OHIO ASSOCIATION 2015 CONVENTION

This year’s convention focuses on solving the puzzle of newspaper revenue, distribution and readership. Speakers include GateHouse CEO Kirk Davis, Dr. Michael Drake, the new president of State University, Christine Brennan, one of America’s top sportswriters and sports commentators, Kevin Slimp, one of our industry’s most noted trainers, and Matt Tenney, one of America’s most sought-after speakers on servant leadership and workplace success. Panels include Covering High School Sports in Ohio • What’s Next for Ohio politics (and Political Advertising) • What’s Up with the USPS • Finding and Growing Digital Revenue • and much more! February 11 & 12, 2015 OFFICIAL PROGRAM A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM YOUR CONVENTION CHAIR Welcome to the 2015 Ohio Newspaper Association Convention. I hope you enjoy our outstanding convention and the many dining, shopping and entertainment options in the Polaris area. If you have any questions about either the convention program or nearby eating and shopping choices, ask any member of the ONA staff. The theme of this year’s convention year is “Solving the Puzzle,” and I am happy to say that Ohio are indeed having success solving the puzzles of revenue, distribution and readership. Despite what newspaper naysayers have been saying in recent years, the fundamentals in our industry remain strong. Add in our drive to continually push the boundaries of what a newspaper can be through new technologies and revenue models, and it’s easy to see how the “puzzle” of our industry’s future is already being solved. At this year’s convention you will find plenty of pieces to complete your own newspaper’s puzzle. Among the great sessions are • “Finding and Growing Digital Revenue” with Shannon Kinney of DreamLocal. com, with Shannon exploring exciting new ways your newspaper can immediately begin to grow digital ads and revenue. • “New Tech Tools” and “Improving Customer Service” with Kevin Slimp, one of our industry’s most noted trainers. These two sessions will focus on new technologies to improve productivity and on how improving customer service is everyone’s job at a newspaper. • “Covering High School Sports in Ohio,” which will explore the challenges and opportunities of covering prep sports these days, which as we all know is one of our readers’ favorite sections of the paper. And these are only a few of the sessions we’re offering at this week’s convention. Add in headliners like GateHouse CEO Kirk Davis, USA Today sportswriter Christine Brennan, OSU President Dr. Michael Drake, and motivational speaker Matt Tenney, and this is truly the most exciting ONA convention of recent years. Don’t forget to bid at our Silent Auction to help raise money for the Ohio Newspapers Foundation! Last year we raised around $4,500 to help our foundation. Also keep an eye out for an emailed questionaire after the convention! I want to hear your feedback. I want to make it an enjoyable yet learning experience for all of us. PS: Enjoy!

Lori Figurski Times-Leader, Martins Ferry Convention Chairman SPECIAL NOTES Registration and Name Badges For any special needs contact one of the staff members at the ONA Registration Desk in the main foyer. Name badges are required for admittance to all general sessions and meal functions.

Convention Social Media Feeds For real-time comments and thoughts about the convention, please go to Twitter.com/ONAnews. You can also share your own thoughts on Twitter with the hashtag #OhioNews15 and view convention photos at www.flickr.com/ photos/ohionewspapers. PROGRAM IN BRIEF 1

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11 8:30 a.m. Registration opens Polaris Foyer

9 a.m. – noon ONA Board of Trustees Meeting Gemini Ballroom C

9 a.m. – noon Ad Directors Roundtable Gemini Ballroom A

9:30 a.m. – noon of Home Dailies Meeting Gemini Ballroom B

1 – 1:50 p.m. Welcome, Kirk Davis Opening Keynote Polaris Ballroom F

2 – 3 p.m. Breakout Session: Public Notice Update Polaris Ballroom C

2 – 3 p.m. Breakout Session: Hooper/Collegiate Awards Polaris Ballroom F

3:10 – 4 p.m. Breakout Session: Building Digital Audiences Polaris Ballroom C

3:10 – 4 p.m. Breakout Session: Weekly Roundtable Gemini Ballroom A

4:10 – 5 p.m. Breakout Session: Sports Coverage Panel Polaris Ballroom C

4:10 – 5 p.m. Breakout Session: Postal Issues Polaris Ballroom F

5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception / Newspaper Awards / Polaris Foyer Live Auction / Vendor Recognition

THURSDAY, FEB. 12 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Polaris Foyer

7:40 – 8 a.m. ONA Business Meeting, Treasurer’s Report Polaris ABDE

8 – 9:15 a.m. Matt Tenney (includes book signing) Polaris ABDE

9:15 – 9:50 a.m. Dr. Michael Drake Polaris ABDE

10 – 10:50 a.m. Breakout Session: Growing Digital Revenue Polaris C

10 – 10:50 a.m. Breakout Session: New Technology Polaris F

11 –11:50 a.m. Breakout Session: Social Media Polaris C

11 – 11:50 a.m. Breakout Session: Improving Customer Service Polaris F

noon – 1 p.m. Lunch — Foundation Report, President & Polaris ABDE Executive Director Report, President’s Award

1 – 2 p.m. Christine Brennan Polaris ABDE

2:10 – 3 p.m. Political Party Chairs Discussion Polaris F

3 p.m. Adjournment 2 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Don’t forget to check out the silent auction A silent auction will be held at the convention to raise money for the Ohio Newspapers Foundation. All money raised will benefit Foundation activities. For more information and to make a bid, see the silent auction display or ask an ONA staff member for more information.

Exhibits Don’t forget to check out the display of our newspaper photo contest entries, and the offerings of our sponsoring vendors.

9:00 a.m. - noon ONA Board of Trustees Meeting

9:00 a.m. - noon Free Pre-Convention Workshop Ad Directors Ideas Presentation and Roundtable Don’t miss this opportunity for ad directors to share and present the best recent ideas they’ve executed in a fun, rapid-fire format. The directors will then break into smaller groups to discuss issues everyone is facing such as retention of sales people, commission plans, new revenue streams, etc. Moderated by Lori Figurski.

9:30 a.m. - noon Ohio League of Home Dailies Meeting

1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Convention Opens General Session: Kirk Davis on the State of the Newspaper Industry GateHouse CEO Kirk Davis will provide his outlook on the newspaper industry in these rapidly changing times.

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Kirk Davis Breakout Session: Public Notice Update Major changes will impact digital requirements for Ohio notices in March. The ONA’s Dennis Hetzel and ONA Counsel Lou Colombo will offer a refresher on what the law says and answer your questions.

Breakout Session: Hooper and Collegiate Awards

3:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Breakout Session: New Approaches to Online Access Our panelists will cover the latest developments in building digital audiences, including the use of Google surveys as a revenue stream that provides free access to readers, Ohio papers that are offering free access to WashingtonPost. com to drive traffic and what is working with more “traditional” paywall models. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 3

Panelists will be Dick Fuller of The Blade, Bill Hudnutt of Lorain County Printing and Publishing, and Matthew Skibinski of Piano Media. Breakout Session: Weekly Roundtable Led by members of the ONA Weekly Newspaper Committee, this session is an open forum for our weekly newspaper members to trade ideas and best practices.

4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Breakout Session: Covering High School Sports Samuel E. Jaudon in Ohio Marc Pendleton with Ohio and Mike Throne with the Media Network of Central Ohio will talk about the challenges and opportunities of covering prep sports these days. They’ll be joined by Tim Stried of the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Tim will address OHSAA’s current policies on media access and promises to remain after the session to answer additional questions from our members.

Breakout Session: What’s Up with the USPS Samuel E. Jaudon with the USPS will answer your questions about the relationship between Ohio newspapers and the Lou Colombo postal service. He’ll be joined by Brad Hill of Interlink, one of the newspaper industry’s leading experts on dealing with the USPS.

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception Join us for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and musical entertainment while connecting with friends and colleagues. Joining ONA members for the reception will be Ohio legislative leaders and members of the executive branch. There will also be a live auction of some exclusive items. And new this year — the Newspaper of the Year and the Frank E. Deaner awards will be presented at the reception. Tim Stried

Dick Fuller Bill Hudnutt Matthew Skibinski 4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast 8 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Speaker: Matt Tenney Matt was a brilliant Marine whose greed sent him to the brig – literally -- before he wised up and grew up. Matt is now one of America’s most sought-after speakers on servant leadership and workplace success and the author of Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom. Matt Tenney

9:15 - 9:50 a.m. General Session: Dr. Michael Drake, OSU President 10:00 - 10:50 a.m. Breakout Session: Finding and Growing Digital Revenue Shannon Kinney of DreamLocal.com will run this fast- paced workshop. Shannon’s industry, agency and consulting background makes her a perfect choice, and she comes highly recommended by ONA’s partners at the Local Media Association. Dr. Michael Drake Breakout Session: New Tech Tools with Kevin Slimp The first of two sessions by Kevin Slimp, one of our industry’s most noted trainers, will focus on new technology of interest to Ohio newspapers. Kevin will specifically discuss free apps and software that your paper can use to improve productivity. 11:00 - 11:50 Breakout Session: Using Social Media for Better Reporting Doug Haddix is the director of the Kiplinger program in public Christine Brennan affairs journalism at Ohio State and the former training director of Investigative Reporters & Editors. If you’re a journalist who thinks you already know this stuff, guess again. This will be an extremely valuable session.

Breakout Session: Improving Customer Service with Kevin Slimp Kevin Slimp covers one of his most popular new programs: “Improving Customer Service: It’s Everybody’s Job.”

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12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Luncheon featuring Christine Brennan Christine Brennan, an Ohio native who is one of America’s best-known sports commentators for USA Today and ESPN and a role model for female journalists around the world, will speak about her life and career.

2:10 - 3:00 p.m. General Session: What’s Next for Ohio Politics (and Political Advertising) Matt Borges and David Pepper, respectively the heads of the Ohio Republican Party and the Ohio Democratic Party, will meet for the first time in public since they both assumed their positions. They’ll debate the issues and strategies ahead as Ohio once again heads for spotlight as a 2016 battleground state. Julie Carr Smyth, statehouse correspondent for the Associated Press, will moderate.

3:00 p.m. Adjourn

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A long-standing convention tradition to showcase young journalists continues with this year’s student news bureau staffed by students from Bowling Green State University Department of Journalism and Public Relations.

We gratefully acknowledge Dr. Nancy Brendlinger, associate professor at Bowling Green, and Kelly Taylor, senior lecturer at Bowling Green, for their assistance as the student media advisers.

We are pleased to welcome the following group of students:

• Kathryne Rubright, senior multiplatform journalism major • Katherine (Katie) Wernke, senior broadcast journalism major • Sarah Sanchez, senior broadcast journalism major • Annie Furia, sophomore multiplatform journalism major • Cameron Teague Robinson, senior multiplatform major • Will Channell, senior multiplatform major • Jon Stinchcomb, senior multiplatform major

These students are based in a newsroom near the ONA registration desk.

They will be providing news, photo and video coverage, real-time Twitter updates from @ONAnews and their own special Bulletin design to be published as a special electronic edition of the ONA Bulletin on Feb. 20.

Please introduce yourselves to these young journalists and ask for resumes. This is an excellent opportunity for recruiting.

Follow their tweets:

Twitter.com/ONAnews And follow the action, and share your own tweets, with the hashtag #OhioNews15

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President Vice President Treasurer Karl Heminger Keith Rathbun Bill Southern Findlay Publishing The Budget The Blade Sugarcreek Toledo

Secretary General Counsel Dennis Hetzel Louis Colombo Ohio Newspaper Baker & Hostetler Association TRUSTEES 9

Margaret Buchanan Diane Chiddister Larry Dorschner Ken Douthit Enquirer Media Yellow Springs Lisbon Morning Douthit News Journal Communications

Thomas Fladung Joe Gallo Paul Martin Jerry Mossbarger The Plain Dealer Dispatch Print- The Chronicle ing Company Telegram Jackson

Monica Nieporte Jim Shine Rick Szabrak Ron Waite Athens Messenger Lima News Lancaster Eagle- Cuyahoga Falls Gazette News-Press

Bruce Winges Robert Zikias Deb Zwez Akron Beacon Dayton Daily The Community Journal News Post 10 COMMITTEES / STAFF

Ohio Newspapers Foundation President Keith Rathbun, The Budget, Sugarcreek

Ohio Coalition for Open Government | www.ohioopengov.com Chair Monica Nieporte, The Athens Messenger President Dennis Hetzel, Ohio Newspaper Association

Ohio Newspaper Association Staff | www.ohionews.org Executive Director Dennis Hetzel Manager of Administrative Services Sue Bazzoli Manager of Communication and Content Jason Sanford Receptionist & Secretary Ann Riggs Program Support Assistant Josh Park

AdOhio Staff | www.adohio.net Vice President of Advertising Frank Beeson Advertising Director Walt Dozier Operations Manager Patricia Conkle Network Account Executive Mitch Colton

Convention Committee Chair Lori Figurski, Times-Leader, Martins Ferry

Immediate Past Chair Ted Daniels, Times-Gazette, Ashland

Tom Brennan, The News-Journal, Mansfield Dennis Hetzel, Ohio Newspaper Association Kirk Dougal, Times Bulletin, Van Wert Mary Huber, Archbold Buckeye, Archbold Dick Morris, The Daily Standard, Celina Monica Nieporte, The Messenger, Athens Mark Woodruff, Enquirer Media, Bruce Winges, Akron Beacon-Journal Paul Martin, Elyria Chronicle-Telegram Sue Bazzoli, Ohio Newspaper Association Trusted Counselors. Aggessive Advocates.

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Matthew Borges is chairman of the Ohio Republican Party and brings more than 20 years of political experience to the position. In addition to being a veteran participant and advisor to many successful political campaigns at the local, state, federal and national levels, he has built a strong political network throughout Ohio and the United States. He is a graduate of the Ohio State University. Borges served as Executive Director for the Kasich-Taylor New Day Inaugural Committee and managed Dave Yost’s successful campaign for Ohio Auditor of State. Previously he served as Chief of Staff and Campaign Manager for Treasurer of State Joseph Deters. He was also a lead representative for Senator John McCain and Sarah Palin’s Presidential bid in 2008, and worked with the Office of the Vice President, Dick Cheney, where he acted as Lead Advance Representative from 2001 to 2007. Additionally, he ran the successful 2010 primary bid for Bob Gibbs for Congress and consulted for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in 1992, 2000, and 2010. Borges was elected Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party in April 2013, and was sworn-in on May 31, 2013. He resides in Bexley with his wife Kate, their daughter Lucy, and sons Drew and Spencer.

Christine Brennan is an award-winning national sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator for ABC News, PBS NewsHour, CNN and National Public Radio, a best-selling author and a nationally-known speaker. Twice named one of the country’s top 10 sports columnists by the Associated Press Sports Editors, she has covered the last 16 Olympic Games, summer and winter. Brennan was the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald in 1981 and the first woman to cover ’s NFL team as a staff writer at in 1985. She was the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM) and started a scholarship-internship program that has supported more than 130 female students over the past two decades. Brennan is the author of seven books. Her 2006 sports memoir, Best Seat in the House, is the only father-daughter memoir written by a sports journalist. Her 1996 national best-seller, Inside Edge, was named one of the top 100 sports books of all time by Sports Illustrated. Brennan earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in journalism from Northwestern University. She is a member of the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame and Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism Hall of Achievement. She has received honorary degrees from Tiffin (Ohio) University and the University of Toledo.

Lou Colombo has represented companies and individuals in media and First Amendment matters and intellectual property cases for almost 40 years. He has handled far more than 100 defamation cases on behalf of newspapers, magazines, and television and radio stations, among them several national media companies. He has also handled numerous matters involving access to public records and public meetings, and resisting subpoenas for reporters’ records. In the IP area, Lou has litigated hundreds of copyright and trademark cases, including preliminary injunction hearings and trials on the merits. Much of his experience in this regard has been in the entertainment, automotive, and hair care industries. He also has extensive commercial litigation experience in a wide variety of business cases. We’ve had the back of the newspaper business in Ohio for nearly 100 years.

bakerlaw.com © 2015 14 SPEAKER BIOS For well over ten years, Lou has been continuously listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Litigation – First Amendment. He has presented a number of seminars on libel and related matters and prepared papers on the subject.

A native of Lancaster, Kirk Davis is the CEO of GateHouse Media, LLC, and COO of New Media Investment Group. GateHouse Media is the operating company for New Media Investment Group. The company is one of the largest publishers of locally based print and online media in the United States as measured by the number of daily publications. Davis began his career at the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. He served as publisher from 1990-1996 with daily newspapers in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and California. In 1996, Davis became president of the TAB newspaper group in the Boston, MA area, which was part of Community Newspaper Company (CNC). He was later named president of CNC in 1998, as the company grew to 113 daily and weekly publications, and affiliated websites serving Eastern Massachusetts towns. In 2004, Davis was named CEO of Boston-based Enterprise NewsMedia (ENM), a multimedia company owned by Heritage Partners, Inc., a private equity firm in Boston, MA. GateHouse Media acquired Enterprise NewsMedia from Heritage Partners and Community Newspaper Company (CNC) from Herald Media in 2006 and named Kirk as CEO of GateHouse Media New England. In January 2009, Davis was promoted to President and COO for the parent company, GateHouse Media, Inc. He was named CEO of GateHouse Media LLC in February 2014. Davis is a recipient of the Borrell Associates Award of Merit for Innovation, which was presented to him at their 2013 Local Online Advertising Conference in New York City. He attended Wright State University and and is past chairman of the board for the Suburban Newspapers of America, now Local Media Association (LMA) and served seven years on the board of the Association for Audited Media (formerly ABC). Currently, Davis serves as a director of the Newspaper Association of America (NAA).

Dr. Michael V. Drake became the 15th president of The Ohio State University on June 30, 2014, following three decades of service as a higher education leader with the University of California. From July 2005 to June 2014, Dr. Drake served as the fifth chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, with a focus on excellence and inclusivity. During his tenure, the campus saw a dramatic increase in the number of minority applicants and was one of the nation’s leaders in graduation rates among minority students. He also served on a statewide “Commission of the Future” for higher education, co-chairing the work group on access and affordability. As chancellor, Dr. Drake advanced several major themes, including Your Health, Global Campus and Energy in the Environment. During this time, UC Irvine built a new hospital, which was completed early and under budget; saw a 502 percent increase in international applicants; and, in 2014, was named No. 1 in the U.S. among the hundred top “cool schools” for its green initiatives – the fifth year in a row that it ranked in the top 10. Drake is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and serves on the boards of numerous organizations, including the Association of American Universities and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. SPEAKER BIOS 15 Dick Fuller is the Director of Circulation at The Blade in Toledo, Ohio. He has been in the newspaper business for over forty years. He has worked with Cox Newspapers at the Springfield News-Sun, Dayton Daily News and Cox Ohio Publishing, and for Media News Group at the Post. Fuller is past-president of the Ohio Circulation Managers Association and was awarded that group’s highest honor, the Presidential Award, in 2009. He also served on the Newspaper Association of America Circulation Federation Board of Directors for six years and chaired many national committees during that time.

Doug Haddix leads the University Communications team that produces content for the osu.edu website, the Ohio State Alumni Magazine, onCampus, OSU Today, social media and executive communications. He also serves as director of the Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, which trains journalists on digital reporting and storytelling tools.

As ONA’s chief executive, Dennis Hetzel oversees the association and its staff as well as ONS (AdOhio) and the Ohio Newspapers Foundation. He also serves as secretary to the board of trustees, president of The Ohio Coalition for Open Government (OCOG) and registered lobbyist for ONA. Before joining ONA in November, 2010, from Enquirer , Hetzel’s extensive industry career included stints as a sports editor, news reporter, movie critic, editorial writer, editor, publisher and website manager. He spent 13 years as editor and publisher of the York, Pa., and four years as managing editor of the Madison, Wis., Capital Times. Hetzel was an executive board member of the Pennsylvania and Kentucky newspaper associations where he championed open government issues as well as the industry’s move into the digital age. In Pennsylvania, he received the newspaper association’s Benjamin Franklin Award as the state’s industry executive of the year in 2003 and the Paul Tobenkin Award from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for his leadership on issues of race and diversity. He has presented for the American Press Institute and taught journalism at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Penn State and Temple universities. A native of Chicago, Hetzel holds a political science degree with a minor in journalism from Western University.

Brad Hill is the president at Interlink, a Michigan-based independent software company focused on meeting the needs of community newspapers in the areas of circulation, delivery and ad management. Initially hired as a network engineer, Hill’s 13 years with the company have seen him in a number of roles including project management, product development, customer service and sales. For the past decade, Hill has worked closely with Interlink’s developers on postal presort logic, address sequencing systems and integrating various USPS services. In 2011, he was invited to represent the National Newspaper Association on USPS’ Mailer’s Technical Advisory Committee, focusing on technical issues such as electronic documentation and Intelligent Mail barcodes. Brad frequently liaises between mailers and the post office regarding disputes and matters of acceptance. Prior to joining Interlink, he was the network administrator for a private school in Chattanooga, TN, where he oversaw campus servers and networking, collaborated with educators to integrate technology into their curriculum, and developed custom web applications. Hill lives in southwest Michigan with his wife and three children.

Bill Hudnutt is general manager of Lorain County Printing and Publishing, which consists of two daily newspapers, four radio stations, and co-owned four weeklies. He graduated from in 2005 and started working for the company shortly after and is a member of the inaugural class of Inland Press Association’s Executive Program for Innovative Change.

Samuel E. “Sam” Jaudon was named district manager of the Ohio Valley District in April 2014. He is responsible for mail processing, delivery and retail operations for 739 facilities in an area that includes 69 counties in Ohio, 12 counties in Northern Kentucky, and 5 counties in Southeastern Indiana. Approximately 12,500 employees process and deliver nearly 7.1 million pieces of mail each day to 2.9 million delivery points resulting in annual delivery of nearly 2.3 billion pieces of mail. Jaudon oversees an operation that generates $2 billion in revenue annually. Jaudon is a 29-year postal veteran with extensive experience in postal operations. He possesses a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Jacksonville University, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication from State University, is a graduate of both the Advanced Leadership Program and the Processing and Distribution Management Program, and is Lean Six Sigma Executive Green Belt Trained. Jaudon is married to the former Jamie Belk, and has two sons, Jackson and Brady. SPEAKER BIOS 17

Shannon Kinney is the founder of DreamLocal.com and has over 15 years of experience in the development of successful Internet products, sales and marketing strategies. She has worked on the teams developing successful Internet brands such as cars.com, careerbuilder.com, and over 60 online media properties for newspapers all over the U.S. and Canada. Prior to that, she spent over 10 years in media sales and sales management in . She is an experienced speaker, trainer, and consultant, and has worked with small and large companies alike. Kinney is considered an expert in the field of online marketing and social media, and speaks regularly at conferences on the subject. She serves as an advisor to many established and start-up companies, and local charitable groups such as the Maine Lobster Festival Committee. After spending many years away, Kinney is pleased to be again based in Maine, working with businesses to assist in their growth.

Marc Pendleton is a sports staff writer for Cox Media Group Ohio, focusing on high schools coverage for the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and Journal- News. He also helps coordinate daily coverage between the three newspapers. He has written about high school sports since 1978 and has served on the copy desk in sports and lifestyle sections of the Dayton Daily News. Besides writing he tweets, shoots art and video, and referees two young sons, Knuckleheads I-II. He continues to inch up a steep social media learning curve, sometimes with success.

David Pepper was unanimously elected Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party on December 17, 2014 and began his term on January 1. Born and raised in Cincinnati, Pepper is a fifth-generation Cincinnatian. Pepper was first elected to public office in 2001 when he served on the Cincinnati City Council, finishing first out of a field of 26 candidates, and was reelected for a second term in 2003, again leading the pack in votes. In this role Pepper successfully pushed to improve police-community relations, and he ultimately served as the Chairman of the Law and Public Safety Committee. In 2006, Pepper was elected to the three-member Hamilton County Commission. He served as the Commission President from 2009-2010. During his tenure, Hamilton County won 19 National Association of County Awards for outstanding management practices, more than all other Ohio counties combined. Pepper has been nominated by Ohio Democrats to run in statewide elections twice. In 2010, Pepper ran for the office of Ohio Auditor campaigning ona platform of increasing efficiency and transparency in government while ending the gerrymandering that has poisoned politics in Columbus and Washington. His platform gained him the endorsements of virtually every major Ohio newspaper. And, in 2014, Pepper ran an intense campaign to unseat the incumbent Attorney General, calling for greatly improved transparency and integrity in that office. Although both years proved to be tough years for Ohio Democrats, Pepper set records (for a non-incumbent) in fundraising for both offices and received praise for running aggressive, substantive campaigns. Pepper earned his B.A. magna cum laude from Yale University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa, and later earned his J.D. from Yale Law School. Pepper is married to Alana (Swartz) Pepper. Last May, David and Alana welcomed their first child, Jacob “Jack” Hamilton Pepper, into their family. RCR A EE G K U

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5.25” x 8.25” BW Kevin Slimp is one of the most popular lecturers in the country at newspaper conventions and training seminars. His workshops regularly generate rave reviews as being useful and interesting. In this training, you’ll learn how to save time while also creating eye-popping graphics, advertisements, photo packages and page layouts. Slimp is also the Technology Director for the Press Association. Learn more about him at http://kevinslimp.com.

Matthew Skibinski is Piano Media’s Global Director of Client Relations from Press+. He oversees all client relations worldwide, onboarding and support for more than 630 publications and websites using Piano Media platforms with a focus on helping publishers leverage data, best practices, case studies and other key insights from across the network to achieve the best sales results. Skibinski holds degrees in Poiltical Science and Communications and Media Studies from Tufts University.

Tim Stried joined the Ohio High School Athletic Association as Director of Information Services on Sept. 9, 2008. He handles communications, media relations, publications, website content and coordinates broadcasts at OHSAA state tournaments. Prior to the OHSAA, Stried worked for five years in the athletics communications office at The Ohio State University. He was the sports information director for the men’s soccer, fencing, women’s gymnastics and teams, coordinated the statistics crew and assisted with media relations for the football program, including four bowl trips. From 1999 to 2003, Stried served as the sports information director at his alma mater, Bluffton University in . He is a 1998 Bluffton graduate and played football and while majoring in computer science and secondary education. Tim taught at Elida High School during the 1998-99 school year. He is a 1994 graduate of Marion Pleasant High School. Stried and his wife, Anna, a mathematics teacher at Buckeye Valley High School, reside in Powell. They have two sons, Gavin (4) and Graham (3). Stried enjoys running, hunting and fishing and following the .

Matt Tenney is a social entrepreneur and the author of “Serve to Be Great: Leadership Lessons from a Prison, a Monastery, and a Boardroom.” He is also an international keynote speaker, a trainer, and a consultant with the prestigious Perth Leadership Institute, whose clients include numerous Fortune 500 companies. He works with companies, associations, universities, and non-profits to develop highly effective leaders who achieve lasting success by focusing on serving and inspiring greatness in the people around them. Tenney envisions a world where the vast majority of people realize that effectively serving others is the key to true greatness. When he’s not traveling for speaking engagements, he can often be found in Nashville, TN.

After graduating from Bowling Green State University with aspirations of becoming a screenwriter, Mike Throne found he liked to eat and have money to do things so he went back to his first love – journalism. He started out as the only reporter in a rural bureau of his hometown paper, The Sandusky Register, covering news and sports in two counties, three cities and for 14 school districts. After two years in the bureau, he moved up and spent many EPOhioad_Layout 1 2/6/15 1:48 PM Page 1

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I was catching up on the last few copies of E&P over lunch the other day. I thought I would quickly scan the head- lines and mark a few articles I wanted to read later. But what I found was that just about every article touched on important topics we are discussing here at Morris. I ended “ up reading them all cover-to-cover over the weekend. Just wanted to send you a note congratulating you and your team on a job well done.

Derek J May Executive Vice President Morris Publishing Group, LLC ” Subscribe to success Advertise: (949) 660-6150, ext. 231 Subscribe: 1 (888) 732-7323 editorandpublisher.com sleep-deprived nights on the night cops beat for a year before becoming the chief crime reporter for the Register. In his first year on that beat, he covered five murder trials and handled stories ranging from a faked abduction, the debate over getting the county a new judge to handle a backlog of cases to feature on a burn victim’s recovery. In 1997, Throne moved to Chillicothe to become Local News Editor at the Gazette, in which he helped to plan and guide coverage as well as mentor reporters. A year later, he was named Managing Editor and became the lead manager over the Gazette’s staff. In 2005, he was named general manager, which gave him supervisory responsibility over the entire Gazette operation. In 2013, he moved to a regional role with the Media Network of Central Ohio. He’s won numerous personal writing awards – from editorials to headlines to breaking news and features – and helped the Gazette staff win 43 awards for editorial excellence in four years. He lives in Chillicothe with his wife, Kelsey, and has three daughters and a son.

Public Notices Belong in Newspapers, Where People Will See Them.

Cartoon courtesy of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C.

The state of Ohio recently named the Ohio Newspaper Association’s PublicNoticesOhio.com as Ohio’s The state ofofficial Ohio public recentlynotice website. namedThis helps ensure the that Ohio public noticesNewspaper will stay in newspapers, Association’s where the PublicNoticesOhio.compublic both expects as and the knows state’s to find them, official instead ofpublic on random notice government website. websites. This helps Beginning next month all Ohio newspapers will need to upload their public notices to ensure that publicPublicNoticesOhio.com notices in will order stay to keep intheir newspapers, eligibility to accept public where notice advertising. the public If your paper both expects and knowsis already touploading find noticesthem, to theinstead site, thank of you. on If yourandom aren’t, contact government the ONA’s Jason websites. Sanford at [email protected] to learn what you need to do. You can also go to OhioNews.org and download ads to promote both public notices and PublicNoticesOhio.com. Beginning next month all Ohio newspapers will need to upload their public notices to PublicNoticesOhio.com in order to keep their eligibility to accept public notice advertising. If your paper is already uploading notices to the site, thank you. If you aren’t, contact the ONA’s Jason Sanford at [email protected] to learn what you need to do. You can also go to OhioNews.org and download ads to promote both public notices and PublicNoticesOhio.com. About the Ohio Newspaper Association

Established in 1933, the Ohio Newspaper Association formally consolidated the activities of two loosely-knit groups of publishers which had existed since the late 1800’s – the Buckeye Press Association for weekly newspapers and the Associated Ohio Dailies. These forerunner organizations banded together to share trade information and to jointly sell advertising.

From these roots has evolved a strong state trade association which represents all of Ohio’s daily newspapers and weekly newspapers which qualify for periodicals class mail privileges. ONA administers a full program of member services that include: government relations and lobbying, publications, seminars and employee training, legal assistance, group insurance, and advertising services.

To learn more about the Ohio Newspaper Association, go to www.ohionews.org.

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