Celebrating Our 150th Year! The Kansas Publisher Official monthly publication of the Kansas Press Association Jan. 16, 2013
Inside Today Page 2 Kevin Slimp chides one com- pany, praises another. Page 3 Do you know how to SPAR? John Foust tells you how. Page 4 Keep those directory listings up-to-date. It reflects on you and KPA. Page 4 Kansas Newspaper Foundation now owns Kids Voting USA.
Page 5 Peter Wagner, publisher of the Sheldon N’West Iowa convention in Topeka May 3 and 4. Wagner, shown KOMA for Dummies t-shirts Review, will be one of the lead presenters at the with his wife, Connie, presents sales programs on are on sale. Order yours today. 150th anniversary Kansas Press Association annual the power of print advertising. Page 6-7 KPA’s Marketplace is full of job Iowa’s Wagner added to convention line-up openings, items for sale. he 150th anniversary of the first meeting humorous approach keeps audience members of Kansas publishers means lots of ac- on their feet, but he also shares lots of shortcuts Page 8 Ttivities are being planned for the Kansas and busts a few myths along the way as well. Doug Anstaett discusses how Press Association annual convention May 3 and Wagner, winner of the title Master Editor- records are closed by default. 4 in Topeka. Publisher in Iowa, is best known for his fast- The convention will be at the Capitol Plaza paced presentation of easy-to-do promotions for Hotel. both advertising and circulation growth and his KPA Calendar Headliners at the 2013 convention will be straight-to-the-point training seminars. Mar. 10-16 Russell Viers, one of the world’s go-to guys on His weekly newspaper, the Sheldon N’West Sunshine Week, sponsored by all things dealing with Adobe PhotoShop and Iowa Review, has been called the best weekly the American Society of News- InDesign, and Peter Wagner, an Iowa publisher newspaper in America by “American Journal- paper Editors. who will tell KPA members how to get the most ism Review.” out of their local newspaper franchises. In addition to his publishing interests, Wag- Viers wowed the crowd at the Western Kan- May 3-4 See CONVENTION on Page 3 Kansas Press Association 150th sas Mini-Convention in October in Hays. His annual convention, Capitol Plaza Hotel, Topeka. AOE deadline approaches; don’t miss out he deadline is just two on the KPA website. Paper cop- the full edition entries are online Sept. 12-15 weeks away for entries in ies of the entry forms and other this year. National Newspaper Associa- Tthe Kansas Press Asso- vital information were mailed “Please begin this process tion 127th annual convention, ciation’s Awards of Excellence previously to members. immediately if you’ve not done Phoenix. Contest. As was the case last year, the so already,” Bradbury said. Emily Bradbury, director of contest is online. All you have to The entry forms and rules Dec. 15 member services at KPA, has do is upload PDFs of the pages are appended to today’s Kansas National Bill of Rights Day. posted the necessary information that include your entries. Even Publisher. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 2 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 Times-Picayune surrenders future; 2011-12 KPA Board Ben Marshall Orange County Register ‘seizes’ it President y 13-year-old son received an in handy as you read further. Sterling Bulletin iPod Touch for Christmas this So last night I was having dinner with a [email protected] Myear. I know my son. Probably friend when I got a text that read, “Are you as well as I’ve ever known anyone. And I watching 60 Minutes?” Dena Sattler knew, given time, he would lose his expen- “No,” was my immediate response. First Vice President sive gift. “They’re saying the newspaper industry Garden City Telegram In an effort to soften the blow when the is dead. I thought you’d want to know.” [email protected] device did turn up missing, I had Zachary Within minutes came an email from create a background screen with the words, Karen Geary of the Paris Post-Intelligencer Dan Thalmann “If you find this iPod, please in West Tennessee. “Did you see Second Vice President email [email protected] to 60 Minutes? It’s a story about Washington County News let my dad know you have it.” The Times-Picayune. They’re [email protected] I had to tell you that story, so saying newspapers are dead.” you would understand the refer- The evening continued like Susan Lynn Treasurer ence to my son a little further that with texts, emails and calls Iola Register down this column. arriving from concerned viewers [email protected] Now for story number two. In near and far. the late 1990s, I left the newspa- This morning, I found the 12 Patrick Lowry per world for a few years to be minute clip online and watched it. Past President director of communications for Then I watched it again. Then I Hays Daily News the United Methodist Church in Kevin Slimp watched it and took notes. In less [email protected] my part of the United States. I than 11 seconds, Morley Safer had a staff that created publica- said, referring to newspapers, A.J. Bozarth tions, online content, P.R. material and a “virtually an entire industry in free-fall.” Central District Director newspaper. Some of the most interesting The story, of course, was about the Norwich News, South Haven New Era aspects of my job came under the heading Times-Picayne’s move from daily to three [email protected] of “crisis communication.” days a week publication. I was especially As crisis communication director, I pre- interested because some of the folks in the Susan Cantrell pared the organization for emergencies we story were the same folks who contacted Northeast District Director hoped we’d never see. Several thousand me back when the shift was announced. Lawrence Journal-World professionals made up the clergy and staffs Steve Newhouse declined to be inter- [email protected] of these congregations and it was my job viewed for the story. That job fell to Jim to be sure they were ready in the event of a Amoss, longtime editor of the paper. Gregg Ireland “media event.” I was quite adept at getting Safer’s first question to Amoss seemed Daily Director TV reporters to report just about anything. simple enough. “Did you agree with the Topeka Capital-Journal [email protected] Newspapers weren’t as quick — you might decision to start publishing three days a say “gullible” — to accept everything as week?” Sarah Kessinger the truth, so I generally used television to I’m listening to this interview for the Nondaily Director get information out to the masses. fourth time as I write. And for the life of Marysville Advocate This meant I would create text that me, I still haven’t heard him answer the [email protected] ministers and others were to use if called question. He gave what sounded to me like by a member of the media during a crisis. a “packaged” response, the kind I might Brad Lowell They were always instructed, if the re- have written years ago. Northwest District Director porter wanted more information than I had It reminded me so much of my son, Concordia Blade-Empire provided, to contact me directly. [email protected] Understanding that story will also come See SLIMP on Page 4 Randy Mitchell December KDAN, KCAN winners Southwest District Director Newton Kansan/Dodge City Daily Globe he following newspapers sold either KDAN or KCAN ads in December, 2012. [email protected] Remember, if you sell one of these ads, which run in almost 150 Kansas newspa- Tpers, you keep half the money. On out-of-state ads, you get half the commission. Rebecca Rice KDANs were sold by: Legislative Director Anderson County Review — 2 2x4 ads for a commission of $1,650. Lindsborg News-Record Ellsworth County Independent-Reporter — one 2x2 ad for a commission of $400. [email protected] GateHouse Media placed 20 KCAN ads for a commission of $3,000. These newspapers are making real money by selling local advertisers into the Andy Taylor statewide networks. Remember, you also now can sell into the online network and the Southeast District Director Quarter-Page Network. For details, call Sara Marstall at (855) 572-1863 or email at smar- Montgomery County Chronicle [email protected]. [email protected] Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 3 Power comes with knowing how to SPAR homas knows the power of storytell- but most of their budget had been spent in mended a series of ads promoting dis- ing. other areas.’ In just a couple of sentences, counts on several key products. We tested T “I’ve found that the right stories this gives your listener a snapshot of Ace various discount techniques (for example: help me sell more advertising,” he said. Widget’s situation.” half-price, then two-for-the-price-of-one – “After all, prospects are like everyone else. Problem: “This is where you isolate a which is essentially the same offer).’” They like to hear stories and examples of specific problem or challenge. Don’t use Result: “This is the payoff, the point things that have happened to other people. generalities like, ‘Their where you show Thomas is right. Every sales person advertising wasn’t Every sales person how well the action should have an arsenal working.’ Narrow the worked. Your result of stories for a variety problem to a challenge should have an arsenal statement could be of purposes – to estab- that can be easily visu- of stories for a variety of something like, ‘Dur- lish credibility, illus- alized by your prospect, purposes – to establish ing the first month trate product benefits something like, ‘The of the campaign, the and answer objections. main problem with Ace credibility, illustrate bene- sales of Ace Widgets’ “Sales stories Widget’s advertising fits and answer objections. advertised products in- shouldn’t go on and was that they were not creased by 20 percent. on forever,” he said. running ads that gener- By creating measur- “They must be focused ated measurable results. Their ads described able results, they have been able to tweak and to-the-point, with their products, but there was no compelling their overall strategy and get more mileage a clear beginning, John Foust reason for readers to respond immediately.’ from their marketing budget. This is a big middle and end. And “See the difference?” Thomas asked. change, because now they have a good feel I’ve learned that it Now your prospect has a clear picture of for what works.’ shouldn’t take long to get to the end. There what the Ace Widget Company was facing. This technique can add depth to your are a lot of approaches, but the formula I Of course, that problem should relate to the sales presentations. Every story has a hero. like best is known as SPAR – Situation, problem you want to solve for the person And with a SPAR story, the hero is your Problem, Action and Result.” who is listening to your story. That’s why newspaper. Let’s take a look at Thomas’ storytelling it’s important to have a range of stories technique: for different types of challenges faced by John Foust has conducted training Situation: “In this step, take a moment advertisers.” programs for thousands of newspaper ad- to set the stage,” Thomas explained, “For Action: “Here’s the solution,” Thomas vertising professionals. Many are using his example, you could say, ‘Three months said. “Describe – briefly and without exag- training videos to save time and get quick ago, I was working with the Ace Widget gerating – the action you took to solve Ace results from in-house training. E-mail for Company on a new ad campaign. They Widget’s specific problem. You might say, information at [email protected]. had advertised with our paper on occasion, ‘After analyzing the problem, I recom- (c) Copyright 2013 by John Foust.
that tells why newspapers still are and Training will continue to be essential ingredients in successful communities. Continued from Page 1 The Friday night banquet, always ner operates Creative House Print Media popular with attendees, will once again Consultants, providing training programs include the Kansas Hall of Fame induc- on all aspects of newspaper tions, Clyde M. Reed Jr. Master sales, promotion and manage- Editor Award, Gaston Outstanding ment. The family also oper- Mentor Award and the Boyd Com- ates White Wolf Web Offset munity Service Award. Printers, a separate corporation Other events will include specializing in the printing of breakout sessions and speed topics full color newspapers and cir- on sales, news writing, digital me- culars. The firm currently prints dia, circulation and other issues. more than 85 area papers on The annual Awards of Excel- two Harris V-25 and Mercury lence presentation will take place 4-high press lines. as usual on Saturday afternoon. Wagner served nine years Russell Viers “As our organization marks on the National Newspaper a century and a half of service Association Board of Direc- to Kansas, we want to do every- tors. He is a past president of the National thing we can to re-energize ourselves Newspaper Association Foundation and to produce better journalism, serve our a regular columnist in NNA’s Publisher’s communities better and continue to hone Auxiliary. our role as government watchdog,” said As part of the 150th anniversary Doug Anstaett, executive director of KPA. celebration, a new video will be unveiled “That’s what this convention is all about.” 4 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 News Briefs Update your directory information “I asked Rachel Willis, KVUSA executive director, and Emily he information in the Kansas Press Association’s online Bradbury, Kids Voting Kansas executive director, to determine membership directory is used every day by advertising whether it made sense to try to save KVUSA,” said Doug An- Tagencies, colleges and universities and others to communi- staett, KPA executive director. “While ensuring the long-term cate with your newspaper. viability of the organization won’t be easy, we decided the rev- KPA’s staff tries to keep the information up to date, yet we are enue streams from both organizations were too important to the contacted every week by someone who tried to reach a member long-term vitality of our association to let them go away without but couldn’t because an e-mail address, telephone number, address a fight.” or other bit of information had changed. The transition to KNF ownership was virtually seamless. The “Please just take a quick peek at the online directory informa- 27 state and local KVUSA affiliates around the nation are aware tion on your newspaper,” said Emily Bradbury, member services of the change. director. “Absolute accuracy on this information is essential to “We want to thank Diana Carlin and the other KVUSA board help our office be a good partner with our newspapers and the members for their past service and loyalty. We will continue to clients trying to reach you.” call on them in an advisory capacity as we develop the funding If you find information that is out of date, please just drop us an sources of the future for this organization,” Willis said. e-mail with the corrected information. You also may call the KPA toll-free at (855) 572-1863. Keep those ACH authorizations coming number of newspapers already have signed up for the Kan- KNF takes ownership of Kids Voting USA sas Press Association’s ACH program. he Kansas Newspaper Foundation has stepped forward to AKPA accountant Amy Blaufelder wants to thank those take ownership of the Kids Voting USA organization. newspapers that have responded and encourage others to fill out TFor the past five years, the Kansas Press Association has and return the form attached to today’s Kansas Publisher. provided management services for KVUSA. KPA will use Automated Clearing House (ACH) to send out Late in 2012, the possibility existed that KVUSA would just advertising payments and rebates to members. shutter its doors. A form is attached to today’s Publisher as well. Redman reports that his group was over- executive editor. whelmed by the response to the new daily. After spending my afternoon interview- Slimp They had hoped for a circulation of 10,000 ing Carl Redman and Rob Curley, I found by February 2013. Instead, more than it difficult to understand why Safer referred Continued from Page 2 10,000 subscribed to the newspaper within to newspapers as “dying.” when I asked where his iPod was, know- a week. Between home delivery and single I found it even harder to understand ing full well it had been lost. He told me copy sales, The Advocate currently reaches after reading a story in News & Tech today all about the possible places an iPod could approximately 20,000 homes each day. that six of eight publicly traded newspaper be, without coming out and telling me he’d I tried to reach someone at The Times- companies showed increases in their stock lost it a few days earlier. Picayune, sending emails to the publisher prices in 2012. Not small increases, but I felt for him. I wanted Amoss to tell us and several managers, but received no double-digit increases. what he really thought, one way or the oth- response. I love talking with folks who are ex- er. All I got from listening to his interview Finally, I decided to talk with Rob Cur- cited about working for their newspapers. was that the industry was grappling with ley, deputy editor of the Orange County I visited with two newspapers in Virginia options. Safer equated what was happening Register (OCR), whose resume includes and Kentucky over the past few weeks to surgery, where all the limbs are ampu- more experience in online journalism than to work with their staffs. Both papers are tated and replaced by artificial limbs. anyone I can think of. Rob is a household doing well and continue to invest in the In an open letter to Advance, the pa- name and I figured he could give me in- future. per’s parent company, several high profile sight on whatever it is I’m missing related It’s no coincidence that papers that citizens of New Orleans, including many to The Times-Picayune conversion to a invest in the future thrive. And while the names that you would know, wrote that non-daily. Orange County Register may be America’s “The Newhouses are losing the trust of the Instead we spent most of our conversa- largest community paper, you can bet community.” tion talking about his new job in Orange that thousands of community papers will David Carr, New York Times reporter, County. OCR is one of the 20 biggest continue to serve their communities and said, “I don’t think they expected the hur- papers in the country. surprise Morley Safer at the same time. ricane winds that came against them.” Rob has left his role as online guru to My suggestion? Remind your readers Yet in a radio interview from a few serve as one of five deputy editors of the that your paper is providing a vital service weeks ago, David Francis, business man- paper. He explained that, since July, OCR to the community as it has for years. ager for the NOLA Media Group, of which has increased its newsroom staff room 185 And, perhaps, take a cue from the folks in The Times-Picayune is a part, said that writers and editors to 300. Orange County and continue to invest in New Orleans is “embracing us again.” I could write several columns about the the future. I called Carl Redman, executive editor changes at OCR, but I can sense Rob’s ex- of The Advocate in Baton Rouge to ask citement when he discussed his work with Kevin Slimp is a speaker and trainer in him about the new daily paper in New America’s “largest community newspa- the newspaper industry. He can be reached Orleans created by the Baton Rouge paper. per,” a description credited to Ken Brusic, at [email protected]. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 5
KPA Office Staff Doug Anstaett Executive Director [email protected]
Amy Blaufelder Accountant [email protected] KOMA for Dummies: Emily Bradbury n Notify the public. Member Services Director, KPA n Meet in public. Executive Director, Kids Voting Kansas n Discuss in public. [email protected] n Vote in public. Richard Gannon Governmental Affairs Director [email protected]
Lori Jackson Administrative Assistant/Advertising [email protected]
Sara Marstall Advertising Director [email protected]
Rachel Willis KPA Education Director Special t-shirts will be available for sale at the annual convention of the Kansas Press As- Executive Director, sociation in May. Adequate pre-orders will help the KPA drill down to the lowest price, so Kids Voting USA members are being asked to pre-order the shirts. We guarantee the cost will be below $20. [email protected] Special t-shirt will help simplify KPA Consultants Tom Eblen the Kansas Open Meetings Act Community Newspaper Tune-ups [email protected] s he watched the controversy unfold over the questionable gatherings of state legislators at Cedar Crest last year, Kansas Press Association Executive Director Ron Fields ADoug Anstaett couldn’t help but wonder why it was so difficult to understand the Technology Consultant Kansas Open Meetings Act. Hays Daily News Yet, here were elected officials, many of them long-time veterans of the legislative (785) 628-1081 or 800-657-6017 process, who didn’t know that entire committees meeting in a common area and discuss- [email protected] ing a common topic was a violation of KOMA. “I read some of the transcripts of the Shawnee County prosecutors’ interviews with Mike Kautsch legislators, and I actually broke out laughing at some of the answers,” Anstaett said. “Most of them didn’t understand, but some of them actually refused to understand.” Media Law, KU School of Law Rather than bang his head on the wall, he decided to come up with a short and pithy [email protected] way to get the idea of KOMA across. The “Books for Dummies” series came to mind. Mike Merriam So, this year, both at the annual convention in May and through the office later, KPA Media Law, Legal Hotline menbers will be able to “advertise” the simplicity of KOMA with a special 150th anniver- (785) 233-3700 sary t-shirt. [email protected] The t-shirt will say: KOMA for Dummies: Pre-orders encouraged FRIEND OF KPA • Notify the Public. To order your special t-shirt, go to this special web Randy Brown • Meet in Public. site: Executive Director • Discuss in Public. http://www.customink.com/signup/25ijwfk2 Kansas Sunshine Coalition • Vote in Public. for Open Government, WSU “If legislators just keep those four simple rules in mind,” Anstaett said, “they’ll never [email protected] have an excuse to break KOMA again.” 6 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 Job Openings/For Sale NEWS engaging, attractive pages, and possesses the publishing efforts in the beautiful gateway NEWS REPORTER — The Morning Sun ability to take a lead role on the copy/design to the Ozarks area of southeast Kansas (Pittsburg, Kan.) has an immediate open- desk — and can do it all on tight deadlines. and southwest Missouri. 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The Telegram, a daily newspaper wide through community-focused publica- candidate must show the ability to generate in southwest Kansas and part of the Harris tions and related websites. To apply for this story ideas, write clean copy and communi- Group, offers a generous salary and benefits position: email [email protected]. cate with those inside and outside the news- package and a chance to work with an out- room. Experience with photography and standing staff of reporters and editors. The ADVERTISING-MARKETING layout/design are preferred, but not required. Telegram is an Equal Opportunity Employer. REGIONAL AD DIRECTOR — An in- Digital affinity is a must. The Morning Sun To apply, send resume and cover letter to: novative, progressive company is looking is a six-day GateHouse Media paper located Brett Riggs, managing editor, The Garden for an experienced sales executive to lead its close to Joplin, Mo., and within a quick City Telegram, 310 N. Seventh St., Garden multimedia publishing efforts in the beauti- drive to Kansas City, Springfield, Mo., Tulsa City, KS 67846. For more information or to ful gateway to the Ozarks area of southeast and Wichita. The paper offers a competi- express interest in the position, send e-mail Kansas and southwest Missouri. This person tive salary and an excellent benefit package. to: [email protected]. will oversee sales staffs in three daily and Please email a cover letter, resume and 3-5 two weekly newspapers. Only candidates examples of your work to gfunkhouser@ The Beloit Call, a three-day-a-week publica- with a passion for motivation and leadership corp.gatehousemedia.com. tion in north-central Kansas, is seeking a in a digital-first environment need apply. combination NEWS EDITOR/SPORTS GateHouse Media serves audiences nation- MANAGING EDITOR – The Pratt Tribune, WRITER. Salary commensurate with wide through community-focused publica- a south-central Kansas publication with a experience. 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Compensation cover city government beat and feature Send experience and clips to publisher John includes salary, monthly commissions and writing. The beat will require everything Baetz at [email protected]. a competitive benefit package. Apply in from covering meetings to enterprising writing to Peter Cook, The Chanute Tribune, feature stories. Knowledge of AP Style and REPORTER -- Independently owned PO Box 559, Chanute, KS 66720. No phone experience in photography, videography and newspaper located in Southeast Kansas has calls please. InDesign experience a plus. College degree opening for a special assignment reporter in in journalism is preferred. The Tribune is our Fort Scott, KS office. 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The Packaging MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE dp/B005MRA588/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie Supervisor must be mechanically inclined in SUPPLIES FOR SALE — We have recently =UTF8&qid=1316031857&sr=1-7. 8 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 Whatever happened to the term ‘public servant’? prevailing argument among Repub- designed to force government to do what it is Why, then, should we have to pay any- licans today is that government has supposed to do under the law. thing other than nominal costs for access to Asimply become too large. We shouldn’t have to do this, but we’ve those records? It must be reined in. been forced to do it by government officials Senate Bill 10 has been filed by new We couldn’t agree more. So this year, we who believe essentially that they are above Pittsburg Republican Sen. Jacob LaTurner. are going to adopt the mantra that, yes, gov- the law. The bill would eliminate 95 percent of the ernment has become too large, it has become We have reporters who are trying to fulfill frivolous charges made today by government unresponsive to the public and downright the watchdog role that officials when records arrogant about its impor- is so important to our are sought. tance. democracy. Why do we have a Mr. LaTurner, of Of course, some of Yet, those reporters Kansas Open Records Act course, will be told he our reasons for believing are met at every turn by is naive. He will hear this aren’t about lower- “public servants” if access to those public from the government- ing taxes and reducing who have forgotten the records being sought by paid lobbyists who regulations. No, our meaning of the phrase. reporters or private citi- represent the cities, reasons are these: Why do we have a counties, school boards r When government Kansas Open Records zens comes only when ac- and other public bodies gets so large that it can Act if access to those companied by deep pock- that this bill would ignore its own laws, it public records being create unimaginable has become too large. Doug Anstaett sought by reporters or ets or a huge checkbook? burdens for those gov- r When govern- private citizens comes ernment workers. ment can place burdensome costs on the peo- only when accompa- The taxpayer-fund- ple’s right to know by jacking up the charges nied by deep pockets or a huge checkbook? ed lobbyists will try to convince legislators for retrieving what is rightfully the people’s KORA cannot fulfill its purpose if public that they must charge for records or risk property — public records, for instance — officials are allowed to gouge the public and being inundated with frivolous requests for the government has become too large. press every time someone seeks a peek at the access. r And when government can thumb its records of what government is doing. And they’ll argue that the cost of doing nose at its own law enforcement and legal Taxpayers already pay the salaries of all that research for citizens and the press system because it doesn’t like a particular every government employee. One of the will be impossible to fund from their puny court decision, government has become too duties under the law is for those employees office budgets, what with all the budget- large. to create public documents to record what cutting going on. Government has three branches: execu- has been done. We pay for the paper and I hope Mr. LaTurner and others will meet tive, legislative and judicial. They are all computers those public records are printed or those crocodile tears with a reality check. designed to provide checks and balances to stored upon and we pay for the file cabinets Government has become too large, and it each other. The press is there to provide a and computer networks that store them. We must become a servant of the people again. check on all three. pay for the electricity to keep the rooms The Kansas Press Association is pursuing comfortable and for the chairs and desks Doug Anstaett is executive director of the legislative changes this year that are simply used by those staff members. Kansas Press Association. Two retired Kansas newspapermen publish books Hall-of-Famer Miller focuses on how pioneer Former Harris reporter Attwood’s political era editors faced angry mobs in the early days novel takes comedic look inside newsroom hen the earliest Kansas newspapers ormer Kansas reporter Randy Attwood began publishing in the mid-1850s, has been writing fiction all his life. But in Wthe state was struggling with its iden- Fthe winter of 2006, he had an idea for a tity as a free or slave state. political comedy based somewhat on his news- Darrel Miller, former president of the Kansas room experiences. Press Association and a member of the Kansas “Spill” provided that opportunity. The book Newspaper Hall of Fame, has chronicled those focuses on Fred Underwood, a fired English early-day struggles in his new book, “Mob Cen- teacher who makes his living as a small-pack- sorship: Early Kansas Presses Thrown in River.” age delivery man and comes up with an idea to Information for his book was culled from scam the political system. He ends up getting thousands of articles on microfilm at the Kansas State Historical the girl, the money and a killer skateboard computer game. Society in Topeka. His painstaking research also led to interesting The newsroom of the city’s newspaper plays a major role in the stories about other aspects of the early days of newspapering. novel. The book was published by Cellar Door Publications, P.O. Box “I think any print or radio journalist will howl while reading 94, Downs, KS 67437. these sections,” he said. Miller’s other books include ones on the history of the Solo- He began his career in 1972 at the Hutchinson News and be- mon Valley, the story of the Lincoln Park Chautauqua and others about life in small towns and in a railroad town. See ATTWOOD on Page 7 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 9 Veteran writers to ponder: ‘Is Journalism Dead?’ ENSSELAERVILLE — Carl Bern- Royals as reporters called in dispatches page for many years with erudite, evocative stein and Lance Morrow were barely from the field. They earned $44.25 a week essays. Rout of their teens in 1963 when they for their toil and felt like they had just hit The aging veterans of the ink-on-trees worked as dictation typists alongside each the lottery. trade — Morrow is 73 and Bernstein is 68 other in the noisy, crowded newsroom of the Morrow was soon promoted to cub — will take the stage Sunday at the Carey defunct Washington Star on Virginia Avenue reporter, but Bernstein was passed over Center for Global Good in Rensselaerville Southeast. because he did not have a college degree. (formerly the Rensselaerville Institute) for a They came from dissimilar backgrounds, Their paths soon diverged, but they re- panel discussion and to kick around a pro- thrown together into a heady stew of clat- mained close buddies over 50 years as both vocative question: “Is Journalism Dead?” tering typewriters, crackling police radios, built major-league careers in journalism. “I obviously don’t think journalism is plumes of cigarette smoke and brilliant Bernstein was half of the celebrated dead,” Bernstein said. He’s currently writing eccentrics. Barks of “Copy!” cut through Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team with a memoir about his time at the Washington the cacophony, and tension rose with the Bob Woodward that broke the Watergate Star and developing a dramatic TV series approaching deadline. scandal and forced President Richard M. about the dysfunctional Congress with Morrow, of Philadelphia, had just gradu- Nixon to resign. Morrow became an award- director Steven Bochco for Turner. ated from Harvard with a degree in English winning senior writer for Time and spent “My view is that obviously journalism is literature. He was the son of Hugh Morrow, 44 years at the magazine. He held down the not dead, but it is changing form radically,” a former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter and prime real estate of the magazine’s back Morrow said. Saturday Evening Post editor who left to become a speechwriter and aide to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller in Albany. This month’s question Bernstein was a townie, a son of radical- Q. Are there any changes this year in the Awards of Excellence leftist parents whose activities in the na- Contest? tion’s capital during the McCarthy era were A. Yes. First, you’ll be able to upload all your entries electronically tracked by the FBI and got them blacklisted. this year, rather than mailing in the full edition entries. Second, Carl started at the Star as a copyboy at 16, we’ve added new categories including Best Environmental Story, dropped out of the University of Maryland Best Environmental Portrait, Best Story/Picture Combination and to work full time at the paper and yearned to Best Special Section/Advertising. We’re also excited because all the become a reporter. photography winners will be judged against each other to come up They pounded out stories on manual with the “Photo of the Year.” our g y ne in ig rt h o b p o p r u s . S . .
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Online Uploading for 2013 All entries will be uploaded electronically (detailed • All entries will be submitted electronically via instructions are attached). If you cannot upload PDFs, www.betterbnc.com. please contact Emily Bradbury at [email protected] • Some categories limit the number of entries allowed per newspaper or per person. These restrictions are indicated Eligibility in each individual category description. Active and associate members of Kansas Press Association may enter the Awards of Excellence contest. • If you do not choose to pay via PayPal, please mail All entries must have been conceived, written, designed payments to: KPA, 5423 SW 7th, Topeka, KS 66606, Attn: and sold by full-time or part-time employees of the AOE. newspaper. Entry Fees Contest Period Entry fees are $25 per newspaper plus $5 per entry. Publication of all entries must have occurred between Jan. Payment must accompany your entries. NOTE: The entry 1, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2012. Publication is defined by the fee calculator will omit the $25 entry fee in the final total. issue date printed in the newspaper. Please be sure to add the entry fee to your final total.
Deadline for Entries Determination of Winners Entries must be postmarked/uploaded by Wednesday, The entries will be judged by members of another state Jan. 30, 2013 at Midnight. Entries uploaded after the press association. Judges will select a first, second and deadline will be disqualified. third place winner for each category. Plaques will be awarded to the first place and Sweepstakes winners. Other Divisions winners will receive certificates. The judges will be asked to comment on each of the winning entries. The judges’ Divisions are based upon each newspaper’s circulation decisions are final. figures as reported for the 2013 Kansas Newspaper Directory. In those cases where a newspaper’s circulation is both paid and free, the total distribution determines the Sweepstakes Awards division. A newspaper may elect to compete in a higher Points will be given to a newspaper for each first, second circulation class, but may not choose to compete in a and third place award received. The newspapers with the lower division. If an entry was published in more than highest cumulative points in their division will be awarded one newspaper, the entry may only be submitted in the the Sweepstakes plaque. There will be two separate circulation division of the highest circulation newspaper. Sweepstakes awards in each division: one for News and Writing AND one for Advertising. Daily Newspapers Division I – Circulation 5,000 or less Points awarded in each category Division II – Circulation 5,001 to 15,000 First Place – 100 points Division III – Circulation more than 15,001 Second Place – 70 points Third Place – 60 points Nondaily Newspapers Division I – Circulation 1,750 or less Division II – Circulation 1,751 to 4,000 Recognition of Winners Division III – Circulation more than 4,001 Winners will be recognized during the KPA convention on May 4, 2013, at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka, KS.
Preparation of Entries New Categories for 2013! • All entries must be uploaded/submitted as full-page We have added four new categories for 2013. Check out e-tearsheets that show the date of publication. page 4 for details! Contest Categories D E A D L I N E: WEDNESDAY, J A N. 30
NEWS & WRITING CATEGORIES community importance, originality and enterprise. One 1. Feature Story - Judging based on writing style, story constitutes an entry. Limit two entries per person. originality and interest. Limit two entries per person. One story constitutes an entry. 12. Column Writing - Judging based on writing style, originality and reader interest. Submit three different 2. News Story - Judging based on community columns from the same writer. The three columns importance of event, timeliness, thoroughness of reporting constitute one entry. Limit one entry per person. and writing style. Limit two entries per person. One story constitutes an entry. 13. Sports Story - Judging based on deadline writing style, reader interest and originality. One story constitutes 3. Investigative Story - Judging based on writing an entry. Limit two entries per person. style, community importance of event, enterprise and thoroughness of reporting. May include a single story or 14. Sports Feature Story - Judging based on general series of stories. A series constitutes one entry. Limit two interest, writing style and originality. One story constitutes entries per person. All first place entries will be considered an entry. Limit two entries per person. for the Murdock Award which includes an award statuette and a $1000 cash prize. 15. Sports Column Writing - Judging based on writing style, originality and reader interest. Submit three 4. Series - Judging based on writing style, reader different columns from the same writer. The three columns interest, enterprise and thoroughness of reporting. A series constitute one entry. Limit one entry per writer. constitutes one entry. Limit two entries per person. All first place entries will be considered for the Murdock Award 16. Headline Writing - Judging based on originality which includes an award statuette and a $1000 cash prize. and effectiveness of headlines, appropriateness for story subject and layout of headlines. Submit tearsheets 5. Editorial Writing - Judging based on local impact, identifying three headlines with stories to be judged. Limit reasoning, writing excellence and leadership shown one entry per person. through the editorials. Submit three different samples of editorials by the same writer. The three editorials constitute 17. News & Writing Excellence - This is an overall one entry. Limit one entry per person. evaluation of the newspaper’s news and writing ability. Judging based on writing styles, originality, headlines 6. Local Business Story - Judging based on writing and general interest. Submit three complete issues of style, community importance, originality and enterprise. the newspaper, one from each of the following months: Limit two entries per person. One story constitutes an February, June and October. Awards are presented to the entry. newspaper. Limit one entry per newspaper.
7. Government/Political Story - Judging based on PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORIES local impact, writing style, originality and enterprise. Limit 18. News Photo - Judging based on timeliness, impact two entries per person. One story constitutes an entry. and technical quality. Category includes black and white or color photos. One photo constitutes an entry. Limit four 8. Religion Story - Judging based on writing style, entries per person. community importance, originality and enterprise. Limit three entries per person. One story constitutes an entry. 19. Feature Photo - Judging based on reader appeal, quality and photographic excellence. Category includes 9. Agricultural Story - Judging based on writing style, black and white or color photos. One photo constitutes an community importance, originality and enterprise. One entry. Limit four entries per person. story constitutes an entry. Limit two entries per person. 20. Sports Photo - Judging based on action, 10. Youth Story - Judging based on writing style, newsworthiness and quality. Category includes black and interest to community youth, originality and enterprise. One white or color photos. One photo constitutes an entry. Limit story constitutes an entry. Limit two entries per person. four entries per person.
11. Education Story - Judging based on writing style, D E A D L I N E: WEDNESDAY, J A N. 30 Contest Categories
21. Photo Package - Judging based on overall theme, design and photo quality. A photo package is defined 29. Design and Layout Excellence - This is an as three or more photos packaged together in a layout. overall evaluation of the newspaper’s design and layout. Category includes black and white or color photo spreads. Judging based on layout and design of each page, use Limit five entries per newspaper. of white space, font selections and use of photos and graphics. Submit three complete issues of the newspaper, 22. Photo Illustration - Judging based on originality, one from each of the following months: March, July and creativity, artistic quality and subject matter. A photo November. Awards are presented to the newspaper. Limit illustration is defined as a manipulated or preconceived one entry per newspaper. photograph used as a graphic to accompany a story. Entries will be judged in one daily and one nondaily 30. Best Front Page - Judging based on layout and category with no circulation divisions. Limit two entries per design, use of photos and graphics, headlines, local person. coverage and reader appeal. Submit three front pages, one from each of the following months: April, August and 23. Best Use of Photos - Judging based on overall December. Awards are presented to the newspaper. Limit use of photos throughout the newspaper, photo layout, one entry per newspaper. photo quality, general interest and impact. Submit three complete issues of the newspaper, one from each of the MISC. CATEGORIES following months: January, May and September. Awards 31. Community Service Project - Judging based are presented to the newspaper. Limit one entry per on originality of idea, effectiveness of project, newspaper newspaper. leadership and community participation. Submit a one-page summary of the project along with samples of materials used in the project. Community service DESIGN & LAYOUT CATEGORIES projects may include NIE programs, Kids Voting Kansas 24. Editorial Pages - Judging based on editorial sponsorships or any other project aimed at serving the content, leadership, community interest, impact and layout newspaper’s community. Entries will be judged in one and design. Submit three editorial pages, one from each daily and one weekly category with no circulation division. of the following months: February, June and October. Awards are presented to the newspaper. Limit one entry Awards are presented to the newspaper. Limit one entry per newspaper. per newspaper. 32. Best Newspaper Web Site - Judging based on 25. Sports Pages - Judging based on layout, use layout and design, graphics, user-friendliness, timeliness of photos and graphics, and variety of articles. Submit and local appeal. Include a temporary user name and three sports pages/sections, one from each of the password for the judges if your site is password-protected. following months: January, May and September. Awards Awards are presented to the newspaper. Limit one entry are presented to the newspaper. Limit one entry per per newspaper. newspaper. Online Video Categories 26. Special Section - Editorial - Judging based 33. Best Online Video (News)- Single online video on news, layout, editorial content and local coverage. depicting a breaking news story. Submit entire special section. Awards are presented to the newspaper. Limit three entries per newspaper. 34. Best Online Video (Feature) - Single online video or series of videos featuring a specific topic. 27. Feature Package - Judging based on quality of writing and photos, use of photos and layout of package. Limit five entries per newspaper.
28. Infographic - Judging based on originality, creativity, artistic quality and relation to subject matter. This category is for any graphic that explains information used for the story (i.e. map, chart, etc.) Entries will be judged in one daily and one weekly category with no circulation division. Limit two entries per person. Contest Categories D E A D L I N E: WEDENSDAY, JAN, 30 ADVERTISING CATEGORIES designed for the same advertiser
35 • Best Grocery Ad 48 • Best Community Event Ad Single ad for supermarket, grocery store, convenience Single ad for sidewalk sale, rodeo, festival, fair or other store, specific food/beverage brands or other grocery community event advertiser 49 • Best House Ad 36 • Best Professional Service Ad Single ad or series of ads promoting subscriptions, Single ad for bank, accountant, attorney, travel agent, advertising or a specific aspect/department of the college, funeral director or other professional service newspaper advertiser 50 • Most Adaptable Promotion 37 • Best Furniture Ad Single overall idea for an ad or series of ads that could be Single ad for furniture store, appliance sale, upholstery adapted for advertisers in other markets store or other furniture industry advertiser 51 • Best Online Ad (Static) 38 • Best Hardware Ad Single static ad designed for the newspaper’s Web site. Single ad for lumberyard, hardware store, home center and Submit the complete URL and headline of ad. other hardware-related advertiser 52• Best Online Ad (Motion) 39 • Best Fashion Ad Single Motion ad designed for the newspaper’s Web site. Single ad for clothing store, seamstress, fabric store, shoe Submit the complete URL and headline of ad. store or other fashion-related advertiser 53• Best Online Promotion 40 • Best Automotive Ad Single newspaper online promotion ad. Single ad for car/truck dealer, automotive repair shop or other automotive industry advertiser NEW CONTEST CATEGORIES FOR 2013! 54• Best Environmental Story - News and 41 • Best Classified Display Ad Writing Single ad that was in the classified section of your News or feature stories may be submitted. Judging is newspaper. based on quality of writing. Extra consideration will be given to entries that show a strong ability to explain complicated 42 • Best Specialty Ad environmental issues. Single ad for any specialty item. Examples: jewelry stores, craft stores, Pampered Chef. 55• Best Environmental Portrait - Photography Posed image of one or more subjects (which could be 43 • Best Healthcare Ad human or animal, depending on the story) that helps tell Single ad for hospital, pharmacy, doctor, dentist or other the story by conveying why the story is being told about the healthcare industry advertiser subject, what they do, etc. Judging based on photo quality, creativity, story-telling power, and relevance. 44 • Best Political Ad Single ad or series of ads for a candidate, ballot issue, 56• Best Story/Picture Combination political party or other political advertiser Entries should consist of stories that would not otherwise be told adequately without the combination of text and 45 • Best Entertainment Ad visual elements. Judging is based on the entire single-day Single ad for restaurant, theater production, bowling alley, story package. Limit five entries per newspaper. golf course, movie theater or other entertainment industry advertiser 57• Special Section - Advertising 46 • Best Agricultural Ad Judging based on advertising content and design. Submit Single ad for farm implement company, co-op, seed and entire special section. Awards are presented to the fertilizer dealer, livestock auction or other ag industry newspaper. Limit three entries per newspaper. advertiser ALSO NEW FOR 2013: 47 • Best Ad Series or Campaign All winners in the photography categories will be eligible for A series of three or more ads with a common theme the Photo of the Year Contest! How to Upload
This year, entries to the KPA Awards of Excellence will be submitted using a web-based program at www.betterbnc.com. Below are directions for preparing and submitting entries. If you have questions, please contact Emily Bradbury at (785) 213- 8524, or [email protected].
IMPORTANT: The contest platform is optimized for Firefox for PC and Macintosh. Please have a recent version downloaded and installed for the best contest experience.
The deadline for all entries is Wednesday, Jan, 30, 2013.
1. Login a. Go to http://betternewspapercontest.com/beta4/. b. Click contestant login (upper left). c. Select “2013 KPA Awards of Excellence” d. Select “Contestant Manager” e. Select your newspaper name f. Enter your temporary Password: bnc (lower case), and click Login. When you first login, the system will prompt you to create a secure password and enter your contact information. 2. Submit Entries a. On the Manage Entries page, click Submit Entry (left side). b. Select the appropriate contest division c. Select the appropriate contest category. d. Read the corresponding Category Note (directly below the Category selection box), describing what is expected for the category’s entry content. e. Complete the Headline/Title field. This is VERY important as the jdugesn eed to know which story to read if a full page PDF is provided. f. Based on the type of entry, add content: i. To upload digital file attachments (other than audio/video), click Browse, navigate to the desired file, select Open, and click Upload. Allowed file types are PDF, DOC, TXT, JPG, GIF, and PNG. If more than one attachment is desired for this entry, repeat these steps. If you reach a point where you cannot add any more attachments to an entry, you may have reached the attachments limit, set by your contest administrator. Please try to keep file sizes to 5mb or less, to aid judges in accessing entry content. For larger files (between 5-50mb), you may upload your file(s) to www.issuu.com, and copy and paste the URL into the Web URL field. ISSUU will need to be used for the following categories: News and Writing Excellence, Design and Layout Excellence, Best Use of Photos and Special Section. See next page for details on ISSUU.com ii. To add web/audio/video content, copy and paste the content’s web address into the provided Web URL field. To host your content online, either upload it to a free streaming content website (e.g. YouTube) or talk to your IT person about adding it to your newspaper’s website. Make sure the content will be accessible online throughout the contest and awards process. Here are some examples of free streaming content websites where you can upload audio and video content: Audio: www.kiwi6.com, www.tindeck.com Video: www.youtube.com, www.vimeo.com IMPORTANT: Please ensure that items are not behind a paywall or a password-protected area. If they are, you must provide username/password info in the Comments section of your entry. Judges may disqualify your entry if work samples are inac- cessible. g. Click Next. h. Add Credits for those responsible for the entry content. i. Add Comments (if available), but keep them brief (e.g. 100 words). j. Click Submit.
3. Payment for Entries a. When all entries are submitted (but before the Entry Deadline), log in to your account’s Manage Entries page. b. Click Calculate Entry Fee (middle right) and review your list of entries for accuracy. c. Scroll to the bottom of the list for your Entry Fee Subtotal (lower right). Remember, the program will not add the $25 entry fee to your total. Please add $25 before submitting payment. d. Click the payment link (lower left) to pay for your contest entries, following the instructions on the payment page. e. (Optional) Click the Print icon (upper right) to print your list of entries and fees.
You may pay with a credit card via PayPal (no account needed) or you may mail a check to the KPA office. Please submit your online invoice with your payment if you pay by mail. Be sure to add your $25 base entry fee to the payment! ISSUU.COM
ISSUU.com is a free online service that allows high-quality and customizable viewing of uploaded material. ISSUU.com can be used to upload special sections, complete editions of your newspaper for News and Writing Excellence/Design and Layout Excellence categories and other large, multi- page files.
Simply upload your pages to ISSUU.com and a unique URL will be created that can be added to your online contest entry form that will take the judge directly to your content on the ISSUU.com site.
To create your entry URLs:
1. Go to www.issuu.com 2. Choose “Create Account” on the top right navigation bar. 3. Once you create your account, you will be guided through two separate pages before you can begin uploading content. 4. The first page asks you whether you want to connect with friends using Facebook, Twitter or other social networking tools. If you wish to skip this step, simply choose “Skip this step” in blue letters at the bottom of the screen. 5. The second page is a tour of ISSUU.com. You may skip the tour. 6. On the top right navigation bar, choose “Upload.” This will walk you through the necessary steps to upload your publicaiton. 7. Once you have uploaded your document, it will appear in “My Library.” 8. Double click the document for which you would like to obtain a URL. Below the document are several icons, including an envelope icon. Choose this icon and you will be directed to Share This Publication.” Simply copy and paste the URL into the online contest entry form. 9. Once you have pasted the link into the online contest entry form, judges will be able to access your entry without the need for a password or ISSUU.com account.
If you have problems uploading your entries or have questions about the process, please contact Emily Bradbury at 785-213-8524 or [email protected].
CALL FOR Newspapers and Community-Building PROPOSALS Symposium XIX
Papers accepted for Symposium XIX will be presented at the National Newspaper Association’s 127th Annual Convention and Trade Show Phoenix, AZ Sept. 12-15, 2013
The Huck Boyd National Center for Community doing over the long term; are online experiments Media and the National Newspaper Association like Patch paying overtime; what is being done to and its foundation will co-sponsor the 19th annual get the texting generation to be as well-informed as Newspapers and Community-Building Symposium. the newspaper-reading generation; what do high The National Newspaper Association will host the readership numbers of college newspapers have to say presentations at the 127th Annual Convention and about the myth that young people won’t read papers; Trade Show Sept. 12-15, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ. The what are citizens willing to pay for good journalism; symposium promotes research relevant to community what happens when the blogs get it wrong; and others. newspapers with less than 50,000 circulation or those Email a title page (with the title of your that target specific niche markets. proposal, your name, email address, mailing address, The NNA is particularly interested in the including university or professional affiliation, and importance of community newspapers in relation phone) and accompanying one-page proposal with to civic engagement, especially when it comes to only the title and proposal. Nine proposals and three citizens participating in local elections and holding alternates will be selected. Proposals are due March local government accountable. Newspapers are 11, 2013. Completed papers are due July 8, 2013. fundamental to informing citizens and, therefore, Presentations will be 10 minutes each. Please keep fundamental to the future of our democracy. Some in mind that a majority of the audience will be owners, possible topic areas: how well are citizen journalists editors and publishers of community newspapers.
E-mail your one-page proposal and SEPARATE title page by March 11, 2013: Gloria Freeland, [email protected]; Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications, 105 Kedzie Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-1501 Phone: 785-532-0721 Fax: 785-532-5484
The Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media The National Newspaper Association Foundation
The Huck Boyd National sponsors an annual lecture The National Newspaper It has 3,300 community Center for Community Media series dedicated to community Association Foundation papers as members. is in the A.Q. Miller School media; co-sponsors the was established in 1957 Its membership includes of Journalism and Mass Great Plains Radio History to enhance literacy, print a majority of the weekly Communications at Kansas Symposium; encourages journalism and the role of newspapers and more than State University. The center’s journalism educators to community papers. NNAF is a third of the dailies in the mission is to strengthen local include a community media the nonprofit educational arm country. NNA represents media to create better, stronger perspective in their teaching; of the National Newspaper member newspapers before communities in America. fosters research that benefits Association. all branches of government, The center works with the community media; and NNA, the nations’s oldest publishes Publishers’ Auxiliary, NNA and NNAF each year to helps provide development and largest newspaper and helps keep its members co-sponsor the symposium; programs for them. organization, was founded in up to date on developments 1885. affecting newspapers.