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JULY, 2017 “Newspapers cannot be defined by the second word—paper. They’ve got to be defined by the first word—news.” Arthur Sulzberg, Jr. ISSUE 7 Successful Folio Changes in the Capitol The MPA Public Policy Team was finally enforcement groups. successful in getting an adjustment in the rate The public notice issues remain in committee. newspapers are allowed to charge for legal However, we continue to monitor closely. notices (folio). Due to a prior sunset in the law the rates have remained the same for 5 years. Senator Rick Jones will be re-introducing the The new law will allow the rate to be adjusted student press rights bill again this year with to the CPI until 2025. We anticipate that the changes proposed by MIPA to address some of Treasury Department will have a new chart that the concerns voiced by school administrators. reflects the increase by October of this year. The Public Policy Committee will be meeting Unfortunately, during the same time period, a to prioritize our legislative agenda and address bill sponsored by Represenative Jim Runestad any new concerns in the coming weeks. If you (R-White Lake) that would allow for FOIA have any concerns about legislation impacting exemption of a majority of police body worn the business of newspapers please contact camera footage (HB 4575) also passed. MPA Lisa McGraw at 517-372-2424 or email lisa@ worked for 2 and half years with the sponsor of michigannpress.org the bill to prevent this from being so extreme but we were shouted down by numerous law

MPA 150th Anniversary Just Around the Corner The staff at MPA is getting geared up for a year of memorable activities to commemorate our 150 years.

A committee appointed by MPA Board President Doug Caldwell met recently to discuss plans for the year. Great ideas were generated and will evolve over the next year.

Keep your eye on this publication and other MPA communications for upcoming events. Plans for editorial content, house ads, open government seminars, a 5K and various other opportunities to celebrate are in the mix. If you have a great idea for potential content (the historical significance of your newspaper in the community, your families involvement in the business, historical pictures of illustrious people) please contact Lisa or Brittiany at MPA.

MPA would also like to hear from you if you won a BNC award prior to 1994.

We are also hoping to locate memorabilia from past years that we can display at various events.

2018 will be a “golden” year at MPA and we can’t wait to have you celebrate with us!

Newsboy Pavillion Built in 1911, the historic Newsboy Shelter on Belle Isle is in danger of falling down. MPA, Department of Natural Resources and the Belle Isle Conservancy are raising funds to help restore this victorian era structure and piece of Michigan press history.

MPA is incorporating the restoration of the shelter into its 150th celebration activities taking place throughout 2018. If you are interested in donating to the efforts to save the Newsboy Shelter, please visit patronicity.com/project/ belle_isle_newsboy_shelter_restoration or contact us at 517.372.2424. PAGE 2 JULY, 2017 MPA Executive Director’s Column Strength in Numbers from MPA Executive Director Jim Tarrant MPA members – you represent our eyes and ears. You legislation which prevents newspapers from accessing Please consider joining MPA and know the stringers, freelancers, photographers, etc. in the files of footage. MPA will continue to work with supporting fellow journalists, your area who may be potential MPA members. There members to modify the law in the future to open things editors and publishers as we are also a small number of newspapers and magazines back up to improve access and transparency. continue the efforts to educate who are not current members. As staff reaches out to the public, defend free speech and The other major legislative concern MPA is working on, these potential members, your assistance forwarding open government. is preventing legislative efforts to allow governmental contact information of prospective members or even bodies to only place public notices on their respective As a member you will be kept better, personal calls to area newspapers which are not websites. The public will not take the time to search aware of the efforts underway members (see directory), will be helpful in expanding multiple websites looking for the information that has at MPA. Calls to action when the membership. always been available in newspapers. newspaper industry is under attack, Please feel free to adapt the following membership when you should be calling your In addition to our advocacy at the state Capitol and in recruitment letter as you identify and contact individuals. elected officials to tell them the Washington DC, MPA is your voice for open government Expanded membership helps MPA members connect impact legislation will have on on other fronts. Most recently, MPA designed a campaign wih people seeking opportunities. your business or question why they don’t support open for member newspapers to combat #fakenews. We will government. be adding editorial content to this campaign often. Not every action by the association benefits every ______We often take on the cost of legal counsel preparation member, but the leadership considers the impact on of amicus briefs for significant issues which may impact Dear ---- the newspaper industry and its evolving landscape. all newspapers. Your voice can be heard and together the voices of all Support for the Michigan Press Association is critical. You benefit from the ongoing efforts of MPA whether Michigan newspapers can be very loud. MPA is advocating for Michigan Newspapers which you currently pay dues or not. However, as the American requires support. Governor Snyder signed the Folio Those who are members see the benefits of advocacy, Medical Association states, “we are stronger together.” legislation on July 12, which will increase the fees for legal assistance, education and being part of something Journalism is under assault from the President of the publication of legal notices and again realign it to adjust bigger. United States on down. The industry needs a united annually based on the Consumer Price Index. front and the resources to defend freedom of MPA opposed the recently signed Police Worn Body Cam and the public’s right to know.

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The Michigan Press Association has joined with a Eliminating the Advertising Deduction Would Have coalition of groups including broadcast media and Drastic Economic Consequences: Past tax reform advertising professionals to fight a proposal to remove proposals have called for limiting or eliminating the the current deduction for advertising that has been advertising deduction as a “pay-for” in tax reform. discussed in Washington as the President and Congress However, any revenue raised in this way would be look at tax reform. dwarfed by the negative impacts to the economy. As lawmakers move forward with tax reform, they must In total, advertising directly or indirectly supports retain the ability of businesses to deduct advertising almost 22 million jobs and $5.8 trillion in total economic costs. Eliminating or removing this deduction would output. Every dollar of advertising spending generates distort business decisions and undermines the goals $22 of economic activity. Advertising associated of growth, simplicity, and equity that drive tax reform. with local radio and television is alone projected to contribute more than $1 trillion in economic output Treating Advertising Costs Differently From Other and 1.38 million jobs. Business Decisions Would Distort the Tax Code: Advertising is one of many costs of doing business that As part of the tax reform conversation, legislators firms are properly allowed to deduct, and has been should oppose any proposal that removes the ability of treated as such in the tax code for more than 100 years. businesses to deduct advertising costs as a necessary Other costs to businesses include wages and other business expense. Limiting this provision would forms of compensation, travel, and rent. undermine economic growth. There is little difference between advertising costs The MPA public policy team will be contacting and these other business expenses. Changing current members of the Michigan Congressional Delegation to law would needlessly create a bias against investing in express concern about the potential elimination of this advertising. In turn, this would encourage businesses deduction as the issue of tax reform moves forward in to make economically inefficient decisions based on DC. tax reasons. #TBT “New” Inovations July 1947

Type is set automatically by this machine, now in use at the plant of the Midland Dairly News. Miss Ileane Asch, Beaverton, punches the tape which is fed (left) into the Teletypesetter machine. Type comes out (right). Here is one way to solve the shortage of machine operators.

www.MICHIGANPRESS.org PAGE 4 JULY, 2017 ABC News Settles Lawsuit Attacking its Lean Finely Textured Beef (“Pink Slime”) Reporting

By Andrew Friedman In today’s high-risk defamation world (Hulk Hogan’s sex tape/defamation/invasion of Though the “actual malice” standard of intent creates a high barrier to defamation claims, privacy suit put Gawker out of business), ABC recently settled claims surrounding its and though ABC argued that the term “pink slime” should not necessarily be interpreted to reporting of meat product/additive “lean finely textured beef,” aka “LFTB” or “pink slime.” imply that the product is unappealing or unappetizing, the South Dakota court overseeing ABC’s 2012 reporting questioned the lack of disclosure about the use of this product, which the case had rejected motions to dismiss the claims and felt the issue of ABC’s alleged was added to ground beef in supermarkets and fast food restaurants throughout the U.S. reckless disregard for the truth should be addressed by a jury. The court held that BPI Indeed, purchasers of ground beef cannot determine from the label whether the meat should have the opportunity to prove that ABC recklessly pursued a “negative spin” on its contains LFTB. A U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) microbiologist allegedly coined story before it had researched the facts, and that ABC might have intentionally avoided the the term “pink slime” in an internal email to a colleague that later became public. truth about the product.

LFTB is processed from meat trimmings and used as an additive for many ground beef BPI was represented by ace trial lawyer Dan Webb, from Chicago powerhouse law firm products. By grinding up trimmings that are lean and have less fat, then treating it with Winston & Strawn LLP. Given the barrage of ‘fake news’ allegations from the White House ammonia to eliminate bacteria, LFTB could get mixed with ground beef to reduce fat and the public’s potential willingness to punish media companies, ABC may have feared a content. The USDA had approved the product. In addition, a number of U.S. food products, significant adverse verdict. including Chips Ahoy cookies and Velveeta cheese, also use ammonia-based compounds in very small amounts that the USDA has deemed to be safe for consumption. Observations and practice tips: 1. If your news report may adopt a derogatory term from another source, it might be ABC’s reporting on the issue was balanced in many respects. For example, the news prudent to prominently spell out the source and include it verbatim in the body of the reports included images of a BPI plant that the reports characterized as pristine in both reporting. This could help support a fair report privilege defense. (note that ABC did the way the plant was maintained and in the way the meat was processed. ABC also did attribute the term to USDA scientists in this lawsuit without success). not expressly say the product was either unsafe or unhealthy. In addition, a number of large corporate purchasers of LFTB, including McDonalds, Burger King, and Taco Bell, had 2. Consider whether your reporting can have equally hard impact without the pejorative apparently stopped purchasing the product before ABC broadcast its reports. Depositions term. Had ABC used the term “pink slime” once, then referred to the product as LFTB in the case apparently focused on the repeated use of the term “pink slime” to describe throughout, it very well might have blunted BPI’s strongest arguments. LFTB and whether the term might be deemed derogatory, and on correspondence from 3. It couldn’t hurt to anticipate the forum of a potential dispute for a controversial story. the manufacturer and the American Meat Institute in 2012 attesting to the quality of the ABC faced a defamation and product disparagement lawsuit about the meat-packing beef trimmings used to make LFTB. industry in South Dakota, home to a number of large meat production companies. There was a reasonable likelihood a jury would be predisposed to protect the local industry. Beef Products Inc. (BPI) had sued ABC for $1.9 billion in South Dakota, claiming defamation, product disparagement, and tortious interference with business relations, among other claims. BPI claimed ABC’s reporting damaged its relationship with customers, causing three Andrew Friedman is a litigation shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Butzel Long, factories to close and forcing BPI to lay off hundreds of workers. ABC faced the risk of treble P.C . damages for claims under South Dakota’s Agricultural Food Products Disparagement Act.

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www.MICHIGANPRESS.org PAGE 5 JULY, 2017 Creating an Online Poll Kevin considers the options when asked by a Tennessee Publisher

by Kevin Slimp While meeting with publishers one-on-one at conventions, He wrote, “We’re going to be doing “The Best of Jefferson the conversations run the gamut of running a newspaper or County” in the fall, and I wanted to get your input on the newspaper group. Over the weekend, while at a newspaper best way to tabulate votes. Our concern with an online association convention in Oregon, publishers arrived at survey is readers voting more than one time.” our scheduled meetings with questions about structuring groups, designing pages and increasing revenue, among Fortunately, I’ll get the chance to meet with Dale before he other topics. sees this column, so I’m not giving away all my secrets in advance by answering his question here. I will be with my Tennessee Press Association friends in Franklin this week and I hear we have a list of publishers I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of online polling. If scheduled for one-on-one meetings. One publisher, Dale you’ve filled out a questionnaire related to my newspaper re-search in the past, you’ve seen examples of these polls.

In the past, I’ve used Survey Monkey for most of my polling. The paid version gives the user a lot flexibility concerning data collection. In my research, it’s important that no one “stuffs the ballot box” by sending in multiple responses to send the neces-sary data to form database. the same questionnaire. Survey Monkey makes it easy to create a setting to keep that from happening. I’ve also found Wufoo valuable when creating a simple online marketplace. For instance, I was receiving a number Earlier this year, my form creation needs increased, so I took of emails asking how to order an autographed copy of a a look at other options besides Survey Monkey and came book that was recently published. Wufoo works with most up with an application that has become my favorite: Wufoo payment software. A little research led me to move my (wufoo.com). online customer payments from PayPal to Stripe, simply because Stripe inte-grates directly with Wufoo. Wufoo is an online form builder that provides the tools to easily design and build these forms intuitively, using your What this means to my customers is they can go to my own colors, logos and other elements. Two features sold website, complete a form right there without having to me on Wufoo, its ability to easily integrate online payments go to an external link, and make a payment without being with forms and its ease in copy-and-paste code snippets, transferred to PayPal or some other site. It all happens right which allow me to place the form directly on the page of on the origi-nal web page. website, rather than creating a link to an external page. That’s more information than Dale needs to prepare for his An additional benefit of Wufoo is its ability to quickly create upcoming reader’s poll, but once he begins using Wufoo, simple forms for various uses. For instance, a few days ago I’ve got a feeling he’ll use it in ways he never previously I was looking for the best way to create an “unsubscribe” imagined. Gentry, was nice enough to email and give me advance button for my email blog. It dawned on me that I could Check the wufoo.com website for various plans. I’ve found notice of our topic of discussion. create a simple form in Wufoo to allow the user to click on the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the blog and Wufoo is definitely worth the small monthly fee I pay. Expectations Are Like Icebergs by John Foust let them down, they might move their ad dollars the value of running ads with you is to measure results. somewhere else.” It’s hard to believe a statement like, “Car dealers get good Saundra’s experience as a sales manager has given her responses from advertising here.” It’s more convincing a unique perspective on client relationships. “Most sales Saundra went on to say that she teaches her team to say, “Ace Motors ran a two-month campaign with us people in the advertising business are taught to discover how to bring hidden expectations above the surface. last year, and they generated x-percent increase in sales problems and prescribe solutions to those problems,” “Advertisers are going to have expectations whether or over that same period in the previous year.” she said. “Too often, a sales person hears about a not we bring up the subject. The key is to have some problem and says, ‘We can fix that. Just advertise with control over those expectations. We want our advertisers 3. Look for comparisons. On one level, you can compare us, and everything will be fine. It’ll be fantastic.’ I think to understand that an image campaign is not going to ad response rates within your own paper. (“When that’s a flawed approach, because it sets unrealistic make their cash registers ring right away. And we want Advertiser A changed from image ads to weekly specials, expectations. them to know that a response campaign has to make their response rates increased x-percent.”) On a deeper the right offers in order to create immediate results.” level, you can compare results with other media outlets “A long time ago, I heard that expectations are like (“Advertiser B moved their ads from XYZ Media to us and icebergs,” she explained. “Only ten percent is above the Here are some key points: generated x-percent increase in traffic.”) surface. It’s the ninety percent you can’t see that can sink your boat. The obvious things are above the surface: 1. Ad results drive ad sales. An old friend in the advertising Selling requires us to manage expectations. That’s a when the ads run, how much they cost, and copy that business once said, “When you’re catching rabbits, don’t good way to melt a few icebergs. has been proofed for typos. The hidden expectations – move the box.” In other words, when an ad strategy John Foust the things below the surface – are their expectations on produces good results, it makes sense to continue that strategy. On the other hand, if a merchant’s ads in a the results the ads are supposed to generate. John Foust has conducted training programs particular media outlet produce disappointing results, for thousands of newspaper advertising “Expectations can be our best friends or our worst he or she may think, “Ads in the Gazette don’t work.” professionals. Many ad departments are using enemies,” she said. “When we meet – or exceed– When ads start running, there’s a lot riding on results. his training videos to save time and get quick advertisers’ expectations, they feel good about our results from in-house training. E-mail for product and want to run more ads. But when the ads 2. Go for measurable outcomes. The surest way to convey information: [email protected]

( c) Copyright 2017 by John Foust. All rights reserved.

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C.J. Carnacchio of Sherman Oh My Shnitzel Publications got a nice shout out Jeremy Speer of the Northern Michigan Review and his family on social media from Oakland join in on the festivities at the 2017 Alpenfest in Gaylord. County Sherriff Mike Bouchard.

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www.MICHIGANPRESS.org PAGE 7 JULY, 2017 Tribune Names New Editor, General Manager Top Editor Leaves by Huron Daily Tribune In addition to continuing the proud tradition of by Detroit Free Press serving as the area’s best source for local print A familiar face will be taking over as the new editor news, Hessling’s future plans for the Huron Daily Free Press executive editor Robert Huschka of the Huron Daily Tribune. Tribune include advancing the newspaper’s resigned Friday after serving in the website, www.michigansthumb.com. newsroom’s top role for nearly two years. Kate Hessling, an 11-year veteran at the paper, was named the next editor of the Thumb’s top daily “We are very fortunate to have someone of Kate’s “After 18 tremendous years at the Detroit Free news source. caliber moving into the lead editor role,” said Press, it’s time for me to leave the newsroom Jeff Bergin, Vice President Vertical Strategies and and move on to my next adventure,’’ Huschka Hessling was recruited to work at the Tribune while Michigan Group Publisher for Hearst Newspapers. said. “I’d like to thank and my award- still in college at Central Michigan University. Upon “She has years of journalistic experience combined winning colleagues at the Free Press for their graduation in May 2006, she moved back to the with in depth knowledge of the local market. Kate amazing effort and support during my time Thumb and served as a government reporter for has come up through the ranks, giving her a unique leading Michigan’s oldest newsroom. I’m proud of the work we’ve about five years, and was then then promoted to perspective on how our print and digital platforms done here, and for the small part I’ve played in our motto, ‘On Guard assistant news editor, a position she has held for interact with the Huron County community. I For 187 Years.’ I’m excited about my next chapter and committed the past six years. personally look forward to working with her to to telling stories that inform, engage and empower the citizens of grow our local footprint and audience.” Detroit and Michigan.” “I have had the privilege to work with some fantastic editors during my time at the Huron Daily Hearst also announced Advertising Director During his Free Press career, Huschka was involved in nearly every Tribune, and I’m very excited and humbled to be Rebecca Watson will assume the role of general aspect of the operation, serving as an assistant managing editor, able to carry that torch into the future,” Hessling manager of the Tribune. news director and design director for news. He was named managing said. director in March 2015 before being promoted to editor that August. “Rebecca Watson has proven to be a successful Prior to coming to the Tribune, Hessling interned and dynamic leader during her time in Bad Axe,” Huschka, 45, was credited with supervising breaking and enterprise at the Washington Times in Washington D.C., and Bergin said. “She has transformed our sales news across platforms and with developing new digital-first products served as managing editor of CM Life, the student organization, improved our customer service and for reaching key audiences. newspaper at Central Michigan University. has been innovative in new product development. Rebecca’s passion and drive to produce a better A national search for Huschka’s replacement will begin immediately. During her tenure at the Huron Daily Tribune, local product for readers and advertisers is what In the interim, Jeff Taylor – Midwest regional editor for the USA Hessling has earned many honors, including makes her stand out as a leader in the industry.” TODAY Network and editor of – will supervise numerous awards from the Michigan Press the newsroom. Taylor oversees Michigan for the USA TODAY Network Association and Associated Press, and a legislative Hessling and Watson will now be tasked with and was the senior managing editor at the Free Press from 2008 to tribute from the Michigan Legislature. successfully guiding the Tribune through the ever- 2012. changing landscape of the industry. A graduate of Caseville High School, Hessling “Robert was part of the Free Press newsroom during many key has roots to this area, which she calls home. In Watson said she looks forward to working with moments in the city’s history and contributed in innumerable ways. addition to her love of the local area, Hessling is Hessling as she assumes the role of editor. We wish him well in the next chapter,” Taylor said. “The Free Press is a very passionate about community journalism and vital institution in Michigan, and we’re committed to finding the best a free press. “I don’t believe there is anyone more deserving of person to lead it into the future and build upon its legacy of great this role than Kate,” Watson said. “Her dedication, journalism and innovation.” “Unlike many other areas around the state and hard work and persistence to continue to improve around our country, the Upper Thumb -- and the Huron Daily Tribune not only in print, but Huron County, in particular -- supports a daily online, is what will make her a great editor. I could newspaper,” Hessling said. “It’s a true blessing to not be more proud of her and look forward to what be able to be editor of this area’s newspaper.” she will accomplish.” CLASSIFIEDS SPORTS WRITER/UTILITY NEWSPAPER FOR SALE PLAYER Retirement beckons, which sadly means selling my beloved weekly newspaper Come join the team at the current Michigan SKILLED SPORTS located in south central Michigan. The Press Association Newspaper of the Year NEWSPAPER FOR SALE Homer Index has served the people of and Michigan Associated Press Media Homer - and more recently Litchfield - since Editor’s General Excellence winner. Ready To Live The Dream? JOURNALIST 1872. The stable newspaper has had just seven publishers in its 145 year history, in The Daily News (Greenville, Mich.) is How does owning your own weekly Are you a skilled sports journalist looking part because Homer is a great place to raise seeking a full-time sports writer/utility community newspaper sound? Be your own for a new and exciting opportunity? a family. Homer is centrally located within an boss, work as many hours as you like (which hour of Ann Arbor, Lansing, Kalamazoo and player to become part of our editorial View Newspaper Group is hiring! We are team. A bachelor’s degree in journalism are a lot). This independent newspaper Ft. Wayne - with much shorter commutes has been the paper of record in the county looking for enthusiastic and creative sports and/or reporting background is writers to fill out our award- winning to Battle Creek, Jackson, Marshall and necessary. Candidates should be willing for the past 121 years. Located in beautiful Coldwater. Homer is a thriving, friendly, Upper Peninsula of Michigan on the south sports staff. Evening and weekend work is to work a flexible schedule, have excellent required. Photography experience shooting rural community, with a nearly new high organization and communication skills and shore of Lake Superior. Booming tourist high school sports is an added skill we are school/middle school, an appreciation for be able to tell stories that connect with our growth, up 20+% last year. A National looking for. Only those interested in Full the arts and a strong business community. readers. Our ideal candidate should also Lakeshore Park is located in the community, Time need apply. We have a strong presence on Facebook, have photography, page design and social living here is like being on vacation and readers have a choice of the traditional media skills. This entry-level position will everyday. Owner looking to retire after Please send your resume, writing and print edition or the digital edition. The focus on local sports coverage, but tasks will 45 years in the business. Sale to include; photo samples to Sports Editor Lisa Paine at Index is a perfect example that community extend to other newsroom and reporting Weekly Newspaper, Weekly Shopper, Office [email protected] or FAX to 810- journalism is not only alive and well, but it duties. Supply Store, small commercial printing 667-6309 can still be profitable. We grossed $202,000 operation and the real estate. If you have in 2016. The asking price is $165,000. We’re a family owned daily newspaper the newspaper experience to move to that offers a great work environment and ownership, and would like to do it for For more information, please email mike@ benefits package. Email a resume, letter of yourself and the community, this may be homerindex.com. interest (including wage expectation) and the opportunity for you. If you have the work examples to: desire, and deep pockets please contact, Willie Peterson at 906-250-3282., No emails Darrin Clark or phone calls to newspaper to keep this confidential. 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www.MICHIGANPRESS.org PAGE 8 JULY, 2017 ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Upcoming Journalist and Newspaper The Daily Telegram, Adrian MI, a seven- day, 12,000 circulation paper, is seeking an aggressive advertising and marketing professional. is the leading Contests source of news and information in Lenawee County in southeast Michigan. If you are Are you the next Journalist of the Year or winner of the Better Newspaper Contest? a driver of digital, print, magazine and event marketing, we should talk. As part For additional information on these contests, visit michiganpress.org or contact us at 517.372.2424. of GateHouse Media, our solutions include Propel Marketing, event creation, print circulation that is pacing ahead of prior year, Better Newspaper Contest niche magazines and a robust lenconnect. The Michigan Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest allows member com website. journalists, photojournalists, columnists, designers to show off their best work. With two colleges and a university in town, there is plenty of arts and culture Submissions for the contest must have been published throughout the desigated to experience in Adrian. Adrian is located contest period of August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017. within about an hour’s drive to Ann Arbor, Detroit, Lansing, and Toledo OH. Enjoy the The Better Newspaper Contest and the College Better Newspaper Contests begin peaceful living in Lenawee County but close enough to bigger city offerings. accepting entries August 1. The contest ends November 6 at 11:50 PM. We offer salary and bonus program, medical, dental, vision, life insurance and a 401(k) plan. The successful candidate will have 3-5 years media marketing experience, a bachelor’s degree, solid leadership and customer service skills, and a strong desire to grow and succeed. Please mail resume, cover letter, salary history and expectations and references Richard Milliman Journalist of the Year Award to: John T. Elchert, president and publisher, The Daily Telegram, 133 N. Winter St, Adrian The Foundation is seeking entries for its fourth annual competition. The contest is MI 49221. Or email to jelchert@lenconnect. open to all professional journalists in Michigan. The award will honor an individual com. journalist whose work had a significant impact, locally or statewide.

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