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June 13, 2019 11 am Lunch Noon Shotgun Start 2019 First Amendment Golf Classic THE COVE • The Lodge of Four Seasons • Lake Ozark, MO

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Make checks payable to Missouri Press Foundation Missouri Press Association Bulletin, May 16, 2019, Page 2 Missouri Press announces It Can Wait winners Students from Jefferson City, Washington Missouri Press Association chosen in essay and video contest Missouri Press Service 802 Locust St. From Missouri Press lives on our roadways,” said Columbia, MO 65201-4888 Staff James White, president of (573) 449-4167; FAX (573) 874-5894 Abigail Chaney, 18, a senior MPA and publisher of the The www.mopress.com at Lighthouse Preparatory Benton County Enterprise, Academy in Jefferson City, Mo., Warsaw. “Abigail’s essay and PRESIDENT: James White, and Kate Freitag, 18, a senior Kate’s video are excellent and Benton County Enterprise, Warsaw at Washington High School sobering, urging all drivers to FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Trevor Vernon, Eldon Advertiser in Washington, Mo., are the avoid texting while driving.” SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Liz Irwin, statewide winners of the It Newspapers are encouraged Missouri Lawyers Media, St. Louis Can Wait (distracted driving) to publish the winning essay SECRETARY: Hannah Spaar, The Odessan, Essay and Video Contest, and promote the video online, Odessa sponsored by Missouri newsp either by hosting a link on your TREASURER: Amos Bridges, Springfield News-Leader apers, the Missouri Press website or posting it to social PAST PRESIDENT: Carol Stark, Association (MPA) and AT&T media. The essay can be found The Joplin Globe Missouri. here, while the video can be DIRECTORS: Abigail was the winner of viewed here. Photos of both Mary Wilson, Jackson County Advocate, the essay portion of the contest winners are available from Grandview Abigail Chaney Donna Bischoff, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and will receive $1,000, while MPA. Roger Dillon, Shannon County Current Wave, Kate won the video contest Abigail, the daughter of Eminence and will receive $500 as prizes JoDonn and Kirsten Chaney, Julie Moreno, Independence Examiner in the statewide competition. will be awarded $1,000, Bryan Jones, Versailles Leader-Statesman Their entries were submitted while Kate, daughter of John Kevin Jones, St. Louis American Beth Durreman, Perry County to the state contest after being and Lorie, will receive $500 Republic-Monitor, Perryville submitted to local contests when they and their guests Tianna Brooks, Mountain View Standard News sponsored by the Jefferson visit the Missouri Press NNA Represenative: Sandy Nelson, City News-Tribune and Association headquarters The Courier-Tribune, Liberty Washington Missourian. June 11, in Columbia. Their MPS PRES.: Jeff Schrag, Springfield “Our goal is to share and day will include a tour of the VICE PRESIDENT: Dennis Warden, reinforce this simple message - Kate Freitag University of Missouri School Owensville SEC-TREAS.: Jim Robertson, Columbia keep your eyes on the road, not of Journalism and lunch MPS DIRECTORS: Phil Conger, Bethany; on your phone. While many tragedies with representatives from the school, Joe May, are out of our control, the ones caused newspapers, AT&T Missouri and MPA. STAFF by smartphone driving distractions are Each year in the , Mark Maassen: Executive Director, completely preventable,” said Craig hundreds of people are killed and [email protected] Unruh, president, AT&T Missouri. tens of thousands are injured due to Matthew Barba: Editor, [email protected] Ted Lawrence: Ad Director, “I want to thank the Missouri Press smartphone distracted driving, Unruh [email protected] Association for leading the way to said. Kristie Williams: Member Services, Meeting Coordinator, [email protected] help educate students and I want to Despite knowing the risks of texting Michael Harper: Foundation Director, thank all of those who took the time to while driving, one in three teens [email protected] participate in the contest. By working who text say they have done so while Marcie Elfrink: Bookkeeping, [email protected] together, we can help change behavior driving, according to the National Jeremy Patton: Graphics Designer, and make our Missouri roadways safer Highway Traffic Safety Association. [email protected] for everyone.” However, there is an opportunity to This is the sixth time Missouri change this behavior, Unruh said. 57 Jean Maneke: Legal Hotline Counselor newspapers, MPA and AT&T have percent of drivers say they would stop (816) 753-9000 teamed up for the contest. if a friend in the car asked them, and [email protected] “On behalf of the Missouri 74 percent of those who have taken Helen Headrick: Press Association and its member the pledge to not drive distracted are NIE Director [email protected] newspapers, I wish to thank AT&T keeping their commitment to not use for this partnership aimed at saving their smartphones behind the wheel. Need help with a newspaper issue? Check the links at mopress.com/links Show-Me Press Annual Meeting & Missouri Press Board Meetings

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CALENDAR MPA membership May 21 — Cardinals vs Royals Fundraiser Nominations sought for 2020 Baseball Game for the Missouri Press Foundation MPA officers and directors The Missouri Press Association time.” If elected, she is eligible to serve June nominating committee will be meeting until Dec. 31, 2020. 13 — First Amendment Golf Classic, soon to decide on candidates for Persons who wish to be considered The Cove, Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake 2020 MPA Second Vice President, for any of the positions, including Ozark Secretary, Treasurer, three Directors those persons whose terms are and National Newspaper Association expiring, must complete a nomination Representative. form and return it to Missouri Press 14 — Show-Me Press Association, The terms of current directors Association by July 1. Nominations Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark Tianna Brooks, Mountain View are open to any staff of MPA member Standard News; Beth Durreman, publications. July Perry County Republic-Monitor, A copy of the nomination form 11 — Southeast Missouri Press Perryville; and Julie Moreno, is available online or by contacting Association Meeting, Cape Girardeau Independence Examiner are expiring members of Missouri Press Staff. Dec. 31, 2019. Carol Stark, Joplin Globe, immediate MPA Secretary Hannah Spaar, The past president of MPA, is chairman September Odessan, and MPA Treasurer Amos of the nominating committee this 26-28 — MPA 153rd Annual Bridges, Springfield News Leader, are year. Elections will be held during the Convention and Trade Show, Harrah’s serving one-year terms, also expiring MPA Business Meeting on Sept. 27, in North Kansas City Dec. 31, 2019. North Kansas City during MPA’s 153rd Sandy Nelson, Courier-Tribune, Annual Convention. October Liberty, is serving the second year Thank you, 3-5 — National Newspaper Association of the NNA Representative position. Mark Maassen, Executive Director Annual Convention, Milwaukee According to MPA Bylaws, “the Missouri Press Association representative may not serve more 573 449-4167, ext. 308 than three years in succession at one [email protected]

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75th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion 3 columns from WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle available to publish From Stephen Key York Times obituary. Hoosier State Press Association During the war, Pyle wrote about the hardships and bravery The 75th anniversary of D-Day is an appropriate time for us to of the common soldier, not grand strategy. His description of recall the sacrifices made by those serving and who had served the G.I.’s life was more important to families on the home front in our Armed Forces. To mark this occasion, the Ernie Pyle than battlefront tactics of Gens. Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas World War II Museum in Dana, Indiana, MacArthur, George Patton or Omar and Scripps Howard Foundation offer Bradley. this reprint of three columns written Prior to the United States’ entry into by Ernie Pyle immediately after the World War II, Pyle traveled to Normandy invasion. It’s a reminder and wrote about the Nazi’s continual to all of the ultimate sacrifice made by bombing of . His columns so many Americans to maintain the helped move the mood of America freedoms we enjoy. from isolationism to sympathy for the The Ernie Pyle World War II stubborn refusal of Great Britain to Museum features the famous succumb to the will of Adolf Hitler. journalist’s birthplace and a museum The Pulitzer Prize winning journalist’s dedicated to Pyle’s life and writings as legacy rests in his words and the impact a . It is owned by the they had on Americans before and during Friends of Ernie Pyle, who are dedicated War correspondent Ernie Pyle sit- a war that threatened to take the world ting at a typewriter ready to write. to preserving and expanding the legacy behind a curtain of fascism. His columns of the writer whose columns linked the open a window to the hardships endured soldiers on the front line to worried families on the home front. by the common U.S. soldier during World War II and serve To preserve Ernie Pyle’s memory is to preserve the sacrifices today to honor what has been called “The Greatest Generation.” made by what has been dubbed “The Greatest Generation.” To If you decide to use the materials for your recognition learn more about the Ernie Pyle World War II Museum located of the (June 6) 75th anniversary of D-Day, we ask that you in Dana, Indiana, or make a donation to assist the efforts of the consider adding a paragraph about the Ernie Pyle World War Friends of Ernie Pyle to honor him and that generation, go to II Museum. www.erniepyle.org. If you want to expose your readers to additional columns by Columns Ernie Pyle, you could include the following link to the Indiana Click the links below to download each column and photo. University School of Journalism, housed in Ernie Pyle Hall on - A Long Thin Line of Personal Anguish the Bloomington, Indiana, campus, where your readers can - A Pure Miracle access additional stories written by him: http://journalism. - The Horrible Waste of War indiana.edu/resources/erniepyle/ Photos If you have any questions about this 75th anniversary of the - Mugshot D-Day suggestion or about the Friends of Ernie Pyle or the - At a typewriter Ernie Pyle World War II Museum, feel free to contact me at - A tank in 1944 [email protected]. Ernie Pyle Stephen Key The son of tenant farming parents in west-central Indiana, Executive Director and General Counsel Ernie Pyle became history’s greatest war correspondent. When Hoosier State Press Association; and Pyle was killed by a Japanese machine gun bullet on the tiny President of the Board of the Friends of Ernie Pyle Pacific island of Ie Shima in 1945, his columns were being (317) 624-4427 delivered to more than 14 million homes according to his New [email protected]

Educational ‘cameras in courtrooms’ videos available online Two videos have been created by the Missouri Press-Bar Judges have reported they realize reporters in the state Commission in its efforts to provide guidance to reporters who work for papers that are often short-staffed and may not have are covering Missouri Courts. extensive experience covering courts. The judiciary worked Find the videos on Missouri Press Association’s website, with the Commission to create these videos to help reporters mopress.com, at the bottom of the “Links” page. understand the legal system and the technicality of the courts. Missouri Press Foundation Gangsters’ and Flappers’ Night at the Speakeasy Sept. 26 * VooDoo Lounge * 7:30 pm Harrah’s North Kansas City Casino Night FOOD * DRINKS * MUSIC Support the Foundation & win prizes Best Dressed Costume Contest

register online @ $59 per person mopress.com/convention The Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame endeavors to recognize those people who have made outstanding contributions to Missouri photojournalism and to provide an exhibit venue to showcase these visual reporting pioneers and the work of current photojournalists. The nomination process is now open.

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Job offers competitive calls; Knowledge of Windows computers and MULTIPLE PUBLICATIONS: Phillips salary with benefits and vacation. Apply to; programs such as Microsoft Word, email and Media Group has positions available across [email protected] 4-8 Macintosh products. our family of successful community weeklies OUTSIDE SALES: The Marshall Please send resumes to Ted Lawrence at in the Springfield area soon. A combination of Democrat-News has an outside sales [email protected] 5-15 growth, retirements and turnover necessitate position available. A strong candidate must the addition of several teammates to our have motivation; reliable transportation GENERAL MANAGER/ family of weeklies. and insurance; good communication skills; ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Further Positions include: organization skills; and able to work within your career as the General Manager/ Reporter – community weekly in Bolivar deadlines. 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Submit a • An opportunity to provide leadership, (starting 5/20) resume/application to General Manager including setting goals and top priorities, Sales Executive – community weekly, Sarah Gray at [email protected] or while empowering teams to succeed Ozark (starting asap) mail to The Marshall Democrat-News, P.O. • Tools and training, in and out of the Marketing Assistant – community weekly Box 100, Marshall, MO 65340. 4-4 office, to expand your marketing knowledge in Bolivar/Marshfield on every media platform we offer Customer Service/Circulation Retention SPORTS EDITOR: The Herald-Whig • State-of-the-art technology to perform representative – corporate office, Bolivar is looking for an experienced journalist to your job to the highest potential If you are interested in joining a growing, oversee the sports department’s goal of • Flexible scheduling and excellent base successful newspaper company, send us your providing top-level coverage of the area’s pay, plus commission resume and cover letter. prep and college programs on all digital and • Great company benefits, including We would love to hear from you. print platforms. medical, dental, life, PTO and a 401K Jamey Honeycutt, Group Publisher CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Missouri Press Classifieds:Who is looking for YOU? The sports editor oversees an award- gamut of community news, from city council The Herald-Whig’s award-winning winning three-person staff that recently won and school board meetings, to agriculture, daily coverage, as well as various special two national awards from the Associated music features and children’s activities, sections and magazines. Press Sports Editors Association. The among other stories. A solid candidate The ideal candidate has a strong Herald-Whig provides blanket coverage of could cover a variety of topics and have a nose for news and stays informed about 26 high schools, four colleges, two Prospect fast turnaround on their work. Reporters the state and the world from multiple League teams and community events. are also responsible for taking their own sources. The news editor also seeks out The ideal candidate will be able to build photographs, and have many opportunities new ways to report and deliver the news a sports section that engages the reader and to shoot video. Our award-winning paper to our readers, using the latest metrics to guide a staff hungry to tell the stories that publishes three days a week. Interested guide their decisions. make this sports savvy area unique. Do you candidates should send a resume and writing If you think you have what it takes know how to develop stories that go beyond sample to General Manager Sarah Gray at to be our next news editor, please send the game? Then we want to talk to you. [email protected]. 3-18 a resume, samples of your work and a The Herald-Whig is a seven-day letter outlining how you would approach newspaper that is part of a growing, family- NEWS EDITOR: The Herald- the job to: owned-and-operated company dedicated to Whig is looking for an eager, aggressive Nicole Stevens/Human Resources, the communities it serves. journalist willing to step into newsroom The Quincy Herald-Whig, P.O. Box Our coverage area consists of West- leadership. The news editor is the No. 2 909, Quincy, IL 62306, or by email to Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri. position in the newsroom and oversees [email protected]. 3-12 The Herald-Whig offers a comprehensive employee benefits package with everything you expect and more. The Herald-Whig is an equal opportunity employer. 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EDITOR: The California Democrat, a weekly newspaper in Mid-Missouri, is looking for an editor to lead its exceptional community coverage in California and Moniteau County. The editor will build upon that foundation of community journalism by writing three to four stories a week, as well as leading the day-to-day operation of the newsroom, which consists of a full-time news reporter, a part-time news reporter and a full-time sports reporter. Candidates for the position should have a bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field, strong writing and photo skills, and a track record of meeting deadlines. Candidates should have one to three years of experience in a newsroom, as well as being able to relocate to California. Send a resume, cover letter and samples of your work to gary@newstribune. com. Application deadline is April 8. 3-19

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