Slimp Highlights Some of the New Applications Avail- Able to Help with Photos and Design Layout in Newspapers

The Kansas Publisher Official monthly publication of the Kansas Press Association Feb. 19, 2020

Inside Today Page 2 Kevin Slimp highlights some of the new applications available to help with photos and design layout in newspapers.

Page 3 Try to meet your customers where they are, advises John Foust. Page 4 KPA president Travis Mounts has the tables turned on him by the local school newspaper. Page 6-7 Visit the Kansas Publisher’s Rep. Jason Probst, D-Hutchinson (right), ex- legislative process since leaving the newspaper Marketplace to view job open- plains last week what he has learned about the business during KPA Day at the Statehouse. ings and newspapers for sale. Page 8 KORA cost limits included in new bill Emily Bradbury writes that ollowing a slow start, amendment allowing legislators for Open Government. it’s time for the newspaper activity picked up in recent the power to limit abortion, a The bill would attempt to industry to avoid the rear view days at the Kansas Legisla- number of hearings finally took get a handle on costs associated mirror and focus on the future. F ture, at least as far as Kansas place on other issues. with requests for public records. Press Association issues are Here is a rundown of bills the If approved as written, it would KPA Calendar concerned. KPA is following and their status limit how much can be charged While Senate President Susan as of today: for searching for and producing March 19-20, 2020 Wagle continued to block move- r SB 434 — This is a bill records. It also would allow for Kansas Press Association Golf ment on Medicaid expansion in supported by the KPA, Kansas fees to be waived if the KORA Tournament and Annual Con- protest of the Kansas House’s Association of Broadcasters and vention, Newton. failure to pass a constitutional the Kansas Sunshine Coalition See BILLS on Page 5 March 21, 2020 Sunflower State Spelling Bee, It’s KPA convention time; don’t miss out! Wichita. he deadline is approaching for the Kansas And click here to view the entire schedule for Press Association’s annual convention, the 2020 KPA convention. April 2, 2020 Tscheduled for March 19 and 20 at the Me- Kevin Slimp, nationally known newspaper Kansas Civics Games, Topeka. ridian Center in Newton. consultant and industry champion, will headline Are you registered? this year’s convention. He has presented numer- June 19, 2020 “I believe we’ve put together an outstanding ous times at past KPA conventions and advertis- President’s Gala, Kansas His- program this year,” said Emily Bradbury, KPA ing conferences and will discuss what’s working torical Society, Topeka. executive director. “All that’s missing is you.” and what’s not at the nation’s newspapers and Bradbury did have one admonition: rooms how Kansas newspaper staffs can use digital of- DEC. 15, 2020 are limited and can’t be guaranteed after Feb. 28. ferings to supplement print revenue. The 229th anniversary of the Click here to reserve your room at the Holiday U.S. Bill of Rights. Inn Express. See CONVENTION on Page 4 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 2 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 Here are some new applications 2019-20 KPA Board Travis Mounts that are effective – and cheaper President spent a recent morning writing about one designing a newsletter, poster, business Times-Sentinel Newspapers mergers, buyouts and bankruptcies. I card or whatever. There is, unfortunately, a [email protected] Idon’t know about you, but I’m ready to major problem that makes it unusable in its Joey Young spend a few minutes on something more fun. current form for professional page layout: It First Vice President For the past three or four just can’t handle PDF files in a way The Clarion, Newton Now months, I’ve been holding on to that makes them work correctly on [email protected] three new applications, waiting the page. for the time to share them with my I could spend 800 words ex- Robin Clasen Wunderlich friends at newspapers. Now is that plaining the issue, but I only have Second Vice President time. 800 words for my column, so let Eureka Herald me break it down to its simplest [email protected] Affinity Publisher element. The first, Affinity Publisher, In Affinity Publisher, PDF files Tomari Quinn made a lot of noise in 2019 as may be edited when placed on the Treasurer several online publications wrote page. That sounds good. It’s not, Topeka Capital-Journal about the similarity to InDesign, Kevin Slimp for our purposes. As a result, fonts [email protected] Quark and other layout applica- are replaced, things move and tions at a fraction of the cost. other issues appear that will not make your Andy Taylor I believe Rob Dump, a publisher in advertisers happy. Past President Nebraska, was the first to write me and ask Until that’s fixed, and I wouldn’t expect it Montgomery County Chronicle [email protected] if his newspaper should cut the monthly to be fixed anytime soon, Affinity Publisher subscription fees from Adobe and switch just won’t work for our purposes. Marcus Ashlock over this $49 (that’s a Southwest District Director one-time process, not Affinity Publisher is not Affinity Photo Leader & Times, Liberal a monthly subscrip- Affinity Photo, [email protected] tion). Others soon fol- ready for prime time yet. however, comes much lowed with the same Unfortunately, a major closer to replacing Nickole Byers question. problem that makes it Photoshop for our Northwest District Director The good folks at purposes. While still Ellis Review, Western World Affinity were nice unusable in its current lacking many of the [email protected] enough to give me form for professional tools available in free copies of each of page layout: It just can’t Photoshop, Affinity Jeff Cott their products: Pub- Photo is impressive Legislative Director lisher (similar to InDe- handle PDF files in a way and allows the user to Derby Informer sign), Photo (similar that makes them work edit a photo with good [email protected] to Photoshop), and correctly on the page. results. Designer (similar to There are some Mary Hoisington Illustrator). They had tools missing, or at At-Large Director Great Bend Tribune good reason. The products are solid and, least I’ve not been able to find them, which [email protected] with a few improvements, could work well are important in our work to ensure opti- in newspaper and magazine design. mum printing in CMYK, but there are ways Jason Jump However, and there always seems to be a to address these. Nondaily Membership Director however, Affinity Publisher is not ready for Kingman Leader-Courier prime time yet. It’s a great product for some- See DIGITAL on Page 8 [email protected] Chad Lawhorn KPA January network winners Daily Director he following newspapers sold either direct placement, Kansas Display Ad, Lawrence Journal-World [email protected] Kansas Classified Ad or out-of-state network ads in January 2020. TIf you sell a KDAN or KCAN, which run in almost 150 Kansas newspapers, David Allen Seaton you keep half the money. Southeast District Director Sell outside of Kansas (SDAN or SCAN) or do direct placement in other papers Cowley CourierTraveler and keep half the commission allowed to KPA. [email protected] Call Amber Jackson at KPA to get tips on how to sell these ads. Ned Seaton KDAN — Rural Messenger, two ads for a profit of $1,760. Northeast District Director KCAN — Gannett (formerly GateHouse), one ad for a profit of $150. Manhattan Mercury DIRECT PLACEMENT — Hays Daily News, Eureka Herald. [email protected] Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 3 Attempt to meet your customers ‘where they are’ im manages an ad sales team. up on technology. He spent most of the Age and experience make a big differ- “When I started my career in the test drive talking about the screen in the ence. That car salesperson should have Tnewspaper business, I quickly middle of the dashboard. known that a person of my father-in-law’s learned that advertisers can be worlds He was a walking encyclopedia of age wouldn’t care about fancy technology. apart in their knowledge of marketing,” he Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and digital program- But he was so blinded by his own interest said. “That’s why one of my favorite sales ming, but my father-in-law had no interest that he couldn’t see things from another principles is the old slogan, ‘Meet them in those things. He just wanted to see how person’s perspective. where they are.’ the car drove and learn the relevant differ- “It’s all a matter of common sense,” “This means we ences between his old car and the new one. Tim said. “If a prospect is a numbers have to recognize that His patience person, we should our prospects have with the barrage of That car salesperson talk in terms of num- different levels of ex- comments like “look bers – even if we’re perience. Most of them at this other cool fea- should have known that not numbers people don’t have our knowl- ture” was a clear sign a person of my father-in- ourselves. edge of the intricacies that he liked the car. “If someone is of newspapers. In spite of the law’s age wouldn’t care an idea person, we “If we don’t talk to salesperson’s single- about fancy technology. should focus on ad them on their level, minded focus, my ... He couldn’t see things concepts. Of course, they will tune us out. John Foust wife’s dad decided it this means we have And most of them was the right car for from another’s perspective. to be prepared to talk are too polite to tell him. to about advertising us we’re doing a poor job of explaining When the transac- from all angles.” things.” tion was over, he mentioned that the sales- Meet your prospects where they are. Tim’s comments remind me of the time person was nice, but extremely confusing. Let that be your guideline and you’ll be on my wife and I helped her father select a The next day, he accepted my offer of the right road. car. a simple tutorial. I sat in the car with him, He loved his 14-year-old car, but it was placed my hand over the dashboard dis- John Foust has conducted training time for a replacement, because expensive play and said, “The first thing we’re going programs for thousands of newspaper ad- things were beginning to go wrong with it. to do is forget about all of this.” vertising professionals. Many are using his At the dealership, we found a nice used car He said, “That’s a good start.” training videos to save time and get quick with only 12,000 miles – a much newer Then we reviewed and practiced some results from in-house training. E-mail for version of his old model. basics until he was comfortable. When we information at [email protected]. (c) Our salesperson was sincere and down- finished, he said he was more confident Copyright 2020 by John Foust. All rights to-earth, but unfortunately, he was hung and even more excited about the car. reserved.

ing in the communities we studied than Mounts television, radio and online-only outlets Create, Continued from Page 4 combined.” We produce the most journalism and But all our futures will depend on how the best journalism in our communities. Sell& we connect to our communities. And no To survive, we need to keep doing that. other media are doing as good of a job of It will be hard, but things that are truly covering our communities as we do. worth doing rarely are easy. Profit Recent research from Duke University, Ready-to-Use Spec Ads, highlighted in a Washington Post story, Travis Mounts is president of the Digital Ad Development Tools, points to that. Kansas Press Association for 2019-20. Native Advertising Content According to the story, “local newspa- He is managing editor of Times-Sentinel and More to Capture New pers produced more of the local report- Newspapers. Revenue Opportunities Go to metrocreativeconnection.com now to preview the latest SearchBook®, and see how Metro’s spec ads, images, special sections, tools This month’s question and ideas can help your publication navigate Q. Health insurance costs are rising and the increases are not sus- new roads to revenue – in print and online! tainable. Has the KPA ever looked into an association health plan (AHP) for members?

A. Before recent rule changes it was not possible for the KPA to implement an AHP. However, we are currently looking into the Call today for your free trial! possibility of creating an AHP for members. We are still gathering information and will update members as we learn more. 800-223-1600 metrocreativeconnection.com [email protected] 4 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 Tables were turned on one local newspaper editor couple of weeks ago, I sat down appeared in the 52 editions we produced connections. Real relationships will turn for an interview. last year. That’s basically a story or item into real results. A This one felt different, because every day. That’s doesn’t mean what we do isn’t I was answering questions instead of I was blown away by that number. hard. McClatchy’s bankruptcy announce- asking them. It’s a position I’ve been in Then I thought about the other six school ment last week is a reminder of the before but not very frequently. districts we cover each and every week. challenges that remain, and unfortunately One of our local school districts re- That’s a lot of local school news. it feeds into the perception that we are a cently approached us I don’t share this to pat ourselves on dying industry. about a “reverse” story the back or to crow about how great we That’s not true, although nearly all of – the district’s com- are. I’ve seen many us would agree that munications director of the other papers what we do is harder wanted to feature the produced in our Sometimes we need to than it used to be. local newspaper and state. I know that be reminded of what we Our challenges what it does for the your newspapers are do for our communities. are as varied as our school district and the doing the same. operations. One local community. But sometimes In turn, we need to make cannot make blanket Like most Kansas we need to be sure we let as many other statements about our newspapers, we work reminded of what people as possible know industry with any Travis Mounts closely with our local we do for our com- accuracy. Differ- school districts. We munities. In turn, we what we are doing for our ences in ownership, talk to coaches every need to make sure communities. philosophy, size and week of the sport season, we check in we let as many other location are great. with superintendents and principals regu- people as possible You can find ham- larly, and we run as many cute photos and know what we are doing for our com- burgers at mom-and-pop diners, at Mc- features of young students as we can. munities. Donald’s and at fancy restaurants where We were glad for the publicity as well And then we need to make sure we put a burger will run you close to $20. At as the appreciation shown for the work as much energy as possible into all the all of these places, you can look at their we do. It helped me see the importance of other ways we build those connections. product and say, “Yep, that’s a burger.” community connections. That ranges from regular appearances at But the experience of those burgers is As part of the story, the school district Chamber of Commerce events and city widely different. did a quick count of the number of sto- council meetings. It’s engaging readers Our state’s newspapers vary just as ries, photos and news briefs that we did whenever possible, whether that’s on widely. during the course of 2019. It added up Facebook, on the phone or in the grocery. to 350 events, activities and stories that And we need to be earnest in those See MOUNTS on Page 2

Newspaper Hall of Fame inductions and r 8:45 a.m. — a panel from the Kansas Convention presentation of the Clyde M. Reed Jr. Mas- Farm Bureau will discuss agricultural ter Editor Award, the Murdock Award, the trends. Continued from Page 1 Boyd Community Service Award and the r 10 a.m. — Slimp will present the first This year’s KPA convention marks a Gaston Outstanding Mentor Award. of two consecutive one-hour sessions on dramatic change from those in past years. The Newton convention will kick off what’s working and what’s not at newspa- Because of feedback from members, the with a golf scramble during the day on pers, followed by a session on what he has training sessions and the traditional Friday March 19 for those who want to arrive learned through research and while present- night banquet will now be separate events. early. ing at other press association conventions “We asked our members after the Here’s the convention schedule: about the state of newspapers in the U.S. convention in 2019 what changes they r 6 p.m. Thursday, March 19 — KPA r Noon — Awards of Excellence would like to see made to our programming and Newton Now are hosting an event luncheon. schedule,” Bradbury said. “The majority called “The Future of Journalism in Kan- r 1:30 p.m. — Breakout sessions will of respondents indicated that time away sas: Why You Should Care,” where a panel be offered, with attendees able to choose from the newspaper was their number one of journalists will discuss their thoughts on from sessions on community journalism concern when deciding to attend an out of where our industry is headed and why sur- training, rebranding your business and us- town event.” vival of journalism is in the best interests of ing digital to supplement print revenue. The Newton convention event will con- our communities. r 2:45 p.m. — Breakout sessions on centrate more on training and informational r 7:30 p.m., “Cold Brews and Hot Top- community journalism training, an op- sessions. ics,” a member networking event, including portunity ask questions (free of fees) of the The traditional Friday night president’s a trivia contest. KPA Legal Hotline Attorney” and a session banquet has been rebranded as the Presi- r 8 a.m. Friday, March 20 —KPA an- on best management practices. dent’s Gala and will become a separate, nual meeting, followed by a presentation The final event of the day will be round- stand-alone event on June 19 at the Kansas on eNotice, a new initiative to modernize table discussions and an update on bills State Historical Society in Topeka. At that the logistics of how we handle and print being followed in the current session of the event, the major citations such as Kansas our public notices. Kansas Legislature. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 5

Rather than publish in one newspaper in “This is a win-win and keeps constitu- Bills each county in Kansas, the bill as written tional amendments in newspapers in all 105 Continued from Page 1 would allow the secretary to choose news- counties,” said Doug Anstaett, KPA lobbyist. papers that had general circulation in each — request was “in the public interest.” Kansas county. That would be beneficial to r SB 254 — This bill would allow those It was introduced this week and sent to large circulation newspapers, but detrimental owning self-storage units to choose either the Senate Ethics, Elections to smaller newspapers in newspaper publication or some other “com- and Local Government rural areas. mercially reasonable manner” to publicize Committee. After KPA objected to that a unit was about to be sold because the Just this week, Attorney the change, Senate Federal rent hadn’t been paid. Unfortunately, the bill General Derek Schmidt and State Affairs Committee has passed out of the House. KPA will try to found the city of Fronte- chair Bud Estes, R-Dodge amend it or block it on the Senate side. nac in violation of KORA City, asked the two parties — because it quoted outrageous to get together and work out r SB 397, which if approved would rates to gain access to the differences. tax digital streaming services and digital records there following a The Secretary of State’s subscriptions. purge of several city em- office agreed to leave the re- r HB 2562. which would remove the ployees last September. quirement as is and we have requirement that a treasurer’s name be Schmidt ruled what the agreed to language that pays included on political advertising. city had proposed to charge for access to re- for the publication out of the general fund r SB 310, which would require verified cords of those actions was unreasonable and instead of the Secretary of State’s budget. paper ballots during elections. that formal action was warranted to remedy the city’s violation of KORA . Schmidt did not order the records produced, but his finding includes a cease and desist order from any further violation of KORA by the Frontenac City Council, requires updating city policies to comply with KORA and for members of the council and other city officials to attend at least 90 minutes of training on the open records act. — r HB 2424 and HB 2667 — These two bills were designed to change the way law enforcement handles officer-involved shoot- ings. A hearing on Tuesday pitted the families of victims and media against law enforcement, the county and district attorneys association and the Kansas Bureau of Investi- gation. Sheila Albers, whose son John was shot and killed by an Overland Park police officer two years ago, testified in favor of the bill because she was not provided any records other than two dashcam videos following the shooting. Albers said when the Johnson County district attorney summarized his reasons for not charging the officer, it included inac- curate information that a court later cited in denying a motion to dismiss when she filed a civil lawsuit. The family was awarded $2.3 million when the city and its insurance company decided to settle. The likelihood is the issue will be sent to the Kansas Judicial Council for an interim study. — r SB 254 — This bill, brought on behalf of the Secretary of State’s office, would change the way constitutional amendments are published in Kansas newspapers. 6 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 Marketplace MANAGEMENT include editing stories for print and online, bringing innovative advertising solutions to PUBLISHER- Three newspaper paper group writing engaging headlines, designing news local businesses in Central Kansas. 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Candidates Visit iolaregister.com and use “guest” and should have excellent writing and grammar RETAIL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - The “newspaper” to get past the paywall. skills, as well as a command of AP style Great Bend Tribune is seeking a full-time Email [email protected] for more and experience laying out print pages with Retail Account Executive or Sales Team information. Adobe InDesign. The job requires evening Leader to join their award winning team. and some weekend and holiday hours. Duties This strategic position will be responsible for See MARKETPLACE on Page 7 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 7

Bankruptcy protection sought KPA Staff Emily Bradbury by McClatchy parent company Executive Director, cClatchy, which filed for Chapter ILLINOIS Member Services Director 11 bankruptcy protection Thurs- Belleville News-Democrat, Belleville [email protected] Mday, operates 30 newspapers in 14 KANSAS (785) 213-8524 states. The Wichita Eagle Newspapers in Kansas and Missouri KENTUCKY include and The Kansas City Star and the Lexington Herald-Leader Judy Beach Wichita Eagle. MISSISSIPPI Bookkeeper All the newspapers will continue to oper- Sun Herald, Biloxi [email protected] ate as McClatchy reorganizes under bank- MISSOURI ruptcy protection, according to the company. The Kansas City Star Amber Jackson The publisher’s origins date to 1857, NORTH CAROLINA Advertising Director when it began publishing a four-page paper The Charlotte Observer in Sacramento, Cal., following the California The Herald-Sun, Durham [email protected] Gold Rush; it became The Sacramento Bee. The News & Observer, Raleigh Here’s a list of McClatchy’s newspapers: SOUTH CAROLINA Lori Jackson CALIFORNIA The Beaufort Gazette Administrative Assistant/Advertising The Fresno Bee The State, Columbia [email protected] Merced Sun-Star The Island Packet, Hilton Head Island The Modesto Bee The Sun News, Myrtle Beach The Sacramento Bee The Herald, Rock Hill Emma Platt The Tribune, San Luis Obispo PENNSYLVANIA Office Intern FLORIDA Centre Daily Times, State College [email protected] Bradenton Herald TEXAS El Nuevo Herald, Miami Fort Worth Star-Telegram KPA Consultants Miami Herald WASHINGTON GEORGIA Bellingham Herald Doug Anstaett Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus Tri-City Herald, Kennewick Consultant, Lobbyist The Telegraph, Macon The Olympian, Olympia [email protected] IDAHO The News Tribune, Tacoma (785) 249-1108 Idaho Statesman, Boise Max Kautsch Marketplace/cont. from page 6 Legal Hotline, Media Law (785) 393-5520 helpful. Attractive compensation and re- NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE [email protected] Rawlins County Square Deal weekly location packages. Contact Phillip Reid at newspaper in northwest Kansas. Official 580-772-3301 or email resume to Phillip@ city, county and school publication. Only PhillipReid.net. (3-27) Mike Kautsch newspaper in county. Strong subscription Media Law, KU School of Law and advertising base and supportive com- PART-TIME PRESS OPERATOR — The [email protected] munity. Sale includes building, up-to-date Great Bend Tribune is seeking a part-time equipment and software, archives and press operator to join our printing team. active e-paper. Call 817-805-3600 or email The ideal candidate will have previous [email protected] for more web press experience, including print of Friends of KPA information. (7-5) process color and press make-ready. Good Ron Keefover work ethics along with mechanical skills Retired, Kansas Court System 136-year-old weekly newspaper in and ability to react quickly to print related President southeast Kansas. Owner wishing to sell problems. We are willing to train the right Kansas Sunshine Coalition publication, which he has owned for 39 person. Job requirements include: • Current years. Steady subscription base, located valid driver’s license with clean driving for Open Government in historic Kansas town. Inquire through record, ability to pass a written fork lift test [email protected] KPA by emailing [email protected]. and train on lift; • Color vision and depth (for questions on cameras in the (6-14) perception; • Ability to lift a minimum of courtroom and KORA-KOMA as it 75 pounds; • Ability to read and compre- relates to the court system) PRODUCTION hend written and/or oral English instruc- PRESS OPERATOR — Accepting resumes tion along with ability to communicate for Press Operator at progressive, family- effectively with team members. To submit run newspaper in Weatherford, Okla. a resume with references or request an ap- Experience with Goss Community press plication contact [email protected]. 8 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 It’s time for our industry to look forward, not back t comes with the territory of association I’m done. Has this wisdom come with age? Newton Kansan publisher (and current management. I’m always asked to I doubt it. I am barely north of 40 and I’m KPA consultant and lobbyist) Doug Icomment about any new news about realizing that I know less the older I get. Anstaett. our industry – positive or negative. Is it social media? Maybe. I have been Chris Green with the Kansas The question is quite often, “So, what spending less and less time there and I’m Leadership Center will talk about the do you think about (insert any news outlet much happier. KLC and their pledge of support to the here) and the (insert any provocative I think it’s because I have decided that journalism industry in Kansas, and we announcement about, well, anything nothing is going to change if we continue will hear about the amazing things that remotely having to do to look back and lament over what could community newspapers are doing all over with our members)?” have been or what once was. the country from national expert Kevin My answer is That doesn’t mean we don’t continue Slimp. always the same to examine the possible missteps in order Associate KU Professor Teri Finneman and generally goes to do better in the future. This just means rounds out our panel where she will something like this; we cannot let the past (or present) paralyze discuss the new journalism venture led by “We all have our us, because there are too many things to be KU students in Eudora. opinions on what excited about when it comes to the future We will then enjoy a trivia night during everyone else is doing. of journalism in Kansas. our Cold Brews and Hot Topics mixer. “My role is not And we are making it our personal Who doesn’t want to watch a bunch of to judge or devalue mission to spread the word. journalists trying to prove their prowess by Emily Bradbury our industry. It is We are starting with our convention recalling useless knowledge? to support the people schedule. And then Friday will be packed with doing the work and there are amazing We will kick off our 2020 convention informative topics that will give you people doing excellent work in Kansas with a panel about the future of immediate takeaways on various topics journalism. I will be our members’ biggest journalism in Kansas. It will be hosted in helpful to you and your publication while cheerleader regardless of circulation, a community that is lucky enough to have celebrating Awards of Excellence winners ownership or location.” two fantastic newspapers! at our annual luncheon. Period. Full stop. We are going to talk about the exciting So, register your team for the 2020 Maybe it’s because the sun is shining. things happening in our industry in Convention and join us for a good time Maybe it’s because my vitamin D levels Kansas. We will hear about the new with positive vibes and networking. are back to acceptable levels and I no investigative venture, The Beacon, from Because the sun is always shining longer think I am dying (seriously, who founder Kelsey Ryan. where a newspaper publishes… always. knew vitamin D was so important). We will hear about how a newspaper’s But I’m done with the negativity. I’m editorial leadership can result in big things Emily Bradbury is executive director seeing it everywhere about everything and happening in communities from former of the Kansas Press Association.

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