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The Kansas Publisher Official monthly publication of the Kansas Press Association July 6, 2011

Inside Today Page 3 Jim Purmarlo thinks newspapers should be more open about their policies and procedures. Page 4 KPA president Patrick Lowry is impressed by the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter’s reaction to a devastating fi re. Page 4 The Western Kansas Mini-Con- vention is Sept. 8. Look here for the schedule. Page 6 Jonathan Kealing is the newest member of the Kansas Press Association Board of Directors. Page 8 Fireﬁ ghters spray water on the Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter building. Doug Anstaett takes a look at the nameplates of Kansas newspapers. Guess which one Fire destroys Ellsworth I-R offi ce he thinks is the most unique? Paper gets out edition on time good side to this story, too. Our friends and landlords, Mark and Josie Roehrman, escaped By Linda Mowery-Denning the building without injury. That is something to KPA Calendar or someone who makes their living with cheer. words, this may be one of those frustrating There is more. July 20 Ftimes when fi nding just the right words — I can’t help but be a bit amused by the reac- NNA Governmental Affairs or any words at all – fails me. tion to the fi re and the newspaper’s future Sunday Conference, Washington, D.C. As anyone who reads a newspaper or watches night as probably more residents than attend the television probably knows by now, the building annual Cowtown Festival watched fi refi ghters Sept. 8 that housed the Ellsworth County Independent- from across central Kansas fi ght the fl ames and KPA Western Kansas Mini- Reporter was gutted by fi re Sunday night (June Convention, City Limits Con- 23). Such a loss is traumatic but there was a See FIRE on Page 2 vention Center, Colby. Serial story ready for fall publication Sept. 22-25 16-chapter serial story called “There’s burg. It was illustrated by Michael Meade from NNA annual convention, No Place Like Home” will be available Salina with funding provided by the Kansas Albuquerque. Afree to Kansas Press Association mem- Newspaper Foundation. bers in August. Jeanie Warner, NIE coordinator for Harris Oct. 2- 8 The story won fi rst place in the Midwest Cir- Enterprises, said: “This serial story is a great National Newspaper Week. culation Management Association’s contest for way for you to increase your NIE, single copy Cartoons, editorials and other Newspaper in Education (NIE) promotion. and general circulation.” materials will be provided free. It was written by the award-winning chil- to KPA members. dren’s book author, Eunice Boeve of Phillips- See SERIAL STORY on Page 3

Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 2 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 2011-12 KPA Board Patrick Lowry President Hays Daily News [email protected]

Ben Marshall First Vice President Sterling Bulletin [email protected]

Dena Sattler Second Vice President Garden City Telegram [email protected]

Linda Mowery-Denning, Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter editor Dan Thalmann and publisher ... shown in 2010 in front of the building that burned. Treasurer Washington County News food and water as we watched our office [email protected] Fire disappear inside a cloud of black smoke. Alice and Ken Robson opened their store Linda Mowery-Denning to us, then refused to let us pay for the sup- Past President Continued from Page 1 plies we needed. Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter Monday brought more acts of kindness. [email protected] smoke for several hours. Several people Randy Gottschalk, who owns the former joked that we didn’t have to worry about Holm Motor building, refused rent on a A.J. Bozarth work Monday. Seriously? When a major storage unit for the damp hard drives and Central District Director fire disrupts your town, when a tornado other equipment Juanita and I salvaged Norwich News, South Haven New Era rips through your community – it’s more from our building. Susan Hicks and her [email protected] important than ever for the newspaper to do employer, Kirkham Michael, also offered its job. It offers a sense of normalcy during storage space. Jonathan Kealing a time or event that is anything but normal. But it was Shirley Raney and Tina Northeast District Director Not publishing a newspaper this week Davis who made me cry. Tina called me Lawrence Journal-World was never an option. Sunday night to offer the use of the build- [email protected] That said, the newspaper you are hold- ing that she and husband, Rick, own less ing in your hands right now is the product than a block away from our former office. Sarah Kessinger of many people. Monday, as the I-R staff worked at the high Nondaily Director The first call I made Sunday night was school to complete this week’s edition, Marysville Advocate to Eric Reid, incoming superintendent of Tina and her mother, Shirley, turned the [email protected] the Ellsworth-Kanopolis-Geneseo School vacant building into a real office. They District. It was obvious the I-R staff arranged desks and chairs, a front counter Ken Knepper wouldn’t be using any of the newspaper’s and wall decorations, including the I-R Legislative Director equipment to produce this week’s edition. sign from Wilson’s Eschbaugh Advertising. Sun Newspapers However, the high school journalism de- The sign, which looked a bit crispy when [email protected] partment had everything we needed – and we pulled it from the debris of our office, Mr. Reid didn’t hesitate to say yes when I was taken by Tina and Shirley to the car Brad Lowell asked for his help. wash and made to look presentable. I was Northwest District Director Then my cell phone started ringing. brought to tears of gratitude Monday night Concordia Blade-Empire The Salina Journal offered equipment when I saw the results of their efforts. [email protected] and expertise. The next day, the newspa- Finally, the firefighters who battled per’s systems manager, Bob Kelly, arrived Sunday night’s blaze were absolutely, Susan Lynn with three computers, which he also positively awesome. Their skill and dedica- Daily Director installed. tion prevented a much greater disaster in Iola Register John and Bree Baetz of the Lincoln downtown Ellsworth. [email protected] Sentinel-Republican offered meals and use My apologies to the many I’ve missed. of their staff. Local businesses provided food and water Steve Wade Daughter Allie called to tell me she was and opened their doors so exhausted fire Southeast District Director on her way home from Wichita. fighters could escape the heat. Pittsburg Morning Sun [email protected] The Kansas Press Association provided Of course, as much as our job is to get more computers and other support. out the newspaper no matter what, the job Doug Anstaett Here at home, Margaret Bourne pulled of a small community is to rally around Executive Director, KPA business manager Juanita Kepka and I into its residents in times of need. Ellsworth [email protected] her air-conditioned business and offered us showed this week that it’s doing its job. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 3 Open the window to your operation ewsrooms place a premium on explore the aspects they deem important to Explain your decisions. There’s no ensuring that government is understanding the subject. Reporters then better way to keep readers in the loop than Ntransparent in its decisions. When can finalize outlines and begin collecting through regular communication. A column elected and appointed officials fall short, a information. by the editor and/or publisher should be commentary is almost sure to follow. Insert “public” voice in editorials. The standard on the editorial page – in addition The principle is equally applicable to process for developing editorials runs the to a timely blog. newsroom operations. Consider the many gamut. Large newspapers may have formal These columns can serve a variety of queries that editors boards. At small newspapers, the publisher purposes. Educating readers on newspaper and publishers receive and/or editor may represent the edito- policies should be a priority. What are the on a regular basis. rial board. All guidelines for Why was my side newspapers, no All newsroom decisions are letters to the not presented in the matter their size, editor – why story? Why weren’t can benefit from stronger if the options and per- isn’t every sub- we approached to be voices outside spectives are explored with as mission pub- part of your special the newspaper many individuals as possible, lished? Why, or business section? family. Consider why not, does Why did the news- having one or especially with people outside the a newspaper paper endorse my two community normal newsroom discussions. report suicides? opponent without representatives, Why are some giving me opportu- Jim Pumarlo rotating them ads rejected? nity to respond to the on a regular basis similar to reader boards. Reader comments and questions provide a charges? Their perspectives can be valuable in shap- never-ending stream of issues to address. Transparency can be addressed in ing opinions and can be a springboard for The columns should not try to convince several ways. Taking extra steps will inviting guest commentaries or a point/ readers that a particular policy is the right increase credibility with readers and can counterpoint on a variety of subjects. policy, but rather to help them understand result in more substantive coverage. That’s Open newsroom discussions. The the whys and hows behind decisions. a winning combination. At its foundation, exchange of ideas is integral to planning One element – convening conversa- transparency means connecting with read- news content. Yet, that process typically tions– is common to all of these ways to ers. Here are a few ways: occurs within the confines of a news- connect with readers. All newsroom deci- Convene a readers board. Invite and room huddle. Readers obviously forward sions are stronger if the options and per- rotate a panel of citizens to regularly meet ideas that are incorporated in everyday spectives are explored with as many indi- and evaluate the newspaper. Sessions can newsroom discussions. But why not take viduals as possible, especially with people range from critiquing content to soliciting another step and open newsroom meetings outside the normal newsroom discussions. story ideas to identifying gaps in coverage. so readers can witness firsthand the process Breaking barriers with readers in the spirit These panels will be most productive – for content and offer comments. It may not of transparency will make major strides in and most rewarding to the citizens and the be practical to do this on a regular basis, strengthening your bond with readers and newspaper alike – if the participants have a and certain discussions may be confi- enriching your newspaper content. role in setting the agenda. dential. Extending an invitation may be Solicit perspectives for in-depth especially beneficial when planning special Jim Pumarlo writes, speaks and pro- series. Solid research is integral to any projects. vides training on Community Newsroom story, and that especially applies to stories Preview content. The web provides an Success Strategies. He is author of “Votes and series that dig beneath the surface. It’s excellent venue to preview stories in the and Quotes: A Guide to Outstanding Elec- routine for editors and reporters to brain- works. An editor’s blog serves two purpos- tion Coverage” and “Bad News and Good storm ideas for special projects. Among es. No. 1, readers have a chance to submit Judgment: A Guide to Reporting on Sensi- the reporters’ first “interviews” should be ideas that might strengthen stories. No. 2, tive Issues in a Small-Town Newspaper.” talking with the stakeholders of a story to it’s a great tool for promoting circulation. He can be contacted at www.pumarlo.com. teacher’s guide is provided,” Warner said. could also become a project this fall at Serial story “Since this is the year we’re celebrating your area schools.” the 150th birthday of Kansas, we thought The Lawrence Journal-World already this story would be especially timely,” said has sold a sponsorship for the entire series. Continued from Page 1 Doug Anstaett, executive director of KPA. “In this sesquecentennial year for our The historical-fiction serial story fol- The stories are designed to run begin- state, this is an excellent opportunity for lows the adventures of 10-year-old twins ning the week of Aug. 22 and must be Kansas newspapers to educate young Jack and Mollie. They are whisked away completed by Dec. 22. They have been people about some of the state’s history in a time machine that was built by their uploaded to KPA’s website on the Member in a fun way for both young people and parents and experience events in Kansas Services page. adults,” Anstaett said. “KPA encour- history as they happen. “Jeanie believes there are also sponsor- ages every Kansas newspaper to strongly “Not only is this story enjoyable to ship possibilities for the series,” Anstaett consider this series. Studies show these read, but it also provides Kansas history said. “You could ask a local business or are real readership boosters when they are and character education lessons, and a businesses to sponsor the series and it promoted well.” 4 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 Tragedy reinforces importance of newspapers ournalists are taught early in their Tribune, a sister publication in Morris Multi- unpredictable business in the fi rst place. careers they’re supposed to report the media, had both Publisher Mary Hoisington Ellsworth Fire Chief Bob Kepka, who Jnews, not make it. and Managing Editor Dale Hogg in town to happens to be cousin-in-law to I-R Business Accidents have a way of tossing such assist in creating the next issue. KPA Execu- Manager Juanita Kepka, allowed me inside maxims out the window. tive Director Doug Anstaett drove from the gutted offi ce the next morning. Amidst The staff of the Ellsworth County Topeka with laptops, offi ce supplies, snacks the water-soaked, smoke-stained and other- Independent-Reporter dedicated the major- and bottled water. The I-R’s corporate head- wise instant memory of the offi ce that used ity of its June 23 issue to a fi re that gutted quarters in Savannah, Ga., already had new to be, I couldn’t help but notice my favorite the paper’s offi ce on equipment ordered and was standing ready posters still hanging on the west wall of the Father’s Day. to recover data from any salvaged machines. main workspace. Laminated copies of Mur- It wasn’t a diffi cult Calls and offers of help came from news- phy’s Laws had almost predictably survived decision. The downtown papers throughout the the fi re. blaze attracted a larger state. While many of the crowd than the county’s “I wasn’t surprised “It never even occurred paper’s hard drives and biggest festival, Cow- by it,” said Mowery- to us that we wouldn’t hardbound copies also town Days. They crowd- Denning, the immediate get a paper out (that) survived, Mowery- ed the elementary school past president of KPA. Denning couldn’t help playground across the “That’s what we do.” week.” but think about the street. Smoke billow- The local commu- importance of an off- ing above the Main Patrick Lowry nity proved its mettle by site backup plan. She Street mainstay could showing what it could Linda Mowery-Denning. used to listen to former be seen for miles. Fire do as well. Editor and Publisher Parsons Publisher Ann crews came from as far away as Hays to The high school Charles discuss disaster help battle the biggest fi re in Ellsworth since journalism lab was recovery plans after her its theater burned in 1983. made available as an immediate workplace. town’s experience with a tornado. In short, the event likely could be the Advertisers offered to have the paper pick up Other newspapers in Kansas could offer top news story of the year. The community ads from the week before in order to make similar stories of rebuilding after disaster. A newspaper had no choice but to play it big. the production process simpler. A family short list from the not-too-distant past would It didn’t matter that the offi ce was destroyed, friend of Mowery-Denning brought by a include Sterling, Kiowa County, Erie, Chap- fi les were lost, equipment was gone and staff wad of cash, thrust it into unwilling hands, man and Osage County. Through no fault of was operating on substantially less than the then ran from the building. An offi ce sup- its own, the Ellsworth County Independent- recommended eight hours of sleep. ply company opened up that Sunday night, Reporter is now on that list. “It never even occurred to us that we restocked the newspaper with basics, and Hopefully it won’t take a tragedy to insti- wouldn’t get a paper out (that) week,” said didn’t ring up a thing. A storage company tute a disaster recovery plan of your own. An Editor and Publisher Linda Mowery-Den- made space available at no charge. Owners offsite one at that. ning. of a vacant storefront on Main Street not I also would hope it doesn’t take a trag- And what a paper it was. A single, full- only made it available to the Independent- edy to realize both the commitment of staff color photograph capturing the scene took Reporter, they decorated it as well. and support of community that exists for up almost the entire front page. Crowd reac- It was an amazing scene. The obvious im- every newspaper in the Sunfl ower State. tion, fi refi ghters in action, personal refl ec- portance of the Independent-Reporter in the I tip my hat to Linda Mowery-Denning tions and multiple sidebars fi lled the inside community was gratifying. Nobody needs a and every employee at the Independent- pages. tragedy to have such support confi rmed, yet Reporter for their uninterrupted dedication to Support from the newspaper industry was it reconfi rms the purpose newspapers serve. the craft of journalism. immediate. The Salina Journal, which prints No publisher needs to see sleep-deprived, the I-R, had technical support in town wiring hungry staff toiling away without a second Patrick Lowry is president of the Kansas up computers and a network in a vacant thought to get the next issue out, yet it recon- Press Association and editor and publisher business a block away. The Great Bend fi rms the reason all of us are attracted to this of the Hays Daily News. Western Kansas Mini-Convention Sept. 8 in Colby olby will be the site for the 2011 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. — Speed with Richard Gannon. Western Kansas Mini-Convention, Topics: • Quickbook Hints, with Amy 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Lunch Cset for Thursday, Sept. 8 at the City Blaufelder • How to Sell the “I-Don’t- 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. • Selling I Limits Convention Center. Need-to- Advertise” Business Owner, • InDesign Tips with Ron Fields • Best The day begins with registration at 9 with Dan Rukes • The KPA Awards of Practices: What I Have Seen in Commu- a.m., followed by speed topics from 9:30 Excellence Are Online! How Do I Enter? nity Newspapers, with Tom Eblen. a.m. to 11:30 a.m. After lunch, attendees with Emily Bradbury • KDAN and KCAN 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. • Selling II • will have the choice of two consecutive Networks and How They Can Make Your Workfl ow: I Have My Website; Now one-hour sessions concentrating on news, Newspaper Money, with Lori Jackson • What Do I Do? with Ron Fields (member advertising sales and online tips. The Importance of Maintaining a Good requested topic) • Newspaper Leadership Here is the session schedule: Relationship with Your Local Legislator, Training with Tom Eblen. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 5 Keep up with your readers, create new revenue streams and ... Be ahead of the curve!

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Pixel Power Haus is a division of The Hays Daily News. Created by a newspaper, for newspapers. 6 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 Little named NAA president, CEO RLINGTON, VA. — The Newspaper Association of America announced Wednes- KPA Office Staff day the appointment of Caroline H. Little – a seasoned newspaper executive who Doug Anstaett Ahas led innovative digital publishing companies – to serve as the association’s Executive Director president and CEO, effective Sept. 6. [email protected] Little succeeds John F. Sturm, who led the association for 16 years and previously announced his retirement. Amy Blaufelder Little, 51, draws upon more than 25 years of executive and legal experience, serving Accountant most recently as CEO, North America of Guardian News and Media Ltd., where she over- [email protected] saw all U.S. operations, including the digital news media properties guardian.co.uk and ContentNext Media Inc. (operators of paidContent.org) from 2008 to 2011. Emily Bradbury A 1986 graduate of the New York University School of Law, Little won the Sol D. Ka- Member Services Director, KPA pelsohn Prize for highest excellence in legal writing in the field of labor law. She attended and Executive Director, Grinnell College in Iowa for two years and received a bachelor’s degree in English from Kids Voting Kansas Wesleyan University, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1981. [email protected] NAA is a nonprofit organization representing nearly 2,000 newspapers and their mul- tiplatform businesses in the U.S. and Canada. NAA members include daily newspapers, Richard Gannon as well as non-dailies, other print publications and online products. Headquartered near Governmental Affairs Director Washington, D.C, in Arlington, Va., the association focuses on the major issues that affect [email protected] today’s newspaper industry: public policy and legal matters, advertising revenue growth and audience development across the medium’s broad portfolio of products and digital Dan Rukes platforms. Information about NAA and the industry may be found at www.naa.org. Advertising Sales Director [email protected] Kealing joins board Lori Jackson as Northeast Director Administrative Assistant/Advertising [email protected] onathan Kealing, assistant director of media strategy for the World Compa- Rachel Willis Jny and the Lawrence Journal-World, KPA Education Director is the new Northeast District Director Executive Director on the Kansas Press Kids Voting USA Association Board. [email protected] He succeeds Tamara Introducing Hand, who resigned. Kealing joined the Creator Express KPA Consultants newspaper as a part- Tom Eblen time reporter in 2006 A desktop app that combines Community Newspaper Tune-ups and went full-time design, illustration and production [email protected] after his graduation tools—all for a low cost. from the University of Ron Fields Kansas in 2007. He Technology Consultant became online editor $ 99 Exclusively sold through Hays Daily News Jonathan Kealing the Mac App StoreSM in 2008. 29 (785) 628-1081 or 800-657-6017 In his current post, [email protected] he helps launch new sites and helps ensure the continued growth, both in traffic and multiad.com/creatorexpress Mike Kautsch interaction as well as revenue, for ljworld. Media Law, KU School of Law com and kusports.com. [email protected] He is married to the former Anne Weltmer. Mike Merriam Media Law, Legal Hotline This month’s question [email protected] Q. How is the uploading project going with PDFs of Kansas newspaper pages? FRIEND OF KPA Randy Brown A. Let’s put it this way: we’re encouraged but not satisfied. We Executive Director have 76 newspapers as of today but hope to add another 10 to a Kansas Sunshine Coalition dozen by the end of this week. We’re concentrating on those news- for Open Government papers that are already uploading PDFs of their pages to a regional Wichita State University printing facility. Remember, our primary reason for this is to have [email protected] an accurate, up-to-date public notice website to show legislators. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 7 Job Openings/For Sale NEWS GateHouse Media is one of the largest vpcm/jobs for job description and to The Chanute Tribune in southeast publishers of locally based print and on- apply. Kansas State University is an Kansas is seeking a reporter/assis- line media in small to mid-sized markets equal opportunity employer. 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Bachelor’s de- sheets for $50 OBO plus freight. Please ences to: [email protected]. gree from an accredited college required. call with questions or if you would like Closes July 8, 2011. Visit www.k-state/ to purchase. 8 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (785) 271-5304 The ‘News’ wins this contest running away hen Kansans want to find the up with another name (see Chapman above) It’s interesting to me that the Telegram news, where do they turn? such as the Haysville Sun-Times, Galena only has two nameplates, as do the Post, the WKansas newspapers, of course. Sentinel-Times and Downs News and Register, the Globe, the Graphic, the Bul- And when they do, they have about 250 Times. letin, the Union and the Pioneer. different titles from which to choose — 35 Tied for third are the Journal and the My favorite college newspaper name: dailies and more than 200 weeklies are Record with 13 news- Interrobang at Barton available each week. paper titles each. We’re County Community I had a little extra time on my hands actually fudging a little ... I set out to find the College. last week, so I went to the Kansas Press here, because two of most popular newspaper Kansas also sports Association’s online those titles are actu- some rather unique newspaper directory to ally the Westmoreland name in the state. names, so much so find out the most popu- Recorder and Holton No big surprise here. that they stand alone. lar newspaper name in Recorder, with an extra “News” won the con- Here are a few: the state. “er” on the end. One is •Arkansas City No big surprise here. simply the “Record,” in test hands-down with Traveler. “News” won the Turon. 44 different newspapers • Belleville Tele- contest hands-down The Herald is next having that term in their scope. with 44 different news- with 11, including the • Cimarron Jack- papers having that Spanish newspaper El nameplate. sonian. term in their name- Heraldo. • Concordia Blade- plate. Doug Anstaett Tied for sixth and Empire. Some of those seventh are the Republican and the Senti- • Gyp Hill Premiere. newspapers, of course, include the News nel, with nine titles each. • Horton Headlight. and another name, such as the Lindsborg That is followed by the Press with eight, • Hugoton Hermes. News-Record or the Chapman and Enter- Advocate and Star with seven each, the • Neodesha Derrick. prise News-Times, but most of them are Sun, Tribune and Leader (including El • Rawlins County Square Deal. simply the name of the city or county fol- Lider) with six and the Chronicle, Courier • Valley Falls Vindicator. lowed by “News.” and Independent with five each. • Wamego Smoke Signal. This search made it apparent we have a OK, so we’ve got the Republican and And my favorite: lot of hyphenated newspaper titles, usually Independent, but do we have a Democrat? • The Tiller & Toiler of Larned. signifying two or more newspapers that In Kansas? ‘Fraid not, at least not any more. have become one by being merged at some From there on, it’s a menagerie of names Doug Anstaett is executive director of time in the past. including the Gazette, Signal and Review the Kansas Press Association (at least he Coming in a strong but distant second with four and the Chief, Enterprise, World, was until he wrote this column and mis- was the Times, with 20 newspapers sporting Dispatch, Messenger, Reporter and Ledger counted or left someone out! These counts that name. Again, it sometimes was teamed with three each. include college newspaper names as well.) In the news ndrew B. Davis, president and regional training sessions on the Kansas who want to learn more about covering executive director of the American Open Records and Kansas Open Meetings the military. The workshop, funded by the APress Institute since 2003, an- acts with the Kansas Attorney General’s McCormick Foundation, allows journal- nounced today he will retire Aug. 1. Office will be hosting some regional KORA ists to embed for a week with officers at “We salute Drew for eight-plus years The meetings are scheduled in five cities the Command and General Staff College of service and achievement in guiding API this year: in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and soldiers as an industry leader in training, applied • July 18, 9 a.m. to noon in Emporia at at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. This year the research and executive development as 522 Mechanic St. Room 1AB. workshop will be held Sept. 25 to 30. well as inspiring cutting-edge solutions,” • July 19, 9 a.m. to noon in Kansas City, The workshop is free. The McCormick said API Chairman Tom Silvestri, presi- Kan. at 625 Minnesota Ave. Foundation pays all expenses including dent and publisher of the Richmond (Va.) • July 19, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Topeka round-trip airfare to Kansas City, ground Times-Dispatch. “The API Board appreci- at Memorial Hall Auditorium, 10th and transportation, lodging and meals. ates Drew’s spirited accomplishments and Jackson Applying for the workshop is easy. inspirational leadership during some of the • July 21, 2011, 9 a.m. to noon in Hays Send a current resume and a letter of inter- most challenging times facing our industry. at 1205 Main St. est to: I will miss working with him at API.” • July 22, 2011, 9 a.m. to noon in Inde- Barbara Barnett, Associate Dean, Un- No decision has been made on a succes- pendence at 220 E. Maple St. dergraduate Studies, William Allen White sor. The meetings are open the public. School of Journalism and Mass Com- r r munications, Room 200, 1435 Jayhawk For the third consecutive year, the Each year, the University of Kansas Blvd.University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Kansas Press Association is co-sponsoring hosts a weeklong workshop for journalists 66047.