TAlaPressaHE N EWSLE TT ER OF T HE A L A B A M A P RESS A SSOCI AT IO N SEPTEMBER 2017 Important Dates Online Media Campus Boone newspapers in Texas hit with Headlines That Pop! flooding from Hurricane Harvey Presenter: Tim Schmitt and Jean Hodges Thursday, September 21 Southern Star honored by Ozark How to Sell the Value of Digital City Council Without Overselling your Client Presenter: Craig Crile Friday, September 29 Cherokee County Herald sold Register Now www.onlinemediacampus.com Cox named publisher in Scottsboro AlabamaPublicNotices.com Have you signed up? Valley Times-News sold Training sessions Friday, September 15 Tuesday, September 19 Martin retires from Monday, September 25 Wednesday, September 27 The Montgomery Independent Thursday, September 28 Please contact the APA office if Start planning now for National you have not yet signed up for a training session. Newspaper Week: Oct. 1 - 7 APA Media Summit Greer named president of AEJMC Friday, February 16, 2018 Birmingham Marriott SEPTEMBER 2017 AlaPressa 2 Alabama Press Association Alabama Newspaper Advertising Service Inc. 3324 Independence Drive Suite 200 Birmingham, AL 35209 (205) 871-7737 (205) 871-7740 (fax) www.alabamapress.org Port Arthur News building Board of Directors Boone newspapers in Texas hit with Michele Gerlach, Chairman of the Board Andalusia Star-News flooding from Hurricane Harvey Scott Brown, President The Port Arthur News and The Or- tin Averette traveled to the area to The Decatur Daily ange Leader, both part of the Boone assist. Thomas Graning, son of Troy Kenneth Boone, First Vice President Newspaper group, were flooded Messenger Publisher Stacy Graning, Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. when Hurricane Harvey came ashore was also among those who went to Horace Moore, Second Vice President a second time in Texas, forcing them help. Michele Gerlach, publisher and The Northwest Alabamian to evacuate their office and work re- editor of the Andalusia Star-News, Robert Bozeman, The Evergreen Courant motely. has also traveled there to assist the Dee Ann Campbell As the storm approached, The Texas Boone papers as their local Port Arthur News, a six-day daily, staffs try to recover after the wake of The Choctaw Sun-Advocate warned readers their distribution Harvey. Terry Connor, The Cullman Times might be affected by the approach- Graning, a student at Ole Miss, Bob Davis, The Anniston Star ing storm. The newspaper office was put his photojournalism talents to Eddie Dodd, The Abbeville Herald flooded with two feet of water, and no work capturing the devastation with Denise DuBois, The Citizen of East Alabama staff member was spared damage to pictures. You can see two of his Tricia Dunne their personal property. photo galleries here of flooding and The Fort Payne Times-Journal With the help of other Boone recovery efforts: http://www.panews. Jim Rainey, The Tuscaloosa News newspapers, the newspaper put out com/2017/09/01/photo-gallery-views- Parks Rogers, Gulf Coast Newspapers a six-page edition and an e-edition of-flood-in-surrounding-region/ and Darrell Sandlin, TimesDaily during the days that followed. The pa- http://www.panews.com/2017/09/02/ Steve Smith, The Dothan Eagle pers were distributed free to locations photo-gallery-waiting-for-relief/. where residents congregated and to A GoFundMe page has been set the shelters. In less than a week, the up to help the employees of the two papers were back on their regular newspapers. Carolyn and Jim Boone publication schedule. APA Staff Selma Times-Journal Editor Jus- see Harvey impacts newspapers pg 3 Felicia Mason, Executive Director Brad English, Advertising Manager Leigh Leigh Tortorici, Senior Southern Star honored by Ozark Marketing Representative Miranda Agee, Event Planner City Council Meegan Maxwell, Network Coordinator The Ozark City Council recently of the council. “Newspaper Joe is a Kayla Dowler, Tearsheet Coordinator recognized The Southern Star and fourth generation editor of the publica- Dennis R. Bailey, General Counsel Publisher/Editor Joe Adams with a tion, and the 84-year-old is the state’s proclamation and certificate of appre- oldest serving editor,” the proclama- Scott Goldsmith, APA Accountant ciation for 60 years of service to the tion reads. Mayor Bunning also pre- community. sented Adams with a key to the city of Mayor Bob Bunning presented Ozark. the proclamation to “Newspaper Joe” as he is known, at a recent meeting see Southern Star pg 3 SEPTEMBER 2017 AlaPressa 3 Cherokee County Herald sold David Crawford, owner of The editor; Shannon Fagan, sports edi- Post in Centre, has purchased the tor; Vicki Robinson, account spe- Cherokee County Herald, also in cialist; and Michelle Tucker classi- Centre, from the Marietta, Ga.,- fied and legal clerk, will all remain based Times Journal, Inc. This re- in their respective positions. turns the Herald to local ownership Scott Wright, managing editor for the first time since 1988. of The Post, will assist with page The Herald began publication in layout and promotions for the next 1938. The Post, a free circulation several months. Crawford says he newspaper, was started in 1985. anticipates that each publication The combined circulation of the two will continue to operate exclusive of newspapers will exceed 17,000. the other following the transition of The staff at The Herald will re- ownership. main in place: Terry Dean, news Cherokee County Herald kick off the fundraising. The funds Funds raised will be administered will be used to benefit staff members by Port Arthur News Publisher Rich of these newspapers to aid them in Macke, The Orange Leader Publish- Harvey impacts re-establishing their homes and fam- er Bobby Tingle, and Boone News- ily needs following Hurricane Harvey papers CEO Todd Carpenter. First newspapers and the inundation of these two cit- steps will be to help with immediate ies by flood waters driven by historic and basic needs of employees, then from pg 2 rainfall and to benefit the communi- to aid in recovery and restoration of ties these newspapers serve. housekeeping when the time comes Here is the link to the GoFundMe for each employee to take that step. have authorized a $35,000 dona- page: https://www.gofundme.com/ tion from the Boone Foundation to portarthurnews-orangeleader-staff Southern Star from pg 2 With the last edition of August, Ad- ams marked his 60th complete year as editor of The Southern Star, his family newspaper. The first edition of the paper was published in 1867 from the town of Newton, the news- paper’s original home. The newspa- per moved to Ozark shortly after the county seat was moved there. THE SOUTHERN STAR CITED – Mayor Bob Bunting presented a proc- lamation to Joseph H. Adams, editor- publisher, recognizing the 150th year of publication for the Southern Star and the 60th anniversary as editor for Adams. Joining in the presentation are grandsons Adams Dawkins, Lof- ton Dawkins, son John Phillip Adams, daughter Sara Elizabeth Dawkins, and son-in-law Charles Dawkins. SEPTEMBER 2017 AlaPressa 4 Cox named publisher in Scottsboro Former Cox fills the role handled most re- of Houston. Southern cently by interim General Manager and Before moving to Texas, Cox was Newspapers Advertising Director Ken Bonner. advertising director of The Courier- Inc. (SNI) Pub- “I’m thrilled to be returning to South- Times in New Castle, Indiana. Cox be- lisher Brandon ern Newspapers, and to community gan his newspaper career as a graphic Cox has been journalism,” said Cox. “Over the last 10 artist at the Messenger-Inquirer in Ow- named pub- years, newspapers have become a part ensboro, Kentucky. lisher of The of who I am. I believe deeply in the mis- He has extensive graphic design Daily Sentinel sion of community journalism, and can- skills, and has also owned and oper- in Scottsboro, not wait to return to the Southeast and ated his own design company. SNI President serve Jackson County and surrounding A native of Owensboro, Cox has a Brandon Cox Dolph Tillotson areas.” degree in graphic design from Kentucky announced recently. Cox worked previously with SNI Wesleyan College. “We’re very happy Brandon has de- from 2014 to 2016 as publisher of the Cox and his wife, Kayla, have two cided to rejoin Southern,” Tillotson said. Bay City Tribune in Bay City, Texas. In small children: daughter Alyssa, and “I think he’ll bring a lot of skill and en- the last year, he has worked as a mem- son Marshall. He enjoys hunting, fish- ergy to the position in Scottsboro. Bran- ber of the Corporate Communications ing, cycling, playing guitar and spend- don has specific experience in running and External Affairs team at STP Nu- ing time outdoors with his family. a production hub and great sales orga- clear Operating Co., which operates a nization skills that apply well here.” two-unit nuclear power plant southwest Valley Times-News sold Boone Newspapers, Inc. (BNI) has gia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Walls family.” reached an agreement to purchase The Texas, Michigan, Mississippi, Minne- Current Publisher Cy Wood is re- Valley Times-News in Lanett. The trans- sota, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia. tiring at the end of September. Wood action is scheduled to close on Oct. 1, “We are honored to succeed Nell Walls, began his career at The Valley Times- 2017. and appreciate the strong foundations News in 1971. He worked at newspa- The newspaper is owned by Nell she and her late husband Tom Walls pers in Louisiana and Georgia before Walls, and covers Valley and Lanett in put down for these newspapers,” Jim returning to Lanett. He served as APA Alabama and West Point in Georgia. Boone, chairman of BNI, said. “My fam- president in 2009. BNI manages newspapers in similar ily and I will see that our obligations are sized communities in Alabama, Geor- fulfilled to these communities and the Martin retires from The Montgomery Independent Owner and longtime publisher of he began a 25-year career with the Ad- The Montgomery Independent, Rob- ministrative Office of the Courts work- ert A.