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Journalism School 9 may get vacant building.

10 St. Louis American receives Missouri Honor Medal. (School of Journalism photo)

Contest awards presented in Kansas City. A list of winners City honors a favorite son is inside. The community of Boonville unveiled a bust of Walter Williams, the first 19 dean of the Missouri School of Journalism, on Sept. 14. Sculptor Sabra Tull Meyer was among those attending the ceremony. An account of the event with more photos is on page 8. (Photo by Jim Sterling)

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www.mopress.com Survey should help sell ads Candidates would do well to include newspapers in campaigns

e have much cause to have faith in the efforts of our ahead of all but one source of information for help in deciding More in ’04 committee to garner more political ad- how to vote, so keep publishing those political stories (not to be Wvertising for Missouri newspapers. confused with candidate news releases). Only voter pamphlets Of course, no one should expect us to turn the world upside rank ahead of newspaper articles, but don’t mistake that for an down overnight. We didn’t get in the position we are in over the endorsement of direct mail. Only television news finished below span of two years or even four years. Decades of take-it-for- brochures mailed directly to the home. granted attitude on our part got us to where we The survey also identifies newspapers as be- are and it will take decades of hard work to ing a great source for reaching the 39 percent change it. But we should be able to agree that of Missouri voters who identify themselves as we’ve made a big push to get the pendulum ticket splitters. swinging in the right direction. Our advertising is a helpful source for mak- Your board has spent some Association money ing voting decisions, too, ranking ahead of on a survey to determine the condition we are in television and far ahead of radio. The same and to benchmark voter attitudes. Convention goes for which ads voters find to be more be- attendees got a good look at the fresh results lievable. from the survey. More info will continue to nd here is one of my favorites, based on come your way in this medium and others. A what I see so much of in southwest Mis- Some of what the survey tells us is that the souri. What do you suppose voters find to be voters’ state of mind is ripe for what we have to Dave Berry the most offensive forms of political advertis- offer. We’ve known that all along, but it’s been a Vice President / Publisher ing? tough sell to the handlers of political war chests. Community Publishers of The most recent major election did a lot to Missouri, Inc. Now we have a tool to help make the case. cause the number one response, as 32 percent MPA President Still, it won’t be easy. Of course, who would said phone calls from the candidate campaigns know better than campaign managers how sur- turned them off more than anything else. And veys can be skewed to get desired results, so we we’ll all be happy to know that television ads can expect them to be plenty skeptical, but they also should rec- were right up there with the unwanted calls, with 30 percent ognize valid results when they see them. finding them to be a huge turn off. But one of my pet peeves was he survey tells us — and will tell campaign planners — that third: lawn signs. T83 percent of Missouri voters strongly agree “that politi- Meanwhile, only one percent said they found newspaper po- cians spend too much money to get elected” and that 49 percent litical ads to be offensive. Of course, we have to admit that our strongly agree “that television and radio political ads tend to be political ad counts are not high enough to offend many people. negative,” which is something that turns them off. In that regard, we could stand to be found more offensive. Voters think there are too many political ads on television and Bottom line: The survey says we have a great story to tell cam- radio. At the same time, newspaper political articles come out paign budget handlers, and it will help us tell it.❏

PRESIDENT: Dave Berry, Bolivar, DIRECTORS: Dane Vernon, Eldon Advertiser Community Publishers of Missouri, Inc. Wendell Lenhart, Trenton Republican-Times FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Gary Sosniecki, William L. Miller, Sr., Washington Missourian The Vandalia Leader Steve Oldfield, The Adrian Journal SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: John Spaar, Shelly Arth, The Marshall Democrat-News VOL. 71, NO. 10 The Odessan, Odessa David Bradley, Jr., St. Joseph News-Press Jack Whitaker, Hannibal Courier-Post OCTOBER 2003 SECRETARY: Kevin Jones, The St. Louis American TREASURER: Vicki Russell, Columbia Daily Tribune NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Gary Beissenherz, Official publication of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews The Concordian, Concordia Missouri Press ADVERTISING: Michael Sell Association, Inc. EDITOR: Kent M. Ford MISSOURI PRESS NEWS (ISSN 00266671) is published every month for $7.50 per year by the Missouri Press Association, Inc., 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-7799; phone (573) 449-4167; fax (573) 874-5894; e-mail [email protected]; website www.mopress.com. Periodicals postage paid at Columbia, MO 65201-7799. (USPS No. 355620). POSTMASTER: Please send changes of address to Missouri Press Association, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-7799.

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Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 3 Survey results to be shown Attend workshop to learn about results of political advertising research

f you want to know what Missouri- will be explained during the series of sive political ads?: ans are thinking, you’ve got to ask meetings. •1st: Phone calls from candidate cam- them. That’s what Missouri Press As- Here’s an interesting finding from the paigns (32%). I nd sociation did this summer. survey. More than 55% of respondents •2 : Television ads (30.3%). MPA commissioned Pulse Research, said they make up their minds how to •3rd: Lawn signs (19.3%). an independent market research firm vote within a week of the election and Only live speeches by the candidates based in Portland, ranked higher than newspaper ads as the Oregon, to con- most helpful kind of political advertising. duct an in-depth Only .5% of the people said they find survey of Missouri- radio ads to be most helpful. That’s two Kirksville ans who are regis- Oct. 10 out of 400! tered to vote. Responses to a question about which Pulse Research is Cameron Hannibal ads are most believable got similar re- one of the nation’s Oct. 17 Oct. 31 sponses. Except for live speeches, nearly largest publication re- twice as many people said newspaper search firms, having com- Troy ads are more believable than any pleted over 3,000 surveys for Oct. 30 other medium. more than 1,800 clients. These findings and the Harrisonville Columbia MPA’s survey focused on politi- Oct. 16 Oct. 9 other results of the survey cal advertising. will be presented in a series Results of the survey will be of workshops to be held presented in a series of meetings around Missouri be- throughout the state beginning ginning Oct. 9 in Co- in October. They also will be lumbia. Fill out the used by the Missouri Press staff Rolla form on the accom- Oct. 23 to help sell newspaper advertis- panying page and Cape Springfield ing to candidates. Newspapers Girardeau fax it to MPA or Oct. 24 will be encouraged to familiar- (pending, Nov. 7) email the in- ize themselves with the survey formation to findings and use them to sell ad- litty@ vertising to local candidates. socket.net. Pulse dialed nearly 7,000 ran- Missouri dom phone numbers to com- Press Foundation, plete 400 20-minute interviews with reg- sometimes in the ballot box. with the help of istered voters from every county in Mis- When asked where they get informa- the publishers in souri. tion to help them decide how they will the workshop loca- Among the questions and “agree” and vote, more than 25% read newspaper ar- tions, are sponsoring the workshops, so “strongly agree” responses: ticles. That ranked higher than debates there is no cost to members of your staff. •There are too many political ads on on TV (21%), television ads (12%), ra- Send as many as you want to the work- radio and television: 70%. dio ads (2%), TV news (4%) and infor- shop of your choice. •I don’t believe what politicians say in mation mailed into the home (5.3%). Missouri Press needs an accurate their ads: 79.5%. Only voter information pamphlets with count of the number who will attend to •Television and radio ads tend to be 40.3% ranked higher than reading the provide adequate seating and enough negative: 72%. newspaper. handout material. Please respond with •Negative television ads make me less This finding illustrates the value of your registration information as soon as likely to vote for that candidate or issue: newspaper advertising in the final days of you can. 60%. a campaign. Join the Missouri Press and its Sell Results of the survey were presented Only 1% of the surveyed voters said More in ’04 Committee in this effort to during the MPA Convention in Kansas they found ads in the newspaper to be convince political candidates that they City in September. They will be shared the most offensive type of political ad. need to spend more of their campaign with every newspaper in Missouri and What ranked highest among most offen- money in their local newspapers.❏

4 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 Sell More In '04 FREE Regional Workshops

Missouri Press Association is making a concerted effort to sell more Political Advertising in 2004. The MPA's Sell More Political task force and the Missouri Press Board of Directors hired Pulse Research of Portland, Oregon, to conduct a Missouri State-Wide Political Survey in July/August 2003.

It's time to unveil the survey. The findings are exciting! The survey offers candidates and campaign managers timely, research-based documentation of the issues that are most important and least important to Missouri voters.

Plan to send one or more of your newspaper staff members to a regional workshop. Missouri Press will "arm" attendees with information they can use on Main Street, selling more political ads (and other types of advertising, too).

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Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 5 MPA presents Sunshine Awards Newspaper, attorney, judge honored at K.C. Convention

judge, an attorney and a newspa- after the open meetings and records law, lems with cameras, and I don’t think any- per were recognized Sept. 27 for which is commonly referred to as the body else will once they get into it and Atheir efforts to promote openness Sunshine Law. get comfortable with it.” in Missouri government. Judge Conley, of Boone County, was The task force report recommended Missouri Press Association that the time which presented its Sunshine media must request Awards for 2003 to The Kan- permission to use sas City Star, the Star’s attor- cameras for a pro- ney Sam Colville and Circuit Judge the co-chair of a Supreme Court task ceeding be reduced from 14 days to five Frank Conley. The presentations were force that conducted an experiment with days. It also recommended that it be made during MPA’s awards luncheon at cameras in selected courtrooms in the made clear that most witnesses and par- its annual Convention at the Hyatt Re- early 1990s. Conley’s court participated ticipants don’t have an automatic right to gency Crown Center Hotel in Kansas in the experiment. avoid being photographed or recorded City. The 17-member task force concluded during a trial. Sunshine Awards recognize the efforts that Missouri’s ban on cameras in court- The other Sunshine Award winners, of citizens, public officials and organiza- rooms should end. The Star and attorney Colville, were hon- tions to ensure the openness of meetings Commenting on the experiment, ored for their work on an open records and records of governmental bodies and Conley said to the Columbia Daily Tri- lawsuit. officials in Missouri. The award is named bune in 1994, “I haven’t had any prob- The Star sued the University of Mis- souri Board of Curators in 1998 for its refusal to release auditors’ records of uni- versity matters. The newspaper pursued the case through four years of university Experienced journalists legal objections, appeals and depositions. The Star spent more than $100,000 in eligible for Fellowships court and legal fees, and Colville gave many unbilled hours to the lawsuit. orld Affairs Journalism Fellowships are intended for experienced jour- Four years later, after new university Wnalists and editors from America’s community-based daily newspapers. president Elson Floyd pressed for a settle- The goal is to give them an opportunity to establish the connections between ment, the university agreed to release the local-regional issues and what is happening abroad. requested records.❏ Fellows will conduct overseas research and then submit articles to their local papers in an effort to “internationalize” America’s local press. The fellowships Reynolds Foundation are founded on the belief that local news is not limited to one’s immediate community and that enterprising reporters and editors can find good interna- gives almost $2 million tional stories in their own backyards. The program is aimed at news managers, to School of Medicine editors, commentary writers and other “gatekeepers” — those desk editors largely responsible for selecting news agency and correspondent-initiated sto- he Donald W. Reynolds Foundation ries. Thas given almost $2 million to the By supporting overseas research and writing projects for up to three weeks, UMC School of Medicine to fund geriat- the fellowships encourage the writing and selection of news articles, analysis, ric medicine programs. features, and commentary in the local press that will enhance American under- MU is one of 10 institutions receiving standing of the relationship between local and international issues. grants totalling $20 million. The program is jointly administered by the International Center for Journal- Reynolds, who died 10 years ago, was ists (ICFJ), the World Affairs Councils of America and the Newspaper Associa- a 1927 graduate of the Missouri School tion Managers (NAM). The fellowships are funded by a grant from the John S. of Journalism. He eventually became the and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami and Ethics and Excellence in Jour- owner of Donrey Media group. nalism Foundation in Oklahoma City. In 1954 he started the Reynolds Learn more about the program and how to apply for a Fellowship at icfj.org/ Foundation to give money for research worldaffairs.html.❏ and organizations. He gave $9.3 million toward construction of MU’s Reynolds Alumni Center.❏

6 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 Free material on web for Newspaper Week issouri Press Association has en- cartoons emphasizing the newspaper’s Mcouraged its member newspapers role in a democracy, things to do to ob- to participate in National Newspaper serve the week, public notice ads, articles Week, Oct. 5-11. The theme is “The about a free press and much more. Newspaper...A Nation Talking To Itself.” Several articles in the kit have been MPA is sponsoring NNW for its provided by officials at the First Amend- members, so its member newspapers can ment Center at Vanderbilt. use the NNW materials available online. We are indebted to David Spencer of All the things newspapers need can be Kentucky Press for assistance in getting found on the Kentucky Press Association the material posted on the KPA website website: kypress.com/nnwkit. again this year and to Philip Berkebile of Included on the site is a Presidential the Texas Daily Newspaper Association Proclamation, the National Newspaper for his work in arranging for a presiden- Week logo in various formats, editorial tial proclamation.❏

Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 7 Walter Williams bust unveiled Bronze of Journalism School founder will be placed in Boonville park

oonville has a link to the Mis- souri School of Journalism. That B link now is cast in bronze. Walter Williams, founder of the school and its first dean, was born and raised in Boonville. A group of commu- nity leaders and others attended the un- veiling on Sept. 14 of a bust of Walter Williams in front of City Hall in Boonville. Dean Mills, dean of the School of Journalism, presented the dedication speech. His remarks followed introdu- tions from Mayor Danielle Blanck and remarks by the sculptor, Sabra Tull Mey- Boonville dignitaries and er of Columbia. others gather with the bust of Walter Williams. The A number of Williams’ descendants sculptor, Sabra Tull Meyer, attended the afternoon ceremony. is just to the right of the Williams went to work for the bust. A number of Boonville Topic when he was 15. That pa- descendants of Walter per merged with the Boonville Advertiser, Williams attended the and Williams became the editor at age program, as did members 20. He later worked for a newspaper in of local historical groups. Columbia and contributed to newspa- In the photo at right, Dean pers in St. Louis, Kansas City and Jeffer- Mills delivers the dedication speech at the son City. program in front of With help from the Missouri Press As- Boonville City Hall. sociation, Williams began pushing for a (Photos by Jim Sterling of school of journalism. He was appointed a the School of Journalism.) curator at the university and soon was head of a committee studying journalism instruction. When the School of Journalism Boonville. It will join busts of six other sculpture, died eight days before the un- opened in 1908, Williams was its dean. prominent Boonville citizens and a statue veiling. A moment of silence was ob- It had 97 students, including women. of Hannah Cole, one of the founders of served in her honor.❏ Williams wrote the Journalist’s Creed, Boonville. which still is cited by journalists around On the base of the Williams bust are IMPROVING PEOPLE’S the world. Journalism School junior Sa- two plaques. One contains the highlights LIVES rah Bondioli read the creed at the unveil- of Williams’ career, the other the Journal- ing ceremony. ist’s Creed. The bust eventually will be moved Hulda Kitchen, a granddaughter of http://outreach.missouri.edu into Morgan Street Park in downtown Williams who donated money for the

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8 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 Grant could expand J School Reynolds Foundation money could renovate vacant building on Quad

By CHRISTA MELAND pected to seek $600 million or more. of journalism,” he said. Columbia Missourian That phase began on Sept. 19. Ideally, two of the institute’s main “sizeable” financial contribution Anderson said that in response to the components would be a new and larger that would help fund an expan- initial proposal, a $250,000 preliminary space for the journalism library and a Asion of MU’s School of Journal- grant was awarded to the School of Jour- media technology demonstration center, ism is being considered by the Reynolds nalism in August. Mills said. Foundation, the foundation’s president “The $250,000 is a planning grant to “If we are able to fund a technology said. That expansion could include reha- give us the resources to hire some con- center, we envision many high-tech firms bilitating one of the oldest wanting us to experiment with buildings on campus. their media-related hardware and “The gift is in response to a software,” he said. preliminary proposal submit- Mills said that expansion of ted by (School of Journalism the School of Journalism has been Dean) Dean Mills and his staff under discussion within the de- and would be used to establish partment for some time. “We, the a journalism institute,” said faculty, have been talking about a Steven Anderson, president of journalism institute for at least the Reynolds Foundation two years, so it’s been a collective based in Nevada. “I think it discussion,” Mills said. would be a sizeable contribu- The school hopes to have the tion.” final proposal completed in Janu- Consultants hired by the ary, at which time the decision School of Journalism are con- will be in the hands of the Rey- sidering space needs to see if nolds Foundation. the proposed institute could be The vacant sociology building on Francis Quadrangle at The late Don Reynolds, who UMC may become part of the School of Journalism. The located in the vacant sociology founded the Reynolds Founda- J School’s Walter Williams Hall and Neff Hall are to the tion in 1954, was a 1927 gradu- building on the northeast cor- left and behind the photographer. Francis Quadrangle ner of the Francis Quadrangle. with its famous columns is to the right. ate of MU’s School of Journalism. The 111-year-old building, The Foundation contributed $9.3 which has been closed for more million toward the Reynolds than a year, is one of the oldest on cam- sultants to help us come up with a more Alumni Center. pus. formal proposal,” Mills said. “The con- “(The gift) is being considered by our “It’s a natural choice because it’s next cept is for a journalism institute to be trustees because of Mr. Reynolds’ lifelong to the J-school complex,” Mills said. “It housed on campus.” participation in the field of journalism,” is also important to the campus that this Mills said the institute would be a Anderson said. “He made most of his beautiful old building on the historic unique means of research and experi- money in the newspaper business, and quad be maintained.” mentation for students, unlike any exist- we’re considering it as a way of honoring n August 2002 when the building was ing outlets. him.” Ivacated, MU spokesman Christian “The institute would make use of the The Reynolds Foundation — which Basi estimated that it would require ren- unique strengths of the school — its real- in 2002 contributed more than $70 mil- ovations ranging from $7 million to $8 world media, its rich scholarly resources, lion to help fund programs and research million. Renovations would include its strong ties to working journalists, its nationally — recently announced a $2 work on the roof and windows and re- location in a major research university — million grant to MU’s Medical School.❏ placement of water and electrical sys- to invent and test new and better forms tems. Anderson said some figures have been MPA proposed by the School of Journalism, SESQUIP Newspapers In Word Game but he declined to reveal them. Education Bob Levin Basi said the proposed Reynolds gift 770 Starlet, Florissant, MO 63031 Dawn Kitchell would be part of the public phase of a (636) 390-2821 (314) 954-7377 [email protected] campuswide money-raising campaign ex-

Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 9 Honor Medal to St. Louis American

he St. Louis American was among ✒ Ifra media, based in Darmstadt, the recipients of the Missouri Germany, the world’s leading associa- THonor Medal for Distinguished tion for technology issues. The organi- Service in Journalism on Sept. 5. zation provides a forum of ideas to The School of Journalism presented more than 2,000 publishing companies medals to two individuals and four orga- and suppliers to the industry in 60 nizations in the Reynolds Alumni Center countries. on the campus of the University of Mis- ✒ Texas Monthly, which chronicles souri, Columbia. life in Texas. Michael Levy is its The American is Missouri’s most wide- founder and publisher. The Magazine ly read weekly newspaper targeted to Af- Publishers of America in 1999 gave rican Americans, publishing more than Levy the Henry Johnson Fisher Award, 68,000 copies every week and distribut- the magazine industry’s highest honor, ing to more than 750 locations through- in recognition of the publication’s high out the city. editorial quality. Nearly half the black households in UMC Chancellor Richard Wallace ✒ Margaret Steber, an internation- the St. Louis area rely on The American presented the honor medal to St. Louis ally known documentary photographer American editor Alvin Reid. (Photo and former assistant managing editor for information about news, religion, en- provided by the School of Journalism) tertainment, sports, health care and other for photography and features at The topics from an African-American per- reer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He Miami Herald. Under Steber’s guidance, spective. earned his bachelor of journalism degree the paper won a Pulitzer for its photo- The paper won the National Newspa- from the Missouri School of Journalism graphic and reporting coverage of the per Publishers Association’s Russwurm in 1976. Elian Gonzalez story in 2002.❏ Award in 2002 as the number one Afri- can-American newspaper in the United States. This marked the fourth time in the past 10 years that The American was named the nation’s best for journalistic excellence by its peers. The Missouri Honor Medal was pre- sented to The American, “In recognition of groundbreaking journalism in the ser- vice of community through timely and objective coverage of news and other events of interest to African Americans and of its continuous record of excellence and innovation.” The paper’s editor, Alvin Reid, accept- ed the award for the newspaper. Its pub- lisher, Dr. Donald Suggs, was in St. Lou- is presiding at The American’s annual sa- lute to community leaders program. Other Honor Medal recipients were: ✒ The Advertising Council, Inc. a private, non-profit organization with a 60-year history of marshalling volunteer talent from the advertising and media in- dustries to deliver critical messages to the American public. ✒ Jim Ellis, chief of correspondents at BusinessWeek in New York. He manag- es the magazine’s global network of cor- respondents in 22 domestic and interna- tional news bureaus. Ellis started his ca-

10 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 Former AP writer joins faculty as Knight editor

ark Barnett, formerly of The Asso- Mciated Press, is joining the Missou- ri School of Journalism as its Knight Ed- iting Professional-in-Residence. Barnett will take on an editing role at the Columbia Missourian for the next two semesters. His focus will be on coaching students developing narrative and feature projects. The Columbia Missourian is the working six-day newspaper lab for stu- dents in news-editorial, design, informa- Minority students work at J School tion graphics and photojournalism. These students from around the country participated in this summer’s Barnett joined the J School after two AHANA program at the Missouri School of Journalism. AHANA, which years serving as day supervising editor for stands for African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American, the Kentucky AP in Louisville. gives minority journalism students a chance to produce print and Previous to his AP stint, Barnett broadcast news stories. The program began in 1971. In the back row, worked at The Wichita Eagle and The Jop- from left, are: Ashley Burrell, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Michelle Alvarado, lin Globe. While in Joplin, Barnett Kansas City, Kan.; Janaé Franklin, Lee’s Summit; Kimberly Vialpando, taught news writing seminars to high Santa Fe, N.M.; Ashley Brown, Skokie, Ill.; Vannah Shaw, St. Louis; and school students as part of The Globe’s Keith Kelly, Bates City. In the front row are: Adina Ferguson (front), Newspaper in Education program. Washington, D.C.; Debra Shuler, Portsmouth, Va.; Sansanee Lsuwaratana, Rockville, Mo.; Myelsha Greene, Kansas City; Joshua In 1996, the John S. and James L. Mosley, St. Louis; Marla Sekar, Sparks, Md.; Elena Brewer, Oak Park, Knight Foundation, with matching Ill.; Gabrielle Vigil, Santa Fe; Taylor Howard, Warren, Mich.; Leah funds from the State of Missouri, en- White, O’Fallon; Daniel E. Simon, Damascus, Md.; Nicholas S. Garcia, dowed the Knight Chair in Editing and a Pueblo, Colo.; Porscha Outen, Overland; and Cynthia Barram, Colorado Knight Center for Editing Excellence at Springs. (Photo by Leah Nash, Columbia Missourian) the Missouri School of Journalism.❏ Pulitzer buys Oregon, Utah papers

ANDON, Ore. (AP) — Pulitzer publication and keep its base in Bandon. seven weekly papers in Utah County. BNewspapers Inc., a subsidiary of Pu- It is printed by The World in Coos Bay. The weeklies are The Springville Her- litzer Inc., has purchased the Western Pulitzer Inc., through various entities, ald (2,800 circulation), The Eureka Re- World, a 91-year-old weekly, from West- also owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and porter (300 circulation), and The Pyramid ern World Enterprises of Bandon, Ore- the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, plus 11 in Mount Pleasant (2,200 circulation). gon. smaller dailies. The shopper is The Pyramid Shopper with Pulitzer also owns Southwestern Ore- Pulitzer Newspapers also recently pur- free circulation of 7,500. gon Publishing Co., which publishes the chased three weekly papers and a shopper Pulitzer also purchased Homechoice daily Coos Bay paper The World. in the Provo, Utah, area. It already Magazine, a free distribution real estate Western World, with a paid weekly cir- owned The Daily Herald in Provo and magazine in Longview, Wash.❏ culation of 2,700, will remain a separate

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Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 11 Weston publisher AP promotes Paul Stevens suffers heart attack he Associated Press has promoted spondent in Wichita, Kan. He was raised im McPherson, publisher of The TPaul Stevens, chief of the Kansas in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and earned a BA in JWeston Chronicle and Buchanan Coun- City bureau, to regional vice president journalism from the University of Iowa ty News, is recovering from a heart attack for the Central region. He’ll be based in and an MA in journalism from the Uni- suffered Sept. 5. Kansas City. versity of Kansas. McPherson began having chest pain Three other AP people were promoted Stevens and the Kansas City AP staff about halfway through a three-mile trail to head regional bureaus. have worked with MPA on a number of at Weston Bend State Park about 7:30 Stevens has been bureau chief in Kan- events over the years, including the an- a.m. He finished the walk and drove sas City since 1984, and prior to that nual MPA/AP Day at the Capitol, the home. served as bureau chief in Indianapolis Missouri Society of Newspaper Editors / When the pain intensified, his wife and Albuquerque, N.M. He joined the AP Managing Editors annual meetings, Beth drove him to St. Luke’s Northland. AP in Albany, N.Y., in 1973, worked in political candidate debates and other McPherson was stabilized and taken to the St. Louis bureau and served as corre- events.❏ St. Luke’s Heart Institute near The Plaza in Kansas City. Cardiologists performed angioplasty Judges needed Nov. 6 in Jefferson City on a blockage in McPherson’s right aorta udges are needed to help judge the email judges’ names to Shawn Cockrum and put in a stent. Doctors opened two JColorado Press Association’s newspa- at MPA, [email protected]. more 90 percent blockages in the left per and advertising contest on Thursday, Continental breakfast and lunch will aorta on Sept. 10. Nov. 6, in Jefferson City. Judging will be- be provided to the judges. McPherson went home on Sept. 11 gin at 8:30 a.m. at the Ramada Inn. Exit Judging should be completed by mid- and was expected to be away from work Highway 54 in the south part of town. afternoon.❏ for a month.❏ Contact MPA at (573) 874-5894 or

12 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 special promotions for The Standard throughout the year. On the Move Dave Copeland, an active member of the Excelsior Springs community for many years, has succeeded Patton as cir- ✒ Springfield The Pryors sold the Bee in 1991, but culation director. Veteran reporter Laura Bauer has left Pat remained as editor. It is owned and the News-Leader for a reporting job with published by Anne and Marshall Tezon ✒ Lexington the Courier-Journal of Louisville. of Hamilton. Leigh Hallenberg, a spring graduate of For most of her 10 years in Spring- Pryor has joined The Pony Express the Missouri School of Journalism, has field, Bauer wrote about crime and disas- Bank. Lee Pryor continues as press fore- joined the Lexington News as a sports re- ter in the Ozarks. man at Gallatin Publishing. porter. The Bee has moved into the ReMax Hallenberg, 22, grew up in Lee’s Sum- ✒ Fort Leonard Wood building on Main Street. mit and still lives there. Tricia Crout has joined the ad sales staff of the Guidon. ✒ Cassville ✒ New Haven She is a native of Rod Shetler, former sports writer for High school senior Sarah Schowe is Texas and spent the The Joplin Globe, sports editor at the doing her Community Service with the last eight years in Christian County Headliner-News and the New Haven Leader. She compiles the California, where she Nixa News-Enterprise, and managing edi- weekly Through the Years feature and received a BS in tor of the Marshfield Mail, has joined the writes the New Haven High School Stu- marketing from Cal- faculty at Cassville High School. dent of the Month feature. ifornia State Univer- Shetler is a contributing sports writer Schowe will handle other school-relat- sity at Long Beach. for the Cassville Democrat. ed items and serve as a liaison between After college Shetler earned a bachelor’s degree in the newspaper and the school. Tricia Crout Crout worked in communication from Missouri Southern This is the third year the Leader has comes from sales and customer State College in 1992. He’s working on hosted a Community Service student.❏ Texas and service in the elec- his master’s in education through Drury California. tronics industry. Her University. family moved to the He is teaching language arts and jour- Carrier for K.C. Star Waynesville area with the military. nalism and is assistant softball coach. shot to death on route ✒ Braymer ✒ Seneca 32-year-old carrier for The Kansas City Star was shot to death Aug. 27 Debbie Rankin has succeeded Pat Pry- Wes James has A just after starting his rounds about 4:15 or as editor of the Braymer Bee. Don joined the staff of a.m. He was found slumped over the Bjornlie is the new news editor for the the Seneca News-Dis- front seats of his delivery van. weekly. patch. A retired min- Police said Robert R. Hack had been Rankin is a Braymer resident and has ister, he has worked shot and his van had crashed into a utili- been active in community affairs for for newspapers and ty pole. He had picked up his 237 news- many years. as a driver for Seneca papers from a distribution center at Bjornlie is a native of Missouri but schools. He and his about 3 a.m. grew up in Southern California and at- wife, Jane, live in the Hack, the father of an 8-year-old tended San Jose State and Long Beach Wes James Neosho area. They daughter, was an independent contractor State colleges. He settled in Cameron 29 is a retired have five children for The Star since February 2001. years ago and still lives there with his minister. and 14 grandchil- The Star has 310 independent con- wife, Charlene. They have four grown dren. tractors who deliver papers in the metro- children. politan area. He worked with newspapers while in ✒ Excelsior Springs —from The Kansas City Star❏ the Army and after his discharge. Bjorn- After nearly three decades of service to lie retired last year after 20 years in the the Excelsior Springs Standard and The Missouri Army National Guard. Town & Country Leader, Joan Patton has Pryor left the Bee after 34 years. She retired from her position as circulation Check out mopress.com joined as a typesetter in 1969 and bought director. for information and the paper with her husband, Lee, in Thirty-five employees and family registration forms for 1972. They sold the newspaper building members attended a party to honor Pat- MPA meetings in 1984 and moved the paper into their ton at the home of publisher Jim Boul- home, where it remained until Pryor re- din. and activities. signed. Patton will be involved in a number of

www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 13 Missouri Press will host New Journalism School faculty Husker fans on Oct. 11 ore than 60 members of the Ne- join Columbia Missourian staff Mbraska Press Association will be in Columbia for the Tigers vs. Cornhuskers OLUMBIA — The Missouri and for nine years as an investigative and football game on Saturday, Oct. 11. CSchool of Journalism has nine new enterprise reporter for the weekly Hous- Missouri Press Association will host a faculty members, four of whom will join ton Press before joining the Missourian as tailgate party for the Husker fans. the staff of the Columbia Missourian, the a city editor and assistant professor. Game time is not set, but the tailgate school’s daily morning newspaper. Among the other new J School faculty party will begin approximately two hours They are: members is Associate Professor Earnest before kick-off. The party will be held in ✒ Elizabeth Brixey, BJ ’85, worked at Perry, Ph.D. ’98, who comes to the the Hearnes Center fieldhouse east of the the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, School from Texas Christian University, football stadium. Contact MPA if you Wis., for 17 years before joining the Mis- where he served as an assistant professor wish to attend.❏ sourian as city editor and assistant profes- and head of the Department of Journal- sor. ism’s news-editorial sequence. Previously Managing Editor, Inc. ✒ Margaret Walter will serve as a he worked as a reporter for newspapers in Kimberly Rich news editor and an assistant professor af- Illinois, Connecticut and Texas. He also 101 Greenwood Ave., Suite 330 ter serving as features editor at the Port- worked as a city editor at the Columbia Jenkintown, PA 19046 land Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. Missourian from 1993-98 while earning (215) 886-5662 ✒ Scott Swafford has worked at Mis- his master’s and doctorate degrees at Mis- souri newspapers for 19 years, including souri. ROWLETT ADVERTISING a 13-year stint at the Columbia Daily Tri- Perry’s research on African American The Church Page People bune. He will serve as a news editor and press history and newspaper management Howard Bowling an assistant professor. has been published in American Journal- (918) 495-2054 (home) ✒ Brian Wallstin was a features writ- ism, Journalism History and Journalism [email protected] er for the Waterbury Republican-American and Mass Communication Quarterly.❏

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14 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 St. Louis school gets media grant student press that strives for excellence.” Schools are encouraged to sign up for Post-Dispatch will help ASNE Partnerships develop when edi- my.highschooljournalism.org, an online improve newspaper tors of daily newspapers seek out a local hosting service created by ASNE. It’s a high school where student media are in cost-effective way for newspapers to get with money peril. Volunteers from the newspaper and started, while established school papers from ASNE school identify needs and brainstorm an that go online gain electronic search and academic year program of mentoring stu- archiving capabilities. The hosting ser- he St. Louis Post-Dispatch is a dents, teachers and administrators who vice is free. partner with metro Academic & are interested in journalism. A one-time $25 application fee covers TClasssical High School in an ef- The daily newspaper and school then the cost of journalism materials for the fort to improve the school’s media. jointly apply to ASNE for a grant of up school. No special computer programs The American Society of Newspaper to $5,000 that is used to equip the are needed to place a high school news- Editors Foundation has awarded school with the hardware and software paper online – a cut and paste method is $154,225 to 44 schools and their 34 dai- needed to produce a student newspaper. used. ly newspaper partners to start or dramati- A budget, statement of goals and time- Since 2001 ASNE has awarded cally improve scholastic newspapers. line are required. In some instances, a lo- $484,901 in grants to 134 schools and a “Daily newspapers are working closely cal college journalism program also takes Boy Scout council that partnered with with schools in their local communities part in the mentoring. Funds were 89 daily newspapers.❏ to identify, train and nurture the next di- awarded to successful applicants during verse generation of journalists,” said Jef- the third week of August. frey D. Cohen, 2003-04 chairman of The John S. and James L. Knight ASNE’s High School Journalism Com- Foundation provided ASNE with a $4.8 mittee and editor of the Houston Chroni- million grant to pursue high school jour- cle. “At the same time, the entire school nalism initiatives from 2001-03, includ- community benefits from an improved ing the ASNE Partnerships.

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Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 15 black cocker spaniel and other characters. Smith is a retired drafting engineer. Scrapbook Nick Frising, who has drawn editorial cartoons for the Sentinel for 23 years, now is drawing a feature called “The ✒ St. Louis a banner thanking a local military unit Grandkids.” Call Publishing Inc., entering its 15th for its service in the Middle East. Citi- Frising is a former Webb City police year of publication, has launched a new zens were invited to sign the banner, sergeant who resigned and went into website, callnewspapers.com. which was to be presented to the unit on business as a graphic artist. The company has 26 employees and its return home. four weekly publications: the Oakville ✒ St. Louis Call, Concord Call, Green Park Call and ✒ St. Louis Managing editor Roland Klose and SunCrest Call. The National Association of Black writer D.J. Wilson have left the staff of General manager Bill Milligan and his Journalists awarded Jeannette Batz, the Riverfront Times. wife, publisher Deborah Baker, mail former Riverfront Times staff writer, first 52,000 copies of their publications in the place for features for her story ✒ Kirksville South County area of St. Louis. “Judgment at Derek Spellman replaced Hookyville.” The March Judy Tritz as editor of the ✒ St. Louis 27, 2002, story exam- Daily Express in May. He is State Sen. Maida Coleman presented ined truancy and trou- a graduate of Truman State St. Louis American Publisher Donald M. bled schools. University in Kirksville. Suggs with the Jordan McNeal Presti- gious Community Service Award at the ✒ St. Louis ✒ Bolivar Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Ana Cristina Flor of Bra- Dogs and newspapers Midwestern Conference in Kansas City. zil has been named an Al- share some history. Many a The August conference was held at the fred Friendly Press Fellow dog grew through puppyhood Hyatt Regency Crown Center. and will work in the Post- squatting on a newspaper. Dispatch newsroom. Flor, The Bolivar Herald-Free Press has ✒ Kansas City 28, has worked for a a dog with a different kind of mis- Two companies that delivered The number of publications. sion on its pages this fall. Kansas City Star in bulk for 75 years be- Alfred Friendly Press Harold the Newshound (full fore losing their contracts lost their law- Fellowships has chosen for- name Harold F. Pressley) is sniff- suit against the newspaper. eign journalists to work as ing out news stories and alert- A district judge granted the newspa- reporters in American news- ing kids when he finds some- per’s motion for summary judgment, re- rooms since 1984. thing he thinks they’ll enjoy jecting the trucking companies’ claim reading. that they owned the delivery routes and ✒ Webb City Harold’s picture and his notice “Hey, should be paid for them. The work of two local cartoonists now Kids Read This!” message will appear in can be seen in the Webb City Sentinel. the Herald-Free Press throughout the ✒ Savannah Curtis Smith draws a comic called school year. He will point out the News- The weekly Savannah Reporter created “April and Friends” that features his paper In Education feature and show up PRODUCTS / SERVICES

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16 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 in ads telling students the value of their community newspaper. National award for Nixa paper he Nixa News-Enterprise, a paper of ✒ Anderson The News-Enterprise won in the non- the CPI/Mo. Group led by Dave daily, circulation less than 3,000 catego- McDonald County Press publisher T Berry, Bolivar, has been chosen a Best of ry. More information about the award George Pogue received a plaque from the States national winners will be in Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce winner by the the November in August. The Anderson Graphic was the National magazine. Chamber’s Business of the Month. Newspaper As- Winners were sociation. to be profiled in ✒ Eldon NNA an- the October issue of Publisher’s Auxiliary, Publisher Dane Vernon of the Eldon nounced the winners at its annual Con- NNA’s publication.❏ Advertiser presented a $500 scholarship vention Sept. 26 in Kansas City. to Conor Henley, who is a freshman at the University of Missouri-Columbia this fall. Henley plans to study journalism.

✒ Grant City The Times-Tribune on Sept. 15 joined the Worth post office in honoring veter- ans of the Korean War. Framed artwork of the new Korean War Veterans Memo- rial Stamp was presented to two Ameri- can Legion posts. The Times-Tribune that week pub- lished a special section in tribute to Ko- rean War veterans. It featured local veter- ans of that conflict.

✒ Adrian Steve Oldfield of the Adrian Journal on Aug. 25 was presented the Adrian Li- ons Club’s most prestigious honor, the Lion of the Year Award for 2002-03. Oldfield, a member of the club since 1976, also received this honor in 1985- 86. Dexter daily has new faces ✒ Brookfield Two new faces can be found these days in the newsroom at The Dexter Ivan Buckman, former publisher of Daily Statesman. Joining the staff recently were Josh Hester (seated) the Marceline Press and Chariton Courier and Dan Burkemper. Hester is no stranger to Dexter or to The Daily Statesman. A 1998 graduate of Dexter High School, Hester has served in Keytesville, was the grand marshal of as the newspaper’s sports writer. He graduated from Southeast Missouri the 2003 Great Pershing Balloon Derby State University in 2002 with a degree in sports management and parade in Brookfield Aug. 31. recently completed an internship at the University of Arkansas. Buckman has been involved with the Burkemper is a native of Memphis, Mo., and is a 2003 graduate of event nearly every year since it began in Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in Communications. 1977. His wife, Lois, joined him riding While at Southeast, Burkemper was the editor of The Capaha Arrow, a in a convertible in the parade. twice-weekly campus newspaper. Both Burkemper and Hester will be general assignment staff writers at the newspaper, covering a wide ✒ Platte City range of community activities. (Daily Statesman photo) The Landmark held its second annual sidewalk sale Sept. 6 in conjunction with US Attorney’s the community-wide garage sale. Jean Maneke Items for sale included drawers from Office MPA Legal Hotline antique type cases that were used in pro- 400 East Ninth St., #5510 4435 Main St., 620 One Main Plaza Kansas City, MO 64106 Kansas City, MO 64111 duction of The Landmark many years (816) 426-4220 (816) 753-9000; Fax (816) 753-9009 ago. Subscriptions were sold for $5 off.❏

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Students Association. dence halls and Greek houses. By late Spring vote will decide “We wouldn’t have gone through with September or early October, card-reading program’s future it if we didn’t think students wanted it.” distribution machines were to be placed Collegiate Readership Program news- at a number of locations. The machines By AMANDA J. BURKE papers are available to both undergradu- will ensure that only students with a val- Columbia Missourian ate and graduate students in bins at resi- id student I.D. have access.❏ U has joined more than 250 schools across the nation par- Mticipating in USA Today’s Col- legiate Readership Program. Copies of USA Today, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The New York Times and the Columbia Missourian are distributed to all residence halls and Greek houses for students to read, almost free of charge. “Our program originated at Penn State University because the president there felt that the students were in a bub- ble,” said Lisa Trube, USA Today’s region- al marketing director. The program was begun in 1997. “The goal of the pro- gram is two-fold: to enhance the educa- tion of the students by bringing real- world concepts into the classroom and to enhance the students’ understanding of what’s going on in the world outside of campus.” The program is also intended to en- courage a lifelong habit of reading news- Pre-game partiers papers. “Easy accessibility is what will get Making their way through the buffet line at the football pre-game party Sept. students to start reading the newspaper,” 13 are Kevin Jones, right, general manager of The St. Louis American, and Tr ube said. his wife, Tina, and children Nick and Amanda. People from around the state Though distribution figures will be attended the party in the Hearnes Center Fieldhouse. adjusted on a daily basis, about 2,600 newspapers are being delivered each morning at the residence halls as well as 650 at fraternities and sororities. “We want every student who wants a newspaper to get one,” Trube said. four-week pilot readership program A had been tested in MU residence halls. Last January, the University of Mis- souri Board of Curators approved an in- crease of $3 per semester in student fees for a permanent readership program. The readership program was instituted for a yearlong trial. Students will have the opportunity to vote on whether to keep, change or get rid of the program in a vote planned for the end of the 2004 winter semester. Dropping in to visit the MPA pre-game party is MU Athletic Director Mike “We’ve never gotten anything but pos- Alden, left. He visited with a number of MPA guests, including Bob Wilson, itive feedback on the program,” said Milan; Doug Crews, MPA; Glenn Orr, Kansas City; and Phil Conger, Brett Ordnung, president of the Missouri Bethany.

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Missouri Press News, October 2003 19 www.mopress.com 2nd: Columbia Missourian, Chad Jennings Kopp 2nd: Kansas City Star, Jammie Dunker, Erin 3rd: Camdenton Lake Sun-Leader, Wayne HM: Lebanon Daily Record, Eric Adams McHugh Kasper HM: Lebanon Daily Record, Eric Adams 3rd: Sedalia Democrat, Rochelle Hockett HM: Kansas City Star, Robin Langdon, HM: Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal, Dave Kopp Class 2 Jacquie Lehatto HM: Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, 1st: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kevin Man- Paul Sturm ning Best News Content 2nd: Kansas City Star, Marcio Sanchez Class 1 Class 2 3rd: Kansas City Star, David Pulliam 1st: Columbia Missourian 1st: Kansas City Star, Joe Posnanski HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kevin 2nd: Lebanon Daily Record 2nd: St. Joseph News-Press, Brett Brigge- Manning 3rd: Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune man HM: St. Joseph News-Press, Todd Weddle HM: Marshall Democrat-News HM: Fulton Sun 3rd: Independence Examiner, Bill Althaus HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best News Photograph Class 1 Class 2 Best Sports Column 1st: Kennett Daily Dunklin Democrat, 1st: Kansas City Star 1st: Kansas City Star, Joe Posnanski Buddy Winkle 2nd: Springfield News-Leader 2nd: Kansas City Star, Jason Whitlock 2nd: Nevada Daily Mail, Justin Baldwin 3rd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3rd: Columbia Daily Tribune, Joe Walljasper 3rd: Fulton Sun-Gazette, Alex Hawkey HM: Columbia Daily Tribune HM: Columbia Missourian, Chad Jennings HM: Waynesville Daily Guide, Joel HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Bryan Goodridge Community Service Award Burwell HM: Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Rod 1st: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Dixon 2nd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3rd: Kansas City Star Best Family Living Coverage 1st: Kansas City Star Class 2 HM: Kansas City Star 2nd: St. Joseph News-Press 1st: Joplin Globe, T. Rob Brown 3rd: Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian 2nd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbis Best Editorial Page HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3rd: Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink Class 1 HM: Sedalia Democrat HM: Kansas City Star, Jim Barcus 1st: Lebanon Daily Record HM: Springfield News-Leader, Dean Curtis 2nd: Camdenton Lake Sun-Leader 3rd: Marshall Democrat-News Best Young People’s Coverage 1st: Independence Examiner Best Sports Photograph HM: Boonville Daily News 2nd: Kansas City Star Class 1 3rd: Marshall Democrat-News 1st: Boonville Daily News, Chris Bowie Class 2 HM: St. Joseph News-Press 2nd: Dexter Daily Statesman, Jake Kruelen 1st: Kansas City Star HM: Sedalia Democrat 3rd: Marshall Democrat-News, Chris Allen 2nd: Columbia Daily Tribune HM: Nevada Daily Mail , Ralph Pokorny 3rd: Sedalia Democrat Best Coverage of Rural Life & Agriculture HM: Lebanon Daily Record, Matthew J. HM: Independence Examiner 1st: Carthage Press Wilson HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2nd: Springfield News-Leader 3rd: Jefferson City News-Tribune Class 2 Best Sports Page HM: Fulton Sun 1st: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Teak Phillips Class 1 HM: Columbia Daily Tribune 2nd: St. Joseph News-Press, Todd Weddle 1st: Columbia Missourian 3rd: Independence Examiner, Jason A. Cook 2nd: Lebanon Daily Record Best Special Section HM: Independence Examiner, Jeff Stead 3rd: Fulton Sun Class 1 HM: Kansas City Star, David Eulitt HM: Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune HM: Carthage Press 1st: Lebanon Daily Record 2nd: Lebanon Daily Record Best Photo Package 3rd: Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune 1st: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen Class 2 HM: Moberly Monitor-Index 2nd: Joplin Globe, T. Rob Brown 1st: Kansas City Star HM: Fulton Sun 3rd: Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic 2nd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch HM: Kansas City Star, Jeff Roberson 3rd: Springfield News-Leader Best Investigative Reporting HM: Joplin Globe, Noppadol Paothong HM: Sedalia Democrat HM: Independence Examiner Class 1 1st: Columbia Missourian, Ann Friedman Best Advertising Idea or Promotion 2nd: Lebanon Daily Record, Edward J. of the Newspaper Best Sports Story - News or Feature Sisson 1st: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Class 1 2nd: Kansas City Star, Kim Gardenhire 1st: Columbia Missourian, Adam Carter 3rd: Springfield News-Leader HM: Joplin Globe, Bobbie Snodgrass HM: Lebanon Daily Record, Beth Durre- man

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20 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 Class 2 2nd: Springfield News-Leader Bob McKee 1st: St. Louis Post-Dispatch HM: Sedalia Democrat 3rd: Concordia Concordian, Gary Beissen- 2nd: Kansas City Star, Mark Morris, Donna HM: Sedalia Democrat herz McGuire HM: Cabool Enterprise, Dala Whittaker 3rd: Columbia Daily Tribune, Mike HM: Christian County Headliner-News, Fuhrman Donna Osborn & Staff HM: Sedalia Democrat, Bill Medley Weeklies HM: Joplin Globe, Carol Stark Class 2 and Max McCoy General Excellence 1st: Lee’s Summit Journal Class 1 2nd: Pitch Weekly, Doug Kubert Best Local Business Coverage 1st: Kansas City Press-Dispatch 3rd: Riverfront Times, Tom Carlson 1st: Kansas City Star 2nd: Green Park Call, St. Louis HM: Washington Wednesday Missourian, 2nd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3rd: Louisiana Press-Journal Bill Miller 3rd: St. Joseph News-Press HM: Bowling Green Times HM: Springfield News-Leader HM: Webster County Citizen, Seymour Best News Story HM: Sedalia Democrat Class 1 Class 2 1st: Canton Press-News Journal, Dan Best Business Story - News or Feature 1st: The Kearney Courier Steinbeck, Williamstown Senior Center 1st: Kansas City Star, Steve Everly 2nd: Christian County Headliner-News 2nd: Christian County Headliner-News, 2nd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 3rd: Owensville Gasconade Co. Republican Donna Osborn, Steep Budget Cuts 3rd: Lebanon Daily Record, Julie Turner, HM: Belton Star-Herald 3rd: Liberty Tribune, Angie Borgedalen, Edward J. Sisson, Dan Wehmer and HM: Missouri Lawyers Weekly, St. Louis Shocked by Shooting Chris Wrinkle HM: Aurora Advertiser, Kim McCully, HM: Kansas City Star, Eric Palmer Class 3 Survivors feel lucky HM: Joplin Globe, Roger McKinney 1st: Buffalo Reflex, HM: Kansas City Press-Dispatch, Matt 2nd: Bolivar Herald-Free Press Kelsey, Platte Recorder Feud Best Coverage of Government 3rd: Cuba Free Press 1st: Kansas City Star, Michael Mansur, Lynn HM: Odessa Odessan Class 2 Horsley HM: Perry County Republic-Monitor, 1st: South Side Journal, Ekaterina Pesheva, 2nd: Springfield News-Leader, Aaron Perryville Exonerated man Deslatte 2nd: Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Justin 3rd: Columbia Missourian Class 4 Ballard, Fire Destroys Apartments HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Virginia 1st: St. Louis American 3rd: Washington Weekend Missourian, Ed Young 2nd: St. Louis Business Journal Pruneau, Two arraigned for murder HM: Sedalia Democrat, Kay Fair and Oliver 3rd: Riverfront Times, St. Louis HM: St. Louis American, Ishmael-Lateef Wiest HM: Jefferson County Leader, Festus Ahmad, Search for Names HM: North County Journal, St. Louis HM: Riverfront Times, Bruce Rushton, Best Coverge of Religion Dumb and dumber 1st: Springfield News-Leader Best Newspaper Design 2nd: Columbia Missourian Class 1 Best Feature Story 3rd: St. Joseph News-Press 1st: Kearney Courier Class 1 HM: Columbia Daily Tribune 2nd: St. Louis Business Journal, James 1st: Platte County Landmark, Bill Hankins, HM: Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian Macanufo Special Artist 3rd: Belton Star-Herald 2nd: Versailles Leader-Statesman, Bob Best Information Graphics HM: Nixa News-Enterprise Sheridan, Old order Mennonitism 1st: Springfield News-Leader, Jeff Harper HM: Stockton Cedar County Republican 3rd: Nixa News-Enterprise, Joe Hadsall, 2nd: Kansas City Star, John C. Sopinski Disorder is No Curse 3rd: Joplin Globe, Tricia Courtney Class 2 HM: Belton Star-Herald, Charlie Morasch, HM: Springfield News-Leader, Jeff Harper 1st: Pitch Weekly Church Bells and Brian McGill 2nd: Riverfront Times HM: Canton Press-News Journal, Dan HM: Columbia Missourian 3rd: Lee’s Summit Journal Steinbeck, Locked Out HM: Houston Herald Best On-Line Newspaper HM: Liberty Sun-News Class 2 1st: Kansas City Star 1st: Pitch Weekly, Deb Hipp, Feminine 2nd: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Best Front Page High Jinks 3rd: Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian Class 1 2nd: Pitch Weekly, Deb Hipp, Adventures HM: Springfield News-Leader 1st: Kearney Courier in 2nd: Owensville Gasconade Co. Republican, Best Editorial Cartoon 1st: Jefferson City News-Tribune, Jim Dyke 2nd: Kansas City Star, Lee Judge HM: Kansas City Star, Lee Judge HM: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, John Sherffius A Weekly Magazine for Hometown Newspapers 1-800-373-1719 Best Newspaper In Education Program www.americanprofile.com 1st: Kansas City Star

Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 21 Tight Lacing Tube Slide HM: Stockton Cedar County Republican, 3rd: Riverfront Times, Geri L. Dreiling, HM: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirkchhoff, Justin Ballard, Outfield-in Still Lips Scary Guy HM: Cass Co. Democrat-Missourian, HM: Liberty Sun-News, Mark Coffey, Class 2 Jennifer Coombes, Vietnam War Showing Teeth 1st: St. Louis American, Wiley Price, Top HM: Riverfront Times, Jeannette Batz, Sprinters Who’s Afraid Best Photo Illustration 2nd: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff, Class 1 In the Shadows Tilghman Cloud Memorial Editorial Award 1st: Bloomfield North Stoddard Countian, 3rd: Liberty Sun-News, Mark Coffey, Serve 1st: Liberty Tribune, Angie Borgedalen, We ElFreda Cox HM: Tri-County Journal, Rick Graefe, Wild are not Immune 2nd: Owensville Gasconade Co. Republican, Ride 2nd: Webster County Citizen, Dan Bob McKee HM: Washington Wednesday Missourian, Wehmer, Buggies should be registered 3rd: Concordia Concordian, Gary Beissen- Bill Battle, Get Down! 3rd: Canton Press-News Journal, Dan herz Steinbeck, Plenty to blame HM: Cabool Enterprise, Dala Whittaker Best Photo Package HM: Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Judy HM: Christian County Headliner-News, 1st: Platte County Landmark, Bill Hankins, Kallenbach, Local Stores First Donna Osborn & Staff Local Artist HM: St. Charles Journal, Dennis Miller, 2nd: Platte County Landmark, Bill Don’t put public’s Class 2 Hankins, Buffalo Jim 1st: Odessa Odessan, Clayton Crabtree, 3rd: Kearney Courier, Dick Whipple, Best Columnist – Humorous Fourth of July Bula Bula 1st: St. Louis Riverfront Times, Roland 2nd: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff, HM: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff, Klose Serrano Love of the Game 2nd: Liberty Sun-News, Jack C. Ventimiglia 3rd: St. Louis Business Journal, Brian HM: Gasconade Co. Republican, Dave 3rd: South County Times, Don Corrigan Cassidy, Two new artists Marner, Golfers Support Friend HM: Webster County Citizen, Dan HM: Cuba Free Press, Rob Viehman, Road Wehmer sign Best Advertising Idea or Promotion HM: Washington Wednesday Missourian, HM: Liberty Sun-News, Mark Coffey, of the Newspaper Chris Stuckenschneider School prayer 1st: Webster County Citizen, Dan Wehmer, Let’s Talk Best Columnist – Serious Best News Photograph 2nd: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff 1st: Festus Jefferson County Leader, Patrick Class 1 and staff, Calendar Martin 1st: Gasconade Co. Republican, Dave 3rd: Jackson Cash-Book Journal, Holiday 2nd: Christian County Headliner-News, Marner, Tight Landing Zone Songbook Donna Osborn 2nd: Platte County Landmark, Bill HM: Marthasville Record, Ruth Stock, In 3rd: Southwest County Journal, Buck Hankins, President Speaks Tune Collier 3rd: Gasconade Co. Republican, Dave HM: St. Louis American, Kevin Jones, 75th HM: Liberty Sun-News, Jack C. Ventimiglia Marner, First on scene Anniversary HM: Green Park Call, Bill Milligan HM: Christian County Headliner-News, Chuck Branch, Pres. Visits Springfield Best Advertising Idea or Promotion Best Use of Local Photographs HM: Mt. Vernon Lawrence Co. Record, of an Advertiser 1st: Washington Weekend Missourian Steve Fairchild, On Top of Situation 1st: Lee’s Summit Journal, Adams Toyota 2nd: Owensville Gasconade Co. Republican 2nd: Bowling Green Times, Linda Luebre- 3rd: Liberty Sun-News Class 2 cht, Home improvement page HM: Concordia Concordian 1st: St. Louis American, Wiley Price, 3rd: Canton Press-News Journal, Jennifer HM: Stockton Cedar County Republican Robbery Foiled Pegler, Business Cards 2nd: St. Louis American, Wiley Price, Grief HM: Concordia Concordian, American Best Feature Photograph from a Gun Heart Month Class 1 3rd: Webster-Kirkwood Times, Ursula Ruhl, HM: Marshfield Mail, Century Realty— 1st: Gasconade Co. Republican, Dave Scholin Fire sold Marner, Sunset HM: Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Justin 2nd: McDonald Co. News-Gazette, Rick Ballard, Almost Tornado Best News Content Peck, Picnic for Pig HM: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff, Class 1 3rd: Kearney Courier, Kathy Whipple, Dousing the Wreckage 1st: Christian County Headliner-News, Rodeo Nights Ozark HM: Belton Star-Herald, Charlie Morasch, Best Sports Photograph 2nd: Kearney Courier Doctor Doolittle Class 1 3rd: Gasconade Co. Republican HM: Platte County Landmark, Bill 1st: Platte County Landmark, Bill Hankins, HM: Canton Press-News Journal Hankins, Around the Campfire Wrestling Pain 2nd: Nevada Sunday Herald, Ralph First Media Class 2 Pokorny, 1st: Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff, Concentration Insurance Agency Operation Impact 3rd: Kearney Courier, Dick Whipple, 4600 Madison, Ste. 717 2nd: Washington Weekend Missourian, Knocked from Playoffs Kansas City, MO 64112 Jeanne Miller Wood, Catching Snowflakes HM: Excelsior Springs Standard, Kim 1-800-753-7545 ¥ FAX 816-753-7888 www.FirstMediaInc.com 3rd: Houston Herald, Brad Gentry, Inner Simmons, Long Goes High

22 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 HM: Liberty Tribune, Angie Borgedalen HM: Kearney Courier, Chris Geinosky, Grad 1st: Riverfront Times, Bruce Ruston, Squeal Stands Tall like a pig Class 2 HM: Riverfront Times, Eddie Silva, Hard 2nd: St. Louis Business Journal, Patricia 1st: Riverfront Times Ride Miller, Inside the Am Gen meltdown 2nd: News Democrat Journal, Festus 3rd: Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Ken Jones, 3rd: North County Journal Best Sports Column Oxygen Tank Fails HM: Liberty Sun-News 1st: St. Louis American, Alvin Reid HM: Pitch Weekly, Allie Johnson, Hell on HM: Lee’s Summit Journal 2nd: Liberty Tribune, Kevin Goodwin Wheels 3rd: Lee’s Summit Journal, Nick Parker HM: Riverfront Times, Bruce Rushton, Community Service Award HM: Chesterfield Journal, Dave Kvidahl Serial Tiller 1st: Southwest City Republic, Rick Peck and HM: Lee’s Summit Journal, Larry Graham Gerald Elkins, Waterway Problems Best Local Business Coverage 2nd: Kearney Courier, Teen program Best Family Living Coverage 1st: St. Louis Business Journal 3rd: Canton Press-News Journal, 1st: Kearney Courier 2nd: St. Charles Journal Dawn Spurgeon, Domestic Abuse 2nd: Liberty Sun-News 3rd: St. Louis American HM: Green Park Call, Bill Milligan, Boys 3rd: Lee’s Summit Journal HM: Washington Weekend Missourian and Girls Club HM: Washington Wednesday Missourian HM: Washington Wednesday Missourian, HM: Washington Weekend Missourian Best Business Story Ed Pruneau, CHEM program 1st: St. Louis Business Journal, Rick Best Young People’s Coverage Desloge, Maritz Family Fued Best Editorial Page 1st: Pitch Weekly, Joe Miller 2nd: Pitch Weekly, Casey Logan, Little Class 1 2nd: Kearney Courier Blight Lies 1st: Kearney Courier 3rd: Washington Wednesday Missourian 3rd: Houston Herald, Brad Gentry, 48- 2nd: Kansas City Press-Dispatch, Gene HM: St. Louis Business Journal, Angela hours 900 Jobs Hansen Mueller HM: Liberty Sun-News, Jack C. Ven- 3rd: Louisiana Press-Journal, Kurt Jarvis HM: Webster-Kirkwood Times, Dwight timiglia, Surgery on Malpractice HM: Nixa News-Enterprise Bitikofer HM: St. Louis Business Journal, Patricia HM: Stockton Cedar County Republican Miller, Sinclair Shifts Best Coverage of Rural Life & Agriculture Class 2 1st: Christian County Headliner-News, Kaci Best Coverage of Government 1st: Festus Jefferson County Leader, Patrick Mitchell 1st: Pitch Weekly, Joe Miller, Infractructure Martin 2nd: Concordia Concordian Bonds 2nd: Bolivar Herald-Free Press 3rd: Washington Weekend Missourian 2nd: Liberty Sun-News, Jack C. Ven- 3rd: North County Journal HM: Mt. Vernon Lawrence Co. Record, timiglia, State Budget Cuts HM: Cuba Free Press, Rob Viehman Kaylea Hutson 3rd: Riverfront Times, Geri L. Dreiling, HM: Liberty Sun-News, Jack C. Ventimiglia HM: Stockton Cedar County Republican Slaphappy HM: Pitch Weekly, Joe Miller, Nace baiting Best Sports Page Best Special Section HM: Riverfront Times, D.J. Wilson, Joyce Class 1 Class 1 Abusive 1st: Kearney Courier 1st: Kansas City Press-Dispatch, The 2nd: Cedar County Republican, Justin Unthinkable Best Coverage of Religion Ballard 2nd: Kansas City Press-Dispatch, Call to 1st: Washington Weekend Missourian 3rd: Nixa News-Enterprise, Ron Schott Duty 2nd: Lee’s Summit Journal HM: Christian County Headliner-News, 3rd: Canton Press-News Journal, David 3rd: Liberty Sun-News Ron Schott Steinbeck, Salute to Veterans HM: Liberty Tribune, Kevin Goodwin HM: Christian County Headliner-News, Best Information Graphics Grad tab 1st: St. Louis Business Journal, James Class 2 HM: Thayer South Missourian News, Macanufo, Board Games 1st: Lee’s Summit Journal, Nick Parker, Jeff A Salute to Veterans 2nd: Webster County Citizen, Anna Kirchhoff and Larry Graham Sturdefant and Bev Hannum, R-II Guide 2nd: Washington Weekend Missourian Class 2 3rd: Webster County Citizen, Anna 3rd: St. Charles Journal, Russell Korando, 1st: Festus Jefferson County Leader, Sturdefant and Dan Wehmer, Election Ryan Fagan and Dave Benson Stephanie Gillespie, DeSoto Home Show Chart HM: Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Bill 2nd: Jackson Cash-Book Journal, David Breshears Bloom and Greg Dullum, Sept. 11, 2002 - Best On-Line Newspaper HM: Washington Wednesday Missourian Never to be forgotten 1st: Riverfront Times, Tom Finkel 3rd: Liberty Sun-News, Student of the Year 2nd: South County Times Best Sports Story HM: Harrisonville Cass Co. Democrat- 3rd: Buffalo Reflex 1st: Riverfront Times, Mike Seely, Feed the Missourian, Jennifer Coombes, Beast American Heroes Best Newspaper In Education Program 2nd: Riverfront Times, Jeanette Batz, Speed HM: Perry County Republic-Monitor, 1st: Lee’s Summit Journal, Nick Parker and Isn’t Enough Randall J. Pribble, The Answer Book Staff 3rd: Riverfront Times, D.J. Wilson, 2nd: Washington Wednesday Missourian, Redbirds’ Burden Best Investigative Reporting Dawn Kitchell 3rd: Cuba Free Press, Rob Viehman❏

Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 25 Federal law took effect Oct. 1 statistics from the Federal Trade Com- mission show 22.3 percent of Missouri households have signed up for the federal Do Not Call list. Keep 2 basics in mind Before I close, let me note that the Missouri Court of Appeals for the East- ern District of Missouri, in St. Louis, is- with ‘Do Not Call’ law sued an opinion in late August uphold- ing the dismissal of a defamation claim hile everyone is debating the If you need access to the Missouri list, filed against Rust Communications and pros and cons of the federal go to the Missouri attorney general’s web the Southeast Missourian. Wand/or the state Do Not Call page at www.ago.state.mo.us. About The paper had done a series of articles laws, the association’s hotline attorney’s mid-way down the page is the “No Call” in 1998 on an entity called Community head is spinning, trying to keep straight logo. When you click in the logo, you are Sweat Equity Housing, which focused on all the provisions of the various laws. taken to the No Call web page. There, rehabilitating housing units. The plaintiff If you are as confused as I am, here are about mid-way down that page, is the claimed she was defamed in the articles. the two basics you application to get The court found that a review of the need to keep in the no-call list from facts pleaded in the petition, when mind: the attorney general’s viewed in a light favorable to the plain- 1. If a name is on Jean office. Pricing is tiff, still did not state any grounds for re- either the federal or Maneke quarterly, and the lief. state list, you must MPA cost is $25 for each The court reiterated the basic ele- not call this person. Legal Hotline area code in the state ments of defamation in Missouri: 1) The federal program Counselor per quarter. Publication 2) of a defamatory statement began Oct. 1. As 2. Once you have 3) which identifies the plaintiff 4) that is you know, the state (816) 753-9000 false 5) that is published with a requisite Fax (816) 753-9009 the no-call lists, re- program has already member that you degree of fault and 6) damages the plain- been implemented. CAN call persons on tiff’s reputation. The federal registry data for up to five the list if you have had a business rela- Further, the court found, after exami- area codes will be available for free for tionship with this person in the last 6 nation of the statements the plaintiff registered users at www.ftc.gov, the feder- months. (The federal law has a “prior complained of, that none of them were al trade commission’s website. Beyond business relationship” window of 18 defamatory. Further, the court found five, there is an annual fee of $25 per months, substantially longer than the some of the statements to be opinions. In area code of data, with a maximum an- state window. Based upon federal law fact, the plaintiff, in regard to some of nual fee of $7,375 for the entire U.S. da- provisions regarding conflicts in the two the statements she complained about, ad- tabase. laws, the state window would apply, mitted they were true. The fee must be paid annually. Pay- therefore the time limits are shorter.) Missouri courts are seldom given a ment of the fee provides access to the If you follow those two basic princi- chance to speak on libel matters, and a data for an “annual period,” which is de- ples, you should be fine. At the moment, favorable opinion is always good for the fined as the 12 months following the first all of these areas of the law are changing, media for future issues that might arise. day of the month in which the fee was so we will need to watch closely for an- Thanks to the folks at Rust and to Ben paid. For example, a company that pays nouncements about enforcement provi- Lipman and his cohorts at Lewis, Rice, its annual fee on Sept. 15, 2003, has an sions. for their good work upholding the law in “annual period” that runs from Sept. 1, Just in case you are interested, recent this state!❏ 2003, through Aug. 31, 2004. Missouri Press Association / Missouri Press Service 802 Locust St. / Columbia, MO 65201-7799 The list of winners of (573) 449-4167; FAX (573) 874-5894; www.mopress.com STAFF the 2003 Missouri Doug Crews: Executive Director, [email protected] Mike Sell: Advertising Director, [email protected] Press Foundation Kent M. Ford: Editor, [email protected] Better Newspaper Connie Whitney: [email protected], and Jennifer Plourde: [email protected]: Advertising Sales and Placement Contest can be found Karen Philp: Receptionist, Bookkeeping, [email protected] Lesa Litty: Member Services, Meeting Planning, [email protected] at mopress.com. Sue Heifner: Ad Sales, [email protected] Shawn Cockrum: Assistant to the Executive Director: [email protected]

24 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 pers and often in the ISWNE’s newslet- section for The Kansas City Star, died ter. Aug. 8, 2003, in Overland Park. Obituaries Mr. Sawyer leaves his wife, Margaret, Mr. Berdell retired from The Star in his mother; two daughters, a son, a step- 1973 with the title of Manager, New Willard son and six grandchildren. Business. In the early 1930s he owned papers in Oklahoma and Illinois. Jim Sawyer St. Louis Mr. Berdell received national recogni- 63—Retired Extension writer tion for his promotion “Christmas in im Sawyer, a longtime associate and Wilbur H. Roberts July,” which he originated in 1942. After Jfriend of Missouri Press Association, 72 — Retired printer retiring he originated the retirees club died of pneumonia Sept. 6, in Spring- ilbur H. Roberts, Belleville, who called Keen-Agers of Asbury. field. He was diag- Wfor years helped compose the Post- He leaves his second wife, Mary. nosed with cancer Dispatch, died Aug. 16, 2003, of compli- about a year ago and cations of diabetes. St. Louis had undergone Mr. Roberts worked for more than 30 treatment for that. years as a printer. His daughter, Susan Frank W. Zundel Mr. Sawyer was a Luberda, also works for the Post-Dis- 78—Longtime newspaperman retired writer for patch. Mr. Roberts retired in 1994. rancis “Frank” W. Zundel, a retired University Exten- Other survivors are four sons, another FPost-Dispatch employee, died of can- sion out of Spring- daughter and 15 grandchildren. cer at his home Aug. 30, 2003. field. He was active Jim Sawyer Mr. Zundel started his career as a re- in Ozark Press Asso- attended the Kansas City tail ad sales manager for the old St. Louis ciation and the In- ISWNE meeting Globe-Democrat. He joined the Post-Dis- ternational Society in Ireland in July. Glenn C. Berdell patch in the early 1980s. of Weekly Newspa- 96 — Retired newspaperman Mr. Zundel leaves his wife, Audrey; per Editors. He wrote a column that ap- lenn C. Berdell, Prairie Village, two daughters, four sons, two brothers, a peared in Southwest Missouri newspa- GKan., who originated the real estate sister and six grandchildren.

Missouri Press News, October 2003 www.mopress.com 25 Housekeeping meetings on the MPA calendar. If you are an officer of a regional press associa- tion or other group, and your outfit’s meeting date is not on the calendar, get More papers use color that information to the MPA office, please. The editors and ad manager groups to brighten front pages already have scheduled their meetings. Both will be at the Sheraton Westport Hall of Fame speeches a welcome break Hotel in St. Louis next April. Northwest Missouri Press will meet on ore and more of Missouri’s their families present always are sincere its traditional third weekend in January newspapers have full color on and heart-felt. They appreciate being ap- at the Ramada Inn in St. Joseph.❏ Mtheir covers — even the week- preciated. lies. They look great! Well, not all of When all we hear on the airwaves Statement of Ownership them look great yet, but they’re coming these days is ranting and raving, it’s nice along. to hear people say nice things for a his is the Statement of Ownership, A brief highlight of my week is look- change. We don’t have near enough peo- TManagement and Circulation as re- ing at the front page of every ple saying nice things. Whining and quired by Act of Congress of Aug. 12, weekly paper that comes into name calling drown out cour- 1970, of Missouri Press News, published the office. It gives me a break tesy. Compliments get bashed monthly at Columbia, Mo. This state- from this monitor, and I get to by hollered bumper-sticker ment contains the information provided see what’s going on in the com- platitudes. Thinking is more on Form 3526, which was mailed to the munities around the state. difficult than loud. Postmaster at Columbia, Mo., on Sept. A few papers are using color 12, 2003. in their flags. It’s easy to go cra- ✛✛✛ The publisher and owner of Missouri zy with color, but applied with Press News is the Missouri Press Associa- style and creativity, color Tabloids with the Better tion, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO, makes a newspaper nameplate Newspaper Contest results 65201-7799, a non-profit corporation look terrific. and judges’ comments will be without capital stock. I see all of the festival MPA editor Kent mailed to each newspaper. Re- The editor is Kent M. Ford of Colum- queens and their courts, the Ford can be sults also will be posted on the bia, Mo. The managing editor is Doug new teachers and the election reached by email MPA website, mopress.com. Crews of Columbia, Mo. candidates and winners. Local at kford@ If your newspaper won There are no bondholders, mortgag- tragedies run in bunches, like socket.net. awards and you were not at ees, or other security holders of any kind business. One minute you’re the convention to receive or nature, either with reference to the As- twiddling your thumbs, the next you’re them, they will be shipped to you soon. sociation or the Missouri Press News. swamped. Next year’s convention will be Sept. 9- Total number of copies printed during Some weeks it seems every third news- 11 at the University Plaza Hotel & Con- the preceding 12 months averaged 1,039, paper has a page-one story about a local vention Center in Springfield. and 1,010 were printed in September, teen-ager killed in a car crash, a child If you’re curious about why Missouri the issue nearest the filing date. drowned in a community lake or some- Press would schedule this year’s conven- No copies were sold through dealers, one being electrocuted, buried in a tion the day of the football game in carriers or vendors during the year. Paid trench or being crushed by a rolling trac- Lawrence, here’s the reason. The game or requested mail subscriptions averaged tor. Some weeks we die by the dozens be- date was changed after the convention 948, with 952 in September. fore our time. was scheduled and the hotel contract was No copies were distributed free each Other weeks, the hottest news is the signed. (Grumbling errupted in the of- month through the mail. Free distribu- garden club’s yard of the week. fice from time to time.) tion outside the mail was 36 each month. Total distribution averaged 984, with s this is being written, it hasn’t hap- Speaking of football, a bunch of 988 distributed in September. Apened yet, but the Hall of Fame Husker fans will be in Columbia for the Copies not distributed averaged 55, banquet probably delivered as always. It’s game on Oct. 11. MPA will cater to with 22 not distributed in September. a special event. It gives Missouri newspa- them at a tailgate party in the Hearnes Paid and/or requested circulation aver- per people the opportunity to honor peo- Center Fieldhouse. aged 96% for the year and was 96% in ple who deserve to be honored. It’s a way If you’d like to join that mingling, September. to say thanks for being great advocates contact the MPA office. I certify that all information furnished for newspapers. is true and complete. The brief speeches the inductees or We’re trying to get the dates of various Kent M. Ford, Editor❏

26 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 Newspaper In Education report NIE also works away from school hat is Newspaper In Educa- tion? W Some use the acronym NIE. A publisher once asked me to tell him about “NEI” – and I realized that most people have No Earthly Idea what NIE or Newspaper In Education is. The name evolved from Newspaper in the Classroom. We Americans adopted the title, Newspaper In Education, in 1978 from our Canadian neighbors in an attempt to broaden our scope. But I’ve always felt even the more modern title lacks a key word – home. We’ve known for centuries that the newspaper ads value to the classroom. But today, the goal in Newspaper In Ed- ucation isn’t just about reading, writing, arithmetic – and social studies, it’s also about making a connection. ost of you reading this column How to teach with the newspaper grew up with newspapers in your M Steelville parents learned ways to use the newspaper at home to help homes. Your parents were subscribers and their children improve reading skills during a parent workshop held Sept. modeled the importance of newspapers 11 by the Steelville Star and Cuba Free Press. MPA’s Dawn Kitchell by reading them. But many children to- presented the workshop to more than 70 parents, children and teachers day don’t come into contact with a news- gathered at Steelville Middle School. The photo was taken by Betty Ann paper until they reach the classroom. Howard of Steelville Middle School. Our academic objectives in the classroom haven’t changed. What has evening to come listen to your free Lewis & Clark’s Missouri series, changed is the importance me. I started the program available now from Missouri Press. This of that newspaper at the by giving everyone a news- 8-part series commemorates the 200th an- end of the school day. paper. Then, as they read, I niversary of the expedition from the Mis- Twenty years ago the told the parents they were souri perspective. To order the series, newspaper came into most already doing one of the contact [email protected]. homes through the front most important things they door. Today, with the help could do to help their chil- Lewis & Clark: of good Newspaper In Edu- dren. They were reading. Exploring Another America cation programs, we’re rein- The 16-page special section focusing troducing it through the In the newspaper indus- on the themes of the national exhibit is back door. try we market the newspa- in production and will be available to I was reminded of the per to many niche groups, Missouri newspapers in November. An importance of family and explaining why consumers order form is on-line at mopress.com. home a few weeks ago need our product. Next Dawn Kitchell is You may order the free CD with the files when I spoke to a large MPA’s NIE coordinator. time you’re weighing the for your newspaper to print, or you may group of parents, children Contact her at (636) value of creating a relation- order printed copies of the section in and teachers in Steelville. 390-2821; dawn ship with young readers boxes of 500 for $100 per box, including The remedial reading coor- [email protected] through Newspaper In Ed- shipping. A companion teacher guide is dinator had arranged the ucation, add the benefit of provided free with either format that ties presentation. that back door marketing. the past to the present with your These parents cared enough about newspaper.❏ helping their children succeed in reading Lewis & Clark’s Missouri that they gave up two hours of their Many of you already have ordered

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28 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, October 2003 October Missouri Nostalgia 19631963 Press News ✒ Excelsior Springs August Missouri of vital materials and products which are Initiating a two-state rivalry in the frozen to consumer use for the duration sport of golf between Missouri and Kan- 19431943 Press News of the war. sas, Missouri’s newspaper team recently The Fairfax Forum is freezing its sub- defeated Kansas in the first annual tour- ✒ Cape Girardeau scription lists and all new subscribers are ney on the Excelsior Springs course. The Cape Girardeau Southeast Missou- entered on the subscription list when Missouri players, earning 18 points, rian installed the “little merchant plan” some old subscriber fails to renew. were Tom Sowers and his dad, Ed Sow- for its carriers on Oct. 1. Under the new The rationing of subscriptions began ers, of Rolla; Aaron Stuckey of Union- system the carriers deliver the paper as with a single announcement in Septem- ville, Mike Warning and his boss, Jac well as handle other necessary transac- ber, and L. Roy Sims, publisher, has had Zimmerman, of Willow Springs. tions, such as making collections and an- many old subscribers pay for several years The Kansas Jayhawkers earned 6 swering any complaints. in advance since the notice was pub- points. They were Bill Blair, Oswego; A group picture of all the carriers was lished. Sims found it impossible to save Earl Knauss, Garnett; Bud Bruce, Hills- featured in the Missourian under the cap- newsprint without limiting his mailing boro; Huck Boyd, Phillipsburg; and Bob tion of “Cape Girardeau’s newest busi- list. Roberts, Harrington. ness men.” October Missouri ✒ Pineville ✒ Liberty 19531953 Press News More Missouri newspapers have The Liberty Tribune was published by switched to offset printing. students from Liberty High School dur- ✒ Montgomery City The Pineville Democrat, in changing ing National Newspaper Week, Oct. 1-8. The Montgomery County newspapers to offset, also converted to tabloid size. The Liberty paper noted that in few oth- have installed new equipment. The Wells- And Chester Krause, publisher of the er nations of the world could a newspa- ville Optic-News has added another type- Mansfield Mirror, plans to have his news- per turn over its news columns to youth setting machine and a power stitcher. paper produced by offset with the Mirror of today. The Montgomery City Standard has in- being printed in Houston. stalled a faster press and a new folder. The plant at Houston is owned by ✒ Sikeston Lane Davis, Jac Zimmerman, G.E. Der- The Sikeston Herald had a special sec- ✒ Richmond rickson and Orrin Barbe and currently is tion honoring its former employees and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Miller, Richmond printing seven newspapers on its web off- carriers who are now in the armed forces Ray County Herald, are adding a new du- set press. in the issue of Oct. 7 during National plex press to facilitate the printing of The Pleasant Hill Times has switched Newspaper Week. their paper. The increased subscription to offset and changed its page size to tab- Numbered among the employees in list entailed by their purchase of the Polo loid. The Times is printing on a new Ga- service are three sons of Clint H. Den- subscription list and publication rights zette Compact web-fed press. man, publisher of the Herald. has brought this decision to a head. ✒ Mountain Grove ✒ Shelbyville ✒ Crane A former grocery store building is be- The Shelby County Herald held its an- A fire of undetermined origin broke ing remodeled to house the Mountain nual correspondents picnic last month. out in the mechanical and stock depart- Grove News. For many years the News Dean Frank L. Mott from the School of ment of the Crane Chronicle Sept. 23 and was published in a building located be- Journalism gave a talk on the work of a caused several thousand dollars worth of hind the post office. It now moves onto country correspondent. damage. the town square. H.R. Long, Missouri Press Association The fire was discovered while Lester manager, complimented the correspon- B. Sawyer and his employees were out to ✒ Vandalia dents on their work and spoke of its im- lunch. A.L. Wright is publisher of the pa- Work has begun on an expansion for portance to the newspaper. per. the Vandalia Leader, which is expected to Mrs. Louis Parker, Leonard correspon- Two papers are printed in the Chroni- see the newspaper printing plant nearly dent, led group singing. More than 40 cle office. When the fire occurred the double its size. attended the picnic. Crane Chronicle had already been printed Now under construction is a 19x60- and mailed, but the Galena Stone County foot concrete block building. All job ✒ Fairfax News-Oracle was only partially printed. printing equipment along with the ste- The subscription list of one Missouri The rest was printed in the plant of the reotype department and darkroom will newspaper has been added to the volume Aurora Advertiser. be located in the new building.

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MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION: President, Lisa Lynn, 15-16 — Northwest Missouri Sedalia; First Vice President, Beth Durreman, Lebanon; Second Vice President, Kevin Press Association annual Jones, St. Louis; Secretary, Jane Haberberger, Washington; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Steve Hutchings, Gainesville; Debbie Chapman, Marshfield; John meeting, Ramada Inn, Tucker, Jefferson City; Phil Surratt, Branson; John Spaar, Odessa. St. Joseph

MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Larry Freels, Kirksville; Vice President, Wally Lage, Cape Girardeau; Secretary, vacant; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia; Past March 2004 President, Will Connaghan, St. Louis. Directors: Joe May, Mexico; Mahlon Miles, Clinton; Tom Turner, Camdenton; Ernest Hunt, Kennett; Ben Weir, Independence. 17-20 — NNA Government Affairs MISSOURI AFFILIATE, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRESS WOMEN: President, Conference, Wyndham Hotel Karen Glines, Des Peres; Vice President, Holly Berthold, Eureka; Finance Director, Karen Washington DC. Zarky, St. Louis; Co-Secretaries, Peggy Koch, Barnhart, and Kathie Sutin, St. Louis; Committee Chairs: Alice Handelman, Village of Westwood, Publicity; Christy James, Richmond Heights, Membership; Gina Kutsch, St. Charles, Newsletter; Dee Raby, Granite City, Ill., Archivist; Pamela Walter, Clayton, Meetings; At Large Board: June April 2004 Becht, St. Louis; Anne Heinrich, St. Louis; and Elly Wright, Kirkwood. Past President: Janice Denham, St. Louis. 1-2 — Missouri Society of MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Vice President, Newspaper Editors, Sheraton William L. Miller, Sr., Washington; Secretary-Treasurer, Robert Wilson, Milan; Directors: Westport Hotel, St. Louis. William E. James, Harrisonville; David Lipman, St. Louis.

MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Tom Miller, Washington; First Vice 15-16 — Missouri Advertising President, David Lipman, St. Louis; Second Vice President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; Managers’ Association, Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Wallace Sheraton Westport Hotel, Vernon, Eldon; Rogers Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Bolivar; Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville; Mrs. Avis Tucker, Warrensburg; Edward Steele, Columbia; Bill Bray, St. Louis. Columbia; Robert Wilson, Milan; Ralph Clayton, Caruthersville; Kirk Powell, Pleasant Hill.

MISSOURI AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, Gary Rust, Cape Girardeau; September 2004 Vice Chairmen, Gary and Helen Sosniecki. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph; First Vice Chairman, Diane Raynes, Trenton; Second Vice Chairman, Oliver Wiest, Sedalia; Past Chairman, Buzz Ball, Neosho. 9-11 — 138th Annual MPA Convention & Trade Show, MISSOURI SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS: President, Bud Jones, Odessa; University Plaza Hotel & First Vice President, Buck Collier, St. Louis; Second Vice President, Buzz Ball, Neosho; Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Chris Wrinkle, Lebanon; Dennis Convention Center, Springfield Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Dale Brendel, Independence; Susan Miller Warden, Washington; and Cathy Ripley, Chillicothe.

MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Dan Huber, St. Louis Community College-Meramec; Vice President, Dana Fecho, Central Missouri State University; Secretary, Jason Tyler, St. Louis Community College-Meramec; Adviser and MPA Liaison, Tammy Merrett, St. Louis Community College-Meramec.

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