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MPA/AP Day at the Capitol will be Feb. 20-21. 9

Dane Vernon named NNA District 7 representative. 10

Mark Maassen Fairchilds sell Mt. Vernon The Kansas City Star. Lawrence County Record 8 to Ryan Squibb. 2013 President, Missouri Press Association

Weekly publishers Regular Features bullish on future of community President 2 NIE Report 16 Scrapbook Obituaries 17 newspapers. 11 On the Move 14 Jean Maneke 18

Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com We are members of the same team Our large metro papers should be more involved in Missouri Press sn’t it about time that someone from The Kansas City Star also learned how to drink red beers.) served as President of the Missouri Press Association? I I yearned to return to Missouri. I wrote three letters, to the Ithink so. Therefore, I am proud to be 146th President Post-Dispatch, the Springfield News-Leader and The Star. Only and the first fromThe Star. The Star gave me an interview. I began at The Star 30 years ago. Our large metro newspapers should be more involved in I have sold sig ads for the high school Football Preview, and Missouri Press. Some have thought the issues of our smaller I have called on AT&T in New York. They weren’t that much newspapers have no bearing on the metro newspapers, that different. Present a value proposition that benefits the advertiser, our issues aren’t similar. and everything is the same after that. I beg to differ. I can assure you I have learned I’ve spent the last five years on the In- more from my Missouri Press associates than ternet side, helping our they have learned from me. We are members staff develop ad solutions of the same team. We all disseminate news in through KansasCity.com. I have sold a variety of ways. We all provide advertising The transition was easier sig ads for the opportunities to an array of businesses. than I expected. Once we high school We all deal with postal issues. We all fight accept that the Internet is Football the notion that newspapers are dying. There is here to stay, we can con- no better time for us to band together, if for no vince advertisers that every Preview, and other reason than to fight public perception. marketing schedule should have called on I grew up a newspaper guy. I was raised on a include online. AT&T in New farm near Linn in Osage County. That is home Mark Maassen ecently I’ve been in- York. They to the Unterrified Democrat. The Kansas City Star. R volved with a new weren’t that The UD was the only source for local news. MPA President venture called “impressLO- much different. Jerrilynn Voss, publisher, has done a wonderful CAL,” a digital yellow pag- job covering Osage County for many years. es on steroids. We provide a y parents wanted a well-read household, so we were way for our advertisers to be in front of consumers while they Mmail subscribers to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They search through Google, Yahoo and Bing. It includes various worked in nearby Jefferson City and brought home the News types of social media and marketing tools to allow us to capture Tribune every day. Since I was the youngest of five, I had to non-traditional revenue. fight for the sports section. You can see I now look at newspapers from a digital point of At Mizzou, I studied journalism and gravitated to advertis- view, but don’t get me wrong; I can’t start the morning without ing. I have Bob Humphreys and the Columbia Missourian my newspaper in front of me. We need to embrace the new to thank for my success selling ads to Parkade Plaza. I be- age of newspapers without losing sight of what made them came hooked and decided I wanted to sell advertising for a viable. I know we can survive together, digital and print. We newspaper. need each other! My first opportunity was at the Times & Record News in I will continue this discussion as I meet you on the road in Wichita Falls, Texas. This 50,000-circulation daily was a great 2013. The Missouri Press offers many opportunities. First up place to learn, first on the retail side, then on classifieds. (I will be Day at the Capitol in February. I hope to see you there.

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Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 3 ‘We’re trying to really hit on the idea that it’s fresher news.’

Mark Maassen, who joined The Kansas City Star 30 years ago, Missourian in Harrisonville and the Lee’s Summit Journal. He moved from print ad sales to digital sales in 2006. For a time he now looks for ways to leverage The Star’s brand into interactive was the company’s group publisher of the Cass County Democrat- marketing tools for clients and new revenue streams for The Star. New president rooted firmly in sales Mark Maassen of The Star will lead Association through 2013 By KENT FORD / MPA Editor nteractive sales. Reputation manage- ment. Behavioral marketing. Missouri Press Association president I Whatever those things are, the Missouri Press Association’s new presi- involved with University programs dent, Mark Maassen, is hip deep in them. He’s the director of interactive ark Maassen, MPA’s new president, grew up on a farm near Linn. sales for The Kansas City Star. MHe has a bachelor’s degree from the Missouri School of Journalism. Before you can grasp an understand- Maassen is single. His two sons are students at the University of Mis- ing of what interactive sales is, you need souri: Aaron is a junior journalism major; Sam, a freshman, is a physical to know what it is not. therapy major. “While we work with The Star and Maassen serves on the board of directors of Missourian Publishing As- KansasCity.com to maximize our sales sociation, which publishes the J School’s daily newspaper, the Missourian. efforts, we try to concentrate on differ- He’s also on Mizzou Advantage’s Media of the Future Advisory Board. ent types of interactive advertising that Maassen owns a home on Lake of the Ozarks, where he spends a lot of may have little to do with the traditional time. Every year he organizes a white water canoeing trip to the Mulberry media,” Maassen said. or Big Piney River in Arkansas. So, what is interactive sales? It is the Before joining The Star, Maassen worked in ad sales and management development and sale of digital, non- for the Times & Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas. traditional products and services.

4 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 medium-sized businesses manage and optimize their online presence, from email to Facebook to websites, Maas- sen said. “It involves anything digital. We sell an awful lot of search engine marketing and reputation management, and they have little to do directly with The Star or KansasCity.com,” he said. Using third-party vendors to do the research, Maassen’s staff can provide a company or business with reports on what is being said about it on social media. Data gathered can be used to create marketing for the company. As a service, that’s reputation management. In the past a business could tell its customers everything it wanted them The Kansas City Star’s easily recognizable building on Grand Boulevard just north of Crown to know, Maassen said. Now, without Center, the Liberty Memorial and Union Station, has been extensively renovated inside since it knowing about it, a company could the presses were removed a few years ago. The Star claims daily readership of more than be the focus of all sorts of information 553,000 and Sunday readership of more than 770,000. — good and bad — darting around the social network. Providing a service that monitors that information creates a new revenue stream for The Star. The McClatchy Co., based in Sacra- mento, owns The Star. Its 30 daily papers include The , The Fort

The Star opened its $200 million press pavilion (right) in 2006. Among the finest printing facilities in the world, it sits across the street from the Sprint Center (left center) near the Power & Light District entertainment center and two blocks north and a block east of The Star building. More than 700 people, including part-timers, work for the newspaper. The company prints the Midwest edition of . Maassen moved from print sales six team that there is opportunity and value years ago with a small but eager staff in non-traditional products. ready to sell banner ads on home pages A buzzword from a few years ago — all over the city. He soon discovered that behavioral marketing — uses technol- technology, data and content offered ogy to follow people as they explore the much broader revenue opportunities. internet, he said. That information can “We want to try to take advantage be used to focus marketing like a laser of those revenue opportunities that re- on individuals or groups of consumers. ally don’t have anything to do with the Maassen’s current interactive market- newspaper,” Maassen said. ing project — “I’m tied up head over He is proud of the fact that he’s been heels with ‘impressLOCAL,’” he said. able to demonstrate to the print sales ImpressLOCAL helps small- and

Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 5 A makeover of The Star’s newsroom has changed it from the stereo- area where journalists deliver information in a range of mediums. typical disheveled space focused on news in print into a bright, open The Star’s website, KansasCity.com, is the top website in the market.

Worth Star-Telegram, The Charlotte Ob- server and its hometown Sacramento Bee. The Star’s market is less susceptible to steep ups and downs than the markets of some of McClatchy’s other papers, Maassen said. That makes The Star a good test market for initiatives like impressLOCAL. With wild swings in a local market as a whole, fluctuations in one company’s numbers can’t easily be attributed to new marketing projects. Nine ad reps were hired for im- pressLOCAL, Maassen said. From the beginning they focused on non-tradi- tional newspaper advertisers. Flatscreen TV monitors in The Star’s lobby display images of the newspaper’s history. Similar “These were all cold calls,” Maassen screens on other walls show The Star’s website, news photos and pages of the most recent said. “It’s a tough sell.” edition. The Star’s publisher, Mi-Ai Parrish, decorated the Christmas tree. Other hallway But the group has an ace in the hole. displays show front pages with stories of historical significance, like the sentencing to federal “We are going out there selling non- prison of Kansas City’s notorious political boss in 1939 for tax evasion. traditional products representing The Kansas City Star. The advertiser feels that, Maassen said. advancement results in an inscrutable better because we are The Kansas City “Online marketing is more of a future for interactive sales people. That Star,” he said. “We take advantage of branding medium, and that means a makes defining interactive sales difficult. the brand.” little different method of selling. Who knows what’s next? rint advertising focuses on sales, “The best thing about online is that “Corporate has ideas about what to Pand the advertiser knows immedi- it’s unbelievably trackable. The worst do next, but they are open to suggestions ately whether that advertising worked, thing about online is that it’s unbeliev- and ideas. A lot of times the best ideas Maassen said. ably trackable,” he said. come from the field,” Maassen said. “I can personally guarantee the power Explaining the value of the data is “I don’t know what the next big thing of newspaper advertising,” he said. part of the process with interactive sales. will be. We just have to keep our eyes You run an ad in the paper and you The whimsy of the marketplace ap- and ears open and always look at where see the results. Brand marketing isn’t like plied to the astounding pace of digital the market is going.” -

6 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 Mark Maassen poses on the steps leading to The Star’s lobby. At the upper right is a plaque embossed with a likeness of , who founded The Star in 1880 along with Samuel Morris. Now owned by The McClatchy Co., the country’s third-largest newspaper company, The Star has changed hands several times in the past three decades. Capital Cities Communication Inc. of New York bought The Star in 1977. Maassen joined the paper in 1982. He saw ownership go to the Co. when it bought Capital Cities/ABC in 1996 and then to Inc. in 1997, when Disney sold the newspapers it had bought the year before. McClatchy bought The Star in 2006, soon after the paper opened its new press plant. The Star was an afternoon newspaper when the company still published The Kansas City Times in the morning. When the papers were combined in 1990, the new morning publication took The Star name. Maassen wants to get larger newspapers involved

emoving a printing press from a Star created “KC Weddings” and “M,” a goal for his year as MPA president. R building frees up space. another glossy, full-color monthly maga- “I want to bridge the gap between the The Kansas City Star experienced that zine for Kansas City moms. large newspapers and the small newspa- after it opened its $200 million press The Star out-sources production of pers,” he said. pavilion in 2006 a couple of blocks the glossy magazines to a local print- Maassen, who began serving on the north of its downtown offices on Grand ing company. The paper’s niche people MPA board of directors in 2007, is Boulevard. design and sell the advertising. the first person from The Star to serve Mark Maassen, 2013 president of the The niche people also produce “Ink,” as president of MPA. He succeeded Missouri Press Association, included that a 50,000-circulation free weekly filled Phil Conger, publisher of the Bethany freed-up space in an early-December with news and advertising about the lo- Republican-Clipper. tour of The Star building. cal music, entertainment and bar scene. “I’ve learned much from my asso- “This entire area of the building has “The news in it has an edge to it, ciation with people at the newspapers nothing to do with the newspaper,” he but it’s not as rough as some alternative around , both large and small,” said. publications,” Maassen said. “It’s done Maassen said. “For too long the large A space the size of a basketball court fantastic.” papers have taken the press association contains cubicles with people talking on Back in his office, Maassen expressed for granted.” - telephones and working on computers. “We call them niche people,” Maas- sen said. MPA Executive Director Doug Crews and editor Kent Ford visited Maassen to La Plata consolidates editions talk about his work and his expectations he La Plata Home Press, after publishing north and south editions for his year as MPA president. Tfor a year, have consolidated the editions into one publication that The Star’s niche people have several includes a free monthly shopper that is sent to every household in Macon products. Maassen held up a hefty, color- and Shelby counties. ful “shelter publication” called “Spaces.” Editor and publisher Becky Jeffcoat sold the Home Press to Lewis Each month 40,000 copies are delivered County Press LLC in May of 2011. Soon after that, the company began to “Spaces” subscribers and sold from publishing separate papers for the north and south portions of Macon racks. The magazine is filled with in- County and a free shopper. formation and advertising about home Now, all subscribers receive the same weekly publication. In a story décor, with a little fashion thrown in — about the change, Jeffcoat said the three Home Press people working in hence, shelter publication. Macon will continue to work there. After the success of “Spaces,” The

Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 7 Grant received for digitizing newspapers he State Historical Society of Mis- Tsouri has been awarded a Digital Imaging grant to digitize several Civil War era (1854-1876) Missouri newspa- pers. The forthcoming digital collections will complement 30 previously digitized titles, including urban St. Louis and Kansas City newspapers, from the Civil War era. Through this project, the Society will expand its services for learning and research. Digitization will allow the newspapers to be viewed online and will serve a much larger user community Steve and Kathy Fairchild with Ryan Squibb, the new owner of the Lawrence County Record. (Lawrence County Record photo) through easily accessed media. he grant period began this summer, Tand the newspapers will be available electronically in 2013. All newspapers Fairchilds sell Mt. Vernon weekly digitized through the grant will be freely available and keyword-searchable to former editor of Republic paper within the Missouri Digital Newspa- per Project, http://shs.umsystem.edu/ teve and Kathy Fairchild, who owned the Record left the paper, publisher Tim newspaper/mdnp/index.shtml, as well Sthe Lawrence County Record in Mt. Williams asked the Fairchilds to return, as highlighted on the Society’s American Vernon since 1984, sold the weekly on which they did. Civil War in Missouri website: http:// Dec. 31 to Ryan Squibb. Steve Fairchild soon took the position shs.umsystem.edu/civilwar/index.html. Squibb, who still farms the family of publisher at the Aurora Advertiser, and The American Civil War in Missouri home place near Bois D’Arc, has been the Fairchilds found themselves produc- website has more than 120,000 newspa- editor of The Republic Monitor since ing competing newspapers. Both are in per pages and 10,000 manuscript pages. 2010. Under his leadership, the Monitor Lawrence County between Springfield This project is supported by the Insti- was named best newspaper in its class in and Joplin. tute of Museum and Library Services un- the Missouri Press Better fter the sale of der the provisions of the Library Services Newspaper Contest in A the Advertiser to and Technology Act as administered by 2011 and 2012. The new owner GateHouse Media, the the Missouri State Library. Neighbor News owns still farms the Fairchilds were prepar- the Monitor. ing to move to Gulf Squibb is a graduate family place near Shores, Ala., where AP Photo of Year of the Missouri School Steve had landed a job. of Journalism. He is the Bois D’Arc. Williams offered to award to J.B. Forbes fifth owner of the Law- sell the couple part- t. Louis Post-Dispatch chief pho- rence County Record, which was founded ownership in the Record if they would Stographer J.B. Forbes was honored in 1876 as the Lawrence Chieftain. stay. They agreed. Four years later, the with the Photo of the Year award from Squibb said the staff of the Record will Fairchilds bought Williams’ remaining among those submitted to the AP by remain intact. interest. newspapers in the Midwest. The award athy Seneker (now Fairchild) joined The Fairchilds plan to remain in was presented Dec. 3 at the annual AP K the Record as a typesetter in 1977, Mt. Vernon. Their daughter, Virginia, meeting in Kansas City. the summer after her freshman year is married to a local farmer. Their son, The winning image of a sunset sil- of college. Two years later she was the Brett, a May graduate of Mt. Vernon houette of the City Museum rooftop people and living editor and was prepar- High School, will begin Marine basic was published in September to mark the ing to marry Steve Fairchild, an Aurora training soon. one-year anniversary of the death of the newspaperman. Steve will continue to cover sports museum’s co-founder. After their marriage the Fairchilds for the paper through this school year. Forbes is a 2011 inductee into the went to work at the McDuffie Progress in Kathy plans to continue working, but Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame Thomson, Ga. When the news editor of doesn’t know where. in Washington, Mo.

8 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 The Joplin Globe is Newspaper of Year he Joplin Globe has received the T2012 Newspaper of the Year Award from the Local Media Association, a na- tional trade organization that represents more than 2,000 of the country’s leading suburban and community newspapers. The judging was conducted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Insti- tute at the Missouri School of Journal- ism. The Globe won the award in the cate- gory for dailies under 30,000 circulation. Judges’ comments: “The Joplin Globe serves its readers well with a comprehen- sive news report coupled with in-depth articles and features. ‘Faces of the Storm,’ MPA/AP Day at Capitol, a compilation of biographies and photos of all the victims of the May tornado, is Reception Feb. 20-21 an especially noteworthy effort. PA and the AP will hold their annual Day at the Capitol on “Thoughtful design continues MThursday, Feb. 21, 2013. Morning activities will be in the Capitol, throughout the sections, and the adver- with lunch at the Governor’s Mansion. tising is modern and inviting. Headlines All MPA members are encouraged to attend this event to see what are appropriate in size and design and the General Assembly is working on and to visit with their legislators. accurately written. This is a newspaper Day at the Capitol will be preceded on Feb. 20 with an afternoon that is paying attention to its readers and meeting of the MPA/MPS board and a late-afternoon/evening recep- its community.” tion for legislators and MPA William Ketter, vice president of news members. Both of those activities for Community Newspaper Holdings will be held at the Doubletree Inc., The Globe’s parent company, said Hotel, 422 Monroe St., the site of strong local reporting has been a crucial recent Day at the Capitol evening component of The Globe for many years. receptions. “The Joplin Globe is a prime example Those wanting to stay in Jef- of a newspaper that is indispensable to ferson City on Wednesday eve- its readers in good times and in times of ning, Feb. 20, can make a hotel crisis,” Ketter wrote in an email. reservation by calling (573) 636- Michael Beatty is the publisher of 5101 or going online to http:// The Globe, Carol Stark the editor. (The tinyurl.com/cgrcmse. The rate is $109 plus tax. Joplin Globe) Day at the Capitol is held on Thursday because many legislators are at home on Fridays. Branson publisher wins A registration form will be sent to you soon. This activity is free, free meeting registration including lunch, but you must register. If you sign up for lunch at the Governor’s Mansion and do not attend, you will be billed. ichael Schuver, publisher of the MBranson Tri-Lakes News, won free registration for the 2013 Annual Mis- souri Press Association Convention, a $175 value! He won in the drawing from Former reporter writes book of mule stories among those who filled out the survey onnie Thiele, a reporter who has Anyone interested in contacting after the 146th Missouri Press Associa- L worked for the newspapers in Thiele about his book, “That Son of a tion Annual Convention in September Holden and Poplar Bluff, has written a Gun Had Sense: Mule Stories From the in Columbia. book about Missouri mules. Bootheel Area During the 1930s-1940s The 147th Annual MPA Convention Coincidentally, the 2013 Reading Era,” can contact him at 573-300-3085 will be held Sept. 5-7, 2013, at the Mar- Across Missouri story is about mules. or [email protected]. riot .

Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 9 Dane Vernon appointed Region 7 Post-Dispatch earns director of Nat. Newspaper Assn. Lee Enterprises’ ane Vernon, president of Vernon newspapers and one shopper in central highest recognition DPublishing Inc., Eldon, was re- Missouri. Vernon was born and raised he St. Louis Post-Dispatch in Decem- cently appointed National in Eldon, home of the group’s Tber won Lee Enterprises’ highest Newspaper Association Region flagship newspaper,The Eldon company honor: 2012 Enterprise of 7 director (Kansas, Nebraska, Advertiser, a family-owned the Year. Iowa, Missouri). weekly since 1948. The newspaper received the award for He was appointed by the Dane started taking over op- its strong financial results and leadership NNA board to fill the unex- eration of the newspaper group in companywide initiatives, said Mary pired term of John Edgecombe from his father, Wallace, in Junck, chief executive of the Davenport, Jr., who was elected treasurer. 1991. Now Dane’s son, Trevor, Iowa-based publishing company. Vernon will serve until Sept. is in the process of taking over “Publisher Kevin Mowbray and his 14, 2013, and then be eligible the group from his father. management team have led outstand- for election as Region 7 direc- Dane Vernon Dane graduated from the ing performance in St. Louis, including tor. Missouri School of Journalism double-digit growth in operating cash Vernon served as president of the Mis- in 1979 with a degree in advertising. flow,” Junck said. souri Press Association in 2002. After graduating he returned to Eldon “Their can-do attitude has trans- Vernon Publishing owns five weekly to work at the newspaper. formed the culture in St. Louis and raised our levels of success throughout Lee.” Three teams from within the Post- Online marketing specialist will Dispatch also received Lee President’s Awards this year. Reporter Nancy Cam- present at April MAMA meeting bria and multimedia designer Josh Ren- aud won for “Deadly Day Cares,” their hannon Kinney will be the presenter than 10 years in investigative series into infant deaths at Sfor the 2013 meeting of the Missouri media sales and daycare centers in Missouri, which led Advertising Managers’ Association on sales management to stronger state regulations. April 18-19 at The Lodge of Four Sea- in Maine. She is an Nancy Long, Brian Obregon and sons, Lake Ozark. experienced speaker, Becky Griess won for a series of initia- Kinney has more trainer and consul- tives that has boosted circulation rev- than 15 years of expe- tant, and has worked enue. Post-Dispatch executives also were rience in the develop- with small and large part of a company-wide team that re- ment of successful In- companies. She is ceived a President’s Award for helping to ternet products, sales considered an expert plan the rollout of digital subscriptions. and marketing strate- Shannon Kinney in online marketing This year was the first time the news- gies. She has worked on the teams devel- and social media, and speaks regularly paper as a whole has won Enterprise of oping successful Internet brands such as at conferences on the subject. the Year since the Post-Dispatch joined cars.com, careerbuilder.com and over 60 She serves as an advisor to many es- Lee in 2005. The paper was a finalist online media properties for newspapers tablished and start-up companies and to in 2010. all over the U.S. and Canada. local charitable groups such as the Maine Prior to that, Kinney spent more Lobster Festival Committee. MPA award recipient appreciates reception Encourage teachers to apply for workshop MPA: It’s been an amazing experience to win he Reynolds High School Journal- There is no cost to the teacher or high OYJ (Outstanding Young Journalist), Tism Institute is a free, intensive school. and I must say the MPA recognition two-week journalism training program One of the workshops will be July 14- and reception at the convention were for high school teachers. 26 at the Missouri School of Journalism overwhelming. MPA encourages its member newspa- in Columbia. Thanks again, pers to promote this training to journal- For more information and to register Brady Brite, Reporter ism/communications teachers and their go to http://tinyurl.com/bljdc3k. Christian County Headliner News, administrators in area high schools. Nixa Xpress, Republic Monitor

10 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 riding with Santa and Mrs. Claus in Santa’s sleigh on the way to Christmas Scrapbook on the Square in Camdenton. Britt won by sending in an entry in the Lake • Washington — Michelle Phinney are out there to help them navigate the Sun’s coloring contest, along with his and Kathy Duncan were honored for 35 choices in front of them. Christmas list. years of service to the Washington Mis- Attendees received an analysis of how Santa called Britt and told him he had sourian at the paper’s annual employee their brands — and their competitors’ won the coloring contest. Britt and his recognition party on Nov. 15. brands — appear online. mother drove to Lebanon for the Dec. Kurt Sullentrup was honored for 25 Representatives of the Southeast Mis- 1 sleigh ride. years of service. sourian helped local business people with their questions about social media • Across Missouri — Many Missouri • Cape Girardeau — The Southeast during the seminars. newspapers sponsored holiday fund- Missourian hosted social-local-mobile raising and entertainment activities in training seminars in November at the • Monett — At the end of November their communities. company’s Concourse building in Cape the Times debuted a redesign with a new Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus visited the Girardeau. Newspaper advertising di- flag, typefaces and layout. Lebanon Daily Record on Nov. 23 so rector Donna Denson said dozens of area children could have their pictures businesses were represented. • Campbell — Staffers from the taken with them and tell them what they The guest speaker, Shannon Kinney, Daily Dunklin Democrat in Kennett wanted for Christmas. Local businesses is a national expert who has consulted participated in a Career Day Nov. 20 at donated funds through the Community with companies as big as Google and as Campbell High School. Reporters Chris Christmas Tree so each child received a small as a corner store. She will be the Kaiser and Lecia Forester, managing edi- small toy from the jolly couple. speaker at the April meeting of the Mis- tor George Anderson and general man- In St. James, the Leader-Journal souri Advertising Managers’ Association ager Donnie Shelton talked to students partnered with a local clinic and a radio at The Lodge of Four Seasons. about their jobs. station to sponsor the first Holiday Hope Kinney gave do-it-yourselfers insight Project. This year the project helped into how to exploit social media and • Camdenton — Six-year-old Britt the family of a Rolla boy whose home helped others understand what tools Winslow of Linn won the honor of was destroyed by a fire while he was in

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Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 11 treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research coordinate “adoption” of local families Health and Senior Services, the Marble Hospital in Memphis. in need. Hill Banner Press coordinated a Christ- The Kirksville Daily Express promoted In Poplar Bluff, the Daily American mas for the Elderly campaign. Donations the Hope’s Kitchen fundraiser to help Republic helped collect new clothing of items and cash were gathered for the soup kitchen serve meals to those for area children through its Project distribution to those in need. in need. Christmas Promise. The 2011 effort The Chronicle-Herald in Macon col- helped more than 800 children from • St. Louis — Two writers for the La- lected contributions to the Annual Com- 250 families. bor Tribune, Bobby Whitehead and Curt munity Christmas Card. Each person The Fulton Sun joined Callaway Bank Hicken, received Golden Glow awards in who donated $1 to the effort got his or to publish letters to Santa Claus. The November from the Association of Great her name published. Proceeds bought bank bought an official mailbox that it Lakes Outdoor Writers. food for baskets for the needy. sets out to gather letters. “CB Squirrel” Whitehead is the editor of Outdoor The Ste. Genevieve Herald donated is the only one who can get the letters Guide Magazine and the outdoor sports $1 for each new subscription sold in out. He delivers them directly to the section editor of the Labor Tribune. December and 50¢ for each renewal newspaper. Hicken writes for both publications. to agencies that provide food to local On Dec. 14 the Platte County Land- families. mark held its annual Christmas party • East Prairie — The East Prairie The Constitution-Tribune placed bins for the public at the local Comfort Inn. Chamber of Commerce named The around Chillicothe to gather food items The paper throws the party to thank Eagle Business of the Month for Decem- for the 29th annual Food for the Needy advertisers and readers. ber. Carlin Bennett owns and publishes Campaign. Cash donations also were Teaming up with the Department of The Eagle. collected. The Dexter Daily Statesman held its annual Operation Santa project to News-Leader earns hese individuals and organizations made recent contributions to ‘Best of Show’ honor TMissouri Press Foundation. To make a donation with a credit card, he Springfield News-Leader won a call (573) 449-4167, or send checks to Missouri Press Foundation, Tspecial “Best in Show” award in 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201. ’s quarterly Awards of Excel- Foundation Builders lence contest among its 82 community newspapers. A recent series on the effects St. Louis Labor Tribune of poverty on the lives of children in the Jo Hoffman, Lee’s Summit; Dave Berry, Bolivar Ozarks earned the award. The series was part of the News-Lead- St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper In Education Program er’s on-going public-service project called Ernst & Young, St. Louis Every Child, which was launched in fall 2011. The poverty series, published in September, followed previous reporting Washington Missourian Newspaper In Education Program on child abuse and neglect, and on fac- Washington Rotary Club, Bank of Franklin County tors affecting children’s health. Unnerstall & Unnerstall CPA PC; Franklin County Bank, Washington Children in Poverty won top honors Citizens Bank, New Haven; Fischer Chiropractic PC, Washington in four of the eight categories of the Innovative Machine & Tool Inc., Union contest — Public Service, Outstanding Writing, Visual/Design and Multimedia Storytelling. Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame Judges specifically recognized work William L. Miller, Washington, Mo. by News-Leader staffers Claudette Riley, Clifford Schiappa, Kansas City reporter; Valerie Mosley, photographer; Cheryl Whitsitt, managing editor; Dean Reading Across Missouri Serial Story Curtis, multimedia editor; and Matt National Newspaper Association Foundation Peterson, assistant managing editor. Also recognized was Karla Brown Garcia, team leader in the Des Moines Design In Memory of Robert Blosser Studio, which provides design work for Robert B. III and Patricia Smith, Lebanon the News-Leader.

12 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 Post-Dispatch first with Titanic report ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH the Titanic struck ice. Hurd’s wife A Carpathia sailor freed it and — to the arlos and Katherine Hurd of St. conducted additional interviews and cheers of Titanic survivors — tossed it Louis were bound for Europe assisted with his story, which he wrote onto Chapin’s tug. Con a vacation. Killing time in in longhand on any paper they could Grateful editors gave Hurd a $1,000 New York, Carlos, a reporter at the Post- find. The result was the first full account bonus, a huge sum at the time, and sent Dispatch, dropped by the newsroom of of the disaster, splashed across the pages the couple back to the Carpathia for the New York World for small talk. He of the World and the Post-Dispatch, both their trip to Europe. met city editor Charles Chapin. owned by the Pulitzer family (the first arlos Hurd had joined the Post- Eight days later, it was good that Hurd Joseph Pulitzer had died the year before). C Dispatch in 1900, and he worked knew Chapin’s face. How their scoop got to press is where there until his death in 1950 at age 73. The Hurds boarded the steamship Chapin’s face comes in. The Carpathia’s Katherine Hurd, mother of their three Carpathia for Naples, Italy, on April 11, captain, Arthur Rostron, rushed his ship children, died in 1928 at age 49. Carlos 1912, the same day the new luxury liner 58 miles at full speed toward the disaster. remarried two years later. Titanic left Ireland on its inaugural run But he had no truck for reporters. Ros- Earlier in his career, Hurd was the to New York City. tron wouldn’t let Hurd send messages by editor of the Drury Mirror at Drury The weather at sea was cold, the days the ship’s wireless telegraph. University in Springfield and he worked restful. At dawn April 15, Hurd was s Carpathia approached New York as a reporter for the Springfield Leader awakened by a strange sensation — the A on the evening of April 18, it was (now the News-Leader) late in the 1890s. Carpathia had stopped. He dressed chased by several tugs bearing reporters, Hurd covered almost everything, from and met a stewardess, who pointed to many of whom sought to lure Hurd vicious murders of blacks by whites in a pitiful gathering of shivering refugees. over megaphones. Hurd wrapped his East St. Louis to society balls. He wrote “From the Titanic,” the stewardess said. dispatch and tied it to a cigar box for book reviews and many “bird lines” for “She’s at the bottom of the ocean.” buoyancy. Evading ship’s officers to the newspaper’s Weatherbird. Hurd, 36, interviewed survivors reach the rail, he spotted Chapin on a (From a feature commemorating the and crew members, including Robert tug. Hurd tossed his package. Its binding 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Hichens, who was on the bridge when rope snagged a lifeboat one deck below. Titanic.) Looking for a Complete Combination Solution for Print and Online Now you can get fully-templated, full-color print special sections and companion, ready-to-post online Special Sections? MicroSite sections from Metro Editorial Services!

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Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 13 David Lieb named On the Move AP Missouri-Kansas Circuit judge suspended sentence, closed file • Warrenton — his alma mater. He worked with social Staffer of Year, again Chris Waltz is the media and database systems to expand new managing edi- the university’s outreach program. avid Lieb, correspondent for The tor of The Record DAssociated Press in Jefferson City, in Warrenton. Mis- • Columbia — Lorry Myers has was named the AP’s Fred Moen Kan- souri Publishing Co. joined the Daily Tribune’s list of col- sas-Missouri 2012 of Washington owns umnists. Staffer of the Year the paper. Myers has worked in the banking for his political and The photo of industry for 30 years and has sold ad- legislative coverage. Waltz arrived too vertising and done marketing for her Lieb led AP’s cov- Chris Waltz late to make the De- hometown newspaper, The Centralia erage of Missouri’s cember issue, where his appointment Fireside Guard. Centralia is in Boone busy election season, was first announced. County, about 20 miles northeast of which included the Columbia. race for U.S. Sen- • Cape Girardeau — Rust Commu- Her humor column, which frequently ate. He served as the nications has created a new business — focuses on her family, has appeared in moderator for the David Lieb rustmedia — that focuses on multimedia The Guard for a number of years. It Senate and guber- marketing for small- and medium-sized won first place in the 2010 MPA Better natorial candidate forums at the MPA businesses. Newspaper Contest. Convention in September. Gary Rust II, director of Medialab Myers’ column also appeared in the Lieb, 39, began his AP career in Jef- for Rust, has been named director of Northern Boone County Bullseye out of ferson City, covering the 1995 and 1996 rustmedia. A graduate of Washington Hallsville between 2004 and 2008. At legislative sessions. University, he has more than 20 years that time, Tribune reporter Jodie Jackson Lieb also won the Moen Award in of experience in media in Japan and Jr. was the owner-editor of The Bullseye, 2006. The honor is named for the late the U.S., and has provided marketing which is no longer being published. Fred Moen, who was AP’s Kansas City solutions for clients such as Apple and bureau chief from 1971-1984. (AP) Anheuser Busch and has been the chief • Elsberry — Julia Chambers has digital strategist for Rust. joined the staff of the Elsberry Democrat. Mistrial in killing of Rust Communication’s Steve Turner The mother of three has been named creative director of rust- has been a resident St. Louis American’s media. A cinematographer, director and of Elsberry for seven writer, Turner has more than 20 years of years. circulation manager experience in commercials, documenta- She joined the fter deliberating over two days, ries, film and web content. Democrat to help A jurors went home Dec. 7 unable Turner, a graduate of Southern Il- fill the void created to decide whether Rico R. Paul is guilty linois State University, will oversee the when former general of first·degree murder and other charges rustmedia creative process in video, print manager Michael in the killing of an employee of The St. and digital. Short was named Julia Chambers Louis American on May 9, 2011. The Shad Burner, who is new to Rust, was manager of News- judge declared a mistrial. named marketing and fulfillment execu- time, a new publication in the Lake Saint Paul was held for a retrial. tive for rustmedia. He formerly was the Louis/Wentzville area. Paul Reiter, 27, circulation manager marketing coordinator and director of The newspapers are part of the Lake- for The American, had dialed 911, osten- alumni services at Southeast Missouri way Publishers of Missouri group. sibly to report seeing a burglar next door State University in Cape Girardeau, to his home at about 10 a.m. But he was shot dead before completing the call. Eyewitnesses identified Paul as Reiter’s killer, but the defense presented two alibi K.C. Star health writer gets fellowship witnesses and claimed police forced Paul lan Bavley, who has covered health Bavley is one of five reporters nation- to confess. Paul also faces 20 counts of A and medical issues for The Kansas ally to receive the 2013 fellowships on burglary and theft in a string of other City Star since 1988, has won a report- health care performance. The Com- crimes in the neighborhood, and is serv- ing fellowship from the Association of monwealth Fund, a private foundation ing a prison term for violating probation Health Care Journalists, which is based based in New York City, supports the for an earlier robbery and assault. (St. at the Missouri School of Journalism. fellowships. Louis Post-Dispatch)

14 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 you the answers with a click – but what fun is that? I can fold this paper, put it Our kind of pizza baker on my clipboard, pull it out for a read at (Scott Charton, retired AP correspon- smartphone – the crinkly paper edition. my convenience, even when the power dent and a longtime friend of Missouri I introduced myself to John Gilbreth, is off or the phone battery is dead. I love Press Association, wrote this just before age 31, a pizza cook at the brewery who the printed page,” said John. the MPA Convention last fall.) had just gotten off work. John came to While we sat there, two of his young SCOTT CHARTON / Charton Consulting Columbia from Joplin 13 years ago to friends stopped by and shared a peek at s Missouri newspaper people pre- attend Mizzou, and like so many, he the crossword page. Then they joined A pare to gather this week in Colum- hung around. John in haggling about a word or two. bia, I want to share a sparkle of optimism So how does John relax when his I thought of it as cross-pollination of about the uniqueness of what they do – workday ends? With a brew and his the digital age with the stimulation and and the value of the printed page. Sunday Tribune. John is a crossword satisfaction of holding the printed page. I sat down Sunday evening at Broad- puzzle aficionado, and that draws him I treated John to his drink, shook his way Brewery and noticed the young man to the Tribune: hand, and thanked him for his support next to me poring over the Columbia … “Sure, I could go online and do of the local newspaper — on behalf of Daily Tribune. And not on a tablet or crosswords and games, where they give all of us.

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Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 15 Newspaper In Education Report download in case you’d like to copy and distribute or post the guide on your own website, and under a teacher password: teachmo13. There is a link to this teacher Learn all about mules code in each chapter. Again this year Missouri Press has partnered with the National Newspaper in 2013 ‘Reading’ feature Association and it’s Foundation to offer access to “Manny Kicks Long Ear Our first story for Common Core Standards Lore” to its member newspapers. Last year more than 250 newspapers from t’s January, and in our neck of the eight-chapter story for the Missouri Press 43 states downloaded “Patriotic Pals” woods, that means it’s time to be Foundation. She also authored the MPF through NNA’s “Reading Across the IReading Across Missouri! serials “Patriotic Pals, Tails of the Civil Nation” project. Missouri Press began this annual War,” “Pressing West” and “Twist of With more than 400 newspapers project in 2005 with the story of Old Fate: The Miracle Colt and His Friends.” downloading our serial story last year, not Drum in “A Hunter’s Heart.” In the Last year’s story, “Patriotic Pals,” was to mention the hundreds downloading ensuing eight years, readers – young the most popular story in the nine- our other features, Missouri Press and older – have read along year-history of the Reading continues to be a tremendous resource as we’ve taught them about Across Missouri project. for community newspapers interested in Harry Truman, George More than 160 Missouri reaching out to young readers in their Caleb Bingham, Missouri’s newspapers downloaded communities. first newspaper, Mark the story. nd the new Common Core Stan- Twain, Missouri’s generals, Stuckenschneider is A dards being adopted by states like the Civil War and more. turning “Patriotic Pals” Missouri should help remind teachers The goal of the project into a children’s book to of the value of those newspapers in the h a s a l w a y s b e e n t o be released later this year. classroom, as illustrated in the terrific encourage young people Her retelling of “Twist of comment from an educational blog The across the state to read Fate” was published as a Reading Zone: and learn about Missouri book in 2009 and hon- “What I have learned so far is that history inside their ored as a Missouri Show teachers can implement much of the community newspapers as Me Award Finalist. Common Core just by bringing news- we kick off a new year. The 2013 Reading papers into the classroom, in any subject This year we’re taking Dawn Kitchell is MPA’s NIE Across Missouri campaign area. My students read the paper every readers down a path less director. Contact her at offers newspapers the day and write in response to what they traveled, but surprisingly (636) 932-4301; dawn.kitch- opportunity to publish read. historical, to share the story [email protected]. the eight-chapter story “They are surrounded by informa- of mules. Did you know “Manny Kicks Long tional text mentors as I work with my the mule is the Missouri state animal? Ear Lore” at no cost for six months history co-teacher, and then we draw And Lathrop, Mo., was once considered beginning Jan. 1. connections between current events, the the Mule Capital of the World? In addition to the eight camera-ready literature we read, and the information he saying “all trails lead home” was chapter files, Missouri Press has produced they study in history. Tnever more true than with mules. a companion teacher guide correlated to “It’s truly a multidisciplinary ap- Francis the talking mule was a Missouri the Common Core Standards. These proach, and the students enjoy it! The gal, and her owner was a photographer files, along with a promotional ad, improvement in their reading and writ- who’s been inducted into our own Mis- are available for download at www. ing skills in just a few months is tremen- souri Photojournalism Hall of Fame! mo-nie.com using the download code dous (and measurable!). Even better? In our 2013 story, “Manny Kicks readmo13. They are reading more! They pick up Long Ear Lore,” readers will learn that Before you publish the story, be the newspaper and can think critically life’s no field of clover for Manny. Over sure to read the Rules for Publication about the issues affecting their world.” the years, his kind has gotten stuck with included with the download. Some key Read the entire article “Why Can’t a bad reputation. They’re believed to be points the rules address are registering We Be Friends? The Common Core, lazy, ugly and dumb. Manny has had each newspaper publishing the story, Informational Text, and Literature” at it up to his long ears with this pile of even within the same group, and limiting http://thereadingzone.wordpress.com/. mule hooey, and in a new eight-week online access to protected sites and If you have questions about the serial story, he’s going to set the record replica electronic newspapers. Reading Across Missouri project or how straight. e’ve posted the teacher guide in to implement it in your community, just Chris Stuckenschneider wrote the Wtwo places, with the newspaper contact me.

16 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, January 2013 his wife of 50 years; four daughters, a Washington Missourian to raise sister and two grandchildren. (From the subscription, single copy prices St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) Columbia Washington Missourian / Nov. 24, 2012 other measures were taken to cover the here were several meetings and long 75-cent price with $1.25. Betty Hackethorn Tdiscussions about raising the single- … We feel strongly that newspapers etty Lou Hackethorn, 92, Co- copy price of The Missourian for the issue have a high value and to charge only Blumbia, who attended many MPA right before Thanksgiving. Since this 75 cents for a single copy is nothing functions with her husband, Jack, from usually is the largest advertising issue of short of ridiculous. … The large Nov. the 1960s through 1980s, died Nov. the year, many newspapers charge more 21 issue was well worth $1.25. It was 21, 2012. for a single copy. The reason is higher jammed with advertising: many items The Hackethorns were longtime as- overall production costs. were listed at lower prices to be excellent sociate members of MPA. Jack worked So The Missourian’s leadership team bargains. To take advantage of a single in public relations for Missouri Farmers decided to charge $1.25 for this issue... item saved the consumer much, much Association, and he was inducted into To make the change we had to have signs more than $1.25. The community news the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of at our single-copy outlets that indicated in any issue has a priceless value in many Fame in 2007. He died several years ago. the $1.25 price for the Nov. 21 issue. instances. Mrs. Hackethorn held a number Other changes had to be made in our The Missourian single copy price soon of positions with the state and federal vending machines and other details were will go to $1. Like too many other news- governments and with the University of addressed. We moved up all deadlines so papers, we stayed at 75 cents too long. Missouri. During the Missouri School of we could get on the press early because Every item we purchase that is necessary Journalism’s 50th anniversary program of the extra handling required with more to publish a newspaper has gone up — in 1959, she met former First Lady than 30 inserts, several quite heavy. Ev- sometimes more than twice a year. We Eleanor Roosevelt. erything appeared to be going smoothly, will have to increase our subscription Survivors are a sister and other rela- deadlines were met, but ... prices also. We haven’t had a subscrip- tives. (From the Columbia Daily Tribune) On the flag on the front page we tion price increase for many years. always include the single-copy price, To increase prices is nothing more St. Louis which normally is 75 cents. Others, in- than recognition that our newspaper cluding this editor, missed changing the has value and for too long we’ve been Howard Etling price to $1.25. The press run began… selling it for a price that is not realistic oward Etling, 98, St. Louis, a long- several thousand papers were printed in today’s world. Like other businesses, Htime journalist in South St. Louis with the 75-cent price. Finally, the we can only absorb the rising cost of County, died Nov. 30, 2012. editor and circulation manager noticed doing business for so long. Not to act After obtaining a degree from the the mistake… We shut down the press, is to ignore practicing good business Missouri School of Journalism, Mr. a new front page plate was made, and judgment! Etling became managing editor of the South St. Louis Neighborhood News. He soon was married to Mary Nordmann, the daughter of the paper’s owner. She Obituaries died in 1997. They became part-owners of Nord- St. Louis Mr. Hoemeke was a longtime partner mann Printing Co., and in the 1970s, in the firm Lewis, Rice & Fingersh. when the Suburban Journals bought the Bob Hoemeke In 1975, Mr. Hoemeke represented Neighborhood News, he becamse a gen- t. Louis attorney Bob Hoemeke, the Post-Dispatch in the first case before eral manager for owner Frank C. Bick. S 77, an open government and First the Missouri Supreme Court dealing He was named a senior publisher for Amendment champion who often rep- with the sunshine law. The court ad- the Suburban Newspapers of Greater St. resented the Post-Dispatch, died Nov. opted his argument that the law should Louis after its sale to Ingersoll Publica- 28, 2012. He had been diagnosed with be liberally construed to promote open tions in 1984. Parkinson’s disease 12 years ago. government. Mr. Etling remained very active play- Mr. Hoemeke occasionally advised In 1998, Mr. Hoemeke represented ing tennis and with many area civic and MPA on issues involving press freedom, , the AP, NBC, CBS, church organizations most of his life. and he helped write the sunshine law. He ABC, Time Magazine and the Post- Survivors include four sons and three played a role in stopping President Rich- Dispatch in successfully seeking to open daughters. (From the St. Louis Post- ard Nixon from preventing publication the sealed deposition of President Bill Dispatch.) of news reports critical of the Vietnam Clinton in the Paula Jones case. War in the 1971 Pentagon Papers case. Mr. Hoemeke is survived by Shirley,

Missouri Press News, January 2013 www.mopress.com 17 of these changes. If you have time to come testify on a ‘Critical incident’ response bill, let me or Doug Crews at MPA know and we’ll keep you informed as to when hearings will be held. guidelines may be closed Be sure to come to Jefferson City for the annual Day at the Capitol in February, and talk to your legislators YOU play a key role in this effort then. Don’t hesitate, in addition, to catch y the time this lands on your Missouri Press has requested that this your local legislators when they are home desk, the holiday season will be bill include once again a sunset provi- on weekends and bend their ears about Bover and 2013 will stretch before sion in an effort to continue having this this subject. us, full of potential. And, as usual, it issue reviewed on a regular basis. We E v e r y means that shortly the Missouri legisla- have looked at the proposed language t i m e y o u ture will be back in session for another that will be presented this year and have make that We are hop- term. worked to be certain that connection, One of the first issues it is clearly written and y o u g i v e ing for a that I suspect we’ll see arise as limited as possible, in our bill a during the session is related order to ensure that the little “push” larger sun- to a little present Santa has amount of records closed toward pas- left in your stocking that I under these exceptions is sage. don’t want you to miss. narrowly drawn. Finally, I shine bill to Beginning Jan. 1, you Meanwhile, we are mentioned have a window of oppor- hoping for a larger sun- last month get a hearing tunity to make sunshine shine bill to get a hearing that my of- law requests for access to this session. The asso- fice will have this session. guidelines and policies ciation is working with relocated by relating to how law en- prospective sponsors and the time you forcement responds to a reports will be regularly read this. Many of you contact me by “critical incident” (see Sec- issued as to progress. phone or email, and none of that will Jean Maneke, MPA’s Legal tion 610.021.18). You also Hotline attorney, can be As usual, YOU play change. have the ability to request reached at (816) 753-9000, a key role in this effort. But perhaps it would be a good idea information on existing or [email protected]. Once a bill is introduced, to make this note of my new physical proposed security systems that information will be address: The Maneke Law Group, L.C., and structural plans of real property available to you so that you can lend 420 Nichols Road, Ste. 200, Kansas either in government hands or similar re- support. Editorials are helpful, explain- City, MO 64112. cords being held by government entities ing why the changes being suggested are We’re right in the heart of the Coun- that may be assisting in protecting those important. try Club Plaza, just a few steps away structures (see Section 610.021.19). When you get emails requesting you from the Apple Store there (I know you IF YOU WANT THIS INFORMA- to contact your legislators to ask them guys. I doubt there’s a PC sitting in any TION, MAKE YOUR REQUEST to support a bill, it is terribly important office of my readers out there). You’ll NOW. that you make those calls. Hearing from have to come say “hello” next time you I fear this window of opportunity will you, their constituents, that this is im- are down there. slam shut pretty quickly. Over the next portant to you, helps win their support Wishing all of us a wonderful 2013! few weeks, there will be many stories written about how law enforcement is dealing with shootings in public places, Mistrial in killing of St. Louis American staffer and this information may be important fter deliberating over two days, door to his home at about 10 a.m. He to your stories. A jurors went home Dec. 7 unable was shot dead before completing the call. This information will not be open to decide whether Rico R. Paul is guilty Eyewitnesses identified Paul as Reiter’s for long, for officials in the state De- of first·degree murder and other charges killer, but the defense presented two alibi partment of Public Safety are already in the killing of an employee of The St. witnesses and claimed police forced Paul working to have bills introduced clos- Louis American on May 9, 2011. to confess. Paul also faces 20 counts of ing these records. No doubt, as the bill The judge declared a mistrial, and- burglary and theft in a string of other moves through the House and Senate, Paul was held for a retrial. crimes in the neighborhood. He is serv- it will come with an emergency clause, Paul Reiter, 27, circulation manager ing a prison term for violating probation so once signed by the governor, it will for The American, had dialed 911, os- for an earlier robbery and assault. (St. be effective immediately. So don’t delay. tensibly to report seeing a burglar next Louis Post-Dispatch)

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Missouri Newspaper Organizations NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Adam Johnson, Mound CALENDAR City; Vice President, temporarily vacant; Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany; Treasurer, January W.C. Farmer, Rock Port. Directors: Past President, Matt Daugherty, Smithville/Kearney/ 9 — Missouri legislature convenes Liberty; Jim Fall, Maryville; Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Jim McPherson, Weston; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; ; Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Kay Wilson, Maryville; Steve Booher, St. February Joseph; D’Anna Balliett, Cameron. 20 — MPA/MPS Board meeting, SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, David Eales, Paris; Vice President, Doubletree Hotel, Jefferson City Jeff Grimes, Centralia; Secretary-Treasurer, Sandy Nelson, News-Press & Gazette Co. 20 — MPA Reception for Legislators Directors: Dennis Warden, Owensville; Stacy Rice, Drexel; Past President/Director, Linda and MPA Members, Jefferson City, Geist, Monroe City. Doubletree Hotel 21 — MPA/AP Day at the Capitol, OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Keith Moore, Ava; Vice President, Whitney Jefferson City Anderson, Crane; Secretary-Treasurer, Dala Whittaker, Cabool. Directors: Roger Dillon, Eminence; Brad Gentry, Houston; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Chris Case, Cuba; Tianna March Brooks, Mountain View; Sharon Vaughn, Summersville. 11-15 — National Sunshine Week 14 — NNA We Believe in Newspapers SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Amanda Layton, Perryville; Leadership Conference, First Vice President, Donna Denson, Cape Girardeau; Second Vice President, Randy Washington, D.C. Pribble, Ironton; Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff; Executive Secretary, Ann Hayes, Southeast Missouri State University; Historian, Peggy Scott, Festus. Directors: April Gera LeGrand, Cape Girardeau; Kim Combs, Piedmont; H. Scott Seal, Portageville; Kate 12 — Free Business Journalism Martin, Perryville; Deanna Nelson, Sikeston; Ed Thomason, New Madrid. Seminar, Fayetteville, Ark. 18-19 — Missouri Advertising DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice Managers’ Association meeting, President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer, The Lodge of Four Seasons, Linda Geist, Monroe City. Lake Ozark MISSOURI CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney, 21-23 — Missouri Circulation Manage- Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve ment Association meeting & Edwards, St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Circulation / Audience Mega Directors: Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck, Jefferson City. Summit, Renaissance Hotel, Lambert Airport, St. Louis MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION: President, Jane Haslag, Jefferson City; First Vice President, Jana Todd, Warrenton; Second Vice President, Jeanine September York, Washington; Secretary, Mark Maassen, The Kansas City Star; Treasurer, Kristie 5-7 — MPA Convention, Marriott Williams, Columbia. Directors: Suzie Wilson, Milan; Bruce Wallace, Ashland; Brian Rice, Downtown, Kansas City Excelsior Springs; Jennifer Vanderpool, Lake Ozark. Past President, Dennis Warden, 12-15 — National Newspaper Owensville. Association Convention & Trade Show, Arizona Grand Resort, MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, vacant; Phoenix Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins, St. Louis; Dan Potter, Columbia.

MISSOURI PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATORS: President, Colene McEntee, St. Charles; President-Elect, vacant; Secretary, Peggy Koch, Barnhart; Treasurer, Roxanne Miller, Ballwin; Public Relations Officer, Suzanne Corbett, St. Louis; Membership Officer, Linda Briggs-Harty, St. Louis; Contest Director, Janice Denham, Kirkwood; Quest Awards Directors, Susan Fadem, St. Louis, and Marge Polcyn, St. Louis; Conference Director, vacant; Archivist, Dee Rabey, Granite City, Ill.; Past President, Fran Mannino, Kirkwood.

MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, Kevin Jones, St. Louis; Secretary-Treasurer, Vicki Russell, Columbia. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Dave Bradley, St. Joseph. A contribution to the MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; First Vice President, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Second Vice President, Kirk Powell, Pleasant Hill; Missouri Press Foundation Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; James is a wonderful way to Sterling, Columbia; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson, Milan; Dane Vernon, Eldon; Vicki Russell, Columbia; Bill James, Harrisonville; Bill Miller Sr., Washington, Tom Miller, recognize an associate Washington; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; Dave Berry, Bolivar. Directors Emeritus: Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville; Wallace Vernon, Eldon; Rogers Hewitt, Shelbyville. or to honor his or her memory. MISSOURI-KANSAS AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, Susan Lynn, Iola, Kan. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, vacant; Past Chairman, Carol Stark, Joplin. VISA, MasterCard, MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Jordan Larimore, Missouri Discover accepted. Southern State University; Vice President, Megan Gates, Missouri State University; Secretary, Michelle McIntosh, St. Louis Community College-Forest Park; MPA Liaison, Jack Dimond, Missouri State University; Adviser, Olive Sullivan, Missouri Southern State University. (573) 449-4167

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