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NEPA Board of Directors President BRIEFS Lynn Delaney (802) 893-2028 The Milton (Vt.) Independent Computer glitch post-election article, but, as the to the mailroom in November Purcell injures hand Phoenix noted, the paper did and was permitted to do her job First Vice President delays Journal’s in boating accident Marlene Switzer (978) 739-1300 not mention its own Web site as from a sitting position. Community Company, election report one of those affected by the The suit claims that the Patrick J. Purcell, publisher Beverly, Mass. of the The Providence (R.I.) problem. Patriot Ledger fired Scannell Herald, made Second Vice President Journal’s decision to cut its crew Joel Rawson, the Journal’s Dec. 8, two weeks after her doc- headlines out- David Solomon (603) 673-3100 of election-tally runners before executive editor, was on vacation tors lengthened her expected The Cabinet Press Inc., Milford, N.H. side the news- Rhode Island’s U.S. Senate pri- when the NEPA Bulletin called recovery time and suggested that paper when he Secretary mary in September was part of for comment Sept. 28. The the paper provide a modified injured his Mary Pat Rowland (603) 742-4455 an effort to trim the Journal’s paper’s spokeswoman and pro- work regimen for an extended Foster’s , Dover, N.H. hand in a fish- budget, according to a report in motion director, Barbara period of time. Scannell noted Nauman, did not return two ing accident Past President The Providence (R.I.) Phoenix. in her lawsuit that a co-worker Sept. 28. Patrick Purcell Ellen Zappala (978) 374-0321 said the decision messages from with an injured ankle was per- Purcell, who owns a home on Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co., proved particularly costly after requesting comments. mitted to work from a seated North Andover, Mass. Martha’s Vineyard in Massa- the Board of Elections’ comput- position for six months. chusetts, was fishing for bluefin Members er system failed. Disabled ex-worker Derek Anderson (207) 594-5351 has hired tuna near Nomans Land Island, VillageSoup Co., Rockland, Maine The Journal’s Web site, at Patriot Ledger Mark W. Batten, a lawyer with about three miles offshore in his www.projo.com, had advertised Sean Burke (508) 746-5555 the Boston 36-foot-long boat, Weekend plans to begin posting results sues over her firing MPG Newspapers, Plymouth, Mass. firm of Pros- Edition. While anchoring the when polls closed at 9 p.m. The Phillip Camp (802) 457-1313 A former mailroom worker at kauer Rose boat, Purcell caught his hand Phoenix said the Journal’s Web The Vermont Standard, Woodstock, Vt. the Patriot Ledger of Quincy, LLP, to repre- between the motorized anchor- site relied on real-time results on sent the paper. Terry Carlisle (207) 667-2576 Mass., is suing the newspaper, ing line and the boat’s hull. Ac- the Rhode Island Board of The Ellsworth (Maine) American claiming that she was fired Eben Krim, cording to Chilmark, Mass., Elections’ Web site, which failed also a lawyer Nick Daniloff (617) 373-4050 because she was disabled. Police Chief Timothy S. Rich, to post its results in time Northeastern University, Boston reported that a with Pros- one of Purcell’s fingers was al- because of a computer glitch. Mark Batten kauer Rose, Oreste D’Arconte (508) 222-7000 discrimination suit was filed in most completely severed in the According to the Journal, the Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass. August on behalf of former will join Batten in the paper’s accident. company used to relay voter tal- Patriot Ledger employee Diane defense. Neither would offer After initial treatment at Gary Farrugia (860) 442-2200 lies to the Board of Elections The Day, New London, Conn. Scannell of Quincy, and her comments to the Bulletin about Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, initially neglected to disengage husband, William Scannell. The the Patriot Ledger’s counter- Purcell was taken via helicopter Matthew Hayes (401) 253-6000 its computer’s security device, East Bay Newspapers, Bristol, R.I. details of the suit — including claims, noting the sensitivity of to Boston Medical Center, delaying the transmission of the compensation the Scannells the case. where doctors were able to reat- Tim Kane (413) 283-8393 results. The first set of voter tal- Turley Publications, Palmer, Mass. are seeking and what claim or The Bulletin did not receive tach his finger. lies were not posted on the claims William Scannell is mak- an immediate response to a tele- Cal Killeen (603) 436-1800 board’s Web site until 10:10 Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald ing – were not disclosed in the phone message seeking com- Farragher named p.m. By that time, the Phoenix Patriot Ledger’s report. Diane ment from Kirk Davis, publish- John Lenger (617) 495-1585 said, local television channels editor of Globe’s , Cambridge, Mass. Scannell had worked in the er of the Patriot Ledger. were declaring the election’s Spotlight Team paper’s mailroom for 10 years. As part of the federal Marcia O’Brien (401) 789-9744 winner, U.S. Sen. Lincoln has an- The Narragansett (R.I.) Times According to the Patriot Americans with Disabilities Act, Chaffee, who defeated his nounced that Tom Farragher Ledger, the lawsuit alleges that employers are required to make Will Rowlands (203) 226-6311 Republican opponent, Stephen will replace Walter Robinson as Westport (Conn.) News in July 2005, Scannell injured reasonable accommodations for P. Laffey, by an eight-percent- editor of the Globe’s award-win- her knee on a metal bar that was disabled workers who cannot Helen Smith (617) 969-5243 age-point margin. ning Spotlight Team. NE Scholastic Press Association, Boston The Journal described the protruding from a mailroom otherwise perform their assign- to Page 14 Jane Spencer (802) 388-4944 board’s computer glitch in a machine. She said she returned ed tasks. ______Briefs Addison County Independent, Middlebury, Vt.

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NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 3 NEWS VENTURES The new paper has a broad- er than the traditional magazine sheet format, as did the old format, with full color through- ones, Patten said. out, glossy, high-quality print The Monadnock Ledger’s cir- and paper, and a varnished front culation was about 8,600 and cover. the Peterborough Transcript’s Complimentary copies of the circulation was about 3,800, first edition will be mailed to according to the 2006 New targeted high-end homeowners England Newspaper Directory. throughout New England Circulation for the Ledger- In an effort to reach readers Transcript is about 10,000, both within and outside New Heather McKernan, the news- England’s borders, the magazine paper’s publisher, said. has partnered with Hudson- publication to be launched by mid-November. Transcript staff members RPM Distributors Atlas News DEF Enterprises, which pub- The magazine’s Web site, were invited to join the merged Division, New England’s largest lishes the four-year-old Valley www.classiccountrylife.com, publication, the Ledger said. retail chain distributor with sev- Business Outlook, a monthly was launched in January. In an announcement in the eral locations in print and online magazine dedi- The publication, based in Monadnock Ledger penultimate issue of the and Maine, and Ingram cated to reporting positive busi- Wolfeboro, N.H., is designed to Transcript, Publisher Joe Periodicals of , a divi- ness news and information for and Peterborough be an insider’s guide to country Cummings said he was pleased sion of Ingram Book Group, the residents of Western Massa- living in all six New England Transcript merge to see the 157-year-old Tran- largest wholesale book distribu- chusetts and Northern Con- states and upstate New York. The last editions of the script name continue. Cum- tor in the world. The publica- necticut. The magazine will include Peterborough (N.H.) Transcript mings is the fourth generation tion will be sent to businesses DEF Enterprise’s chief execu- more than 100 pages of “town and the Monadnock Ledger, of his family to be the paper’s from San Francisco to to tive officer and publisher, Dee tours;” sections on wildlife and also of Peterborough, as separate publisher, the announcement Minnesota, and will be available L. Emery-Fer- the outdoors, home and garden, entities hit the newsstands Sept. said. The Transcript was the at more than 6,000 New rero, told the food, travel, health and beauty; 21. only local weekly newspaper in England retailers. Advertiser reviews of local businesses, Newspapers of New England, Peterborough for more than a Borders and Barnes & Noble News that the shops and restaurants; real estate based in Concord, N.H., the century, according to Wiki- have agreed to carry the maga- new magazine offerings; and profiles of the owners of the Ledger, bought pedia.org. zine in their bookstores and focuses on iss- people and places that charac- the Transcript in an agreement The Ledger was purchased in many New England hotels and ues that affect terize the culture of the New announced Sept. 11, the Ledger 1986 by Newspapers of New bed and breakfast inns will offer all women in England countryside. reported Sept. 14. England, which also publishes complimentary copies in guests’ Emery- Ferrero the workplace, Alana Harold, the magazine’s Tom Brown, president of the Amherst Bulletin, the Daily rooms. “from the women on the manu- founder and editor in chief, said Newspapers of New England, Hampshire Gazette of North- Harold said she hopes to facturing line, working moms, the quarterly will focus on offer- described the company as “a ampton and The Recorder of publish the magazine every the female entrepreneur, right ing readers an authentic portrait newspaper Greenfield, all of Massachusetts; other month eventually. on up to CEOs.” of country life in New England. family,” and said the new publi- and the Concord Monitor and Classic Country Life will go said the The Granite State News of cation will incorporate the best The of West on sale in November and will publication includes articles on Wolfeboro reported that the of both papers and expand cov- Lebanon, both of New Hamp- retail for $4.95 a copy. Yearly law and health care, financial magazine recently hired erage to provide better service to shire, the Ledger said. subscription rates are available advice for women, business Wolfeboro resident Theresa readers and advertisers, the The full terms of all existing on the magazine’s Web site. strategies, day-care recommen- Fenton, who has 14 years of Ledger reported. subscriptions to both papers will dations, and re-entering the business experience, as business The first issue of the new be honored, the Transcript said. workplace. manager. New Mass. mag publication, the Monadnock The merged operations are The magazine employs five Harold said the magazine focuses on area Ledger-Transcript, was pub- housed in the Ledger’s offices. staff writers. Emery-Fererro said employs 25 New Englanders, lished Sept. 28, and will begin businesswomen revenue is based solely on adver- including editors, writers and publishing twice a week, on DEF Enterprises of Agawam, tising. New magazine will photographers, and will have Tuesdays and Thursdays, by Mass., has rolled out its latest The first issue was launched focus on country life freelance contributors. Oct. 24, Marcia Patten, the business publication, The as a quarterly publication in The magazine’s publisher, Ledger-Transcript’s editor, said. Western Mass Business Woman, September, but Emery-Ferrero in N.E., New York digiEDGE Communications, is The single-copy price of the a magazine offering up-to-date told the NEPA Bulletin that she Classic Country Life, a located in Wolfeboro. new publication is unchanged news, information, and insights will transition to a monthly lifestyle magazine dedicated pri- Harold said the magazine will from the old papers at 50 cents, for the region’s working women, publication beginning in marily to the people, places and appeal to a “sophisticated audi- Patten said. Subscription rates the Agawam Advertiser News November because of an over- businesses of New England’s ence,” and its format and con- are still being established for the reported last month. whelmingly positive response. country towns and villages, will tent will reflect that market. It change to twice-weekly publica- publish its first print version in The magazine is the second tion, she said. will feature a layout slightly larg- ____News Ventures to Page 22 4 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 No excuse for editors ignoring writing coaching ou probably do not papers. But when I ask a simple meetings; supervising, assisting per’s writing, I will back off. remember the name question, I get such a disap- riting with, or actually doing pagina- But until someone shows me Y Becky Zerlentes, but I pointing (yet honest) answer, I W tion; sitting on, or even being that all those e-mails are con- wish you would. feel like weeping. Tips chairman of, corporate commit- tributing to the paper’s Zerlentes, a woman boxer, Here’s the question, directed tees; handling problems with improvement, I’ll assert: died in 2005 after a bout in at skilled, earnest editors: What the Web site; answering e-mails Putting a city editor in charge Colorado. An adventurer in her responsibilities keep you from (one editor said he receives 125 of handling e-mails is compara- spare time but a teacher in real one-on-one coaching of to 250 e-mails each day). ble to asking the CEO of Nike life, Zerlentes tacked up this reporters? See why we have so little to handle after-Christmas motto outside her school office: Because I am a writing time for writing improvement? returns of ill-fitting shoes. E- “When you’re good at making coach, I also am a writing Let’s see if we can eliminate mail is a nice, convenient tool, excuses, it’s difficult to excel at zealot. I know that a newspaper the items that have little or but if we allow it to, it will rule anything else.” needs more than just stories; it nothing to do with good writ- our lives and divert us from our We all make excuses. For also needs headlines, photos, ing: most important responsibilities. instance, this would be a better charts, an inviting layout, etc. (1) In my 30 years in news- In fact, if you look at what column, but because I got But to me, an editor’s first rooms, I’ve sat in on hundreds meetings, pagination, commit- myself in a scheduling squeeze, responsibility is to the quality of so-called “planning meet- tees, Web sites and e-mails have I didn’t have a whole lot of of the writing in the newspaper. ings,” and with due respect to in common, you’ll realize that time to work on it. We even call our customers Jim Stasiowski those who participate, I think all are welcome diversions from And yet, when you read this “readers.” I think I’m safe in most such meetings are worth- the much more arduous task of column, you expect it to be saying that the quality of the less. Here’s how I would plan. examining stories, looking for stories is a newspaper’s No. 1 metro editors of medium-sized Each day, I’d walk around the reporters’ weaknesses, then worthwhile. You expect to learn papers. To prepare, I had the about writing, about coaching, selling point, or, in the worst newsroom and ask each instructing reporters in how to cases, the No. 1 reason it does editors answer several ques- reporter: “Do you have a good improve. about how to do better what tions, one of which was the one we too often do by habit. not sell. story for me today? How about Too many editors (and their I recently was a discussion I referred to above. for tomorrow? And for bosses) see writing improve- Newsrooms overflow with Here are some of the tasks dedicated, diligent, even pas- leader at the American Press Sunday?” After less than five ment as a hobby, something Institute in Reston, Va. I spoke editors list to explain why minutes with each, I would we’ll get to when things slow sionate people who really, really they’re not spending more time want to publish excellent news- to about a dozen city and know who has good stuff, who down. I think readers would coaching: attending planning has bad stuff, who has no stuff agree with me when I say that at all. Such one-on-one talking excellent writing should be the is real planning. reason editors have jobs. (2) Pagination should be left And if you do not agree, try to copy editors. Most of the this: The next time a reader e- time, city editors who are pagi- mails criticism of a story, tell nating are doing it because the e-mailer you would’ve made designing is playful, much the story better, but you were more fun than coaching in a meeting and didn’t have reporters. time. (3) Supervising editors should only very rarely serve on THE FINAL WORD: The Providing the business software systems that drive corporate committees. When use of the verb “to parse” has the boss says to the editor, “I become the recent rage. Writers really want you to serve on this tend to think it works as a uni- committee,” the editor’s versal synonym for “explain,” as response should be: “My service in: “The Pentagon spokesman on that committee will not help spent an hour parsing Secretary reporters write better. Better of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s for writing is my No. 1 goal, and statement.” it’s the reason you hired me.” “To parse” has a clear, direct Accounts Payable/Gen. Ledger (4) If Web site duties are and unequivocal meaning: It intruding on writing-improve- means to take apart a sentence’s Circulation Management ment duties, editors should go elements and explain the func- Accounts Receivables to their bosses and slightly tion and grammatical form of amend the above response: “My each. Classified Advertising working on the Web site will not help reporters write better, Writing coach Jim Stasiowski Display Advertising and you hired me to improve welcomes your question and com- this newspaper’s writing.” ments. Call him at (410) 796- (5) If any editor can show 0210 or write to him at 6310 www.vdata.com me that reading 125 e-mails per Bayberry Court, Elkridge, Md. day is improving the newspa- 21075. NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 5 GateHouse reorganizes in Southeastern Mass. 6 papers folded into others, 12 converted to , printing plant up for sale Two recently combined seg- chusetts that had been under Chronicle, both formerly part of on Standish Road in Plymouth Auburn, both in Massachusetts, ments of Massachusetts’ largest separate ownership until bought MPG’s Associated Newspapers and Route 44 in Raynham, and the Patriot Ledger reported. newspaper group have made by GateHouse Media. All of the group of Rockland, Mass., now will continue to use Commun- The GateHouse Media pur- sweeping changes, combining affected publications are now merged into Community News- ity Newspaper Company’s office chases included two dailies, the 12 weeklies into six; switching under the umbrella of Com- paper Company’s Easton Journ- in Marshfield. Advertising Patriot Ledger and The Enter- 12 newspapers from tabloid to munity Newspaper Company, al and Stoughton Journal, re- offices will be at the Marshfield prise of Brockton, and 25 south- format; setting up and Enterprise NewsMedia and spectively; the Wareham Bull- location. of-Boston non-dailies owned by two central offices, and selling a have etin, folded into the Wareham MPG’s Call group of papers – Enterprise News-Media, and printing plant and offices at a ceased to exist as company des- Courier; the Kingston Mariner, The Lakeville Call, The Community Newspaper Com- third; and consolidating all ignations. folded into the Kingston Raynham Call and The Taunton pany’s four dailies, 93 weeklies printing at two locations, Other Community News- Reporter. Call – will move from Taunton and numerous other publica- according to published reports. paper Company publications Also as a result of the merger, to the new Raynham office, the tions. The acquisitions gave Enterprise NewsMedia LLC, outside Southeastern Massachu- 12 papers have been converted Patriot Ledger said. The rented GateHouse a predominant share based in Quincy, Mass., and setts are not included in the from tabloid format to broad- Taunton office has been closed. of Eastern Massachusetts’ small- Community Newspaper Com- newly merged regional cluster. sheet. Among MPG’s papers, The company will sell its er newspapers. GateHouse, an pany, based in Needham, Mass., The two former Enterprise only Old Colony Memorial of MPG printing plant and offices eight-year-old company former- were both purchased by NewsMedia dailies, the Patriot Plymouth remained as it was; it in Plymouth, and all merged ly known as Liberty Group GateHouse Media Inc. of Roch- Ledger of Quincy and The already was a broadsheet. publications will be printed at Publishing, had previously not ester, N.Y., in a deal that closed Enterprise of Brockton, Mass., All of the changes took effect Community Newspaper Com- owned any papers in Massa- June 8 for more than 120 news- also remain outside the new by Oct. 1. pany plants in Framingham and chusetts. papers and other publications. group. The change to larger format Enterprise NewsMedia’s In communities that had was made in part to provide Memorial Press Group (MPG) both a Community Newspaper additional space for enhanced What does it mean, of 13 community newspapers, Company and an MPG newspa- news and features coverage, and based in Plymouth, Mass., and per, the two papers have been to allow for more use of color by MPG’s Stoughton, Mass.-based combined into one. The Patriot advertisers and greater opportu- Where do you fit in? Associated Newspapers group of Ledger listed those papers as the nity for editorial photographers 12 papers have been integrated Pembroke Mariner and Pem- to use color photographs, the x Newspapers Trim Workforces As Advertising Slows into Community Newspaper broke Reporter, which have Sentinel of Marion, Matta- Company. become the Pembroke Mariner poisett and Rochester, Mass., x Journal Register Hopes To Sell Local Newspapers The primary reason for the & Reporter; the Marshfield reported in a Sept. 14 an- x Dow Jones To Auction Six Community Papers merger was to reorganize publi- Reporter, now folded into the nouncement about the merger. cations in the same geographic Marshfield Mariner; the Easton The merged divisions will x Realtors Moving Away From Newspapers region of Southeastern Massa- Bulletin and The Stoughton have two new regional offices, x Google Deal With Valpak Could Impact Newspapers

Number of jobs for ism, did with colleagues. to 81,829. x Classifieds Moving To Free Sites The study found that, from Weaver said most of the job print journalists 1992 to 2002, employment at losses resulted from cost-saving x Gatehouse Media In Market For More Newspapers decline in 10 years daily newspapers fell by more measures by print media, as -Recent Headlines in Industry News The number of full-time than 8,400 jobs, to 58,769, and online services, such as Craig’s journalists working in the employment at all print media List, dig into print advertising fell in a recent 10- outlets dropped by 3,268 jobs, revenue. year period, with daily newspa- With 38 years experience in New England pers and radio stations especial- Preserving Newspapers we have many options to discuss. ly feeling the bite. So says “The American on Microfilm Journalist in the 21st Century,” THE P ETERSON GROU P a book based on a survey of Quality & Service are Our Hallmarks American journalists that lead New England John C. Peterson, principal author David Weaver, a faculty Consulting and Brokerage Services member at the Indiana Micrographics, Inc. Telephone: (860) 447-9198 344 Boston Post Rd., Marlboro, MA 01752 University School of Journal- Email: [email protected] Website: Johncpeterson.com 800-433-4065 - Free Samples & Estimates 6 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 COMMENTARY

The A valuable law firm partnership NEPA artnerships evolve, grow and strengthen, the committee and keeps its members up to Bulletin and nothing demonstrates that more President’s date on what is happening on legislative and than our association with Rob Bertsche, legal issues that might affect our member news- P Column papers. If immediate action or support is need- a lawyer with the Boston firm of Prince, Lobel, ed, we can get the word out to our member Glovsky and Tye. ISSN 08931062 newspapers through e-mails and the NEPA The New England Press Association’s rela- Published monthly by the Web site. A letter will soon go to state press tionship with Bertsche started when he began New England associations offering to partner with them in Press Association writing articles for the Bulletin and evolved to information-sharing on legislative/legal issues. 360 Huntington Ave. his leading the team that runs NEPA’s Media On a monthly basis, we try to keep our 428CP Law Hotline, one of our most important mem- members informed through the Bulletin. Check Boston, MA 02115 ber services. out this month’s Legal Briefs page for more (617) 373-5610 Bertsche not only brings his legal expertise to updates. In July, you would have learned that $25/year from dues NEPA, but also his experience as a former city the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Mass., filed a editor of the daily Transcript-Telegram newspa- complaint claiming that the Haverhill School per in Holyoke, Mass. Committee held an unannounced, no-minutes- There are six lawyers who work with Lynn Delaney taken meeting that violated Massachusetts’ Bertsche, and on occasion you might get the man Open Meeting Law. In the August Legal Briefs, Executive Editor himself. Fortunately, our newspaper has only needed to use the the Bulletin reported that Connecticut became the 33rd state to Brenda Reed Hotline’s services in two sticky (or so it seemed to us) situations. adopt a shield law protecting journalists from being forced to [email protected] As it turned out, we were more concerned than we needed to be reveal confidential sources, and that the Vermont Press in both instances, but the prompt and calm response was most Association urged its members to provide feedback to the Publication Manager welcome. Vermont Legislative Council on accessiblity of public records Lincoln Associates Many of you probably have sat in on one or more of the legal and methods for improving that accessibility. And in September, [email protected] workshops Bertsche and members of his team have led at our the Legal Briefs reported that the Laconia (N.H.) Citizen annual conventions. Those workshops are usually so well- received $3,200 for expenses it had paid in legal filings in a News Staff attended that there is an overflow. right-to-know lawsuit the paper filed against the town of Tilton. Coordinator So sign up early for February’s workshops “Fighting for Also in September, it was reported that the Massachusetts Donna Roberson Access: A Legal Toolkit for Journalists;” “Your Newspaper Newspaper Publishers Association initiated legislation to pro- vide civil fines and criminal penalties for officials who violate Online: How to Reduce the Legal Risks;” “Fifteen Ways to Advertising the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law. Stay Out of Court;” and “Protecting Your Paper: The Business Elaine Reiter We are very pleased to welcome Rob Bertsche and his valu- Side of Newspaper Law.” [email protected] able knowledge. It looks like we are going to keep him very Recently, we strengthened our partnership with Bertsche by (617) 373-5946 busy. naming him general counsel to NEPA, and, in that capacity, he also serves on and adds strength to our legislative/legal commit- tee. That committee for too long had been ad hoc, and at the Lynn Delaney is president of the New England Press Association’s board of directors’ retreat in March the board voted to make it a board of directors and editor of The Milton (Vt.) Independent. She can reached at (802) 893-2028 or at [email protected]. This issue of standing committee. A liaison representing each state serves on the NEPA Bulletin was produced with the Question of the Month cooperation of Northeastern University and the assistance Respondents favor N.E. News Council of students in its School of Journalism, Formation of the New England News Council is a good idea, between civilians and the news media. The council, based at the who serve as most respondents to last month’s Question of the Month said. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is in a formative stage. Of the 103 respondents, about 59 percent said they favored The October Question of the Month is on Page 1 of the the Bulletin’s news staff. the News Council, and about 41 percent opposed it. Bulletin and on the home page of the New England Press ______In June, the John S. and James L. Knight foundation of Miami Association’s Web site at www.nepa.org. Please follow the instruc- granted $75,000 for the startup of the New England News tions posted on the Web site to record your response. The Council, an organization that hopes to promote good relations November Bulletin will publish the results of the October www.nepa.org Question of the Month. NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 7 INDUSTRY NEWS Globe, like Herald, cuts costs by cutting Hartford Courant, 2 Connecticut Courant staff writers its daily page count publicly criticize Decreased advertising rev- sister papers might be up for sale enue and a shift in readership parent Tribune Co. preferences has forced The Speculation arose last month about the Courant reporter that the company does- Boston Globe to reduce its daily sale of three Connecticut newspapers – n’t comment on news-media speculation. Hartford Courant reporter Rinker page count by as much as 10 The Hartford Courant, the Greenwich The Los Angeles Times, also owned by Buck wrote a 3,000-word open letter percent, according to a report Time and of Stamford – Tribune, reported speculation from a last month to Stephen D. Carver, the published in September in the should their Chicago-based parent, the newspaper analyst that Journal Register Courant’s new publisher, criticizing . The Tribune Co., divest itself of some of its Co., based in Yardley, Pa., which owns 389 the Courant’s parent company, reduction affects the Globe’s smaller holdings. publications across the Midwest and Chicago-based Tribune Co., for its Sunday edition as well. The Courant reported Sept. 27 that the Northeast, could be a possible bidder on “disinvestment” in the newspaper. The Journal said the Globe’s family of David Chase, a local business- Tribune’s Connecticut papers. Journal The letter was posted publicly Sept. announcement came as the man, announced interest in bringing Register owns 69 publications in 18 on Jim Romenesko’s media Weblog paper’s publisher, Richard together a group of local investors to buy Connecticut, among them the New on the journalism Web site Gilman, resigned in pursuit of the newspaper. Chase’s daughter, Cheryl, Haven Register and The Herald of New Poynter.org. what he called “other writing executive vice president and general coun- Britain. In his letter, Buck, an award-win- projects.” The Journal said sel of Chase Enterprises of Hartford, con- The analyst in question, John Morton ning journalist and longtime writer Gilman’s resignation was unex- firmed her father’s interest, the Courant of Morton Research Inc. in Maryland, for the Courant, outlined costly busi- pected. said. told the Courant that he never said he ness decisions made by Tribune Co. The Globe’s executive vice Veteran Courant reporter Susan thought that Journal-Register might be that were unrelated to publishing the president, Alfred S. Larkin Jr., Campbell published an open letter to interested in the Courant, and mentioned newspaper, and asked why those “mis- told the Journ- David Chase in which she wrote that local only the Stamford and Greenwich papers. takes” should be permitted to compro- al that the cuts ownership could enable the nation’s oldest “I never mentioned The Hartford mise the Courant’s traditional were part of an continuously published newspaper to per- Courant. I never said that,” Morton told strengths: coverage of local towns; ongoing pro- form its function of being a vital part of the Courant. “I don’t believe The Hartford high-quality breaking coverage of big cess, and that democracy. If Chase were to buy the news- Courant would be on the list that might regional stories; investigative report- each section of paper, reinvest profits and allow the be sold.” ing. paper’s staff to do their jobs, he would be the newspaper The Hartford Courant is one of four Buck argued that continued layoffs rewarded, she wrote in the Sept. 29 letter. would experi- Tribune Co. newspapers that were recent- and other cuts would “degrade” the Al Larkin Doug Dalena, a reporter for the ence some re- ly disentangled from two complicated paper’s value to a potential buyer. Advocate of Stamford, said he hoped that duction in pages. He said no investment partnerships, The Morning Buck said he and other staff members the Advocate would be bought by private layoffs were planned. Call of Allentown, Pa., reported Sept. 23. would welcome the sale of the investors who would value and preserve Courant to local businesspeople. The Globe’s page reductions A sale to Journal Register would por- came on the heels of a similar local journalism, the Chicago Tribune Buck’s letter was followed four days reported Sept. 23. tend the end of journalism in Connect- decision at the city’s other major icut, former Courant staffer Frank later by a sardonic post by newspaper, the , Conjecture about a possible sale arose Courant.com Weblogger Denis after Tribune’s chief executive, Denis J. Spencer-Malloy wrote in a letter excerpted which recently trimmed six Sept. 29 on Jim Romenesko’s media Horgan, in which pages a day from its daily paper FitzSimons, announced in a Sept. 21 press he also criticized release that a special committee had been Weblog on the journalism Web site and its Sunday paper. Poynter.org. Tribune Co.’s finan- Kenneth Chandler, the formed to oversee “exploration of alterna- cial decisions. Discontent with Tribune’s constant Herald’s edito- tives for creating additional value for Titled “Horgan cost-cutting at the Courant and uncertain- rial director, shareholders.” buys Courant,” the ty about the paper’s future has “affected us told the The Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 24 Weblog entry de- a lot in terms of our mission,” Denis Journal that that sources close to Tribune management scribed an imagi- Horgan, Courant columnist and Denis Horgan the reductions said the sale of many of the company’s tel- nary situation in Weblogger, said. were part of evision stations and several of its smaller which Horgan inadvertently pur- an effort to newspapers would be a favored solution. “We’re being taken apart plank by chased the newspaper franchise then respond to The company wants to make a decision plank, and it’s not because of anything proceeded to dismiss all of the staff on Ken Chandler “the realities about its future by the end of the year, The that’s happening here but because of the the premise of saving money. of the business and competition Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 23. problems the Tribune’s having in Los from the Internet.” A spokesman for Tribune Co. told a Angeles and elsewhere,” he said. Chandler also said no layoffs were planned at the Herald. Globe are the latest sign of an readership and advertising rev- New England newspapers ble to industry trends, according The page reductions at the industry-wide struggle to retain enue in the age of the Internet. have been particularly vulnera- ____Industry News to Page 18 8 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 LEGAL BRIEFS

Conn. courts might N.E. 1st Amendment Committee of Westboro, Mass., Westborough News, alleging has been found by the that the search committee had allow cameras on Coalition launched Worcester, Mass., district attor- violated its lawful obligation to trial basis by June as resource on access ney’s office to have violated the hold public sessions before nar- Massachusetts Open Meeting rowing the field of candidates Connecticut’s acting chief The New England Associated Law when it privately narrowed for town counsel. justice for the state’s Supreme Press News Executives Associa- a group of 24 potential candi- “The search committee went Court, David Borden, has tion announced the formation dates for town counsel to one from 24 applicants in secret to a endorsed a recommendation of the New England First person, Boston lawyer Gregory single finalist in public, thereby proposed by the Judicial Amendment Coalition at a B. Franks, the Metrowest Daily shutting out any public access to Branch’s Public Task Force that September conference in Prov- News of Framingham, Mass., the process or the qualifications would open up Connecticut idence, R.I. reported last month. of a pool of finalists,” Richard courts to news cameras on a The coalition will be “a Massachusetts law permitted Lodge, editor in chief of the two-year trial basis as early as resource for news organizations the search committee to discuss , wrote in his letter June, the Connecticut Post of and any individual or group privately potential candidates to District Attorney John J. Bridgeport reported. with an interest in their right to before presenting the group of Conte. Borden said the Superior know what government is doing Michael Derderian with the public’s information,” prospective finalists, the Daily Massachusetts’ Open Meet- Court Rules Committee would month had denied the Journal’s said Larry Laughlin, AP bureau News reported. The district ing Law permits private screen- discuss and vote on the issue, initial requests for the question- chief for Northern New England. attorney said the committee vio- ings of candidates for govern- one of the task force’s 38 recom- naires, which were to be used by Laughlin said the coalition lated the law, however, by nar- ment positions during the initial mendations, at the annual meet- trial lawyers to narrow the field will function as the first multi- rowing the field to one candi- stages of the hiring process if it ing of Connecticut judges in of 400 prospective jury mem- state chapter of date before any public sessions has been determined that open June. bers to 16 jurors, the Journal Freedom of Information could be held. screenings would negatively Of the 38 recommendations, said. Coalition. The coalition will be “It is the opinion of the dis- affect the ability to obtain qual- 35 have been endorsed by Before the plea bargain, the made up of news organizations trict attorney’s office that the ified candidates. After that pre- Borden, the Post said. The judge Associated Press reported that as well as other groups. search committee narrowed the liminary process, however, the did oppose a task force recom- the Journal had pressed forward Laughlin said Maine’s chapter of field of candidates in executive process must be opened to pub- mendation to allow voters to with its request and was await- the National Freedom of (closed) session beyond what is lic sessions. decide the fate of a constitution- ing a court date to hear their Information Coalition includes permitted as preliminary screen- al amendment that would affirm petition. groups such as the Sportsman’s ing,” Assistant District Attor- the General Assembly’s authori- Journal given access On Oct. 12, nearly two Alliance of Maine, the Maine neys Patricia C. Smith and ty over judicial operations. weeks after the Derderians Realtors Association, trial Robert Bender wrote. to ????s for jurors pleaded no contest, copies of the Several of the 38 proposals, lawyers, land surveyors, and the Although the Westboro after trial made moot blank questionnaires were including public access to Maine library’s director. Board of Selectmen voted to After an initial denial, The released by the court to the pub- judges’ attendance records and The coalition plans to launch hire Franks Sept. 20, the district Providence (R.I.) Journal was lic. AP reported that the ques- performance evaluations, public a Web site and a question-and- attorney’s decision mandates given access this month to ques- tionnaire asked potential jurors online access to criminal dock- answer Weblog; a reference that the search committee tionnaires given to potential whether they knew anyone ets, and permitting courtroom library for freedom-of-informa- return to the original pool of jurors in the now-canceled trial killed or injured in the night- note-taking by and the tion laws in New England; candidates and recommend at of Michael Derderian, the for- club fire, whether they had an public, will be enacted immedi- access to freedom-of-informa- least three of them to be mer nightclub owner who faced opinion on Michael Derderian’s ately, the Post said. tion case laws; and the latest by the selectman in 200 counts of involuntary guilt or innocence, how much Borden defended the camera updates on planned legislation open session, the Daily News manslaughter for a 2003 fire they knew about the case, and proposal against criticism from related to freedom of informa- said. that killed 100 people. whether they thought that they skeptical judges during a meet- tion. “If this remedial action is fol- Derderian and his brother, ing in early October, the Post The coalition has been estab- lowed by the search committee Jeffrey, ended the jury selection reported. He said allowing lished in Massachusetts as a legal and selectmen, the district attor- process Sept. 29 by pleading no courtroom cameras was in the entity and is awaiting confirma- ney’s office will take no further contest to 100 counts of misde- best interest of the public tion from the federal Internal action,” Smith and Bender meanor manslaughter, avoiding because television is the primary Revenue Service about its appli- wrote in their letter to select- the need for a jury trial. The medium by which residents cation for tax-exempt status. men. remaining 100 counts of obtain their news information. The Daily News said the issue came to light after a Sept. manslaughter, based on charges Borden said the court would DA sides with Mass. 14 complaint was filed with the of criminal negligence, were establish rules to protect crimi- Worcester district attorney’s dropped by the state as part of nal witnesses and jury members papers in faulting office by Community News- the plea agreement. from any unwanted intrusions town’s private search paper Company, parent of the Francis Darigan, a Rhode by cameras. The Town Counsel Search Daily News and the Island Superior Court judge, last Judge Francis Darigan NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 9 LEGAL BRIEFS were capable of being fair and Mohammad Ali-Salaam, about Charles Jac- for Freedom of the Press has it gets fre- impartial jurors during the trial. the sale of the proposed site. obs, as saying released the fifth edition of its quent use in The judge had said the The suit, filed in Suffolk that the guide to open government laws every news- Journal would be granted access Superior Court, also asks that group’s public in all 50 states. room in A- to open courtroom questioning the authority turn over Ali- records disclo- This edition is called the merica.” of the jury pool, originally Salaam’s travel records for trips sure suit was “Open Government Guide.” Authors of planned for late September. he reportedly took to the the result of The previous titles was the manual are Michael and Jeffrey Derder- Middle East to shore up terms Charles Jacobs the Boston “Tapping Officials’ Secrets.” open-govern- Lucy Dalglish ian owned The Station night- of the mosque construction Redevelop- The Open Government ment experts club in West Warwick, R.I. One deal. ment Authority’s refusal to Guide is an outline of important who have worked on previous hundred people died in Feb- The Globe said the authori- cooperate with The David components of open-records editions. ruary 2003, when a fire ignited ty’s spokeswoman, Susan Els- Project and the City Council in and open-meeting laws. There is An online version of the by sparks from a staged bree, denied that the authority their attempts to review details of a focus on the difficulty of guide is available for free on the pyrotechnic display burned the was withholding any public the land deal. obtaining certain information Reporters Committee’s Web site club to the ground. documents, Jacobs founded The David because of privacy and national at www.rcfp.org/ogg. The guide Victims’ families were “(The authority is) confident Project in 2002 “to promote a security concerns since the ter- is also available for purchase shocked at the sentences handed the court will find that the fair and honest understanding rorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. through the Web site. The price down by the judge as part of the (authority) has complied with of the Arab-Israeli conflict,” the “The compendium of open- of a printed volume is $100. A plea agreement, which sent all public records requests,” she group’s Web site says. meeting and open-record laws is CD-ROM version is $50, which Michael Derderian to prison for said. the cornerstone of our services includes searchable versions in four years and spared his broth- The David Project’s allega- Guide available to to reporters trying to make sure Adobe Acrobat documents and er jail time if he performed 500 tions are just the latest in a series open-access laws that public information flows to other formats. An individual hours of community service. of lawsuits involving the Jewish citizens,” Lucy A. Dalglish, state book is $10, and electronic Both men will have suspended advocacy group and the Islamic in all 50 states executive director of the Report- delivery of PDF versions costs sentences of 11 and 10 years, Society of Boston, the Globe The Reporters Committee ers Committee, said. “We hope $5 per state book. respectively, and each will said. The Muslim group had receive three years’ probation. previously sued The David According to Rhode Island Project; Fox 25, WFXT-TV in law, each count of manslaughter Boston; and the Boston Herald for alleged defamation of its carries a maximum sentence of NEPA M ediaLaw Hotline leaders and conspiracy to block NEPA Media Law Hotline 30 years in prison. the mosque project, according to the Boston Herald. Boston land agency, The Globe said The David XPANDED SERVICES FOR MEMBERS Jewish group dispute Project recently tried to have the E : Muslim group’s defamation and access to details of conspiracy suit dismissed, but Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye attorneys at the Islamic mosque deal that motion was denied. The NEPA Media Law Hotline are ready to answer The Boston Redevelopment David Project defended the Authority is facing a lawsuit statements that the Islamic your questions on a range of media law topics, filed Oct. 5 on behalf of The Society of Boston claimed were defamatory, saying they were David Project, a Boston-based involving prepublication review and a variety of based on valid concerns about Jewish nonprofit group, that the mosque project and the other issues. alleges that the authority illegal- Islamic Society of Boston. ly withheld public documents Boston resident David about its sale of land to the Policastro has also filed a lawsuit Islamic Society of Boston for against the Islamic Society, the construction of a mosque in the Globe reported. The Globe Roxbury section of Boston, The reported that Policastro said the Boston Globe reported. authority sold the land to the The David Project is seeking Islamic Society at a price far a full disclosure of all documents below the fair market value. The about the controversial property report made no mention of the transaction. The Globe said the sale price or the assessed value of group is particularly interested the land. in the content of e-mails sent by The Globe quoted The 1-888-428-74901-888-428-7490 or [email protected]@ plgt.com the authority’s deputy director, David Project’s president, 10 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 Pros, cons abound about ‘placeblog’ professionalism ______Pros, cons from Page 1 Not only do such sites vary in location, they also dis- That phenomenon, called citizen journalism, has play varying levels of journalism. exploded on the Web in the past few years and has cre- Some placeblogs, such as the New Haven (Conn.) ated a buzz among professional journalists and news- Independent at www.newhavenindependent.com and media enthusiasts. CT News Junkie at www.ctnewsjunkie.com, are run by In recent international events, such as the December professional journalists who take pride in their objective 2004 tsunami in Asia and the London bombings in July and authoritative reporting. 2005, “citizen” interaction in the news media reached “We’re professional journalists. Our standards are new heights as civilian photographs and videos became professional,” said Paul Bass, editor of the Independent. premium footage used in news reports by the BBC and At the Independent, people submit photographs and CNN. story ideas for the site, but the content is written solely “These initiatives are generating hyperlocal and spe- by paid staff members. After the story is posted, people cial-interest news and information and breaking-news can make comments. Although civilians aren’t writing eyewitness accounts from far, far away — from the the news, Bass thinks that their voice is heard and perimeters of major media markets to the outer reaches brought forth without the placeblog losing its legitima- of rural areas,” Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab: cy. The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the Other citizen journalists, such as Robert Falcione of University of Maryland, said in an article for Nieman Hopkinton, Mass., have had no prior training in jour- Reports. nalism before creating their sites. Falcione, a profession- In New England, so-called citizen journalism sites — al photographer, created his site, HopNews at or placeblogs, as some practitioners call them — are www.hopnews.com, to share his photography with local popping up in growing numbers. residents. He began attending selectmen’s and school This isn’t the first time citizens have contributed to board meetings and posting information about the their local news media, however. There is a long tradi- David Ertischek events on his site, accidentally propelling him into the tion at local weekly newspapers, and others, of commu- be written either by ‘just folks’ or by journalists who run realm of participatory journalism. nity residents freelancing as correspondents, covering placeblogs on newspaper sites,” said Lisa Williams, Falcione’s hyperlocal initiative actually came in town government and other local news. founder of H2otown. handy with the murder in January of Hopkinton resi- Nonetheless, changes in technology have allowed for H2otown, at www.h2otown.info, is a news site orig- dent Rachel Entwistle and her 9-month-old daughter. participatory journalism to multiply greatly in cyber- inating in Watertown, Mass. The site is heavily influ- The murder case drew national and international atten- space. enced by citizen participation, and is just one of many tion, and Falcione’s intimate relationship with the town “Placeblogs are about the lived experience of a place placeblogs in New England that focus on the hyperlocal ______Placeblogging to Page 11 through the words, ideas, photos, audio and video of an mentality of smaller communities. The site’s main page individual resident or residents of a place, and (they) can features posts by Watertown residents about library hours, car accidents and other town happenings. The re are links to other newspapers and Web sites that men- tion Watertown. Bill Densmore, director of the Media Giraffe Project at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, thinks that that phenomenon is a result of the convergence of three things: the easy and economical way the Internet has enabled news to be reported; the void in small-town news coverage by large newspaper corporations, which have cut small-town news; and Americans craving a sense of community. “Citizens are finding it harder to get their chicken- dinner news,” Densmore said. “The thirst for commu- ‘Placeblogs and local newspapers nity is to find an outlet, and that outlet is citizen jour- nalism.” aren’t in direct competition. Take Deerfield, N.H., as an example. At a Media Sometimes our attention will fall on Giraffe conference July 1, Maureen Mann of the things that aren’t subjects of interest Philbrick James Forum at www.forumhome.org dis- to a newspaper ... and other times cussed the impact her placeblog had on the small town of Deerfield. Before the forum was created, a small our attention will fall on topical number of residents paid attention to town government. areas ... ’ After the news site was established, the voter participa- tion rate in the town rose from the typical 25 to 30 per- -- Lisa Williams cent to 43 percent in municipal elections, Mann said in Robert Falcione video footage of the conference. NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 11 ‘Placeblogging’ has its place ‘We’re professional ______Placeblogging from Page 10 journalists. paid off when he updated his site with breaking news on Our standards the case long before large media outlets were able to are professional.’ report the same information. The passion that Falcione has for his job is palpable as he talks about the Entwistle murders. He, like many --- Paul Bass voluntary citizen journalists, is driven by his love for reporting rather than the paycheck. He still works full time as a photographer, on top of his 14-hour days working for HopNews. “I’m just having so much fun,” Falcione said. and do they have any ethics? And do those sites plan to “It makes us want to work harder,” Ertischek said. It is this passion for the job that makes citizen jour- pull profit from the established news media with their “Globe West comes out twice a week, but I still consid- nalism such an exciting new phenomenon. new, more personal edge? er H2otown more of a competition because they’re “Citizen journalists are embedded in the community Some members of the mainstream news media voice 24/7. It’s like New York City; it never sleeps.” and are fully dedicated to helping the community,” doubts, ranging from hesitancy to hostility, about citi- Whether or not citizen journalism is viewed as com- Media Giraffe’s Densmore said. “They aren’t fully inde- zen journalism. petition by the mainstream media, initiatives have been pendent from the community, as a journalist ideally Lisa Williams of H2otown doesn’t think that there is established to promote more citizen journalism sites. should be.” a cause for concern, however. For instance, the Knight Foundation has paid for 10 While participatory journalists have the drive and “Placeblogs and local newspapers aren’t in direct “New Voices” grants for startup print, broadcast or elec- loyalty to report news at a hyperlocal level, one of the competition,” she said. “Sometimes our attention will tronic news efforts that foster community journalism, issues facing citizen journalism is the scant or nonexist- fall on things that aren’t subjects of interest to a news- and received 243 proposals in 2005. And the Media ent professional training in journalism of some of those paper, such as sandwich shops or where to find a Giraffe Project is planning to produce a training video who practice it. plumber, and other times our attention will fall on top- for citizen journalists. “There are certain journalistic standards that you ical areas that are part of the ‘beat’ of local reporters, While the print media tries to embrace the Web as its need to adhere to,” Sarah Duckett, editor of the every- such as city hall or the school committee.” future, it should also have a real desire for a relationship other-week Hopkinton Independent, said. “If (citizen Newspapers and placeblogs tend to overlap only with citizen journalism, Densmore said. journalists) call themselves reporters, and aren’t held up when there is a crisis in the community, Williams said. “If this phenomenon of hyper-local citizen journal- to those standards, they are doing a disservice to the David Ertischek, editor of the Watertown (Mass.) ism catches on, (the mainstream media) will have to be reading public.” Tab & Press, thinks that H2otown is a great resource for there or become irrelevant,” Densmore said. “Besides, That is a fear some professional journalists have the town and sees the relationship between the newspa- it’s fun to do journalism without limits to space and about the highly popular placeblogs: Are they credible per and the online news site as healthy competition. deadlines.”

9 weeklies in Conn., evant to each weekly’s commu- The nine weeklies affected by ingly not being featured on nity, he said. the changes are The Waterford front pages nationwide, accord- R.I. go to tab format The design is characterized Times, The Lyme Times, The ing to a piece by Eric Boehlert at The nine weekly Times by a magazine-styled layout and Montville Times, The Thames mediamatters.org. Community Newsgroup news- features cover stories with local River Times, Groton Times, According to his tally, neither papers, which cover news in sev- appeal, an array of human-inter- New London Times, Mystic The Boston Globe nor The eral communities in Connect- est columns, news briefs, and Times, Stonington Times, all in icut and Westerly, R.I., will now color photography. Howard said Connecticut, and The Westerly Hartford (Conn.) Courant ran be published in tabloid format. the new design will feature more (R.I.) Times. any front-page stories on Iraq Lee Howard, managing edi- noticeable advertising, a poten- Community during the three-week period he tor of the Times newspapers, tial draw to advertisers. Newsgroup is a division of The studied. announced the changes in a Howard told the NEPA Day Publishing Co. Both are Using a Nexis search of front- story published in all nine week- Bulletin that the transition has headquartered in New London, page stories at major newspapers lies in early September. The not been without its challenges. Conn. across the country between Sept. transition from the papers’ tra- “It has been a learning experi- they can relate to,” he told the 1 and Sept. 21, Boehlert found ditional broadsheet format to ence,” he said. Bulletin. that news from Iraq rarely made the tab format began Sept. 7. Report: Iraq war But reader response to the He said readers have specifi- the front page. The new look is part of an changes has been mostly posi- cally voiced appreciation for news fading from Boehlert noted polls showing effort to give readers a paper tive, Howard said. weekly cover stories that feature papers’ front pages that Americans see Iraq as the that is both easier to read and “(Readers) like the papers’ in-depth profiles of community focused on news and stories rel- focus on local community news residents and leaders. Stories about Iraq are increas- key issue facing the country. 12

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Heslin, He was arraigned Sept. 25 College of Communication. committee concluded that worked on the managing editor for new media and charged with unarmed rob- Schulz made comments at a Schulz had done nothing Globe’s metro at The Providence (R.I.) Jour- bery, the Herald said. recent staff function that some wrong, Schulz agreed to step desk and as a nal. people in attendance perceived down as dean effective Oct. 15, project writer. Sunshine Week 2007, the T. Farragher as a threat to take a baseball bat but actually stepped down dur- Before joining Fired bureau chief for third annual national initiative to his critics, according to a ing the week of Sept. 27. the Globe, Farragher covered Vt. AP takes biz job for open government, will run report in the Boston Herald. local, state and national news for Christopher Graff, who was from March 11 to March 17. Stephen Burgay, a BU Courant takes its the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury fired in March as bureau chief Heslin has been the New spokesman, did not confirm News for nearly a decade. for The Assoc- England coordinator for Sun- D.C. bureau chief Schulz’s exact words, although In January, Robinson will be- iated Press in shine Week all three years. he did confirm that Schulz off VOA radio show gin a new job, teaching journal- Vermont, has Heslin is one of six regional specifically mentioned the use of David Lightman, Washing- ism at Northeastern University. taken a job as coordinators in the United a baseball bat. The Herald ton bureau The Spotlight Team, the communica- States who will contact print reported that while some faculty chief for The Globe’s investigative reporting tions chief for and broadcast news media, edu- members took that as an “off- Hartford group, recently won a Pulitzer The National cators and civic groups to build hand joke,” at least two faculty (Conn.) Cou- Prize for public service reporting Life Group of a network of participants. C. Graff members who asked to remain rant, will no for its coverage of the sexual- Montpelier, As in past years, newspapers anonymous said his remark was longer appear abuse scandal in the Roman Vt. nationwide will be asked to pub- being taken seriously. as a paid pan- Catholic Church. The Spotlight lish material about open-gov- When Graff was fired March Tobe Berkovitz, interim elist on Voice Team’s major project of 2006, a ernment issues and protecting David Lightman 20, it was reported that he had dean, downplayed fears, and of America, a series of articles on the struggles public access to public informa- been let go for allowing a col- told the Herald: “I don’t see why federal government-sponsored of debtors titled “Debtor’s tion. umn on open government, by anyone would feel threatened by radio station, the Courant Hell,” has shed light on the U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, a In anticipation of Sunshine former dean John Schulz now announced Sept. 16. predatory practices of some Vermont Democrat, to circulate Week 2007, the American being a professor at the College Lightman was paid $100 for debt-collection agencies and the on the AP wire. The decision to Society of Newspaper Editors of Communication.” each appearance on “Issues in complicity of small-claims fire Graff drew criticism from has announced that merchan- Schulz has been under scruti- the News,” a weekly show, courts. some Vermont journalists and dise bearing the Sunshine Week ny since May when Renata according to a Sept. 14 article in some elected officials. AP’s ter- logo is now available for pur- Adler, a BU professor of journal- the Miami Herald. The Herald Boston man charged mination letter to Graff indicat- chase online at www.cafe- ism and former writer for The broke the story Sept. 8 that 10 in robbery of ed that the Leahy letter and press.com/sunshineweek. New Yorker, questioned discrep- reporters from the Herald and allowing one of his reporters to Available items include T-shirts, ancies in Schulz’s resume. Schulz El Nuevo Herald of Miami had Herald hawker contribute to an election-year caps, coffee mugs, tote bags and has claimed that he was one of received tens of thousands of A Dorchester, Mass., man book about Howard Dean were other assorted items only two of 19 candidates dollars during the course of sev- was arrested after he allegedly among the reasons for his dis- The U.S. Patent and Trade- awarded a doctoral degree from eral years for appearances on stole cash from a Boston Herald missal. Dean is a former gover- mark office recently granted a the University of Oxford’s soci- federal government-sponsored vendor in downtown Boston, nor of Vermont, an unsuccessful registered trademark to the ology department in 1981. radio and television programs. the Herald reported last month. Democratic candidate for presi- American Society of Newspaper Oxford’s records indicate, how- Clifford Teutsch, the Cou- Police said Donald Hall, 35, dent in 2004, and chairman of Editors for the Sunshine Week ever, that Schulz was one of 30 rant’s new editor, said in a report of Dorchester approached the the Democratic National Com- logo. candidates who received sociolo- on Courant.com that Light- street vendor at about 11 a.m. mittee. All proceeds from the sale of gy doctorates that year. Adler man’s paid appearances had and asked the newspaper hawk- Graff worked for the AP for merchandise will be used to pay had previously questioned been approved before they er to change a $20 bill, the 27 years. for Sunshine Week programs. Schulz’s appointment as dean in began several years ago, but Herald reported. When the ven- The majority of money for 2003 over a 1999 incident in could be seen as a conflict of dor produced a wad of cash Graff also plans to leave as Sunshine Week comes from a which he was forced to step interest and have consequently totaling $32, Hall allegedly moderator of Vermont Public grant from the John S. and down form another post after been stopped. grabbed the money and ran. Television’s “Vermont This James L. Knight Foundation. improperly citing a passage he Lightman told the Miami Week” before beginning his job The vendor chased the sus- More information about read aloud to a class. A biogra- Herald that he did not cover the with the National Life Group in pect into a nearby hotel, but was Sunshine Week is available at phy on the BU Web site also State Department, Pentagon, or December. unable to catch him, the Herald www.sunshineweek.org. said Schulz had covered the any Washington, D.C., agency, NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 15 BRIEFS and that the payments were our paper displayed next to the revamped look include the Hunter wrote in a Sept. 17 Originally called Northeast remuneration for his time and others, it looked like a tomb change of the word “Herald” to column that she received no magazine, the publication first professional expertise. In the design,” Wayland-Seal said. “It a script typeface, “so it doesn’t complaints in response to the appeared in 1982 and was ini- same Herald article, Lightman’s all but disappeared on the wall.” look blocky,” Wayland-Seal said, running of the advertisement. tially “a vehicle for longer pieces editor, Michael Regan, said After returning to Rhode explaining that “Cranston” and The front page of the that offered different points of there had never been a question Island, Wayland-Seal toured “Herald” are now offset hori- Courant usually contained a few view, photo essays, prominent about Lightman’s integrity. newsstands and “realized the zontally. lines of advertising as late as the columnists and puzzles,” Journalists from the New reason why nobody was buying “We also moved all the 1970s, Hunter wrote. She Hunter wrote. York Daily News, The Wash- our paper was because it van- teasers from the top of the front described the Courant’s head The move was prompted by ington (D.C.) Times and other ished into the floor.” page to a bar down the side, librarian, Kathy McKula, show- three main factors, according to national publications acknowl- That realization spurred a which moves the paper up an ing her an 1887 front page, half a Sept. 24 column by Jenifer edged receiving payments for months-long examination of inch or so,” she said. “So there’s of which was advertisements. Frank, NE’s editor: a desire to participation in Voice of newspapers both locally and much more movement on the For the time being, advertis- maintain a high quality newspa- America programs, the Mc- around the globe to determine front page now. The teaser bar ing space will be offered only on per in difficult economic condi- Clatchy-Tribune News Service which elements would create a pulls the eye downward and it the sports, travel and business tions, a change in reader demo- reported. Light-man told the Herald that commanded peo- looks much more professional.” section fronts, Hunter reported graphics, and a continued news service that he only occa- ple’s attention. The new front-page design in her column. She said she had demand for financial cuts by the sionally appeared on the weekly Wayland-Seal used daily was launched Aug. 31. not heard about any planned Courant’s corporate owner, show. His last appearance was papers as her guide, because The front-page redesign is spread of ads to other section Chicago-based Tribune Co. Sept. 3, the Courant reported. they had a more vital need to be part of a “multi-step process” fronts. Hunter wrote that, in 2000, attractive to readers. She also that will be introduced in phas- “The Courant’s front page is the magazine was redesigned to canvassed Herald readers and es, Wayland-Seal said. still sacred, as it should be,” she a broadsheet format, and then in members of the community for Future, additional changes wrote. 2005 its name was changed to their ideas and suggestions. will include a full-format NE in an effort to appeal to “Our underlying goal was to Cranston Chatter page, where more sophisticated readers. create something distinctive readers could submit and learn Many “back-of-the-book” without being overly confus- about community events and elements, such as the crossword ing,” she said. accomplishments, Wayland-Seal puzzle and restaurant review, The idea for a new design wrote in a note to readers pub- will become part of the Sunday had initially arisen two years ago lished in the Aug. 31 issue. An Life section, Teutsch wrote in but had languished until overhauled Lifebeats section, a his e-mail. February. Then, when the community-centered entertain- redesign was complete, a “print- ment section shared with the State legislators’ ing issue” put it on hold for a Warwick (R.I.) Beacon, is also couple of months while a deci- planned, as is a redesigned financial disclosures sion was made about color, sports front that would have its available online Wayland-Seal said. own section head, she said. The Center for Public Wayland-Seal and the Herald Integrity, a nonprofit, nonparti- staff wanted the primary color san organization in Washington, of the new design to be Kelly Hartford Courant D.C., focused on producing green, but that was a difficult debuts ads on some original journalism on issues of shade for the printer to consis- Redesigned Page One public concern, is posting state tently produce. section fronts legislators’ disclosures of their Wayland-Seal suggested pur- The Hartford (Conn.) Cranston Herald personal finances on its Web site ple, thinking that no one would Courant has joined The Boston redesigns Page One at www.publicintegrity.org. agree, “but they all thought it Globe, , Hartford Courant Seeing her newspaper’s front was a great idea,” she said with a The San Diego (Calif.) Union discontinues Sunday The disclosures are required page exhibited among those of laugh. Tribune and other newspapers by most states so that any poten- other New England Press As- “Purple is a color that it’s very around the United States in run- NE magazine tial conflict of interest can come sociation member newspapers at hard for the press to screw up,” ning advertisements on some of The Hartford (Conn.) to light. Some of the informa- NEPA’s convention in February plus it stands out on the news- its section fronts. Courant will discontinue publi- tion in the disclosures includes provoked Elizabeth Wayland- stand, she said. The revived practice debuted cation of its Sunday magazine, employment, major invest- Seal, editor of the Cranston All primary stationary ele- Sept. 11, with a color advertise- NE, Oct. 8, Clifford Teutsch, ments, major debts and board (R.I.) Herald, to order a com- ments on the new front page, ment on the front of the sports the Courant’s editor, announced positions. Personal financial dis- plete redesign of the 84-year-old such as the logo and masthead, section. No other section fronts in a Sept. 13 e-mail to staff that closures are required in all the weekly. are purple, she said. carried ads that day, said Karen was quoted by Courant reader New England states except “We had an award-winning Specific elements of the Hunter, the Courant’s reader representative, Karen Hunter, in Vermont and are available at the front-page story, and when I saw representative. her Sept. 17 column. site. 16 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 WORLD OF THE WEB

Globe redesigns its late August by The Telegraph of investigation in response to the an advertiser’s so-called PDF ad and Nashua, N.H., was skewed by several Telegraph’s article about Earl’s travel incorporating information stored in the online front page thousand votes coming from the Texas expenses. paper’s advertiser data system to pro- The Boston Globe has redesigned its computer of the son of the Nashua On Oct. 4, the Telegraph reported duce a final online advertisement. The daily news page called Today’s Globe on school superintendent, who was the that the Nashua police chief had left a enhanced ad is a so-called GIF file, with the Globe’s Web site, Boston.com. subject of the poll, the newspaper voice-mail message with the paper say- the advertiser’s appropriate links posted The newly designed page puts all the reported. ing that no criminal charges would be above the ad. stories in that day’s Globe on one page According to a Telegraph investiga- pressed against Julia Earl. The new GIFFY ads are accessible on under the name of the section in which tion, the votes came from the computer each of Eagle-Tribune Publishing’s story was published. The old page con- of J. Ryan Earl, son of Julia Earl, who Eagle-Tribune has papers’ Web sites, and a pull-down tained links that would bring the reader was put on paid menu on the home page enables readers to a separate page for each section. administrative leave enhanced ad option to locate a particular advertiser’s ads. John Yemma, the Globe’s deputy soon after The Tele- for Web advertisers Koltz said the software is geared toward managing editor/multimedia, said it graph reported that Eagle-Tribune Publishing’s papers. was the consensus of the newsroom and she had spent nearly The Eagle-Tribune Publishing Co. of “We’ve packaged GIFFY for our- the staff at Boston.com that the presen- $8,000 in federal and North Andover, Mass., publisher of sev- selves, but it’s not hard to get your arms tation of the daily paper needed a clean- local money on at eral daily and weekly newspapers in around this technology,” he said. least seven out-of- Eastern Massachusetts and Southern er and easy-to-navigate format. Julia Earl “We felt the old way was too clut- state trips, including New Hampshire, is offering online tered,” Yemma said. “The newspaper’s five to her home state of Texas. advertisers a high-tech option for plac- Survey shows papers’ home online should be very straightfor- The poll asked readers whether Julia ing ads on the Eagle-Tribune’s Web site. Web sites have ward and very easy to navigate.” Earl should keep her job as superinten- A report in the Newspaper Certain sections of the paper, such as dent, and about 300 votes a day had Association of America’s online increased their reach been running 9-1 against retention, the Presstime Magazine said Eagle-Tribune Food, run once a week. Those are col- Thanks to their Web sites, newspa- Telegraph reported Sept. 10, six days Publishing’s director of Internet opera- lected in a column to the right, followed pers’ overall readership is increasing, after removing the poll from its Web tions, Brad Koltz, originally created the by links to the Globe’s most recent according to the Newspaper Association site. advertising Web bundling software pro- Special Reports, which include projects of America’s Newspaper Audience The Nashua Board of Education gram in 1996. that have been put together by the Database, Editor & Publisher reported moved Sept. 5 to begin termination The program, called GIFFY, has Globe’s Spotlight news team, and have Oct 4. proceedings against Earl after conduct- since been modified to allow advertisers been featured in the paper up to a year As part of the survey, the Newspaper ing its own investigation into her travel, to go beyond the creation of simple ago. Association of America calculated the The Telegraph reported. An accounting replicas of print ads. Advertisers can The far right column continues to top 10 newspapers nationally in increas- of her travel was first raised in a report now take advantage of GIFFY’s feature a directory of services and fea- es of their Web site audience of adults by the Telegraph June 7. enhanced format, which offers interac- tures, with links to Globe services, the 18 to 24. The Boston Globe ranked After discovering that its online poll tive advertisements complete with busi- Globe Store, its Weblogs and podcasts, sixth, with an increase of 32.8 percent, had been abused, the Telegraph ness’ Web site links, e-mail links, and reporters’ queries, and the Globe’s Editor & Publisher reported. The removed it and posted an explanation location maps. archives. Washington (D.C.) Times ranked first and revelation of who had submitted Koltz said the upgrades to the origi- The Globe has also just redesigned with 60.2 percent. the multiple votes. nal software have helped Eagle-Tribune its online local news page, located Newspaper Audience Database’s lat- The Telegraph reported Sept. 27 that Publishing generate more online rev- underneath the City and Region section est survey revealed a 31 percent increase Julia Earl said she would appeal if she enue, increase efficiency in placing ads, of the new Today’s Globe page. The in unique visitors to were fired, even though she acknowl- and make the ads more useful to read- local news page now features not only newspaper Web sites edged that she has little chance of suc- ers, Presstime reported. today’s stories but continuous news in the first half of cess. Koltz said the upgraded software updates throughout the day. A similar 2006. One in three An investigation by New Hampshire options, which are available on select national news page is coming next. Internet users, or 55.5 education officials into Earl’s use of fed- products, have “boosted online revenue million people, went eral money found no specific violations by hundreds of thousands of dollars.” to a newspaper site in Respondent skews of federal spending guidelines, although He said the company plans to offer a given month, the department officials did express “signif- GIFFY’s enhanced options to all adver- John Sturm Nashua Telegraph report said. icant concerns” about how the money tisers soon. John Sturm, president and chief online poll results was used, the Telegraph reported Sept. According to Presstime, the new soft- ware works by extracting the text from An unscientific online poll posted in 30. It reported that officials began the ______World of Web to Page 19 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 17 ADVERTISING Put the power of teamwork to work on ad ideas here’s an old story get more accomplished. industry. Why not set aside there’s real power in group about a man whose car I remember a conversation some time to discuss ad ideas thinking,” Wayne said. “One T got stuck in a ditch. He with Wayne, who works with a for one client each week? idea leads to another, which went to a nearby farmhouse for large advertising agency. This calls for a structured leads to another, which leads to help, and the farmer said, “When we’re competing for approach to creativity. During another.” “Maybe Jasper can help. Jasper new business, we put a lot of the designated time frame, stay Yes, there is real power when is my blind mule.” time into the development of away from typical sales meeting people pull together toward a The farmer hitched the mule campaign ideas,” he said. “Most topics (prospect lists, quotas, common goal. Teamwork to the car, stepped back and accounts insist on seeing exam- bottom-line revenue, etc.). works. shouted, “Pull, Deacon! Pull, ples of the creative work that Instead, concentrate on the Nellie! Pull, Cleo! Pull, Jasper!” can be produced for them. It’s advertising itself. Start with a (c) Copyright 2005 by John Sure enough, the mule part of their decision process.” client profile (for example, a Foust. All rights reserved. dragged the car out of the Sound familiar? Don’t your one-page outline of product John Foust conducts on-site ditch. advertisers like to see examples and audience information). and video training for newspaper The driver thanked the of the ads that your paper can Then brainstorm on campaign advertising departments. His three farmer and said, “Sir, that’s one produce for them, before they John Foust themes, headlines, and illustra- new video programs are designed powerful mule you have there. buy into a new campaign? tive elements. Encourage the to help ad managers conduct in- But I couldn’t help but notice “We have what we call Pitch vides the agency with a lot of group to develop as many ideas house training for their sales that you called out four names. Week,” Wayne explained. “The ammunition for the actual pres- as possible – then narrow the teams. For information, contact I thought its name was Jasper.” entire agency is divided into entation. And I’ve noticed that choices. John Foust, PO Box 97606, “Oh, it is,” the farmer said teams. Each group is provided it creates a real spirit of team- You might be surprised at Raleigh, NC 27624. E-mail: with a wink. “But if ol’ Jasper with a detailed profile of the work and cooperation.” the results. [email protected]. Phone: had thought he was pulling by account we’re going after – Although the media side of “As long as the focus is clear, (919) 848-2401. himself, there’s no way he could their products, their marketing the ad business is not set up for have done it.” history, their target audience, an agency-style Pitch Week, the Teamwork is important. and so on. We work late and concept can be customized. When we feel like we’re part of through the weekend, because Consider the regular sales meet- a team – a group that is pulling all of this is in addition to our ings that occur in every ad in the same direction – we can regular work. Although it’s a department in the publishing time-consuming process, it pro-

Boston’s Bay State readers with information and Mayor ’s to resources that discuss health back programs that discuss dis- Banner launches issues that disproportionately parities in the health and health- monthly health insert affect the city’s minority com- care management of Boston’s The of munities. People can also find minority communities. Boston last month published medical advice, physician ques- Besides the monthly newspa- the first edition of Be Healthy, a tion-and-answer sessions, and per insert, the Banner will also year-long monthly insert to the information on disease preven- publish Be Healthy on its Web Banner that seeks to educate tion, the Banner said. site at www.bannerbe- and inform Bostonians on racial “The goal of Be Healthy is to healthy.com. and ethnic disparities in health let our readers know that by care, and to provide resources to being informed, active partici- help people combat those issues. pants in their own health care, News items on this page and The Banner said the publica- they can live healthier lives and Pages 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, tion is part of a collaborative reduce the risks of diseases that 16, 17, 18, 19 and 22 were writ- effort, and is co-sponsored by are all too common in our com- ten from published reports and the Boston Public Health munity,” Melvin Miller, pub- press releases by Steven Altieri, Lorne Bell, Christina Campbell, Commission, Partners Health- lisher of the Bay State Banner, Katherine Herbert, Jane Mackay Care, Brigham and Women’s said. The Banner said the publica- and Donna Roberson, graduate stu- Hospital, Massachusetts Gener- dents at the Northeastern University al Hospital, and Blue Cross Blue tion was made possible in part through a $1-million citywide School of Journalism and members Shield of Massachusetts. of the Bulletin staff. Roberson is also policy initiative of Boston The publication provides the Bulletin’s news staff coordinator. 18 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 AWARDS and HONORS Globe, Maine paper brainstorm about an academic- student newspaper that publish- year. New Hampshire residents who year journalism mentor program es regularly online, in print or Barboza was presented the exemplify and guard free press get grants for aiding for students, teachers and both. $15,000 award by its namesake, and free speech liberties, will be high school papers administrators in the school. Hugo X. Shong, a BU alumnus presented at the Radisson Hotel The Journal Tribune of This is the first time that the BU award for and trustee, at a Boston in Manchester, N.H., Nov 27. Boston Globe and the Journal University dinner ceremony The winner of the Nackey S. Biddeford, Maine, and The reporting on Asia Boston Globe were the only Tribune are participating in the Sept. 22. Loeb award will be announced New England newspapers that partnership program. The goes to Times writer that night and runner-up awards qualified for awards from the Globe is working with Boston David Barboza, a New York Gingrich to speak at will be presented to all of the College High School and the honorees. American Society of Newspaper Times correspondent based in Loeb 1st Amendment Editors Foundation totaling Journal with Biddeford High Shanghai, is the 2006 recipient Gingrich is chairman of the $132,200 for 43 high schools School. of the Hugo Shong Journalist of awards fete Nov. 27 Gingrich Group of Washington, mentored by 40 daily newspa- As the programs develop, the the Year Award for Reporting on Newt Gingrich, a former D.C., a communications and pers to help improve student daily newspaper and the school Asia Affairs, given by Boston member of Congress who served consulting business. He is also a news media. can apply to the American University’s College of Com- in the House for 20 years and news and political analyst for Partnerships are formed Society of Newspaper Editors munication. who was speaker of the House the Fox News channel. when editors of daily newspa- for grants of up to $5,000 to The award is presented to a from 1995 to 1999, is the fea- The school was founded in pers seek out local high schools help equip the school with the print journalist who has done tured speaker for the Nackey S. 1999 by the late Nackey S. that don’t have a working school hardware and software to pro- the most to advance public Loeb School of Communi- Loeb, formerly president and newspaper or one in need of duce a student paper. Progress is insight and understanding of cations fourth annual First publisher of the New serious help. The newspaper and measured by what is eventually the region in news or feature Amendment award honors. Hampshire Union Leader of the school work together to produced: a quality independent reporting during the previous The awards, which recognize Manchester. INDUSTRY NEWS

___Industry News from Page 7 Dan Totten, president of the to date.” including sick-time reductions message with Larkin’s office to John Morton, a media union, told Editor & Publisher reported and repealing seniority privi- requesting comment on the research analyst and president of the NEPA Oct. 11 that Guild members leges – should the union reject contract negotiations to date Maryland-based Morton Re- Bulletin that have raised serious objections to Globe management’s current that went unanswered. search Inc. both sides had management’s proposal that pay proposal. A similar proposal to halt pay “The national newspaper come to a increases be tied to the Globe’s The Herald made no men- increases is under way at the industry is very soft this year,” “tentative ag- revenue growth. The report said tion of how the Globe’s propos- Herald. The Herald’s publisher, he told the Journal. “And it’s reement.” many union members are par- al responded to the Guild’s dis- Patrick J. Purcell, recently met worse in New England than He de- ticularly angered with the pro- pute with the Times Co. over its with leaders of the paper’s 11 Dan Totten anywhere else.” clined to com- posal’s exclusion of revenue gen- proposal for employer health- unions and proposed a pay Daily circulation at the ment on the details of the pro- erated by the Globe’s Web site, care contributions for the next freeze for its union staff. Purcell Globe has decreased by 8.5 per- posal until after the union votes Boston.com, in determining four years. The union said that told the Herald that the meet- cent during the past year. The in October. whether pay raises are given in the Times’ plan would require ings went well. Herald’s weekday circulation “We expect a strong member 2007. Globe employees to pay up to “Everyone understands the decreased by 9 percent during turnout,” Totten told the “As journalists who con- $900 a month to retain their challenges we’re facing,” he said. the same period, the Journal Bulletin. tribute, with enthusiasm and family health-care benefits. The Herald’s Local 31032, reported. The Boston Herald, however, energy and skill, to Boston.com The union aired its objec- the union that represents the recently reported that it had in a variety of ways, we are writ- tions to that plan in August paper’s editorial and commercial Negotiations over, obtained an internal memo ing to express our strong con- through a radio advertisement staff, voiced its backing for the from the Globe that detailed cern about the company’s pro- that attacked the Times Co. for Boston Newspaper Guild’s Globe union to vote some terms of the proposal. The posal to exclude us from sharing being “greedy,” the Herald said. efforts to represent the Globe’s on contract proposal memo reportedly said the agree- in the success of that part of our Alfred S. Larkin Jr., the employees throughout the news- The Boston Newspaper ment – pending a union vote – company’s operation,” read a Globe’s executive vice president, paper industry’s struggles. Guild, the union representing would freeze all union members’ petition signed by 194 of the criticized the Guild’s ad, and “The Guild is well aware of more than 1,200 Globe staff pay for at least the next year. Guild’s members in response to told the Herald that the union the problems plaguing our members, will vote Oct. 18 on It also said pay rates would the Times Co.’s plan. was trying “to bring public pres- industry,” Brain Whelan, presi- whether to accept terms of a remain unchanged throughout The Herald noted that the sure to bear on what have been dent of the Local 31032, told new contract proposed by the 2007 if the paper’s revenue internal Globe memo indicated private, and ongoing, labor the Herald. “We remain com- newspaper’s owner, The New declined from its 2006 figures, a that pay would remain frozen negotiations.” mitted to keeping Boston a two- York Times Co. prospect the memo said was for at least four years and “many The NEPA Bulletin left a newspaper town.” likely “based on revenue figures regressive issues” would arise – NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 19

percent accuracy, and radio was 350 recruiters, print advertising up only 5 percent of all advertis- WORLD OF THE WEB third at 59 percent. At the lower was deemed to be the least effec- ing revenues. end, Web sites and blogs scored tive method to reach new job Local online advertising, 36 percent and 24 percent seekers. especially, will likely continue to __World of Web from Page 16 but rather to respectively. Only 13 percent of those sur- grow, to $7.7 billion in 2007. executive officer of the provide a look veyed said they would increase That’s a 31.6 percent jump over Newspaper Association of at “who are Reports: Newspapers their spending on advertising in 2006, according to Borrell As- America, said the increase repre- the people still No. 1 source for print, while 45 percent said they sociates, a media research com- sents the positive impact of pub- reading news- planned to increase their spend- pany based in Portsmouth, Va. ing with online job sites. lishers’ innovations and strate- papers?” job seekers, although The company reported that half Fifty percent of the respon- gies to broaden their online Jason recruiters prefer Web of local Web sites are adding to Klein, presi- dents said job sites such as their online-only sales forces. audience, Editor & Publisher John Kimball Two recent reports provide Careerbuilder.com were the The number of online sales peo- reported. dent and chief newspapers encouraging and most effective way to hire. Some ple have increased by about 37 The survey showed that executive officer of the discouraging news about their of those surveyed said they make percent this year. newspaper Web sites were draw- Newspaper National Network, competition with online sources as much as half of their annual Borrell is predicting a slow- ing 10 percent more adults 18 to said readership is a better pre- for classified advertising. hires from online job sites. down in standard online ads by dicter of who will be seeing A recent report by The 24 and 15 percent more adults 2008, and perhaps even a advertisements than circulation Conference Board Inc., a New 25 to 34 in the first half of 2006 decline in 2010 as online adver- is, and that readership numbers York City-based global research Online ads continue compared with the first half of tisers move to more targeted for all of a newspaper’s platforms and business membership 2005. to grow, but some online advertising, including e- represented an “apples-to-apples organization, found that three The data represent an mail and paid search. Borrell comparison,” Editor & Pub- of four job seekers still use news- warning signs loom increase in “total audience,” This year has already set a also said local video advertising lisher reported. papers to look for employment. which encompasses newspapers’ record high for Internet adver- will become a trackable category The Internet placed second, print and online products, the tising revenue as a whole, in- in 2007. with three of five job seekers article said. Survey finds people creasing 37 percent in the first Despite an increase in rev- using the Internet when looking The Newspaper Audience half of 2007 to $7.9 billion. trust newspapers, TV for employment. enue seen by online sites, a sep- Database method of measuring Keyword ads displayed along- A recent survey has found The survey showed that arate report from Blackfriars total audience puts newspapers that traditional news-media out- newspapers are the most com- side search results make up 40 Communications, a Maynard, on a more level playing field, lets such as newspapers and tele- monly used method of looking percent of online ad revenues, Mass.-based consulting compa- according to Andrea Fulton, vision are far more trusted as for a job in three of four major according to the Interactive Ad- ny that surveyed about 300 sen- vice president and director of sources of news than Web sites regions across the United States vertising Bureau, a New York ior executives and their market- print at Carat, an independent and Weblogs. and in all except the top income City-based association dedicated ing budgets, says overall online media agency network. Fulton Telecom Express, a British bracket. Use of the Internet to to helping online, interactive marketing will actually make up was quoted in Editor & interactive marketing company, find jobs was higher than that of broadcasting, e-mail, wireless a smaller percentage of market- Publisher. asked 1,000 respondents what newspapers only in the Western and interactive television media ing budgets this year. That will The article also quoted John percentage of information they United States. companies increase their rev- mean a drop from the 23 per- Kimball, senior vice president of received from various sources Meanwhile, though, Classi- enues. Banner display ads, at 21 cent executives expected to the Newspaper Association of was accurate and unbiased. fied Intelligence, an Altamonte percent, and classified ads, at 20 spend at the beginning of this America, who said the survey Television was the most trust- Springs, Fla.-consulting group percent, made up another large year. Internet advertising took was not meant to diminish the ed source, at 66 percent. News- on classified advertising, recent- portion of total revenue. the biggest hit, from a predicted importance of paid circulation, papers ranked second, with 63 ly reported that in a survey of Despite the growth, online 11 percent share of overall mar- advertising revenue still makes keting budgets to 7 percent. CLASSIFIEDS (Complete text for all classified advertisements online at www.nepa.org)

HELP WANTED MANAGER: The Day Pub- EDITORIAL PRODUCTION tor: Seacoast Online. lishing Company. ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGING EDITOR: The ASSISTANT PRODUC- Online Editor: Seacoast On- CLASSIFIED CALL CEN- Day. TION MANAGER: Hersam line. GENERAL MANAGER: TER MANAGER: The Sun Acorn Newspapers. Full- or part-time at 6,000 ADVERTISING SALES: EDITOR: The Jewish POSITIONS WANTED paid weekly 20 miles south of Local weekly newspaper on Journal/North of Boston. TECHNOLOGY 425. Editor-Reporter. Boston. Cape Cod. NEWSPAPER REPORTER: WEB DEVELOPER: Sea- ADVERTISING ADVERTISING DIREC- 426. Circulation, Sales or The Hardwick Gazette. coast Online TOR: Daily New England Distribution Management. ADVERTISING SERVICES newspaper. Part-Time Web Administra- 20 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 MILESTONES TRANSITIONS Dravis, assistant editor of the Spector replaced Don Seiffert, named sports editor of The Advocate, replaced Drohan. the TAB’s editor since February Independent. Chris (Full accounts of all Transitions online at www.nepa.org) 2000 who has become suburban Edmonds, who had been the CONNECTICUT ping aside as The Hartford Bill Fonda has been named edi- editor of The Enterprise of Independent’s sports editor, has Courant’s business editor to tor of the Marshfield Mariner, Brockton. left Nantucket to pursue a career G. Claude Albert and Barbara write an investigative column Pembroke Mariner and Scituate in law. “Bobbie” Roessner have been for the Courant. Mariner. Replacing Fonda on Allison Goldsmith returned promoted from deputy manag- the Orleans beat of the Orleans- Sept. 28 to The Inquirer and Betty Keva has returned to the ing editors to co-managing edi- Cy Philbrick has replaced based Cape Codder is reporter Mirror of Nantucket as sports Jewish Journal/North of Boston tors of The Harford Courant. Shannon Sousa as sports editor Matthew Belson, who will con- editor. Dean Geddes, who filled of Salem as interim editor, of The Lyme Times of East tinue to cover Brewster. Matt the job of sports reporter for six replacing Ben Harris. Harris, David Brensilver has been Lyme, Old Lyme and Niantic. Rice, a part-time sports reporter or seven months, is leaving the editor for the past year, left Sept. named editor of the Times for the Cape Codder and newspaper to move to Delaware. 22 to become a correspondent Community News Group of Harwich Oracle since June Joel Silverstein has been named for the Jewish Telegraphic nine weeklies. He replaced MASSACHUSETTS 2005, is moving to full-time sta- arts and entertainment editor Agency, an international news Phoebe Hall, who took a job Glenn Drohan, who had been tus and will cover Chatham plus for . service based in New York City. on The Day of New London’s editor the Advocate of North his current sports beat. copy desk. Adams since August 2003, has Steve Sheppard, a journalist, Gabriel Leiner has joined the become editor of the North Gail Spector has been named writer and editor on Nantucket staff of the Weston Town Crier for the past 25 years, has been George P. Gombossy is step- Adams Transcript. Rebecca editor of the Newton TAB. ______Transitions to Page 21

DEATHS Richard J. Pedroli Jr., Sunday editor We’re (Full text of obituaries online at www.nepa.org) Richard J. Pedroli Jr., 44, of Milford, Mass., died of heart Roger V. Snow Jr., began career in school student correspondent for failure during an evening jog Oct. 2. the future of the journalism as a reporter and editor, then-Portland (Maine) Evening Pedroli, Sunday editor of the Metrowest including as aviation editor, with News, and later as a high school Daily News of Framingham, Mass., joined Newspaper Portland (Maine) Press Herald and student for then-Portland Evening that paper in 1998 as a copy editor after Industry then-Portland Evening Express; Express; joined Sunday Telegram of spending 17 years on the staff of of later owner and publisher of Maine in 1937, and became its edi- Woonsocket, R.I., first as an intern and then Westbrook (Maine) Journal; found- tor in 1948; later named assistant on the sports staff. ed Cape Elizabeth and South managing editor of Portland’s three He leaves his parents, Richard J. Sr. and Portland (Maine) Journal, later then-Guy -owned newspa- Richard Pedroli combined to become American pers, the , the Dorothy; a brother, David, a sister, Dori, a Journal of Westbrook. then-Evening Express and the niece, Haylee. Sunday Telegram; served for 10 Constance E. Indio, with her hus- years as public affairs director for former Massachusetts Gov. Michael to join CBS News; a news executive band, Joseph, founded the the newspapers; instructor in jour- S. Dukakis, and later press secretary at CBS from 1964 to 1975 and Nantucket (Mass.) Town Crier in nalism and adviser to student pub- for former Boston Mayor Raymond then at NBC from 1975 to 1995. 1947 and edited and published it lications at Portland Junior College. Flynn; from 1993 to 1995, was a for 16 years before selling it to The deputy press secretary in Clinton John ‘Jack’ Lautier, began newspa- Inquirer and Mirror of Nantucket. Arthur L. Jones. began career as a White House; since 2003, director per career as a sportswriter for for- sports reporter for The Daily News of news office at the Massachusetts mer Hartford (Conn.) Times; Include the New England Press Eugene L. Martin, joined then- of Newburyport, Mass.; later a Institute of Technology. joined staff of Bristol (Conn.) Press Education Foundation in your Waterbury (Conn.) Republican in reporter at then-Boston Herald in 1976 as a sportswriter, which he 1948 as a reporter in Bristol, Traveler before joining The Boston Paul T. Mahoney, production remained during his career. Donations Conn., bureau; became wire editor Globe as a reporter in 1970; part of manager for then-Framingham in 1952, assistant city editor in Globe staff that won (Mass.) News, now Metrowest Nancy Meersman, began journal- Memorials 1957, and city editor in 1964; in for coverage of court-ordered Daily News, and for USA Today. ism career as a reporter for Foster’s 1967, became executive editor of school desegregation; left Globe in Daily Democrat of Dover, N.H.; Estate Planning the Waterbury Republican, the 1979 and worked as a television Gordon Manning, began career in joined New Hampshire Union American of Waterbury, and at then-WBZ-TV, Chan- print in 1941 as a reporter at Leader of Manchester in 1970. Fully Approved For Sunday Republican; served on the nel 4, in Boston, where he won a United Press International in Tax Deduction board of directors of American- New England Emmy Award for Boston; held editing jobs before John Impemba, began as a Republican Inc. from 1979 until investigative coverage of Boston’s becoming managing editor of reporter with the Essex County New England Press retirement in 1988. subway system in 1980; left news Collier’s magazine; then joined (Mass.) Newspaper Group; later Educational Foundation 360 Huntington Avel, 428CP media in 1981 and taught journal- Newsweek magazine and was pro- was a reporter for The Standard- Boston, MA 02115 Richard H. Woodbury, began ism at Boston University before moted to executive editor in 1961; Times of New Bedford, Mass., and 617-373-8287 newspaper career as a junior high becoming deputy press secretary for in 1964, Manning left Newsweek email: [email protected] ______Deaths to Page 24 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 21 MILESTONES TRANSITIONS named editor and vice president of content and audience devel- Maine editor Offer retiring (Full accounts of all Transitions online at www.nepa.org) opment at of Nashville. From 1979 to 1986, ____Transitions from Page 20 paper’s daily editions in Silverman worked as copy edi- after 41-year news career as a news reporter. Katie Southern New Hampshire, as tor, then news editor of the David B. Offer, executive editor of the of Leisener, a reporter at the Town well as the twice-weekly Derry Providence Journal Bulletin. Augusta, and the of Waterville, both in Crier for six months, has left to News. Christine Gillette has Before that, he was a reporter Maine will be retiring at the end of the year. teach writing at Emmanuel been named acting features edi- and copy editor for what is now Offer has spent 41 years in journalism, working at publica- College in Boston. tor and Sonya Vartebedian act- & Gazette of tions across the country. He began his career ing assistant features editor of Worcester. as a reporter for the Wenatchee (Wash.) Mike Melanson has been hired the Eagle-Tribune’s New and moved a year later to The as a staff reporter and David Hampshire news operation. VERMONT Hartford (Conn.) Courant, where he was an Selig as the sports reporter at investigative reporter and won a fellowship James Therrien has left as edi- the Express newspapers of East David Hanks has been named worth $10,000. He used the fellowship for a tor of the North Adams (Mass.) Bridgewater, Whitman and circulation director of the Keene master’s degree in political science from the Sentinel. Hanks succeeded Transcript to become editor of University of California at Berkeley. Hanson. David Offer Patrick Trubiano, the longtime the Bennington Banner. Ther- Later, he worked as an investigative rien replaced Noah Hoffen- Jocelyn Walker has joined the Sentinel circulation manager, reporter in and Arizona before becoming managing berg, who has become the staff of the Wilbraham- who has retired. editor of the La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune. Amherst bureau chief at the Hampden Times as a sales repre- In 1987, he became editor of The Newport (R.I.) Daily of sentative. She replaces Kerry RHODE ISLAND News. Northampton, Mass. In 1999, he was briefly editor of the military paper, Stars McGarrett, who will coordinate Anthony M. Bovi has been and Stripes. classified advertising at the named advertising manager of Guy Page was hired in late Offer has been president of the New England Associated newspaper’s parent company, the of August to be the first circulation Press News Executives Association, and a director and nation- Turley Publications in Palmer. West Warwick and the Warwick manager for The News and al treasurer of Associated Press Managing Editors. He is past Daily Times. He replaced Judy Citizen of Morrisville. Page will Tony Massarotti has been pro- president of the Connecticut chapter of the Society of Hogan, who has retired. also sell advertising for the moted to general columnist for Professional Journalists and served for six years on the society's newspaper and for its Web site, board of directors. He has served as a juror for the Pulitzer the Boston Herald sports John Barry has joined The newsandcitizen.com. Prize four times. Offer was chairman of the Small Newspapers department. Massarotti has Block Island Times as director of Committee of both Associated Press Managing Editors and the been at the Herald for 17 years, advertising and production. Kimberley E. Whalen has American Society of Newspaper Editors. covered the Boston Red Sox for Barry replaced Bruce Mont- joined the Stowe Reporter as He twice won the Allan B. Rogers Award for best editorial 14 years, and, for the past seven gomery, who became the Times’ production manager. She re- written by any newspaper in New England. He is being pre- years, was the paper’s baseball owner and publisher in 1999 places Stacey Comiskey, who sented with the Yankee Quill Award in Boston in November. beat columnist. and sold the paper in March to left in late July to take a job in He received the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism in 2001 Betty and Fraser Lang but stayed her home state of Texas. from the University of Oregon after resigning from Stars and Keith Rahilly, who began in on as director of advertising and Stripes after four months when officials ordered him to with- newspapers in 1999 as home as a cartoonist. He will continue hold a routine story about a planned troop movement from delivery manager of The to draw cartoons for the paper. Alex Nuti-de-Biasi has been Germany to Israel. In 1988, he was awarded the Wells Berkshire Eagle of Pittsfield and Judy Kisseberth has joined the named managing editor of the Memorial Key for distinguished service to the Society of was circulation director of the Block Island Times as office Journal Opinion of Bradford. Professional Journalists. In 2004, he was awarded the from assistant. Nuti-de-Biasi replaced Cicely 2002 to 2003 before returning Richardson. She will continue Distinguished Service Award of Associated Press Managing to the Eagle as circulation man- to report for the Journal Editors. ager, has been named sales and Mark Silberstein, associate edi- Opinion, once again in Orford marketing director of The tor of the Warwick Beacon, has and Fairlee. Villages Daily Sun of Lake left to become managing editor County, Fla. of WOIO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Cleveland. The Milestones were written from NEW HAMPSHIRE Jennifer A. Salcido has joined published reports and press releases by Steven Altieri, Christina Campbell, Tracey Rauh Solomon has the Bristol Phoenix as a reporter. Katherine Herbert, Jane Mackay and been named executive editor for She replaced Kaitlin Curran, Donna Roberson, graduate students the North Andover, Mass.-based who left to continue her educa- at the Northeastern University School Eagle-Tribune’s New Hampshire tion. news operation. Solomon will of Journalism and members of the Bulletin staff. Roberson is also the lead the staff responsible for the Mark Silverman has been Bulletin’s news staff coordinator. 22 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 NEWS VENTURES, NEWS DEALS ___News Ventures from Page 3 mum once a year.” Currently the magazine’s Edible Nutmeg, new Canter said that in the 2007 content is integrated into Valley edition, spring, summer, fall and Business Outlook Magazine’s Conn. food mag, winter will be each be treated as Web site, www.vbomaga- launched Sept. 10 a separate components of the magazine. There will be no cal- zine.com. Western Mass Busi- Edible Nutmeg, a new quar- endar of events, he said. ness Woman will roll out its terly magazine covering local own Web site in November, food, artisans and sustainable Great Gay Escapes will be Emery-Ferrero said. agriculture in Connecticut, was distributed free of charge, The magazine is published in launched Sept. 10 with its fall Canter said. The association is tabloid format and ranges issue, The Litchfield County soliciting advertising to offset between 24 and 32 pages. It is Times of New Milford, Conn., the magazine’s costs, the Herald available for free at more than reported Sept. 22. reported. 350 locations throughout ular need for staff in advertising, Printed in color and named Titled Great Gay Escapes and , and is marketing and distribution. for Connecticut’s signature based in Boston, the magazine Conn. firm buys distributed to 500 local busi- Williams had an extensive spice, the magazine is being dis- will be a 48-page glossy sent by nesses. Subscriptions are avail- career in public relations and tributed free at local restaurants, direct mail to 24,000 gay and 3 Southern papers able for an annual rate of $19. marketing in the hospitality wine shops, grocers, specialty lesbian homes in New York Heartland Publications, industry, according to a biogra- stores, farmers markets, coffee City, Philadelphia and Washing- based in Old Saybrook, Conn., Edible Coastal Maine phy on the Web site of Edible shops and bakeries, the Times ton, D.C., the Herald said. and owner and operator of 26 launched in summer Communities, an Ojai, Calif.- reported. The inaugural print “It’s an experiment,” said Art paid daily and weekly newspa- based publishing and informa- run of about 15,000 copies was Canter, president and chief pers in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Edible Coastal Maine, a food tion services company of which initially distributed mainly executive offi- magazine whose first issue was Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, Edible Coastal Maine is part. In throughout Litchfield County, cer of the asso- and North Carolina, recently published this summer, is “dedi- ciation. He the biography, she describes her near the magazine’s home base bought the Richmond County cated to telling the stories” of said a signifi- goal for Edible Coastal Maine as of Washington Depot, Conn., Daily Journal of Rockingham, Maine’s lobstermen and shell being to “help connect the local distribution to other areas of the cant number N.C., and two weekly publica- fishers, small farmers and artisan food dots.” state is expanding, the Times of the associa- tions from Community News- food makers, according to the The first print run of the full- reported. tion’s mem- papers Inc. of Athens, Ga. magazine’s Web site. bers are color glossy in July was 20,000 Mary E. Adams and Robert Art Canter It will be published quarterly copies, Bazin said. He said the Lockhart are co-publishers. enthusiastic The purchases were reported by Mainely Living LLC, a next run, for the November Lockhart also is editor, accord- about the idea. in Editor & Publisher and are Rockland, Maine-based compa- “holiday-themed” issue, will be ing to the magazine’s Web site, The gay market is perceived part of what Michael Bush, ny, according to the Web site. 35,000, but the mid-January www.ediblenutmeg.com. Edible to be a highly lucrative one Heartland’s president and a for- The first issue features edition will be substantially larg- Nutmeg is a member of the where people travel more often mer New England newspaper- celebrity cookbook authors, er, at 135,000 to 150,000 Ojai, Calif.,-based Edible Com- and have more money to spend, man, said is a program of strate- including Linda Greenlaw, the copies, because advertisers munities family of magazines. and Massachusetts has three gic acquisitions aimed at grow- fishing boat captain whom “The “want to do special things” in The “Contributors” section major gay destinations: Boston, ing the company. Perfect Storm” made famous, that issue, Bazin said. of Edible Nutmeg’s Web site Provincetown and Northamp- The Lubec (Maine) Light re- The Richmond County The magazine is available for shows most of the articles and ton, Canter told the Herald. ported. a cover price of $6 at bookstores photographs to be submitted by Daily Journal has a circulation The magazine will be pub- Merrill Williams is editor and along coastal Maine and at spe- Connecticut-based writers and of 8,011. The two weeklies pur- lished by Jake Publishing of publisher of the new magazine, cialty food shops and high-end photographers. chased by Heartland are The Boston, which produces Boston said Jim Bazin, Edible Coastal kitchen supply shops, Bazin Subscriptions are available at Cheraw (S.C.) Chronicle, with a Spirit, a magazine that provides Maine’s creative director. Bazin said. The target market is people $28 a year. circulation of 6,350, and The coverage every other month of said the maga- interested in and appreciative of Anson Record of Wadesboro, the Greater Boston gay and les- zine has a staff the artisan foods of Maine, espe- N.C., with a circulation of Mass. lodging group bian communities, the Herald of “two-and-a- cially tourists who regularly 4,948. said. Boston Spirit obtained the half” — vacation along the Maine coast, plans mag to target mailing list for direct-mail dis- Heartland Publications is Williams, he said. lucrative gay market tribution of Great Gay Escapes jointly owned by The Wicks Bazin and a Subscription rates are $29 for The Massachusetts Lodging from Planet Out Inc.’s magazine Group of Companies, a New part-time staff one year — four issues — and Association has targeted next The Out Traveler of Los York City-based private equity member who $49 for two years, Bazin said. Jim Bazin spring to launch a new gay- and Angeles, Canter said. He said company, and Wachovia Capital works as a Because the magazine is printed lesbian-oriented travel maga- the Massachusetts Lodging Partners, based in Charlotte, copy editor, office manager and on heavy, glossy paper, the cost zine, the Boston Herald report- Association hopes to publish N.C. writer — but will need to ex- of mailing is about $2 a copy, he ed Sept. 29. Great Gay Escapes “at mini- pand soon. He foresaw a partic- said. NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 23 Convention promises bounty of workshops

______Convention from Page 1 than 50 workshops that will take place at the conven- annual college scholarship winners, and the newly tion: Nominations open for inducted members of the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame (please see related story, this page). ‘Fighting for Access: NEPA’s Hall of Fame, Saturday evening caps the convention with the post- A Legal Toolkit for Journalists’ annual banquet presentation of awards to winners of 10:45 a.m.-Noon Horace Greeley Award NEPA’s Better Newspaper Contest. NEPA has received Friday, Feb. 9 The two most prestigious honors bestowed by just under 6,000 entries for the Better Newspaper the New England Press Association are waiting for This workshop will deal with common issues jour- Contest. The 5,825 entries will be judged in 63 cate- takers at NEPA’s 56th Annual Convention and nalists face when trying to gain access to what are sup- gories, and the actual number of awards will not be Trade Show in February in Boston. posed to be public records they rely on day in and day determined until the judging is completed. Although NEPA is seeking nominations for its New out for their news reporting. not a record for entries, those submitted this year come England Newspaper Hall of Fame and for its The workshop will be led by Sean Murphy, an inves- close to last year’s number of entries, which was the Horace Greeley Award. The deadline for nomina- tigative reporter with The Boston Globe, and Jeffery most NEPA ever received. tions for both honors is Dec. 1. Letters of nomina- Pyle and Kimberley Keyes, news-media lawyers with the tion for either honor should be sent to Brenda Reed, Ongoing during the two days of the convention will Boston law firm of Prince, NEPA’s executive director, in care of New England be the annual Trade Show. Lobel, Glovsky & Pyle Press Association, 360 Huntington Ave., 428 CP, The first of the Trade Show exhibitors, Zope Corp. of LLP. Boston, MA 02115. Fredericksburg, Va., already has signed up, said Elaine The workshop will fea- The New England Newspaper Hall of Fame has Reirter, NEPA’s members services and marketing direc- ture practical discussions inducted 66 members since its establishment on tor. Zope offers Internet publishing options for newspa- to help journalists learn NEPA’s 50th anniversary in 2000. pers such as content management, classified advertise- their rights and the best The Hall of Fame is open to all New England ments, ad-serving and management, Weblogging and ways to be successful newspaper people; NEPA membership is not a video. when fighting for access requirement. Qualified nominees will have made to government records, Reiter, who is coordinating the Trade Show, said that outstanding contributions to the newspaper indus- such as the correct way to this coming year there will be extra hospitality services try or their community or both. New Hall of Fame craft a public records for exhibitors. They will receive complimentary tickets members will be honored at a reception at the request and how to appeal to Friday and Saturday’s luncheons, which will give Boston Park Plaza Hotel Friday evening, Feb. 9, a denial; explaining what them an opportunity to become more acquainted with during the 2007 NEPA convention. public access is and convention-goers. The exhibitors also are being provid- Kimberley Keyes The Horace Greeley Award is named for the for- means; outlining the ed a special room where they will be able to meet with mer editor of The New Yorker Magazine, founder of rights of journalists under open-meeting laws. interested clients and to network. The New York Tribune, and a native of New The workshop also will discuss the right of journal- England. It is awarded either to a New England The 2007 convention unofficially begins Thursday, ists to access court records, and what to do when records journalist or newspaper for outstanding service to Feb. 8, with an all-day seminar. The American Press are sealed and journalists want to challenge that and get the public through newspaper work and for going Institute is offering a condensed version of its information the public is entitled to under the First “above and beyond” the usual duties of a journalist “Management of the Weekly Newspaper” seminar for Amendment. or newspaper. The recipient must be employed by a publishers and senior managers who want to become Keyes said: “We want to provide journalists with NEPA-member newspaper or must have been publishers. There is a separate fee for the Thursday ammunition when faced with recalcitrant individuals employed by a NEPA-member paper for the time workshop. and (with) difficulty challenging closure of documents.” when his or her work is being recognized. Next month, NEPA members will be mailed conven- The Horace Greeley Award winner is recognized tion program guides and registration packets, and will ‘Power Reporting: at NEPA’s Annual Awards Banquet, which is be sent an e-mail notice about the convention. Newsroom Training in Saturday evening, Feb. 10, at the 2007 convention. Registration will begin in late November and will be Computer-Assisted available online this year for the first time in NEPA’s his- Reporting, Writing and Editing’ Katherine Herbert, a graduate student at the tory. Information is available now on the NEPA Web Northeastern University School of Journalism and a site at www.nepa.org. 9 a.m.-Noon member of the Bulletin staff, contributed to this report. Regular registration fees apply until Jan. 8. After that Friday, Feb. 9 date, a 10 percent late fee will be charged. Walk-up reg- Want to find facts fast, and learn how to make your the newsroom the ability to understand the importance istration will be available, with the 10 percent surcharge. news coverage even stronger? of public records and background information, in effect The “Power Reporting” workshop at the NEPA con- More information about the convention and regis- teaching everyone how to think like an investigative vention might be for you. It will be led by Bill Dedman, tering for it can be obtained by calling Elaine Reiter at reporter, and to provide the basic tools for such report- a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a journalism teacher, (617) 373-5610 or by e-mailing her at ing to bring those skills to daily, beat and deadline news a former editor and current investigative journalist for [email protected]. reporting. MSNBC.com. Dedman, a former reporter for The Boston Globe The following are summaries of four of the more The workshop is intended to help give everyone in ______Convention to Page 24 24 NEPA Bulletin • October 2006 Convention countdown stands at four months

______Convention from Page 23 redesign of the communi- ‘Journalism Ethics’ ty newspaper. and, until recently, man- 10:45 a.m.–Noon Kane said redesign is aging editor for reader- possible for papers with Friday, Feb. 9 ship of The Telegraph of minimal staffs that might It’s a subject that is always in the back of editors’ and Nashua, N.H., will stress not have the budget to reporters’ minds: ethics – and potential libel suits that the importance of using hire a newspaper consult- can accompany a breach of them. the Internet and the ant. The workshop is for Jon Kellogg, executive editor of the Waterbury World Wide Web to “the small weekly newspa- (Conn.) Republican- obtain access to public per editors who wear a lot American, said he’ll be records. He will discuss of caps,” he said. pursuing the Socratic not only how to gain Kane will cover devel- method during the work- access to those records, oping a team, including shop he is presenting on but how to use them. production staff, the pub- “Journalism Ethics.” Dedman will teach lisher and readers, and “It will be all general Tim Kane reporters to ask such offering up a blueprint for discussion,” Kellogg said. questions as, How up to Bill Dedman redesign. He will also discuss fonts, point sizes, page Kellogg said he will date is the information sequencing, nameplates, the use of photography, and present real-life case stud- they have obtained? What’s not included in that infor- how to redesign the front page. ies during the workshop mation? How should that information be attributed? “It’s actually, I think, an opportunity to fix the sys- to open up discussion Dedman said that, overall, the seminar is “trying to tems,” Kane said of the redesign period. about how decisions are made in the newsroom, teach strategies to use and to learn the tools used to He also suggested that editors planning a redesign lis- how standards are set and gather information today.” ten to opinions from the community. “You definitely want to hook up with your readers,” what newsroom standards Jon Kellogg The seminar is set up as somewhat of a “show and should be. tell,” and the practical uses of what Dedman is teaching Kane said. Ethics generally follow “rigid moral principles,” will be worked into the discussion. Kane said an in-house redesign could be the way to go for small weekly papers. which don’t always work in the newsroom, Kellogg said. More information on the “Power Reporting” work- Each story is different and brings its own challenges and “You have total control of the product, and also you shop and others Dedman offers is available at ethical questions. www.powerreporting.com. save a lot of money,” he said. Kane has worked for and helped redesign papers Kellogg said it is to be hoped that reporters and edi- owned by Community Newspaper Company, based in tors will then begin bringing up their own issues for dis- ‘You Can Redesign cussions. The goal is to get journalists thinking about Needham, Mass., and Stonebridge Press, based in ethics. Your Small Weekly Newspaper Southbridge, Mass. He has recently participated in the Without a Consultant’ redesign of The Holyoke (Mass.) Sun for Turley “I think that reporters and editors trying to make Publications. momentous decision on deadline are almost doomed to 2–3:30 p.m. failure,” Kellogg said. Kane said he plans to offer “real world” advice during Saturday, Feb. 10 the workshop and encourages participants to send Katherine Herbert and Donna Roberson, graduate stu- In this workshop designed for editors of small week- tearsheets of their newspapers to him at Ware River dents at the Northeastern University School of Journalism ly newspapers, Tim Kane, executive editor of Turley News, 92 Main St., Ware, MA 01082 or e-mail PDFs to and members of the Bulletin staff, contributed to this Publications, based in Palmer, Mass., will talk about the [email protected]. report. Roberson is also the Bulletin’s news staff coordinator.

_____Deaths from Page 20 sales manager for The Courier- the then-Middlesex News of Whitefield News column for Augustus Newman Jr., worked the Boston Herald; later became a Gazette of Rockland, Maine, until Framingham, Mass. Lincoln County News and for many years in circulation television reporter for stations in he retired. Lincoln County Weekly, both of department at Norwich (Conn.) Maine, Florida and Georgia. Lucille DeView, award-winning Damariscotta, Maine. Bulletin. Gabriel Wollman, advertising playwright and former columnist William J. Hayes Sr., former salesman for The Salem (Mass.) and writing coach for The Orange Ray Irving Pestle Jr., farm corre- Roy C. Luce, delivered papers for warehouse manager for the Boston News and a chapter chairman for a County (Calif.) Register who also spondent for many years for the The Times Argus of Barre, Vt., Herald. long period with the Newspaper worked for the Boston-based Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer. during his retirement. Guild. Christian Science Monitor, The Robert E. Fleming, sales repre- Detroit News and Sylvia Jannet Barney, proofreader Cora May Welch, worked for The sentative at The Boston Globe for Mary Elizabeth Rising, reporter of Melbourne. at The Republican Journal of Courier-Gazette of Rockland, 47 years; began working for the at the Journal Opinion of Belfast, Maine, for many years; Maine, until her retirement at age Globe as a delivery boy at age 16; Bradford, Vt. Russell E. McCleary, printer for reporter for community newspa- 82 in 1996. past president and director of the many years; retired from Kenne- per in Union, Maine. Boston Globe Credit Union. Erik Skaanning, worked in the bec Journal of Augusta, Maine, in Joyce M. Holland, worked at the publishing industry for 53 years 2001. Johanna Boyson, administrative Machias (Maine) Valley News assistant at Trumbull (Conn.) Neil S. Jackson. worked in adver- and was a printer for the then- Observer until her retirement. Times. tising sales and then as advertising Dedham (Mass.) Transcript and Grace H. Poland, wrote