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WPA Bulletin OCTOBER 2019 2121 Evans Avenue • Cheyenne, WY 82001 • 307/635-3905 • Fax 307/635-3912 • [email protected] • www.wyopress.org Calendar of Events Nov. 4 Wyoming High School Student Press Association Convention Central Wyoming College Riverton, Wyo. JAN. 23-25, 2020 WPA Annual Convention Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center Casper, Wyo. Holiday Closures INDUCTION - Former NNA past presidents join in the induction of Douglas Budget Publisher Thanksgiving Matt Adelman at the NNA Convention in Milwaukee. From left: Matthew Paxton, publisher of Thursday and Friday, the News-Gazette in Lexington, VA, 2016-17; Susan Rowell, Lancaster (S.C.) News, 2017-2018; Andrew Johnson, Dodge County (WI) Pionier, 2018-2019; and Matt Adelman, Douglas Budget/ Nov. 28-29 Glenrock publisher (more photos page 3) -- photo by Jim Angell Christmas 1/2 Day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day SEMINARS, AWARDS AND THE INDUCTION OF New Year’s Day MATT ADELMAN AT THE NNA CONVENTION By Kevin Olson, Jackson Hole News&Guide publisher So I went to Milwaukee and all I got was….. Affi rmation of the value of leaving our offi ces for a few days and getting a sense of why we do this in the fi rst place. Ok, why? It’s not about us; its about creating vitality in our communities through the reporting, features and commerce we bring to life in our towns. We do this every time we publish through the news audiences we cultivate in our print and digital presentation of what happens in our hometowns. SEE PUBLIC NOTICES This year’s National Newspaper Association convention (its 133rd by the way) was Oct. 3-5 in PRINTED IN ALL OF Milwaukee, WI. What’s Milwaukee famous for? Pabst Blue Ribbon, the Brewers, Harley Davidson, WYOMING’S NEWSPAPERS Khol’s and sausage. And now, Douglas Budget / Glenrock Independent Publisher Matt Adelman. Matt was handed the president’s gavel as the volunteer leader of the NNA Board of Directors. Visit For the next year Matt oversees the NNA’s executive committee, nine regional representatives, fi ve www.wyopublicnotices.com at-large directors and relationships with the Local Media Association, Newspaper Association Man- or agers and the American Court & Commercial Newspaper. Piece of cake? Glutton for punishment? www.publicnoticeads.com/wy Neither - duty and service to this important association of community newspapers across the country. Congratulations Matt. KO’s takeaways from the NNA conference (in no particular order): -- It was an honor to represent the great state of Wyoming in the traditional fl ag presentation at the Opening Breakfast and Keynote speech. That fl ag was held high and tight! What a great tradition. See NNA page 3 PAGE 2 OCTOBER 2019 WPA BULLETIN 2019 WPA BOARD MEMBERS Kristen Czaban, President The Sheridan Press P.O. Box 2006 • Sheridan, WY 82801 (307) 672-2431/Fax (307) 672-7950 Email: [email protected] BUFFALO TORRINGTON Louie Mullen, Vice-president Green River Star Box 580• Green River, WY 82935 BULLETIN TELEGRAM (307) 875-3103/Fax (307) 875-8778 Email: [email protected] On October 9, 1890, the Buff alo Bulletin was Volume 1, Number 1, of the Torrington Tele- founded. The writers active in Johnson County gram hit the streets of Torrington on Oct. 10, Stephanie Bonnar, Sec.-Treas. in 1892 were not at a loss to fi nd some “good 1907. The subscription price was a $1.50 for Newcastle News Letter Journal Box 40 • Newcastle, WY 82701 hard news” as the battles of the “Johnson a year and the slogan under the fl ag stated, (307) 746-2777/Fax (307) 746-2660 County Cattle War” raged and people were “The Telegram will be a weekly boost for Tor- Email: [email protected] shot from ambush. rington.” Jen Sieve-Hicks Buffalo Bulletin P.O. Box 730 • Buffalo, WY 82834 (307) 684-2223/Fax (307) 684-7431 [email protected] DOHRN, WALDMAN AND WPA CONVENTION Lara Love Thermopolis Independent Record We’re only three months away from the 121st Annual WPA Convention in Casper! The 2020 PO Box 31 • Thermopolis, WY 82443 convention begins Thursday evening, Jan. 23 with a welcome reception for early bird arrivals and (307) 864-2328/Fax (307) 864-5711 Email: [email protected] will end Saturday night, Jan. 25, with the award banquet. You will be receiving registration details for the Ramkota Convention Center and a tentative Rob Mortimore Torrington Telegram schedule of events closer to convention time, but right now we have more speakers to tell you about. 2025 Main • Torrington, WY 82240 The WPA is delighted to announce that attending this year is Steve Waldman, Co-founder and (307) 532-2184/Fax (307) 532-2283 Email: [email protected] President for Report for America, and Ryan Dohrn, creator of the 360 Ad Sales System. Kevin Olson Ryan Dohrn, who has taught over 15,000 ad sales reps in seven countries, is Jackson Hole News&Guide also the founder of media sales strategy fi rm Brain Swell Media. What makes P.O. Box 7445 • Jackson, WY 83002 (307) 733-2047/Fax (307) 733-2138 Ryan unique is that he still sells media to this day. Ryan works with over 50 news- Email: [email protected] papers each year and has a deep passion for the newspaper sales business. Ryan’s Rory Palm 25-year media sales and marketing career includes leadership roles at PennWell Adams Publishing Group Publishing, Morris Publishing, Disney/ABC TV and The NY Times Company. He P.O. Box 1286 • Cheyenne, WY 82003 (307) 633-3165/Fax (307) 633-3191 is an Emmy Award winner, business book author and has been featured in USA Email: [email protected] Today and on Forbes.com. Jade Stevenson Steve Waldman crafted the plan for Report for America after authoring the Gillette News-Record PO Box 3006 • Gillette, WY 82717 Federal Communications Commission landmark report “Information Needs of (307) 682-9306/Fax (307) 686-9306 Communities,” which NPR described as “one of the most comprehensive over- Email: [email protected] views of the US media ever produced.” WPA publishers can expect to hear about Mark Tesoro Kemmerer Gazette new business strategies and models for re-establishing local journalism. An expe- PO Box 30 • Kemmerer, WY 83101 rienced entrepreneur, Steve co-founded the multifaith religion website Beliefnet. (307) 877-3347/Fax (307) 877-3736 Email: [email protected] com, which won the National Magazine Award, and LifePosts.com, a platform for online memorials. Earlier, he was National Editor of US News & World Report and National Matt Adelman, NNA Chair Douglas Budget Correspondent for Newsweek. He was Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Corporation for National PO Box 109 • 310 Center St. Service and wrote a book on the creation of AmeriCorps (The Bill). Douglas, WY 82633 Email: [email protected] Milton Ontiveroz, Assoc. Chair UW Institutional Communications BETTERBNC PORTAL NOW OPEN FOR CONTEST Dept. 3226, 1000 E. Univ. Ave. Laramie, WY 82071 On the 18th everyone should have received instructions for uploading 2019 Pacemaker Contest (307) 766-6709/Fax (307) 766-6729 entries to the BetterBNC.com site, along with the categories and rules for submission. The rules are [email protected] also available on the WPA website at https://www.wyopress.org/site/pacemaker_contest_rules.html. Cindy Price Schultz UW Dept. of Communication and Journalism Please note that we require full copies of your newspaper for the general excellence, advertising ex- Dept. 3904, 1000 E. University Ave. cellence and typographic excellence contests to be mailed directly to the WPA offi ce at 2121 Evans Laramie, WY 82071 Email: [email protected] Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001. The deadline is Friday, Nov. 15. Entries for the Jim Tiemann Legal Writing Award and Wyoming EPSCoR Science Award are to Ken Smith UW Liaison Emeritus be sent via email to [email protected], and the deadline is Friday, Dec. 13. These two contests Email: [email protected] are judged from outside panels. STAFF If you did not receive contest materials or if you have any questions, please call the WPA at Darcie Hoffland, Executive Director Cec Moats, Deputy Director (307) 635-3905 or email [email protected]. Questions pertaining to the uploading of entries Josie Jenkins, Office Assistant through the BetterBNC portal should be directed to Jim Angell at [email protected]. WPA BULLETIN OCTOBER 2019 PAGE 3 2019 WPA COMMITTEES NNA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Hall of Fame -- A quick plug for the role vendors play in larly your reporting. Darcie Hoffland (Chair) our businesses. Walking through the Trade Show -- We’re fortunate to have many Wyoming Wyoming Press Association halls and talking to vendors reminded me how im- news producers owned by families and larger Mark Tesoro portant they are to our success. companies operating like family-owned. I say this Kemmerer Gazette We don’t have the resources to do everything. because I led a session titled “Discussions with Pat Schmidt Past President Selecting the right vendors for the right needs is other family-owned newspapers.” Ken Smith vital in this day and age. There’s a vendor for ev- Local businesses owned and operated by lo- UW Liaison Emeritus erything! cals can make de- The same applies cisions in real time, NNA to you if you’re on the bringing out the Louie Mullen (Chair) Green River Star business side: you’re best in our commu- Matt Adelman an important ven- nities. Yes, we may Douglas Budget dor in the success of lack the access to Toby Bonner your local businesses. resources of larg- Powell Tribune So wear that notion er outfi ts, but we Robb Hicks proudly and don’t make up for that Buffalo Bulletin back off or shy away in grit and deter- from talking to ev- mination to bring Legislative ery business in your news and market- Rob Mortimore (Chair) Torrington Telegram market area about ing solutions to our Bob Bonnar their business needs cities and towns.