an arrest in a After the executive session, Coun- the public interest.” Ted Streuli, The Journal Record local casino. 3601 N. 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Prior to that The Banner staff will instead place ing team is on call 24 hours a day, seven THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT she worked as a reporter and page the focus on the website, www.dun- days a week and delivers information in Four newsroom employees have designer at the Durant Daily Demo- canbanner.com, and their other digital a variety of ways.” been promoted at The Norman Tran- crat. products for their Monday coverage. The print edition will still be pub- script. Shana Adkisson is the paper’s new THE GROVE SUN HIRES “We accept the changing needs of lished and delivered Tuesday through NEW MANAGING EDITOR our readers and advertisers,” said Ed Friday and Sunday. city editor, Beau Simmons was named Kaylea M. Hutson is The Grove Darling, publisher of the Banner. “And Specialty publications like Duncan… news editor, Joy Hampton was pro- Sun’s new managing editor. we realize the days of us printing the the magazine will not be affected by moted to senior staff reporter and Hutson is a veteran of newspapers news once a day on paper and having this change. Jamie Carrick Berry was promoted to assistant news editor. throughout southwest Missouri. She Adkisson was promoted to city edi- grew up near the towns of Carthage Eastern Times-Register goes mobile tor after former editor Deb Parker and Joplin. The Eastern Times-Register’s The phone number for the paper took a job with a newspaper company “This position gives me a chance Roland office closed at the end of April. remains the same. Faxes can be sent in Texas. Adkisson was formerly The to jump back into the newsroom and All business for the paper will now be to (918) 775-3023 or (918) 773-8745. Transcript’s features editor. pursue two things I am passionate done out of the Vian Tenkiller News News items can also be submitted by Adkisson joined The Transcript in about – writing and photography,” office. e-mail to [email protected], or to 2005 as a copy editor. She was named said Hutson. “I love community jour- “With all the technology we have staff writer Anny Sivilay at anny@big- lifestyles editor in 2010. Prior to her nalism and know how a strong paper today, more people are sending in basinllc.com. Advertising inquires can time in Norman, Adkisson worked can be an asset to its residents.” their news tips and other submis- be sent to [email protected] at newspapers in Bartlesville, Ada, Blackwell and Kansas City, Mo. NEW SPORTS WRITER sions via the Internet and by smart “We want our readers and customers AT HUGO DAILY NEWS phones,” said Amie Remer, editor of to know that this isn’t going to interfere She is a graduate of Oklahoma Hugo Daily News recently wel- the paper. “We rarely have customers with our news coverage either,” Remer State University where she earned a comed a new sports reporter. that bring anything into us on paper. said. “We will still be out covering the degree in journalism. Jeff Rhodes is a 2012 journalism It’s more of a convenience to them news in full force and be available to help Simmons was previously the graduate from Louisianna State Uni- and us to just email or Facebook.” our customers in any way that’s needed.” paper’s chief copy editor. He was hired as a copy editor in September versity. He played trumpet in the LSU 2010 and was promoted to desk chief Tiger Marching Band for two years Gourley to receive fi rst-ever Ziggy Award in January 2011. He worked as sports and is an avid sports fan. J. Leland Gourley, publisher of Okla- year provided more than 67,000 meals editor of the Durant Daily Democrat RYAN LEADER UNDER homa City Friday, has been named to frail and homebound senior citizens. and was a staff writer at the Pryor Daily Times before that. NEW OWNERSHIP as the first Follies Man of the Year by Gourley, who is 94, still works at his The Ryan Leader has a new owner. Oklahoma Senior Follies. office every day. Simmons is a graduate of North- eastern State University. Patricia Sparks Polk took over the Gourley will be honored as “the The 2013 Follies, in its third season, paper as of the April 11 issue. epitome of a senior can do,” said Bob- will be held June 14-16 at Oklahoma Hampton has worked at The Tran- script since 2011. She was a reporter Polk lives in Bowie, Texas, where bie Burbridge Lane, founder/executive City University Kirkpatrick Auditori- she also serves as mayor. producer of Senior Follies. um where Gourley will be presented at the Claremore Daily Progress and news director for Owasso Progress Her son, Harold Price, is the new The organization benefits Mobile with the Oklahoma Senior Follies’ first editor of the paper. Meals of Oklahoma County and last “Ziggy” (for Ziegfeld) Award. before coming to Norman. Berry started at The Trascript as The address for the paper is unchanged. NEWSPAPER BROKERS, APPRAISERS, CONSULTANTS Serving the Newspaper Industry Since 1966

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BARBARA LOU GROTHE, a former Wichita, Kan. She earned a bachelors She held various jobs in the journal- reporter and ad representative for the degree in journalism from Kansas State ism field, including time as a reporter Bristow News, died Dec. 28, 2012. She University. and ad representative for the Bristow was 87. She married Gerald Herbert Grothe News. Grothe was born on June 12, 1925, in on Sept. 11, 1946.

ROYCE CLIFTON HUNTER, a longtime He settled in Tulsa after the war Hunter met his wife, Patsy, while typesetter at the Tulsa World, died May and in 1959 started a job with News- working at the paper. 4, 2013. He was 94. paper Printing Corp., the joint printing He retired from the paper in the late A donation to the Oklahoma Hunter was a native of Livingston, operation of the Tulsa World and Tulsa 1980s as the newspaper world began to Newspaper Foundation will Tenn., until his family moved to Brink- Tribune. move towards computerized desktop support its efforts to improve man in far southwestern Oklahoma. He spent his entire 30-year career in publishing. the state’s newspaper industry He served in the Army Air Corps the composing room, manually placing Hunter is survived by his wife of and quality of journalism. in World War II, performing aircraft type on pages of the World and Tribune 49 years, Patsy; two children, Janene maintenance. before they went to print. Riemer and Tim Hunter; and three ONF’s programs include grandchildren. training and education for professional journalists, scholarship and internship JOHN FENTON WHEELER, a former tal and then worked as a news editor age was deemed unfavorable to the programs for journalism Associated Press foreign correspon- for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times in Castro regime. students, and Newspaper in dent and editor at the Tulsa World, died Texas. He then became AP’s bureau chief in Education efforts. April 21, 2013. He was 88. He joined the AP in 1964 in Colum- Madrid, covering Spain and Portugal, ONF relies on donations and Wheeler was born on April 10, 1925, bus, Ohio. He was sent to Havana in and later was bureau chief in Lima, memorial contributions to fund 1967 after transferring to the AP’s for- Peru. in Salina, Kan. He was a 1949 graduate these programs. of the University of Kansas journalism eign desk in New York. After retiring from the AP in 1985, school. In 1969, he was the final U.S. report- Wheeler worked as a senior editor for If you would like to make a He began his newspaper career as a er expelled from Cuba after his cover- the Tulsa World until 1991. donation, please send a check copy editor for the Topeka Daily Capi- He retired to Columbia, Mo., in 1994. to: OKLAHOMA In memory of our Friends and Colleagues NEWSPAPER Lyle M. Exstrom, May 24, 2011 Charles Wesley Abbott, June 5, 2011 Jerry Pinkerton, May 28, 2011 Leticia Rutledge Holladay, June 25, 2011 FOUNDATION Clarence Edward Robison, May 16, 2011 Phillip Thomas Cowan, June 28, 2012 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd. Laron Short, May 24, 2011 Ann DeFrange, June 10, 2012 Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Leisa Larae Beavers, May 28, 2012 Mark Hutchison, June 6, 2012 Fred Gordon Turner, June 15, 2012 6 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 OPA/S Board of Directors hold meeting in Pauls Valley The Oklahoma Press Association TWO MEMBERSHIP board of directors met April 4, 2013, at APPLICATIONS APPROVED the Pauls Valley National Bank meeting Two sustaining membership appli- room in Pauls Valley, Okla. cations were considered at the board Attending were President Jeff meeting. CKA Publications LLC, which Shultz, The Garvin County News Star; publishes the Oklahoma News Week- Vice President Jeff Mayo, Sequoyah ly in the Glenpool area, and Metro County Times; and Treasurer Gra- Creative Graphics were both accepted cie Montgomery, The Purcell Regis- as members. Carolyn Ashford Wright ter. Also attending were past presi- owns CKA Publications. Metro Cre- dent Rusty Ferguson, The Cleveland ative Graphics, located in New York, American, and directors Jeff Funk, provides online access to advertising Enid News & Eagle; Robby Trammell, materials for newspapers and other The Oklahoman; Dayva Spitzer, Sayre media. Record & Beckham County Democrat; Brian Blansett, Shawnee News-Star; COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS Mike Brown, Neighbor News; and Ted In committee activity reports, Blan- Streuli, The Journal Record. sett reported that the Awards Commit- OPA board members toured the Toy Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley on April 4. Guests attending were treasurer tee had reviewed member participation Dueling with lightsabers are the board’s three ‘Jeffs’ – Jeff Funk, Enid News & Eagle; Jeff nominee Gloria Trotter, The County- in the annual contests. The committee Mayo, Sequoyah County Times; and Jeff Shultz, The Garvin County News Star. wide & Sun, and director nominee Ray also discussed monthly contests in The Progress by the county district attor- board to consider a change to the pol- Dyer, El Reno Tribune. Staff at the Oklahoma Publisher. Last year, the ney and two assistant district attorneys. icy for delinquent membership dues. meeting was Executive Vice President/ committee and board decided to ask A motion to dismiss will be filed by LSP Currently, the executive vice president Secretary Mark Thomas; Member Ser- members of the Oklahoma Journal- Attorney Mike Minnis. is authorized to hold OPS advertising vices Director Lisa Potts; and Creative ism Hall of Fame to judge the monthly The Marketing Committee reviewed checks to members when the mem- Director Jennifer Gilliland. contests and to donate $50 to the Hall OPA membership survey results dur- ber’s account remains unpaid 90 days After calling the meeting to order, of Fame in the judge’s name. The ing its February conference call. after billing. Thomas proposed there be Shultz asked the board to review the donations are being used to create an Thomas reviewed the OPA Nominat- no 90-day waiting period for any paper minutes of the Jan. 17, 2013, meeting. annual journalism award to a deserv- ing Committee report at the meeting. with a delinquent account if dues or The minutes were approved as pre- ing student at the University of Central The slate of nominees for the 2013-14 other accounts were paid by ad check sented. Oklahoma. year to be presented during the annual deduction in the prior OPA dues year. Board members reviewed OPA and Spitzer reported that the Education business meeting in June are: Presi- Board members unanimously accepted LSP financial statements for the period Committee had put together the sched- dent – Jeff Mayo, Sequoyah County the proposed amendment to the board ending Feb. 28, 2013. Thomas said OPA ule for the June 13-15 OPA Annual Con- Times; Vice President – Jeff Funk, policy. is doing better than last year and that vention at the Reed Center in Midwest Enid News & Eagle; Treasurer – Glo- Thomas also said The Oklahoman last year’s dues increase helped offset City. Terry Kroeger from BH Media ria Trotter, The Countywide & Sun; and Tulsa World have asked if OPA expenses. Also reviewed were the OPA Group will present a general session. Immediate Past President – Jeff Shultz, would want to sign a letter being writ- and LSP investment reports. The board Trammell presented the Govern- The Garvin County News Star; renewal ten to Governor Mary Fallin regarding acknowledged receipt of the financial ment Relations Committee report. of three-year director term – Brian her emails. Thomas said he wanted to statements and investment reports. Trammell called on Thomas to review Blansett, Shawnee News-Star; and new review the letter in advance. The board approved two capital the status of bills for the 2013 legisla- director for three-year term – Ray Dyer, expenditure requests at the meeting. tive session. Board members reviewed El Reno Tribune. The board acknowl- OPS BOARD MEETING The first was to replace an air condi- a list of active and dormant bills as well edged receipt of the report. At the OPS Board meeting, minutes tioning unit at the OPA office that has as a bill progress report showing how The Nominating Committee also of the Jan. 17, 2013, meeting were failed. The second was to fund replace- Thomas tracks legislative bills. made recommendations for appoint- approved as presented. Board mem- ment of a concrete driveway and rear In other committee reports, the LSP ments to the ONF Board of Trustees. bers also reviewed and acknowledged sidewalk at the office. Committee said LSP is now defending The committee recommended renewal receipt of OPS financial statements for a suit filed against the Claremore Daily of three-year terms for Steve Booher, the period ending Feb. 28, 2013. Thom- Cherokee Messenger & Republican; as said OPS has a year-to-date profit NEWSPAPER & PUBLICATION BINDING Barb Walter, The Hennessey Clipper; and is exceeding revenue targets while Before you have your next issue bound, give us a call. We offer exceptional quality, and Joe Worley, Tulsa World; and new holding expenses below budget. competitive pricing and fast turnaround times. With three generations of experi- appointments for John Denny Mont- The advertising department report ence, we have the knowledge and skill to get your job done. Other services gomery, The Purcell Register, and included the Did-Not-Run Advertising include Bible binding and restoration, embossing and much more. Jerry Pittman, The Chickasha Leader. 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The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 7 OU student sues for access to OPS ADVERTISING INSERTION ACCURACY parking tickets Oklahoma Press Association recognizes the 155 business member A former online editor for The Oklahoma Daily is asking a Cleveland newspapers that successfully ran all ads placed by Oklahoma Press Service County judge to order University of Oklahoma officials to release all park- for the first quarter of 2013 (January through March). ing citations issued by the university. Joey Stipek filed the lawsuit against OU President David Boren and Rachel McCombs, director of the Open Congratulations for a job well done. Records Office, after they failed to provide him, and other student jour- The (Afton) American Cushing Citizen Latimer County Pauls Valley Democrat Talihina American nalists, electronic copies or database Allen Advocate The Cyril News News-Tribune Pawhuska Journal-Capital Taloga Times-Advocate information of parking citations issued Alva Review-Courier The Davis News Latimer County Today The Pawnee Chief The (Tecumseh) County- to students in the spring 2012 semester. The Anadarko Daily News The Delaware County The (Laverne) Leader Perry Daily Journal wide & Sun McCombs claimed the information The Antlers American Journal Tribune The Piedmont-Surrey Thomas Tribune is confidential under the federal Family The Apache News The Dewey County Record The Lawton Constitution Gazette Tulsa Beacon Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or The Ardmoreite Drumright Gusher The (Lawton) County Times The Ponca City News Tulsa Business FERPA, according to the lawsuit. Atoka County Times The Edmond Sun The Lincoln County News Poteau Daily News & Legal News Stipek had sought OU’s parking tick- The (Barnsdall) El Reno Tribune The Lindsay News The Prague Times-Herald The (Tulsa) Oklahoma Eagle ets to determine if preferential treat- Bigheart Times Enid News & Eagle The Logan County Courier The (Pryor) Paper The Lone Grove Ledger Tulsa World ment had been given to anyone, espe- Bartlesville The Eufaula Indian Journal The (Pryor) Times Examiner-Enterprise The Madill Record The Tuttle Times cially athletes. 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Cherokee Messenger Guymon Daily Herald Northwest Oklahoman & The (Shidler) Review Woodward News & Republican Harper County Journal Ellis County News Skiatook Journal The Wynnewood Gazette The Cheyenne Star The Haskell News Nowata Star Spiro Graphic The (Yale) Phoenix The (Chickasha) The Healdton Herald The Okarche Chieftain Stillwater NewsPress Yukon Review Express-Star Heavener Ledger The (OKC) Black Chronicle Stilwell Democrat Journal Choctaw Times Gaylord College The Hennessey Clipper The (OKC) Capitol Hill Stroud American Claremore Daily Progress Henryetta Free-Lance Beacon Sulphur Times-Democrat Clayton Today Holdenville Tribune The (OKC) City Sentinel The Cleveland American receives grant The Hominy News-Progress The Okeene Record The Clinton Daily News The Donald W. Reynolds National The Hooker Advance Okemah News Leader Coalgate Record-Register Center for Business Journalism award- The Hughes County Times Oklahoma City Collinsville News Friday ed the University of Oklahoma’s Gay- Hugo Daily News The Comanche County The Oklahoman lord College of Journalism with a grant (Idabel) Southeast Times Chronicle Okmulgee Times to create a new specialization in busi- The Comanche Times Inola Independent Kiowa County Democrat Oologah Lake Leader ness journalism for students. The Cordell Beacon Owasso Reporter The first course offered will center Coweta American The Konawa Leader on the energy industry, with future courses planned focusing on sports, entertainment and technology. The grant could total more than OKLAHOMA PRES $70,000 and will provide funding for an 3601 N. 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The Oklahoma pro chapter of the KEVIN ARMSTRONG, former journal- Society of Professional Journalists hon- ism instructor at Oral Roberts Univer- ored the best journalistic work in the sity in Tulsa from 2008 to 2013, was state at its annual awards banquet April honored with the Teacher of the Year 20 in Tulsa. Award. “The Oklahoma Pro Chapter of the During his time at ORU, Armstrong Society of Professional Journalists also served as faculty adviser to the takes great pride in hosting this annual student newspaper, The Oracle, and awards banquet,” said M. Scott Carter, yearbook, The Perihelion. He resigned president of the SPJ Oklahoma pro in January amid controversy when the chapter. newspaper published the incorrect The contest period for entry consid- name of the university’s next president eration was the 2012 calendar year. SPJ on its website. Armstrong taught print chapters in Colorado, Arkansas, west- OMER GILLHAM MARK THOMAS KEVIN ARMSTRONG journalism classes, including news ern Pennsylvania, Oregon and south- Lifetime Achievement Award Carter Bradley Teacher of the Year Award writing, news editing and investigative west Washington judged more than First Amendment Award reporting. 1,200 Oklahoma entries. Born in Tulsa, Armstrong attended series about Oklahoma puppy mills that freedom of information. He says 75 ORU for two years before transferring OMER GILLHAM, a reporter at Tulsa won the 2008 Genesis Award from the percent of the 400 or more bills he to the University of Missouri, where he World for 14 years, was honored post- Humane Society of the United States. monitors each year are related to FOI received his bachelors degree in jour- humously with the chapter’s high- It was his work on police corruption or transparency issues. nalism in 1984. est honor, the Lifetime Achievement in Tulsa that was perhaps his proudest From January to May each year, He then went to work at The Vir- Award. He died July 8, 2012, at the age and most difficult achievement. Gill- you’ll usually find Thomas at the State ginian-Pilot until 2008. He also served of 53. ham broke the story of the federal Capitol discussing transparency-relat- as an adjunct professor at Regent Uni- Gillham received a bachelor’s degree investigation into law enforcement in ed bills with legislators. Sometimes versity in Virginia Beach, Va., where in journalism from the University of November 2009 and wrote more than bills may be well-meaning but include he taught graduate courses in print Oklahoma. He worked at several of the 100 stories on the topic over the next unintended consequences that weren’t journalism for three years. state’s daily newspapers before join- two years. anticipated by the bill’s author. Other Under Armstrong’s leadership The ing the Tulsa World in 1998. His skill He resigned from the Tulsa World in times he asks for amendments to make Oracle won many awards from the with investigative reporting landed him 2012 to write a book about growing up bills more acceptable in terms of keep- Oklahoma Collegiate Media Associa- a position on the World’s enterprise as a child of an alcoholic father. ing information transparent. tion. It also was awarded the Sequoyah team, which produces investigative sto- After working for seven years as Award from the Oklahoma Press Asso- MARK THOMAS, executive director ries and projects. assistant advertising manager at OPA, ciation for the best college newspaper of the Oklahoma Press Association, During his career, Gillham received Thomas left Oklahoma for Colorado in 2011. He served two years on the was awarded the Carter Bradley First many awards and accolades for his where he was the executive director of judging committee of the Great Plains Amendment Award. work. A series he led on a hidden sui- the Colorado Press Association from Journalism Awards. One of Thomas’s primary respon- cide epidemic received an award from 1989 to 1995. He returned to Oklahoma Following are winners in this year’s sibilities is to serve as lobbyist for the Mental Health Association in Tulsa. in 1995 to lead OPA. newspaper and online categories. He also was the lead reporter on a newspapers’ interests, which includes

THIRD PLACE GOVERNMENT SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE EDUCATION BUSINESS NEWSPAPER A Ron J. Jackson Jr., REPORTING Sara Plummer, David Carrie Coppernoll, Bobby Ross, Jr., REPORTING REPORTING Katherine Borgerding, Harper, Amanda Bland The Oklahoman The Christian Chronicle INVESTIGATIVE FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE Juan Sanchez and Michael Kimball and and Staff, Tulsa World CRIMINAL JUSTICE Carrie Coppernoll, John Stancavage, REPORTING/ Darren Jaworski, EDITORIAL/ INDIVIDUAL Ken Raymond, THIRD PLACE COMMENTARY REPORTING The Oklahoman Tulsa World Oklahoma Watch The Oklahoman Amanda Bland and Zack FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE Stoycoff, Tulsa World Cary Aspinwall, Ziva Branstetter, IN-DEPTH SECOND PLACE Robin Meyers, Carrie Coppernoll, Michael Overall, Tulsa World Tulsa World ENTERPRISE Carrie Coppernoll, FEATURE WRITING Oklahoma Gazette The Oklahoman Tulsa World The Oklahoman SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE REPORTING FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE Warren Vieth, ENTERTAINMENT Cary Aspinwall, FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE Michael Overall, Ginnie Graham, Kim Archer, Tulsa World Oklahoma Watch FEATURE Tulsa World Ginnie Graham, Steve Lackmeyer, Tulsa World Tulsa World The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE SCIENCE, TECHNOL- FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE Tulsa World SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE Tim Willert, OGY, HEALTH & Ken Raymond, Warren Vieth, SECOND PLACE Susan Hylton, Bill Bleakley, ELECTION The Oklahoman ENVIRONMENTAL The Oklahoman Oklahoma Watch Adam Wilmoth, REPORTING Tulsa World Oklahoma Gazette REPORTING SECOND PLACE Jay F. Marks and INVESTIGATIVE FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE GENERAL NEWS DIVERSITY FIRST PLACE Michael Smith, Paul Monies, Zeke Campfield, Cary Aspinwall, COVERAGE Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World Tulsa World REPORTING/TEAM The Oklahoman REPORTING The Oklahoman Tulsa World FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE Ken Raymond, Cary Aspinwall and SECOND PLACE PERSONAL COLUMN Nolan Clay and Jaclyn Cosgrove, Bobby Ross, Jr., Zeke Campfield, Randy Krehbiel, The Oklahoman The Oklahoman The Christian Chronicle Ziva Branstetter, The Oklahoman FIRST PLACE Robby Trammell, Tulsa World SECOND PLACE Tulsa World Sara Plummer, The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE Cary Aspinwall, Continued on SECOND PLACE SPOT NEWS Tulsa World “Notorious gambler” Paula Burkes, Tulsa World The Oklahoman Page 9 Ziva Branstetter, SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE Curtis Killman and Jason Ashley Wright, Cary Aspinwall, Rhett Morgan and Ken Raymond, Casey Smith, Tulsa World Tulsa World Samantha Vicent, The Oklahoman Tulsa World Tulsa World The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 9

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ARTS CRITICISM SECOND PLACE BEST REPORTING SECOND PLACE SCIENCE, TECHNOL- SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE VIDEO JOURNALISM FIRST PLACE Michael Wyke, PORTFOLIO DeWayne Smoot. OGY, HEALTH & David Reagan, The Daily Elk Citian FIRST PLACE Scott Cherry, Tulsa World FIRST PLACE Muskogee Phoenix ENVIRONMENTAL The Southeastern Mike Simons, Tulsa World REPORTING Tulsa World THIRD PLACE Ginnie Graham, SPOT NEWS THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE Erik Tryggestad, Tulsa World FIRST PLACE Robin Dorner, The Gayly ONLINE SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE John Clanton, Tulsa World The Christian Chronicle DeWayne Smoot, Phil Bacharach, SECOND PLACE Kim Morava, The ONLINE WRITING THIRD PLACE Muskogee Phoenix SPOT NEWS Oklahoma Gazette SPOT NEWS Randy Krehbiel, Shawnee News-Star PHOTOGRAPHY FIRST PLACE Mike Simons, Tulsa World Tulsa World SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE PHOTOGRAPHY SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE Joe Wertz, Patrick B. McGuigan, PHOTOGRAPHY Michael Smith, FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE DeWayne Smoot, Rachel Anne Seymour, StateImpact Oklahoma Tulsa World Cary Aspinwall, The City Sentinel FIRST PLACE Jim Beckel, Muskogee Phoenix The Bigheart Times SECOND PLACE Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Tulsa World ARTS CRITICISM Joe Wertz, LEISURE WRITING FEATURE WRITING SECOND PLACE The Oklahoman SECOND PLACE BEST NEWSPAPER FIRST PLACE Jason Smith, The StateImpact Oklahoma FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE Bryan Terry, Elijah Morlett, The Lawton Shawnee News-Star THIRD PLACE Jason Ashley Wright, FIRST PLACE Brandi Ball, The Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman Constitution THIRD PLACE Logan Layden, Tulsa World The Oklahoman Cleveland American The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE Jeanette DeRubeis, StateImpact Oklahoma SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE Mike Simons, Tulsa World Nick Growall, The Oracle Nicole Marshall Middleton, Tulsa World Kyle Fredrickson, BREAKING NEWS Bryan Terry, The Southeastern Tulsa World BEST PHOTO- THIRD PLACE The Daily O’Collegian BEST PHOTO- COVERAGE The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE GRAPHIC PORTFOLIO Oklahoma Gazette THIRD PLACE GRAPHIC PORTFOLIO FIRST PLACE Dennis Gosnell, INTERACTIVE Bobby Ross, Jr. and FIRST PLACE Johnna Ray, FIRST PLACE Leighanne Manwarren, Erik Tryggestad, 15th Street News GRAPHIC OR Christopher Smith, The Countywide & Sun Austin St. John, Zeke Campfield and RESOURCE The Christian Chronicle Tulsa World NEWSPAPER B SPORTS REPORTING The Oracle Juliana Keeping, PERSONAL COLUMN FIRST PLACE SPORTS REPORTING SECOND PLACE INVESTIGATIVE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE The Oklahoman FIRST PLACE Joe Wertz, Bryan Terry, REPORTING/ Chris Brannick, The Vista Rachel Anne Seymour, SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE Josh Hutton, The Vista StateImpact Oklahoma John E. Hoover, The Oklahoman INDIVIDUAL SECOND PLACE The Bigheart Times Silas Allen and SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE Tulsa World THIRD PLACE FIRST PLACE Chris Brannick, The Vista THIRD PLACE Matt Dinger, Bryan Trude, The Vista The Oklahoman Curtis Killman and Chris SECOND PLACE Sarah Phipps, Samantha Vicent, THIRD PLACE Chris James, Pioneer Hickerson, Tulsa World THIRD PLACE Murray Evans and The Oklahoman The Daily O’Collegian Jay Lee, THIRD PLACE Brandi Ball, The PAGE ONE LAYOUT THIRD PLACE Jeff Latzke, SECOND PLACE Northwestern News Matt Dinger, Michael PAGE ONE LAYOUT Cleveland American AND DESIGN Joe Wertz, Associated Press M. Scott Carter, Kimball and AND DESIGN FIRST PLACE StateImpact Oklahoma The Journal Record SPORTS FEATURE Jaclyn Cosgrove, THIRD PLACE FIRST PLACE EDITORIAL/ Chris Lusk The Oklahoman Bill Haisten and Mike THIRD PLACE COMMENTARY FIRST PLACE WEB DESIGN Chris Street, Kyle Fredrickson, The Oklahoma Daily FIRST PLACE Averill, Tulsa World Oklahoma Gazette Stacy Martin, FIRST PLACE “Norman Music Festival” ELECTION The City Sentinel The Daily O’Collegian REPORTING Micah Choquette, SPORTS FEATURE SECOND PLACE Ed Choate, SECOND PLACE Muskogee Phoenix SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE Tulsa World FIRST PLACE James Royal, INVESTIGATIVE Brandi Ball, The Brandi Bunch SECOND PLACE Rob Morris, SECOND PLACE Kelly Hines, Tulsa World Tulsa World REPORTING/TEAM Cleveland American The Southeastern Patrick B. McGuigan, Moore Monthly RangerPulse Staff, THIRD PLACE FIRST PLACE “Phishing and how to SECOND PLACE The City Sentinel THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE Northwestern News Jenni Carlson, Felicia Murray, M. Scott Carter Mike Kays, avoid getting caught” THIRD PLACE Rob Morris, THIRD PLACE The Oklahoman The Oklahoman and Bob Sands, Muskogee Phoenix THIRD PLACE Stephanie Higgins and The Journal Record Chris Lusk and Staff Moore Monthly THIRD PLACE FEATURE PAGE Mary Stanfield, Lori Hill, City of SECOND PLACE SPORTS COLUMN Pioneer Jimmie Tramel, LAYOUT AND DESIGN The Oklahoma Daily SPECIAL REPORT/ Broken Arrow Sarah Hussain, Joey FIRST PLACE “Play time” Tulsa World FIRST PLACE ENTERPRISE Stipek and Mike Tyler Palmateer, The Daily ONLINE COMMUNITY Phillip Baeza, GENERAL NEWS FEATURE PAGE FIRST PLACE SPORTS COLUMN Wormley, Pioneer Elk Citian ENGAGEMENT The Oklahoman REPORTING LAYOUT AND DESIGN Joe Wertz, FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE StateImpact Oklahoma FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE IN-DEPTH FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE John Klein, Tulsa World Elizabeth Ridenour, Mike Kays, SECOND PLACE Matt Cauthron, Ethan Erickson. ENTERPRISE Muskogee Phoenix Nathan Hatcher, TulsaPeople SECOND PLACE Muskogee Phoenix The Campus (OCU) Steve Lackmeyer, Kelly Bostian, Tulsa World Tulsa World REPORTING SECOND PLACE FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE GENERAL SECOND PLACE The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE Dan Mahoney, Bill Bootz, Chase Cook, Dale Denwalt, PHOTOGRAPHY Chris Lusk, THIRD PLACE John Hoover, Tulsa World The Daily Elk Citian Joe Wertz, Karina Henderson and The Oklahoman The Oklahoma Daily FIRST PLACE The Oklahoma Daily Amy Hill, THIRD PLACE Rachel Anne Seymour, StateImpact Oklahoma GENERAL SECOND PLACE HEADLINES Oklahoma City Thunder PHOTOGRAPHY USE OF GRAPHIC News-Star/Gatehouse John Small. The Bigheart Times FIRST PLACE BLOG ILLUSTRATION staff, The Shawnee Johnston County SECOND PLACE BEST NEWS WEBSITE FIRST PLACE Ryan Horton, FIRST PLACE Sarah Phipps, FIRST PLACE News-Star Capital-Democrat Cathy Spaulding, FIRST PLACE Brad Gregg, Choctaw Times Erik Tryggestad, The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE Muskogee Phoenix Staff, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma Gazette CRIMINAL JUSTICE SECOND PLACE The Christian Chronicle Louise Red Corn, THIRD PLACE NewsOK.com SECOND PLACE REPORTING Lornna Bates, SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE The Bigheart Times Chris James, Pioneer SECOND PLACE Michael Wyke, FIRST PLACE The Southeastern John Clanton, Christo- Tulsa World Moran Elwell, Staff, Tulsa World, The Oklahoman GOVERNMENT Wendy Burton and SPORTS pher Smith and Mike THIRD PLACE Dylan Goforth, BEST REPORTING Simons, Tulsa World Tulsaworld.com THIRD PLACE REPORTING PHOTOGRAPHY Sarah Phipps, Muskogee Phoenix PORTFOLIO THIRD PLACE Jason Powers, FIRST PLACE FIRST PLACE THIRD PLACE The Oklahoman FIRST PLACE Matt Cauthron, Tulsa World M. Scott Carter, SECOND PLACE Kylie McMains, Darnell Mayberry, Louise Red Corn, TulsaPeople, SPORTS The Journal Record Louise Red Corn. The Daily O’Collegian The Oklahoman The Bigheart Times The Bigheart Times TulsaPeople.com PHOTOGRAPHY HEADLINES SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE MULTIMEDIA FIRST PLACE DeWayne Smoot, THIRD PLACE Rachel Anne Seymour, BEST COMPANY/ FIRST PLACE Samantha Vicent, FIRST PLACE Nate Billings, Pat Gilliland, Muskogee Phoenix Jeremy Cloud, Sarah The Bigheart Times ORGANIZATION The Oklahoman Hussain and Mitchell The Daily O’Collegian Staff, The Oklahoman The Oklahoman THIRD PLACE THIRD PLACE WEBSITE Richards, Pioneer THIRD PLACE SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE M. Scott Carter, Ryan Horton, FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE Patrick B. McGuigan, Taylor Eldridge, Matt Barnard, Tulsa World Rod Lott, The Journal Record DIVERSITY Choctaw Times Staff, Oklahoma City Oklahoma Gazette The City Sentinel The Oklahoman Thunder, THIRD PLACE COVERAGE THIRD PLACE ELECTION STORY/PHOTO ESSAY THIRD PLACE Thunder.nba.com Michael Wyke, FIRST PLACE BEST NEWSPAPER Pat Gilliland, REPORTING FIRST PLACE Christopher Smith, Tulsa World Patrick B. McGuigan, FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE The Oklahoman FIRST PLACE Rachel Anne Seymour, Tulsa World The City Sentinel Muskogee Phoenix Lori Hill and Stephanie STORY/PHOTO ESSAY John Small, The Bigheart Times Higgins, City of SECOND PLACE SECOND PLACE Johnston County Broken Arrow, FIRST PLACE Robin Dorner, The Gayly The Oklahoma Daily Mike Simons, Tulsa World Capital-Democrat BrokenArrowOK.gov 10 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 Oklahoma journalists author new books Hugo Daily News pub- who demanded that good “THE IMMORTAL VAN B.,” lisher Stan Stamper has journalists must write “with- by Oklahoma reporter M. released his third book, out fear or favor.” Scott Carter, was the winner “THE BURN LIST.” After her husband and of a 2013 Oklahoma Book Stamper’s latest thriller son are killed, Annie spirals Award in the Children/ features an award-winning into Post Traumatic Stress Young Adult category. reporter, Annie Wyatt, who Disorder (PTSD), which The award was present- was warned not to write lasts for two years. ed April 13 at Oklahoma about the Miami mob. Her brother, a retired City’s Jim Thorpe Museum Annie holds fast to the man- Navy SEAL, comes to her and Sports Hall of Fame. tra of her college professors rescue with the perfect anti- Carter is a reporter cov- dote – survival and revenge. ering the state capitol for “The Burn List” is Stamp- The Journal Record in Okla- DONATE $500 er’s third “cozy thriller” fol- homa City. He serves as lowing “Danger Diva” and president of the Oklahoma TO ONF and “Risk It All.” Professional Chapter of the A newspaper publisher Society of Professional Jour- medal award winner in the RECEIVE THIS and journalist of 38 years, nalists and is a member of young adult category in the Stamper dedicates this Freedom of Information, 2013 Independent Publish- FRAMED PRINT novel “to all journalists who Oklahoma. er Book Awards contest. have the courage to write – This is Carter’s second The IPPY awards ceremony By making a donation of $500 or without fear or favor.” young adult book. His debut will take place on May 29 in more to the Oklahoma Newspaper The book is available in novel, “Stealing Kevin’s New York City, N.Y. Foundation, you will receive your both print and eBook for- Heart,” was a finalist for the “The Immortal Von B.” own matted and framed print of Will mat at Amazon.com, as well Oklahoma Book Award. is available on Amazon.com Rogers as shown above with ONF as through the author’s “The Immortal Van B.” and at barnesandnoble. President Steve Booher. (Donations website, www.stanstamper. also has been named a gold com. com. of $100 to $499 will receive an unframed print.) The 16”x20” “All I know is what I read in the papers” portrait of Will Rogers PLAYER PROFILE by artist Charles Banks Wilson is printed on 20x24 archival-matte paper. 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Junior The Oklahoma Press Association Sports Media Multimedia Journalism presented five $5,000 scholarships to Production: Anneliese Krull, Senior; Allan SMSC majors who are working at The Sanders, Sophomore Daily O’Collegian. This year’s recipi- OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS: ents were Sally Asher, Jackie Dobson, OSU Advertising Club Scholarship: Conner Kchristopher Griffin, Kyle Hinchey and Rohwer Alpha Epsilon Rho Scholarship: Marti Going Samantha Vicent. Five students at Oklahoma State University each received a $5,000 scholarship from Bill and Nita Connors Scholarship: Caleb Surly “We, faculty and students, truly OPA. Students receiving the scholarship must work on the staff of The Daily O’Collegian, Bill Teegins Memorial Scholarship: Amber appreciate the support of the OPA,” OSU’s campus newspaper. Attending the awards banquet were Sean Dyer, left, publisher Hughes and Katie Parish said Dr. Derina Holtzhausen, direc- of the El Reno Tribune who serves on the OSU/OPA Print Scholarship Committee, and Chester Gould Memorial Scholarship): Maddy OPA Executive Vice President Mark Thomas, right. The five scholarship recipients are tor of SMSC. “The organization is the Cunningham Kchristopher Griffin; Sally Asher; Jackie Dobson; Samantha Vicent and Kyle Hinchey. largest single scholarship donor to the Edna Mae Phelps Scholarship: Courtney Brown School of Media and Strategic Com- Elmer L. Woodson Scholarship: Sammi Annie Delsignore; Molly Evans; Paighten Stewart Harral Memorial Scholarship: Emily munications and is very supportive of Harkins; Anna M. Restuccia; Sydney Stavinoha Otness; Anna M. Restuccia Hembree, Annie Scheffe and Joshua Tackett our vision to educate and train the next Harold R. Belknap Journalism Scholarship: C. Joe Holland Scholarship: Cailey Dougherty; Eric Boost Memorial Scholarship: Maddy Joey Stipek Shannon Sanderford generation of leaders in journalism in Cunningham Oklahoma. Arney Brown Memorial Scholarship: Jade Charles T. (Chuck) House “Man Bites Dog” OU Hal Phillips Memorial Scholarship: Kara Holman Pierce; Lisa C. Selby; Cecily Tawney; Laila Daily Honorarium: Mark Brockway; Paighten “As the state’s university, that also James Eldon Cates Memorial Scholarship: Wani Harkins is our mission. Since moving to Okla- Sarah Andrews, Kahterine Lowe and Chelsey Carol J. Burr Scholarship: DeeAnna Dove; Journalism Merit Scholarship: Collin Gaddie homa I have been impressed with the Miller Kelsey R. Dunckel “Hold the Johnson Land” Scholarship in Honor vibrancy of the journalism profession in J.O. Grantham Memorial Scholarship: Juan Feliz Jim Dolan International Study Scholarship: of Margaret and Sam: Carter G. Baum; Kate Hannah C. Van Amburgh Clark the state and it is a privilege for SMSC The Kendall Durfey Memorial Scholarship: to be such a big part of that profession. Cindy Barton Mary Ellen Hipp Doyle Scholarship: Ryan J. W. and Grace Muckle Kayser and Theodore A. Kitchens Gilbert Memorial Scholarship: Alissa Lindsey; “We are proud of the way we are Michael R. Dixon Memorial Scholarship: Hannah moving toward being a multimedia Brad Edwards Memorial Scholarship: Sara Victoria Loeser Kafer Groover; Spencer Wehde Rob Kelley Memorial Scholarship: Jared Bills; school at every level and in every one Paul Miller Memorial Scholarship: Dan Lindblad Joe and Jody Foote International Study Nathan Harkins of our degree programs. and Garrett Wilson Scholarship: Jared Matthew Bills; Jennifer T. Michael Tod Lilburn Memorial Scholarship: “The OPA scholarships play a very Rives Journalism Scholarship: Alex Batchelor- Truong Justin Voda important part in that process because Strohm William Foster-Harris Scholarship: Kelsey R. Paul Massad Scholarship in Public Relations: they enthuse and motivate our students Robert G. Elston Scholarship: Amber Hughes Dunckel Megan Young to always do better.” Walker Stone Memorial Scholarship: Samuel Roger Frizzell International Study Scholarship: Wheeler Mayo Scholarship: Bonnie Campo; Joey Mackenzie Mann Stipek Following are other scholarships Prater presented by OSU’s SMSC, followed by Gaylord Family Freshman Scholarships: Audrey Gary McKinney Memorial Scholarship: Melodie FRESHMEN AWARDS: C. Allen; Maricela Avila; Katherine Baird; Lettkeman; Miranda Sanchez; Justin Voda scholarships presented by the Gaylord Bill and Beth Patterson Memorial Scholarship: Jameson R. Beasley; Stephanie M. Bueno; McMahon Memorial Scholars: Molly Evans; College of Journalism and Mass Com- Nicholas Baril Marissa Cortez-Rodriguez; Nicole Dabney; Paighten Harkins; Lauren N. King; Ethan Koch; munication on the campus of the Uni- SMSC Freshman Scholars: Nicholas Baril; Connor Gleim; Lauren Goulet; Abigail Hanson; Rachel Lea; Tegan A. Burkhard; Katherine versity of Oklahoma, and scholarships Kaelynn Knoernschild; Kurtis Quillin; Nathan Maggie L. Hogan; Jeanna Krackenberger; McPherson; Evin Morrison; Lauren Nevitt; Amy presented by the Mass Communication Ruiz; Corrine Simpson Wendy Skinner; Hayden Terlip Slanchik; Christina DeVincenzo; Regennia Department at the University of Central Gaylord Study Abroad Scholarship: Johnson; Ryan D. King; India Maxwell; ADCLUB SCHOLARSHIPS: Jessica Mae Schaefer; Brieon Sumlin; Laila M. Kathryn Wingfield; Valerie Hellinghausen; Cara Oklahoma. OKC Advertising Club Journalism Art Wani Johnson; Emily Martinez; Elizabeth McCready; Communications Scholarship Award: Tripp Hall Scholarship in Public Relations: Samantha Robben OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY Andrew Falsetti Cesaley Sparks Gaylord College General Scholarship: Sydney AAF District 10 Scholarship: Joshua Tackett Mildred Nichols Hamilton Memorial Scholars: Allen; Hannah Bacher; Rebecca Benfield; JOE J. SYNAR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: Kayli Bollinger; Nicole Forte; Jessica Freeman; Katherin Brannen; Christopher Corbaz; (Top Scholar $2,000 Award) Tahira Taqi; Kaitlyn Underwood; Bailey Nathaniel Crowley; Jonathan Freeman; Andrew Sports Media Strategic Communications: Alexis UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA Bauman; Kate Bergum; Caroline Klein; Camryn Stephen Gorton; Michael John Halligan; Alexander, Senior; Kelsey Thomas, Junior Each year, the Gaylord College of Sulak Kyleigh Hanes; Nicholas Howard; Kristina Luetkemeyer; Jessica Murphy; Jacob Pasdach; Strategic Communications: Hannah Kafer, Journalism and Mass Communica- Mike W. Hammer Scholarship: Hillary DeBruin; Nicholas Powers; Daniel Soto; Ross Stracke; Senior; Lindsey Willis, Junior tion awards approximately $150,000 in Melodie Lettkeman; Paula Smith; Elyssa Szkirpan Aly Sutherlin; Hannah Van Amburgh; James scholarships. Scholarships presented Logan Walker; Matthew C. Woods this year are as follows. Will Hancock Memorial Scholarship: Aly Sutherlin Byron L. Abernethy Scholarship: Hillary DeBruin; Continued on Page 13 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 13 Keep an eye on FCC’s plan to provide more bandwidth vide a bigger hose. Sounds good – until proposed rules was March 3, 2012, half-empty kind of guy. And I need to That InterWeb you realize the FCC would control the although I see comments are still flow- remember that the FCC is not a cabal Thing hose and the spigot. ing in. The first auctions are slated for of sinister characters in robes or the by Keith Burgin In 2010, the FCC outlined a plan to 2014. Spanish Inquisition. [email protected] “reallocate” some of the licensed broad- The federal government has strug- But the FCC does have a history of cast spectrum used by UHF television gled for years to get some kind of creating ad hoc law based upon public Think of wireless bandwidth as a stations, making it available for use as handle on the internet; some measure outrage. It was slapped by the courts a garden hose. Regardless of how far wireless broadband. UHF works better of control. At every turn, it’s been couple years ago for doing exactly that you turn the water spigot, there’s only as broadband because of its long reach rebuffed – by the tech community, by in regard to its obscenity regulations. so much water you can put through and ability to penetrate buildings. the public, by industry and even by So while this may solve the broad- that hose. It’s limited by the width of As a participant in what the FCC calls itself, in the form of Congressional band crunch for now, I think it creates the hose. an “incentive auction,” a broadcaster action. a host of other issues, not the least of Increasing use of mobile devices like would give up its spectrum rights for The FCC does not regulate the Inter- which is a possible conflict of inter- tablets, smart phones and e-readers a price and either go off the air, share net and makes no bones about it in est with the Justice Department and to access digital content is bound to a channel with another broadcaster, or the “Frequently Asked Questions” por- Homeland Security. put the bite on wireless resources at move from UHF to VHF. tion of its website. But with increasing Perhaps it’s worth considering a some point – max-out the hose’s flow, The FCC will then set prices (again dependence on wireless mobile and the non-governmental agency to regulate if you will. The newspaper industry is through auction) for use of these repur- availability of new broadband licensed this repurposed spectrum or some offering more digital content to its cus- posed blocks of spectrum, offering vari- by the FCC, it may soon control a good other solution that might resolve these tomers all the time and will need this ous licensing structures. In 2012, Con- deal of access to it. issues. bandwidth. gress gave the go-ahead. Maybe I’m being overly cautious It’s at the very least worth keeping The Federal Communications Com- The deadline for comments on the or simply pessimistic; I am a glass- an eye on. mission has a solution. It’s going to pro-

Scholarships Continued from Page 12 Political Journalism Scholarship: Carmen Department of Mass Communication Forman; Nathan Robertson; Ajinur U. Setiwaldi at the University of Central Oklahoma C. Renzi Stone Scholarship in Public Relations: in Edmond are as follows: Colleen Fenton Frank Finney Scholarship: Jerrah Conley Charlie Long Memorial/Gaylord in Washington Barbara Norman Scholarship: Maryam Kari Scholarship: Katherine A. Clark; Kenzie N. Jack Deskin Broadcasting Scholarship: Clark; Lauren R. Matthesen; Amy K. Slanchik Veronique Parker Joyce M. Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Hayley Pauline & Wendell Simmons Scholarship: Lacie Struck Gassett Elmer Thrower Memorial: Cydnie Neal Woody Gaddis Photography Scholarship: Erik Logan Toppenberg Scholarship: Brieon Kimberly Wheeler Sumlin Gean B. Atkinson Scholarship in Advertising Jeannett Baumert Tuner Memorial: Excellence: Caleb Everett Tess Thomson Reba Collins Endowed Scholarship: Sylvette Stanley Vestal Memorial Scholarship: Olmeda Emma Hamblen Daniel Smith Photography Scholarship: Lacie Wilbur Rice Memorial Scholarship: Gassett; Elizabeth (Ashley) Riddle Chris Fotopoulos Joe Hight Award: Monica Johnson H. Merle Woods Scholarship: Chelsea Scott Dr. Stain Hoig Endowed Memorial Scholarship in Mass Communication: Kimberly Wheeler UNIVERSITY OF Stanley W. Case Endowed Memorial Scholarhip CENTRAL OKLAHOMA in Mass Communication: Melissa Neel Scholarships awarded by the LEGAL ADVICE is just one of the benefits of being a member of the Oklahoma Press Association’s Legal Services Plan. Remove the worry of needing professional advice by enrolling today. For more information contact: OKLAHOMA PRESS ASSOCIATION’S LEGAL SERVICES PLAN 1-888-815-2672 or 405-499-0020 14 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 Oklahoma journalists receive honors at AP/One banquet The Oklahoman, the Enid News BUSINESS SPOT Bland,Kevin Can- CLAREMORE DAILY 2nd Place, Jeff Kaley, DAILY PROGRESS; GRAPHICS/ & Eagle and the Tahlequah Daily NEWS REPORTING field,Tim Stanley, PROGRESS THE DUNCAN BAN- 3rd Place, Kim Poin- ILLUSTRATIONS Press won top awards in the Asso- DIVISION C – 1st Place, TULSA WORLD; 2nd DIVISION B – 1st Place, NER; 3rd Place, M. dexter, TAHLEQUAH DIVISION C – 1st Place, Kirby Davis, THE Place, Tulsa World Shana Adkisson, THE Scott Carter, THE DAILY PRESS. Gary Berger, THE ciated Press/Oklahoma News Execu- JOURNAL RECORD; staff, TULSA WORLD; NORMAN TRAN- JOURNAL RECORD. DIVISION B – 1st Place, JOURNAL RECORD; tives competition. The winners were 2nd Place, Rowynn 3rd Place, Matt Dinger, SCRIPT; 2nd Place, DIVISION B – 1st Place, Joe Malan, ENID 2nd Place, Kolby announced May 4 in Norman. Ricks, Dave Matthews, THE OKLAHOMAN Phyllis Zorn, ENID Rachel Petersen, NEWS & EAGLE; 2nd Paxton, TAHLEQUAH WOODWARD NEWS; NEWS & EAGLE; 3rd MCALESTER NEWS- Place, Kevin Kerr, THE DAILY PRESS; 3rd Each newspaper finished first among 3rd Place, Brianna Place, Mike Erwin, CAPITAL; 2nd Place, ARDMOREITE; 3rd Place, Josh Newton, GENERAL NEWS BARTLESVILLE MJ Brickey, MCALES- Place, Carrie Baily, newspapers of similar size in the con- Bailey, Sarah Terry- DIVISION C – 1st Place, TAHLEQUAH DAILY EXAMINER-ENTER- TER NEWS-CAPITAL; THE ARDMOREITE. Cobo, THE JOURNAL Teddye Snell, TAHLE- PRESS. test’s general excellence category. The PRISE 3rd Place, Chris Rush, DIVISION A – 1st Place, RECORD QUAH DAILY PRESS; DIVISION B – 1st Place, Oklahoman won among the contest’s DIVISION A – 1st Place, BARTLESVILLE Susan Cyrus, TULSA DIVISION B – 1st Place, 2nd Place, Toni Hop- Brandy Brackett, Ken Raymond, THE EXAMINER-ENTER- WORLD; 2nd Place, largest participants; the Enid News & Robert Barron, ENID per, THE DUNCAN MCALESTER NEWS- OKLAHOMAN; 2nd PRISE. James Royal, TULSA NEWS & EAGLE; 2nd BANNER; 3rd Place, CAPITAL; 2nd Place, Eagle won among medium-size news- Place, Cary Aspinwall, DIVISION A – 1st Place, WORLD; 3rd Place, Place, Joy Hampton, Josh Newton, TAHLE- Carrie Bailey, THE papers; and the Tahlequah Daily Press TULSA WORLD; 3rd Bryan Painter, THE Todd Pendleton, THE THE NORMAN TRAN- QUAH DAILY PRESS ARDMOREITE; No 3rd Place, Michael Overall, OKLAHOMAN; 2nd OKLAHOMAN. won among the smaller newspapers. SCRIPT; no 3rd Place. DIVISION B – 1st Place, Place. TULSA WORLD Place, Jason Ash- DIVISION A – 1st Place, DeWayne Smoot, DIVISION A – 1st Place, The newspapers were judged based ley Wright, TULSA John Stancavage, MUSKOGEE DAILY Susan Cyrus, TULSA on total content over a period of three WORLD; 3rd Place, PAGE ONE TULSA WORLD; 2nd PHOENIX; 2nd Place, WORLD; 2nd Place, SPORTS FEATURE Michael Overall, DEADLINE LAYOUT consecutive days selected at random Place, Jay Marks, THE Deb Parker, THE NOR- DIVISION C – 1st Place, Jason Powers, TULSA TULSA WORLD. DIVISION C – 1st Place, during calendar year 2012. OKLAHOMAN; 3rd MAN TRANSCRIPT; Ted Streuli, THE Vicky Misa, THE WORLD; The AP/Oklahoma News Executives Place, Wayne Greene, 3rd Place, Joy Hamp- JOURNAL RECORD; JOURNAL RECORD; Barbara Hoberock, ton, THE NORMAN 2nd Place, Brian EDITORIALS 2nd Place, Randy competition is open to newspapers that TULSA WORLD GENERAL TRANSCRIPT Brus, THE JOUR- DIVISION C – 1st Place, Cowling, THE CLA- EXCELLENCE are regular members of The Associated DIVISION A – 1st Place, NAL RECORD; 1st Randy Cowling, THE REMORE DAILY DIVISION C – 1st Place, Press news cooperative. The competi- BUSINESS Ziva Branstetter, Place, Mike Kays, CLAREMORE DAILY PROGRESS; DIVI- Kim Poindexter,Ben TULSA WORLD; 2nd MUSKOGEE DAILY PROGRESS; 2nd tion attracted more than 600 entries FEATURE SION C – 3rd Place, Johnson,Teddye DIVISION C – 1st Place, Place, Jay Marks, PHOENIX Place, Ted Streuli, THE Kim Poindexter, Teddye Snell,Josh Newton,Rob across 20 writing and photography cat- Brian Brus, THE Adam Wilmoth, Paul DIVISION B – 1st JOURNAL RECORD; Snell, TAHLEQUAH Anderson,Kolby egories. JOURNAL RECORD; Monies, THE OKLAHO- Place, Mike Kays, 3rd Place, Kim Poin- DAILY PRESS. Paxton,Jean MAN; 3rd Place, David MUSKOGEE DAILY dexter, TAHLEQUAH Newspapers participate in the divi- 2nd Place, Sarah Terry- DIVISION B – 1st Place, Havens,Rene Fite, Cobo, THE JOURNAL Harper, Sara Plummer, PHOENIX; 2nd Place, DAILY PRESS. Beau Simmons, THE TAHLEQUAH DAILY sions according to circulation. The larg- RECORD; 3rd Place, Susan Hylton, Amanda Spencer White, THE DIVISION B – 1st Place, NORMAN TRAN- PRESS; 2nd Place, est circulation participate in Division A, Kirby Davis, THE Bland, Michael Overall, ARDMOREITE; 3rd Ed Choate, MUSK- SCRIPT; 2nd Place, Staff, THE JOURNAL Shannon Muchmore, Place, John Shinn, OGEE DAILY PHOE- medium size circulation in Division B JOURNAL RECORD Mack Burke, THE RECORD; 3rd Place, DIVISION B – 1st Place, Rhett Morgan, Mike THE NORMAN TRAN- NIX; 2nd Place, Amy NORMAN TRAN- Randy Cowling,and and smallest circulation in Division C. Joy Hampton, THE Simons, Nour Habib SCRIPT Johns, MCALESTER SCRIPT; 3rd Place, staff, THE CLARE- Following are this year’s winners of NORMAN TRAN- DIVISION A – 1st Place, NEWS-CAPITAL; 3rd Deb Parker, THE NOR- MORE DAILY PROG- Jenni Carlson, THE Place, Kim Benedict, the newspaper events: SCRIPT; 2nd Place, SPOT SPORTS MAN TRANSCRIPT. RESS. James Beaty, MCAL- OKLAHOMAN; 2nd THE ARDMOREITE. DIVISION A – 1st Place, DIVISION B – 1st Place, REPORTING Place, Jason Kersey, DIVISION A – 1st Place, James Royal, TULSA ESTER NEWS-CAP- DIVISION C – 1st Place, Staff, ENID NEWS & INVESTIGATIVE Sarah Terry-Cobo, Ted THE OKLAHOMAN; Deanna Watson, Wich- WORLD; 2nd Place, ITAL; 3rd Place, MJ Ben Johnson, TAHLE- EAGLE; 2nd Place, REPORTING Streuli, THE JOUR- 3rd Place, Gina Mizell, ita Falls Times Record Ethan Erickson, TULSA Brickey, MCALESTER QUAH DAILY PRESS; Staff, MUSKOGEE DIVISION C – 1st Place, NAL RECORD; 2nd THE OKLAHOMAN News; 2nd Place, WORLD; 3rd Place, NEWS-CAPITAL 2nd Place, Ben John- DAILY PHOENIX; 3rd M. Scott Carter, Bob Place, Salesha Wilken, David Hale, THE LAW- Caroline Duke, THE THE CLAREMORE DIVISION A – 1st Place, son, TAHLEQUAH Place, Staff, THE NOR- Sands, THE JOURNAL Michael Overall, TON CONSTITUTION; OKLAHOMAN. MAN TRANSCRIPT. RECORD; 2nd Place, DAILY PROGRESS; DAILY PRESS; 3rd SPORTS COLUMNS 3rd Place, Ray Carter, TULSA WORLD; 2nd DIVISION C – 1st Place, DIVISION A – 1st Place, Salesha Wilken, THE 3rd Place, Teddye Place, Kolby Paxton, THE OKLAHOMAN. Place, Adam Wilmoth, Ed Darling, THE DUN- Staff, THE OKLAHO- CLAREMORE DAILY Snell, Kim Poindexter, TAHLEQUAH DAILY HEADLINES THE OKLAHOMAN; CAN BANNER; 2nd MAN; 2nd Place, Tulsa PROGRESS; 3rd TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS DIVISION C – 1st Place, 3rd Place, Steve Lack- Place, Kolby Paxton, World; No 3rd Place. Place, Sarah Terry- PRESS DIVISION B – 1st Place, REVIEWS Sharon Beuchaw, meyer, THE OKLAHO- TAHLEQUAH DAILY DIVISION C – 1st Place, Cobo,Ted Streuli, THE DIVISION B – 1st Place, Ryan Costello, ENID THE JOURNAL MAN PRESS; 3rd Place, Ted Joan Gilmore, THE JOURNAL RECORD James Neal, Cass NEWS & EAGLE; 2nd RECORD; 2nd Place, WEBSITE Streuli, THE JOURNAL JOURNAL RECORD; DIVISION B – 1st Place, Rains, ENID NEWS Place, Mike Tupa, Randy Cowling, THE DIVISION C – 1st Place, RECORD. 2nd Place, Tom Fink, Joy Hampton, THE & EAGLE; 2nd Place, SPOT NEWS BARTLESVILLE CLAREMORE DAILY Kim Poindexter, Ben DIVISION B – 1st Place, THE CLAREMORE NORMAN TRAN- Chris Rush, Kelli DIVISION C – 1st Place, EXAMINER-ENTER- PROGRESS; DIVI- Johnson, Josh Newton, Dave Ruthenberg, DAILY PROGRESS; SCRIPT; 2nd Place, Williams, Jessica Rowynn Ricks,Johnny PRISE; 3rd Place, Clay SION C – 3rd Place, Kolby Paxton, Teddye ENID NEWS & EAGLE; 1st Place, Kevin Kerr, Jeanne Leflore, Miller, Tim Hudson, McMahan, WOOD- Horning, THE NOR- Salesha Wilken, THE Snell, Rob Anderson, 2nd Place, Mike Kays, THE ARDMOREITE. MCALESTER NEWS- BARTLESVILLE WARD NEWS; 2nd MAN TRANSCRIPT CLAREMORE DAILY TAHLEQUAH DAILY MUSKOGEE DAILY DIVISION B – No award. CAPITAL; 3rd Place, EXAMINER-ENTER- Place, Rowynn Ricks, DIVISION A – 1st Place, PROGRESS. PRESS; 2nd Place, PHOENIX; 3rd Place, DIVISION A – 1st Place, Marsha Miller, THE PRISE; 3rd Place, WOODWARD NEWS; Bill Haisten,Mike DIVISION B – 1st Place, Dave Rhea, Ronnie Erik Horne, THE ARD- Michael Smith, TULSA ARDMOREITE Michael Pineda, Kevin 3rd Place, Josh New- Averill, TULSA Beau Simmons, THE Clay, THE JOURNAL MOREITE. WORLD; 2nd Place, DIVISION A – 1st Place, Kerr, THE ARDMO- ton, TAHLEQUAH WORLD; 2nd Place, NORMAN TRAN- RECORD; No 3rd DIVISION A – 1st Place, Lana Sweeten Shults, Ziva Branstetter, Curtis REITE DAILY PRESS John Hoover, TULSA SCRIPT; 2nd Place, Place. Berry Tramel, THE Wichita Falls Times Killman, Casey Smith, DIVISION A – 1st Place, DIVISION B – 1st WORLD; 3rd Place, David Christy, ENID DIVISION B – 1st Place, OKLAHOMAN; 2nd Record News; 3rd TULSA WORLD; Ginnie Graham, TULSA Place, Joy Hamp- Jimmie Tramel, TULSA NEWS & EAGLE; 3rd Melissa Mangham, Place, John Hoover, Place, George Lang, 2nd Place, Carrie WORLD; 2nd Place, ton, THE NORMAN WORLD Place, Jamie Berry, THE ARDMOREITE; TULSA WORLD; 3rd THE OKLAHOMAN. Coppernoll, Megan Megan Rolland, Phillip TRANSCRIPT; 2nd THE NORMAN TRAN- 2nd Place, Violet Has- Place, Jenni Carlson, Rolland, Randy Ellis, O’Connor, THE OKLA- Place, Tim Hudson, FEATURE SCRIPT. sler, ENID NEWS & HOMAN; 3rd Place, THE OKLAHOMAN. DIVISION A – 1st Place, THE OKLAHOMAN; BARTLESVILLE DIVISION C – 1st Place, NON-PAGE ONE EAGLE; No 3rd Place. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Karen Welch, TULSA 3rd Place, Cary Aspin- EXAMINER-ENTER- Ted Streuli, THE LAYOUT DIVISION A – 1st Place, Andrew Knittle, Jenni- WORLD; 2nd Place, wall, Ziva Branstetter, PRISE; 3rd Place, Kim JOURNAL RECORD; PERSONAL DIVISION C – 1st Place, Staff, THE OKLAHO- fer Palmer, Tim Willert, Pat Gilliland, THE TULSA WORLD Morava, THE SHAW- 2nd Place, Larissa Gra- COLUMNS Ben Johnson, TAHLE- MAN; 2nd Place, Jason THE OKLAHOMAN OKLAHOMAN; 3rd NEE NEWS-STAR ham, ELK CITY DAILY DIVISION C – 1st Place, QUAH DAILY PRESS; Collington,Tulsaworld. Place, Anna Codutti, DIVISION A – 1st Place, NEWS; 3rd Place, Ted Streuli, THE 2nd Place, Tim Ritter, com Staff, TULSA PUBLIC SERVICE TULSA WORLD. Jerry Wofford,Zack Salesha Wilken, THE JOURNAL RECORD; THE CLAREMORE WORLD; No 3rd Place. REPORTING Stoycoff,Amanda DIVISION C – 1st Place, Continued on Page 15 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 15 Postal Service will require Full-Service IMBs in January 2014 The U.S. Postal Service announced expense, which I regret,” Heath the owner identification will not be in April that Full-Service Intelligent said. “But the tide has turned and ‘The tide has turned required. Mail Barcodes (IMbs) will be required using the mail is going to be more These new rules will only apply for all mail seeking automation dis- complex for us. There is no avoid- and using the mail to automation discounted mail, and counts as of Jan. 26, 2014. ing it. I am glad to see, however, will not be applicable to carrier-route The move to Full-Service IMbs that USPS is giving us some relief is going to be more sorted, delivery-unit entered Periodi- began in January of this year when on the most stringent require- complex for us.’ cals nor to saturation, high-density or the USPS mandated that automation ments. We also will see some ben- basic-price Standard mail flats. discounts could only be claimed when efits over the long run, including Max Heath, According to the USPS, the intent of mailers make the switch to Basic better information on mail delays. NNA Postal Committee Chair the new rules is to provide greater “vis- IMbs. The next step requires indi- Newspapers that make the con- ibility” within the mail system for the vidual numbering on mailpieces, sack version also will finally be rid of USPS, which is required to report to and tray tags and pallet placards so the the bothersome 55-cent charge for individual mailpiece identifiers regulators on achievement of service USPS can follow the mail throughout address updates, and get them more on each mailed newspaper claim- standards. processing and delivery. timely. The change-of-address data will ing automation rates, but mailings “Although newspapers will likely National Newspaper Associa- be provided electronically, for free, if under 10,000 pieces do not need never see the full benefit of this new tion President Merle Baranczyk said publishers have capable software.” individual piece identifiers – only system, we will get some benefit,” NNA’s efforts had built in new options Interlink has facilitated the process on containers – and must separate Heath said. “As USPS changes and for many newspapers to avoid the full by offering Mail.XML software to its mailings by container by weight and the facilities we use grow further away impact of these changes. competitors that would enable them price, as is common practice when and service gets tougher, having some “We asked for a longer period for to ease small newspapers’ access to zoning inserts. visibility into where mail containers the conversion, which USPS did not USPS digital systems. The program • Ultimately, information will flow get stuck may help us to diagnose grant. But it did create options for allows an electronic transmission of back to mailers on where mail is and cure more of our ills. Meanwhile, newspapers whose mailing software the postage statement and USPS Quali- within the postal system, though our core mail use in local markets will cannot handle the requirements, and fication Report. these data for most Periodicals will remain unaffected by these rules for relaxed the requirement to put a differ- A few other elements of the new be available only for containers and now. ent individual number on each newspa- USPS rule are: not individual copies and USPS has “I do want to emphasize that having per. We are gratified that USPS heard • A requirement for electronically not yet accelerated its systems to the right postal software and a compa- our concerns on this count,” he said. submitted mailing statements, provide the data yet. ny that can help a mailer through the NNA Postal Committee Chair Max either through a newspaper’s mail- Printers that prepare mailing state- bumps and bruises in this new rule is Heath and Brad Hill, president of ing software or by the Internet solu- ments for their customers will also going to be pretty important,” he said. mail software company Interlink, said tion, Postage Wizard, on the USPS be required to meet new mandates to “We are in the middle of this digital NNA’s discussions with USPS on the Business Customer Gateway web- identify both the mail owner, usually transition. It is not going to go away. It issue had been long and complex. site, if a mailing is under 10,000 the publisher, and the mail preparer. is going to go forward.” “This change is going to perplex pieces. For mailings fewer than 5,000 pieces, a lot of our members and add new • A requirement for application of

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BEST NEW DAILY HERALD; 2nd SPORTS PHOTO GENERAL NEWS Sarah Phipps, THE OKLAHOMAN; 2nd vison, MCALESTER Place, Bryan Terry, JOURNALIST Place, Rowynn Ricks, DIVISION C – 1st Place, PHOTO OKLAHOMAN Place, James Gibbard, NEWS-CAPITAL. THE OKLAHOMAN; OF THE YEAR WOODWARD NEWS; Johnny McMahan, DIVISION C – 1st Place, TULSA WORLD; 3rd DIVISION A – 1st Place, 3rd Place, Sarah DIVISION C – 1st Place, 3rd Place, JB Bittner, WOODWARD NEWS; Josh Newton, TAHLE- Place, Chris Lands- Sarah Phipps, THE Phipps, THE OKLAHO- ELK CITY DAILY FEATURE PHOTO berger, THE OKLAHO- OKLAHOMAN; 2nd MAN Salesha Wilken, THE 2nd Place, Brent QUAH DAILY PRESS; DIVISION C – 1st Place, NEWS. MAN Place, Christopher CLAREMORE DAILY Fuchs, THE JOURNAL 2nd Place, Rowynn Rip Stell, THE JOUR- DIVISION B – 1st Smith, TULSA WORLD; PROGRESS; 2nd RECORD; 3rd Place, Ricks, WOODWARD NAL RECORD; 2nd Place, Jason Smith, 3rd Place, Sarah SWEEPSTAKES Place, Sarah Terry- Ben Johnson, TAHLE- NEWS; 3rd Place, Josh Place, Rip Stell, THE THE SHAWNEE PHOTO PACKAGE Phipps, THE OKLAHO- AWARDS/WRITING Cobo, THE JOURNAL QUAH DAILY PRESS Newton, TAHLEQUAH JOURNAL RECORD; DIVISION C – 1st Place, NEWS-STAR; 2nd MAN DIVISION C – (tie) RECORD; DIVISION B – 1st Place, DAILY PRESS 3rd Place, Larissa Gra- Tim Ritter, THE Place, Becky Burch, Rowynn Ricks and DIVISION B – 1st Place, Bonnie Vculek, ENID DIVISION B – 1st Place, ham, ELK CITY DAILY CLAREMORE DAILY BARTLESVILLE Johnny McMahan, Carmen Bourlon, THE NEWS & EAGLE; 2nd Ed Blochowiak, THE NEWS PROGRESS; 2nd EXAMINER- WEBSITE PHOTO WOODWARD NEWS; SHAWNEE NEWS- Place, Kyle Phillips, SHAWNEE NEWS- DIVISION B – 1st Place, Rowynn Ricks, DIVISION C – 1st Place, ENTERPRISE;3rd and M. Scott Carter STAR; No second or THE NORMAN TRAN- STAR; 2nd Place, Billy Place, Becky Burch, WOODWARD NEWS; Rip Stell, THE JOUR- Place, Kevin Harvison, and Bob Sands, THE 3rd Place. SCRIPT; 3rd Place, Hefton, ENID NEWS & BARTLESVILLE 3rd Place, Brent NAL RECORD; 2nd MCALESTER NEWS- JOURNAL RECORD DIVISION A – 1st Place, Billy Hefton, ENID EAGLE; 3rd Place, Billy EXAMINER-ENTER- Fuchs, THE JOURNAL Place, Josh Newton, CAPITAL DIVISION B – Joy Hamp- Casey Smith, TULSA NEWS & EAGLE Hefton, ENID NEWS & PRISE; 2nd Place, RECORD TAHLEQUAH DAILY DIVISION A – 1st Place, ton, THE NORMAN WORLD; No second or DIVISION A – 1st Place, EAGLE Kevin Harvison, DIVISION B – 1st Place, PRESS; 3rd Place, Rip Mike Simons, TULSA TRANSCRIPT 3rd Place. Bryan Terry, THE DIVISION A – 1st Place, MCALESTER NEWS- Billy Hefton, ENID Stell, THE JOURNAL WORLD; 2nd Place, DIVISION A – Ken Ray- OKLAHOMAN; 2nd Mike Simons, TULSA CAPITAL; 3rd Place, NEWS & EAGLE; 2nd RECORD Bryan Terry, THE mond, THE OKLAHO- Place, Stephen Pingry, WORLD; 2nd Place, Billy Hefton, ENID Place, Billy Hefton, DIVISION B – No award. SPOT NEWS OKLAHOMAN; 3rd MAN TULSA WORLD; 3rd Matt Barnard, TULSA NEWS & EAGLE ENID NEWS & EAGLE; DIVISION A – 1st Place, PHOTO Place, Jim Beckel, THE Place, Mike Simons, WORLD; 3rd Place, DIVISION A – 1st Place, 3rd Place, Kevin Har- Sarah Phipps, THE DIVISION C – 1st Place, OKLAHOMAN TULSA WORLD Steve Gooch, THE OKLAHOMAN; 2nd Trudy Hart, GUYMON 16 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 Adobe goes cloud-only with new subscription software willing to lease their software that there Once again newspapers have to System Preferences hook up one of Computer Notes will be no public outcry over this new make a difficult choice. There is a slim these drives and turn it on. It will do the from the road business model. possibility that so many customers will work of backing up everything on your by Wilma Melot According to Adobe, disks for CS6 complain that Adobe will go back to drive and it can be recovered without [email protected] will be available for the rest of this year, selling their programs outright, but I trouble. I recommend just letting it run and longer as a download only. If you wouldn’t count on that. I advise you to once a week so as not to wear out that Adobe recently announced that it have CS5, there will be an upgrade path look carefully at how you plan to carry new external drive you just bought. will no longer update its Creative Suite. for only the next few months. If your on with your software upgrades this If you’re on a PC, be sure that the There will be no version 7, only the new software is older than CS5 there are no year in light of Adobe’s Creative Cloud. system restore points are set up on “Creative Cloud.” upgrade options available and you must Microsoft is also experimenting with your computer. Look under Start > All The Creative Cloud is a subscription- buy it at the full cost. More information the cloud. This week Microsoft said Programs > Accessories > System Tools > based way of selling Adobe’s programs. is available at this link: www.adobe.com/ it would continue to let us buy their System Restore. It would also be a good As of today, the Creative Cloud will products/cs6/faq.html software – at least for now. With Micro- idea to have a full backup set of disks cost $50 per month, with a one-year Currently Quark Express is still soft’s Publisher one of the pagination for a system restore. A Windows 7 contract, to run the Creative Suite available as a layout program for your alteratives (though maybe not the best computer takes 8 to 15 burnable DVDs on a computer. That’s $600 per year, newspaper. If Quark sticks with selling one) to InDesign, we hope they let us to make a complete backup – or use an per workstation. You can download disks, I think they can take the desk- buy it outright for years to come. external drive. Creative Cloud apps (Photoshop, In- top publishing market back, to some Also available are 32 GB external Design, etc.) to two computers, either degree, for those of us who like to be in HARD DRIVE CRASHES jump drives. I found these on sale for Mac or Windows, with one Creative control of when we buy software. And I’ve seen eight hard drive crashes $25 this month. In many cases this Cloud license. However, you cannot Quark will let you make a CMYK com- in the past two weeks. Two of those will backup an entire computer – and run the Creative Cloud programs on posite PDF directly from the program. required complete replacement of it can be stored offsite for safety. For both computers at the same time. The real problem is Photoshop. the drives. Both of those were silver a full backup go to Start > All Programs There is also an option for month- Adobe has almost cornered the market iMac’s. If your computers are reaching >Maintenance folder > back up and restore to-month payment without a contract, with this program, but it is possible to the age of four or older, you need good or system repair disk. although the fee jumps to $80 per put out a paper without it. backups for those drives. month. For Windows, PaintShop Pro X5 The Apple DOCUMENT RECOVERY If you have CS3 or higher, you can ($59.99) is a good substitute for doing store will replace If you lose your hard drive and are upgrade to the Creative Cloud for $30 what Photoshop does. I know one paper your hard drive if trying to recover your paper from PDFs per month, per workstation, for the that has used this program for years. it dies while under you uploaded to the OPA archives, first year. If you miss a payment and GIMP, a free photo editor, works warranty, but they there’s a program that can help you. aren’t able to make it, the software on all platforms and is used at several keep your old PDF2ID by Recosoft lets you convert on your computers will stop working papers statewide. drive and you lose InDesign PDFs back into InDesign (after a little grace time). The software Many photo programs will turn pho- everything on it. documents that can be opened and will not work unless it can be authenti- tos to black and white, but all of them The Serial ATA recovered. I’m not naming names, but cated with Adobe’s servers every three depend on owning good pagination hard drives most this program came highly recommend- months – although it will prompt you to software, like Quark Express, to put a of us run only ed by someone who lost their hard authenticate every month. good dot pattern on photos and create have a limited drive and all files. The Creative Cloud enables you to CMYK separations. amount of hours retrieve consistent and timely updates, We would miss Acrobat as well, but until they fail and BETTER BROWSERS however you have the ability to choose many papers on Macs already use Pre- many newspapers If you’re looking for a new browser whether or not you want to upgrade view for PDF editing. There are several are now in that now that Firefox is no longer sup- each program. programs on the Windows side that range. ported on Power PC Macs check out All of the software must be down- perform in the same way. If you have a TenfourFox at www.macupdate.com/app/ loaded and in some areas of Oklahoma One prediction I have is that lots of Mac on OSX 10.4, download Carbon mac/37761/tenfourfox. There are versions that can mean waiting an entire day copies of CS6 will be sold before the Copy Cloner at www.bombich.com/down- for the G5, G4 and G3. Camino is on the downloads. If your computer end of the year so people can work for load.html. Use it to backup your drive at another alternative – caminobrowser.org. crashes during the download, you’re in the next few years without the Adobe least once to an external drive. MacUpdate is also a good site to look at for even further delays. leash. Also, I think computers that will Those fast FireWire drives are being and has been around for a while – www. Adobe is predicting that it will take be able to run the non-Cloud software replaced by USB 3 drives and it’s get- macupdate.com. OldApps.com is another about 10 years to get everyone on will disappear as people buy backups ting harder to find them. Since older good site for finding older software that board, as old computers with disk- for their offices. computers can’t use USB 3, a FireWire allows your computer to run better. based software die. Old copies of the Creative Suite drive is the most coveted of the exter- In the newspaper world, where many could be gone in a few more years as nals for fast backups. OPA Computer Consultant Wilma Melot’s column is only update software every three to five unregistered copies will be bought up. I Western Digital My Book Studio 2 brought to you by the Oklahoma Advertising Network years, this move will – at a minimum – think there’s going to be a lot of people TB FireWire 800/400 & USB 2.0 Exter- (OAN). For more information on the OAN program, double the cost to run Adobe software. who won’t like the changes Adobe is nal Hard recently was the top choice of contact Oklahoma Press Service at (405) 499-0020. The freedom to run the software making and will do whatever it takes publishers looking for a new one. The with a perpetual license will disappear. to keep operating as long as they can lowest price I found for it was $129.35. Adobe seems to think the public is so without going to the Cloud If you have Time Machine in your The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 17 Classifi eds deserve design attention

BY ED HENNINGER the type right, you’ll have a classifieds Years ago, a client publisher boasted section that advertisers will be happy that his classifieds section was second to support – and readers will be happy only to the big area mall in the number to browse through at length. Items to of customers per month. consider include: Yes, there’s been some downturn in FONT: Go for a clean, legible sans classifieds lineage, but classifieds are serif. Helvetica or Arial will work very much an important part of our rev- very well. Though I would not rec- enue stream – and the classifieds sec- ommend either for use elsewhere tion requires the same level of design in your paper, they are highly leg- attention as other pages and packages ible for classifieds. in your newspaper. SIZE: You really don’t need to go Some elements to check: any larger than 8 point – if you’re THE HEADER: Is it uncluttered, or are using that good sans serif font. you trying to put too much there? How SPACING: You can keep classifieds about clip art, bursts and the like? tight. Spacing need be no more Too many elements make a classifieds than 8.5 to 9 points. header unappealing—and make your SET: If your columns are wide paper appear less professional. One enough, it’s OK to set classifieds element you don’t want to leave out: justified. But squeezing classifieds Your phone number. Give it prominent into narrow columns (as in the Setting classifieds justified in narrow columns can create wordspacing that makes your placement in the header and make illustration) and setting them jus- newspaper appear careless. sure you use it large enough, 24 point tified creates word spacing that at the smallest. Your phone number is makes you look careless. Consider can create confusion – especially if throughout your classifieds section, it’s the front door to your classifieds store. going to flush left instead. I’ve seen they’re out of sequence. a sure way to upsell your advertis- If you want people to advertise in the some classifieds set centered but RULES: It’s a good idea to run a hori- ers. Be careful, again, to control the classifieds, make it easy for them to get they’re just tough to read. zontal rule between your classified ads, options. You don’t want your classifieds to you! to help separate them. These need be pages to look like a hodgepodge of IN-COLUMN LABELS: Avoid the temp- every color in the rainbow. NUMBER OF COLUMNS: If you’re tation to use reverses here. Sure, they no more than .5 points wide, unless charging by the word, column width stand out better…but they can also be your advertiser pays an upsell fee for Design is important to every page doesn’t really make a difference in so strong that they become more of a something heavier. And, if your gutters in your newspaper. Take care to bring revenue. So you can use six columns, stumbling block than a stepping stone are narrow, consider running .5-point informed design thinking to your clas- a width that makes classifieds easier to easy reading. Instead, just try a bold rules there, too. sifieds section, too! to read. If you charge by the line, nar- rule above and below or an Oxford rule BORDERS: If an advertiser is willing ED HENNINGER, an independent newspaper con- rower columns create more revenue. border. If you must use a reverse, try to pay a premium for a special border, sultant and the Director of Henninger Consulting, Still, I wouldn’t go to more than eight screening it back to 40 or 50 percent then go ahead and sell it! But let’s keep offers comprehensive newspaper design services or nine columns. Anything narrower black. One last point: If you can, rid the options to a few. Puhleeze…no including redesigns, workshops, staff training and evaluations. Email: [email protected]. can torture the type. yourself of the numbers here, like “501- autumn leaves or little cutesy bunny On the web: www.henningerconsulting.com. Phone: TYPOGRAPHY: Ah…here’s the key to To Rent” or “333-Pets.” The numbers rabbits! 803-327-3322. success in classifieds! If you can get usually mean nothing to readers and COLOR: If you have color available Oklahoman wins First Amendment Awards in Texas contest The Oklahoman recently won four “First Amendment Awards strike Fort Worth Professional Chapter of age of a prosecutor’s complaints about First Amendment Awards in a journal- close to our hearts,” said Kelly Dyer the Society of Professional Journalists. the parole board. ism competition in Texas. Fry, editor of The Oklahoman and vice Reporters Robby Trammell, Randy Clay won in the general news cat- Reporters won for news stories on president of news for OPUBCO Com- Ellis and Nolan Clay won in the egory for coverage of the horse ranch the Oklahoma Department of Human munications Group. “The men and “Defending the Disadvantaged” cat- investigation. Services, the Oklahoma Pardon and women in our news and information egory for stories on DHS and over- Ellis, Megan Rolland and Carrie Parole Board, the Oklahoma Educa- center value openness and transpar- crowding at DHS shelters. Coppernoll won in the “Reporting on tion Department and federal investiga- ency, not for our sake, but for the sake Ellis, Clay and Michael McNutt won Open Government” category for sto- tion of a horse ranch tied to a Mexican of our community.” in the investigative category for cover- ries on slush funds involving the Edu- drug cartel. The competition was hosted by the cation Department. 18 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 Headlines act as bait to lure in readers Clark’s Critique by Terry Clark Journalism Professor, University of Central Oklahoma, [email protected]

I used to teach headline writing in editing classes. Letter counts, headline schedules, type sizes, type fonts and type faces. And notations like 1/3/3, written on half sheets of paper, sitting around a U-shaped rim desk, with slot editors and rimrats. Read the story, edit it, roll a piece of paper in the type- writer and type out a headline, making sure it would fit. On deadline. Then the slot editor would throw it back to you, growling, to make it better, or more specific. I developed a long list of headline do’s and don’ts, with only two rules – be accurate and fit. Digital has done away with one of those, but not the need for headlines. In fact, digital media has increased the need and influence of good head- Good headlines appear in the front lines. Just what is “Search Engine Opti- pages of Oklahoma including these from mization” but the key words that go into the Watonga Republican, Waurika News- a headline? Notice how often broadcast Democrat, The Express-Star in Chickasha, throws headlines at you to summarize Sand Springs Leader and The Seminole key points. What about the crawlers Producer. across the bottom of the screen – just news writers because you only have to headlines. And 140-character Twitter read the first couple of graphs to get to – tight headline writing announcing the key words and knock out a headline breaking news. – specific noun, verb, details. Tuning up for a program on reader- It gets trickier and more fun writ- grabbing headlines at the OPA Con- ing a headline for a feature story, or as vention in June, I found myself awash our newswriting evolves in this digital in headlines as I reviewed the papers age, when the news is written in story this month. Why are they so important form. It also gets harder when you’re for me? Part of it is my experience, of the writer and the headline writer too. course. Another part is my penchant Time is always a pressure, and that for playing with words. affects creativity. Since I scan so many pages for this Angela Martin’s lead: “A drunk As I’ve told you, my test for a good column, much like a reader looking at Texas driver joyriding through Vinita lead is “Will I keep reading?” My test your paper, here’s what catches my eye on Friday night found out it’s not a for a good headline is, “Will I stop scan- – headlines first, photos and layout, and good idea to pull out of a drive-thru and ning the page, and start reading the story ideas. hit the chief of police.” story?” Headlines are so important to news- That’s why I am so impressed with Here’s a case in point from the Vinita papers because they do so many things so much headline writing in Oklahoma Daily Journal back in February, sent in at once: grab your attention; tell or hint newspapers. Almost every item I want by John M. Wylie II at Oologah, a salty at the story; prioritize the news; key to comment on this month carried an Judge Goes to Jail and Gives $10,000 to headline writer himself. He writes: “All the layout of the page; personalize the exceptional headline. Pass Go” and The (Chickasha) Express- I can say is, I dare anyone to read the news. Basically, done well, they involve HEAD’EM UP AWARDS: First place Star, “Atrocious auto abyss,” on a James head and lede and then stop. I think the reader. Done not-so-well they can headline – Thomas Tribune, “One man Bright photo of a sinkhole in a street. it is like a Braum’s Peanut Chocolate be libelous, humorous, or embarrass- giveth, the other taketh away,” on a Third place headline, tie – Sequoyah Sundae – you cannot just take just one ing and can end up on Jay Leno. story about a new county commis- County Times, “Ham sandwich starts bite.” He added that everyone he knew Sure, most of our news is routine, sioner demanding the return of lawn dispute,” on a Sally Maxwell story. would kill to have this head. and those stories carry routine head- mowing equipment. Here’s Sally’s lead: “It all started over Oops! Drunk driver lines, such as “Rotary elects Smith Second place headline, tie – The hits the wrong man Continued on Page 19 president.” Headline writers love good Meeker News, “Former Lincoln County The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013 19 Communications act does not protect cell phone text and data former dispatcher claimed that the city authorization from accessing electron- provide an electronic communication accessed the contents of her cell phone ic communications in temporary and service just because the device enables Legal Notes without permission. Further, the ex- backup storage at “a facility through use of electronic communications ser- by Michael Minnis dispatcher alleged that this action by which an electronic communica- vices, and there is no evidence here OPA Attorney the city violated the SCA. tion service is provided”. 18 U.S.C. § that the defendants ever obtained any The city had obtained the cell phone 2701(a). The ex-dispatcher argued that information from the cellular company A recent decision by the Fifth Cir- from an unlocked locker in a substa- her personal cell phone was a “facility” or network.” cuit Court of Appeals found that the tion. Material from the cell phone was under the SCA. The court concluded that the text Storage Communications Act (SCA) accessed and some of it was copied. The SCA does not define “facility.” messages and photos stored on the does not protect text and data stored on The information accessed from the cell The Fifth Circuit panel noted that the dispatcher’s cell phone were not elec- a personal cell phone. (Garcia v. City of phone indicated that the ex-dispatcher SCA has been applied to internet ser- tronic storage as defined by SCA and Lareda, F.3d – 5th Cir. Dec. 12, 2012) had violated police department rules vice providers, but has not been applied thus third party access to the stored The plaintiff in this case was a for- and regulations. This information led to the home computer of an end user. text and data did not violate the SCA. mer police dispatcher for a city. The to the city discharging the dispatcher. The panel concluded that “an indi- The SCA prohibits persons without vidual’s personal cell phone does not

Clark’s Critique Continued from Page 18 a ham sandwich, Sallisaw Police Chief go through metal detectors, a pat-down James Gibbard photos, “Clearing the Tahlequah Daily Press, on a Renee Shaloa Edwards testified in a hearing and remove my shoes so the on-duty air.” Fite story, “A Habit for Habitat.” Tuesday afternoon in Sequoyah County officer could make sure I wasn’t hiding The Journal Record, on a Molly M. Ideas from sports: The Tuttle Times, District Court.” anything. / There are no cell phones or Fleming story about beer brewers, “A on a Jeff Harrison story about the track Waurika News-Democrat, “World is other electronic devices… .” toast to HB 1341.” team winning lots of medals, “Tuttle his oyster,” on a Jeff Kaley story about The Elk City Daily News, on a Cheryl The Seminole Producer, on a Robert brings home the hardware.” Allen Advo- a geography bee winner going to state. Overstreet story about a wheat har- Werner crime story, “The Plot Thick- cate, on a Herman Brown story, “Chey- Others: Marlow Review – “Reading vesting family, “On the harvest road.” ens.” enne Nickel mining for gold at state.” but with an air of literary mystique,” Her lead: “In her blog, the youngest Miami News-Record, on a Melinda McIntosh County Democrat, “Checotah on Kaye Collier’s story. Here’s her Misener describes the life of a custom Stotts feature about a wood Intarsia art- puts leash on Bulldogs.” lead: “They’re neatly wrapped in recy- harvester as a ‘precarious livelihood.’ / ist, “Piece by piece.” Other matters – It’s good to see cled manila craft paper and adorned That statement perfectly describes the The Bigheart Times, on a Rachel more veteran coverage in our papers. with razzamatazz like vividly-colored way of life for Misener Family Harvest- Ann Seymour story about the Calvary G.B. Poindexter covered another stickers, jeweled accents, feathers and ers – and never more than this season.” Baptist church helping a retired nurse, Honor Flight, and the Tulsa Beacon mini pompons. / On one side of the Watonga Republican, for getting the “Calling in the Calvary; No longer carried it with photo of a local vet. packages are stickers containing the word wreaks in a headline, “Semi, pick- trapped.” The Carnegie Herald, on a Paul Waldschmidt of the Sand Springs words, ‘Blind Date with a Book,’ in up wreck wreaks heavy damage.” government health program, “Caddo Leader photographed and wrote about delicate white script and brief question- Mustang News, on a Carolyn Cole County is going on a diet.” a local WWII veterans gathering. naires… .” story about a child with a heart defect, Oologah Lake Leader, on a Chris At The Newcastle Pacer, Bryan Trude Cherokee Messenger & Republican, “‘Then I will have moments of hope.’” Edens story about the educational test- reports of a local business being affect- on Lee Jackson’s two-part series inside The Madill Record, on a Mike Stearns ing company’s troubles, “Testing con- ed by a legislator’s conflict of inter- the Crabtree prison, “Inside the fence.” story about a cancer survivor, “Catch- tractor flunks exam.” Sequoyah County est with tobacco lobbyists. (Conflict of His lead: “HELENA — It’s hard to get ing the Silver linings.” Times – “Sheriff warms up cold case,” interest note: Bryan is a former student inside the fence at Crabtree Correc- Tulsa World, on a Casey Smith story and on a Gina Smith story, “Blaze of mine.) tional Center. Thankfully, it’s more dif- about the DEQ and body shops and ignites support for family.” ficult for inmates to get out. / I had to OPA STAFF DIRECTORY ADMINISTRATION MEMBER ADVERTISING CREATIVE COMPUTER OPEN OPEN (CONT’D) MARK THOMAS SERVICES CINDY SHEA SERVICES ADVICE (DIGITAL CLIPPING) CRYSTAL FOREMAN Executive Vice President LISA POTTS Media Manager JENNIFER GILLILAND WILMA MELOT KEITH BURGIN Digital Clipping Dept. [email protected] Member Services [email protected] Creative Services Director Computer Consultant OPEN Manager [email protected] (405) 499-0033 Director (405) 499-0023 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (405) 499-0030 ROBERT WALLAR [email protected] LANDON COBB (405) 499-0028 (405) 499-0031 (405) 499-0024 (405) 499-0026 Account Executive Accounting Manager MORGAN BROWNE KYLE GRANT [email protected] [email protected] POSTAL ELI NICHOLS Creative Assistant Digital Clipping Dept. (405) 499-0027 (405) 499-0022 ADVICE Member Services [email protected] [email protected] JOHN McCANN SCOTT WILKERSON Coordinator COURTNI SPOON (405) 499-0029 (405) 499-0032 Postal Consultant Front Office/Building Mgr. [email protected] Advertising Assistant & [email protected] [email protected] (405) 499-0040 OCAN/2X2 Contact GENERAL INQUIRIES (405) 499-0020 (405) 499-0020 [email protected] (405) 499-0020 • Fax: (405) 499-0048 (405) 499-0035 Toll-free in OK: 1-888-815-2672 20 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2013

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARCH 2013 CONTEST WINNERS Column: Editorial: BARB J. B. WALTER BITTNER The Hennessey Clipper The Elk City Daily News

MARCH 2013 EDITORIAL WINNER J.B. BITTNER, THE ELK CITY DAILY NEWS Don’t butcher our horses Bills under consideration in both the more cost to small business, more a rider around a cloverleaf barrel pattern in House and the Senate of the Oklahoma government intrusion. How are we paying 14.3 seconds. Legislature – House Bill 1999 and Senate for all that? They just need to be needed and cared Bill 375 – would open up a new ag market The push for horse slaughtering to sell for. The March 2013 contest for state livestock producers. horse meat in markets outside our own These programs don’t fund themselves. Slaughtering horses and selling their borders brings to mind extensive efforts Horse owners know the animals are an was judged by a member of the meat – it’s a potential market with a herd of to market American tobacco products expensive undertaking. Oklahomans and Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame negatives and no reasonable positives. overseas while decrying their detrimental others who want to see no-kill alternatives While the legislative measures don’t impact to our own citizens. Not good to horse slaughtering need to seek Enter and Win a open the door for horse burgers on your enough for us – in fact, terminally bad out these programs and support them favorite sports bar menu, just as troubling for us – but good enough for our world financially. should be the clear plan to market neighbors. Who is not ashamed to claim White Horse Ranch at Mooreland in $100 Check from ONG! Oklahoma horse meat overseas. ownership of that rationale? Northwest Oklahoma partners horses with 1. Each month, send a tear sheet or American horses have never been Horse slaughterhouses should not troubled young women in need of lifestyle photocopy of your best column and/ raised for food. Anyone who has horses be an item on the legislative menu for changes. Turning Point Ranch in Stillwater knows they are routinely treated with discussion – for issues of cruelty, among helps special needs kids mount up and or editorial to ONG Contest, c/o OPA, wormers and other poisonous substances a shopping basket full of other concerns. feel that great equalizer – when they are 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, that would adversely affect any meat But circumstances to which pro-slaughter horseback they don’t walk differently than OK 73105-5499. destined for human consumption. advocates point with vigor remain a part of others nor move more slowly nor stand Where are the people who should be the equation. out in the group. They are just kids. You’ve 2. Include the author’s name, name of thinking about our credibility and the effect Owners of aging, ill and injured horses probably seen them competing in Special publication, date of publication and one bad batch of burro stew could have on want a solution. The fact remains that, Olympics. Oklahoma State University’s international trade? Talk to a beef producer while for many people horses are big furry award-winning equestrian team volunteers category entered (column or editorial). about how the rumor of one mad cow can pets best for hugging, horses have been hours to Turning Point’s programs and 3. Only ONE editorial and/or ONE crash the beef export market. For years. farm tools through much of our state’s horse care. column per writer per month will be The most vocal opponents of horse history. You might know of similar reputable slaughtering and eating are animal rights Our pioneer ancestors’ thinking was programs where horses are reclaimed, accepted. groups. that a farm tool contributed to easing the repurposed and granted a reprieve late 4. All entries for the previous month must And rightly so. Horses are a majestic rural workload or it was gone. That notion in life. If not, do some research. They are part of our heritage and culture, not our is alive and well today on many farms and out there and they need your support. be at the OPA office by the 15th of the family recipes. But while the animal rights ranches. More horses of advanced age and infirmity current month. position may be the sexy and romantic one, Equine rescues provide comfortable finding comfortable homes means fewer there are clearly reasons to oppose these homes for horses that can no longer carry horses finding their way to any kind of 5. Winning entries will be reproduced bills that lean more toward middle ground. their riders, do their ranch chores, run slaughterhouse. No demand, no business. on the OPA website at www.OkPress. A populace that wants less government races or produce offspring. Equine therapy Our Legislature needs to focus its com. in our lives, rather than more, should weigh programs that integrate equestrian training attention on funding education and health the requirement for more meat inspectors into therapeutic sessions to help special care and keeping our roads repaired and Entries must have been previously and law enforcers to make sure all the needs adults and children often bring new our state safe. Slaughtering horses to sell published. Contest open to conditions of these bills are met lest the life purpose to aging ranch and rodeo their meat in other markets while outlawing all OPA member newspapers. meat of ill and aged equines find its way to horses. the meat in Oklahoma? Where is the our chili pots and tacos. Programs cropping up to partner horses integrity in that? Less government interference? and returning military troops are garnering Tell your legislators you don’t want any Although Oklahoma Natural Gas Company Consider the requirements on processors good reviews for their progress in bringing part of slaughtering horses and selling their selects representative contest winners’ work to use establishments and equipment comfort and therapy to soldiers with Post meat for people to eat. That is not the type for use in this monthly ad, the views expressed separate from that used for beef and pork Traumatic Stress Disorder. of quality agriculture that built our great in winning columns and editorials are those processing. These horses don’t have to be capable state. More regulations, more enforcement, of winning the Kentucky Derby or carrying of the writers and don’t necessarily reflect the Company’s opinions. Thank you for continued support of “Share The Warmth” Read the Winning Columns and Editorials on the OPA website: www.OkPress.com (Under Contests)