November/December 2017

Important Dates

Online Media Campus ALDOT communications chief meets with APA board Doing more with less in your newsroom Thursday, December 7 Fort Payne and Scottsboro move Presenter Jean Hodges, to three-day printing cycle GateHouse Newsroom

Free and cheap tools your Garner named publisher of The newsroom should use Thursday, December 14 Atmore Advance Presenter Val Hoeppner Val Hoeppner Media and Newspaper publishers invited to Consulting, LLC visit updated public notice site

APA Media Summit Friday, February 16, 2018 Birmingham Marriott

APA Summer Convention July 19-21, 2018 Perdido Beach Resort

November/December 2017 AlaPressa 2 ALDOT communications chief meets with APA board The state agency charged Recently, Tony Harris, media with maintaining Alabama’s and communications relations 11,000 miles of roads and bureau chief, visited with mem- Alabama Press Association highways is the Department of bers of the APA Board of Direc- Alabama Newspaper Advertising Transportation. Newspapers tors to discuss ways APA can Service Inc. are a valuable conduit better serve ALDOT and 3324 Independence Drive for the agency, deliv- the communities served Suite 200 ering vital informa- by Alabama newspa- Birmingham, AL 35209 tion to the public pers. (205) 871-7737 (205) 871-7740 (fax) regarding mainte- Harris is no www.alabamapress.org nance, and new stranger to newspa- projects and de- pers. He worked for velopments. the late Jack Ven- The partnership able at The Tallassee Board of Directors between newspapers Tribune when he was in Michele Gerlach, Chairman of the Board and ALDOT is mostly de- high school, and later worked Andalusia Star-News fined by the public notices that for the Tropolitan, the student Scott Brown, President the agency runs when soliciting newspaper at Troy University. The Decatur Daily bids for a project. In any given ALDOT has five geographic Kenneth Boone, First Vice President month, ALDOT will solicit bids for regions with a public information Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. 20-40 projects costing between officer located within each re- Horace Moore, Second Vice President $500,000 to $1 million. As many gion. The relationships between The Northwest Alabamian as six times each year, newspa- the newspapers and the local Robert Bozeman, The Evergreen Courant pers fail to run ads which post- information officers are another Dee Ann Campbell pone these projects resulting in vital part of the partnership be- The Choctaw Sun-Advocate costly delays for the agency and tween APA and ALDOT. Terry Connor, The Cullman Times ultimately the taxpayers. Bob Davis, The Anniston Star see ALDOT visit pg 6 Eddie Dodd, The Abbeville Herald Denise DuBois, The Citizen of East Alabama Tricia Dunne Fort Payne and Scottsboro move The Fort Payne Times-Journal Jim Rainey, The Tuscaloosa News to three-day printing cycle Parks Rogers, Gulf Coast Newspapers The Fort Payne Times-Jour- folio of magazine products, we Darrell Sandlin, TimesDaily nal and The Daily Sentinel in believe both community and Steve Smith, The Dothan Eagle Scottsboro moved to a three- subscribers will find this a better day printing cycle as of Dec. 1. fit into their busy lives,” Dunne The Sentinel also changed its said in her column announcing name to the Jackson County the move. APA Staff Sentinel. The print days are Both newspapers are owned Felicia Mason, Executive Director Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- by Southern Newspapers, Brad English, Advertising Manager urday, with content published which also owns The Sand Leigh Leigh Tortorici, Senior Marketing Representative digitally as news develops. Mountain Reporter in Albert- Miranda Agee, Event Planner Times-Journal Publisher Tri- ville. The Reporter also has a Meegan Maxwell, Network Coordinator cia Dunne said the newspaper three-day printing cycle. Kayla Dowler, Tearsheet Coordinator is taking another evolutionary The Scottsboro paper is re- Dennis R. Bailey, General Counsel step in making sure they are turning to the name Jackson Scott Goldsmith, APA Accountant where and when people want to County Sentinel, which was the connect. “By offering new digi- newspaper’s name from 1930 tal tools and providing a more to 1962. extensive print product as well as expanding our growing port- see new pub dates pg 6 November/December 2017 AlaPressa 3 Garner named publisher of The Atmore Advance Andrew Garner has been named to community leading the newspa- Club. publisher and editor of The Atmore per.” “It’s been a joy to get to know Advance and its associated media A Fairhope native, Garner the community of Atmore and its products. graduated from Troy University in surrounding areas. I look forward to Garner has been editor of The December 2006 with a bachelor’s taking on this new role here at the Advance for the past two years. He degree in broadcast journalism and newspaper.” previously worked at the Andalusia public relations. He served on the Star-News and The Greenville Ad- staff of the student newspaper, The vocate. Tropolitan, for almost two years. “Andrew has done a great job Upon graduation, Garner joined as editor in Atmore, and we are the Star-News staff as a general pleased that he has agreed to take news reporter before being pro- on more responsibilities,” said for- moted to sports editor, a position mer Advance Publisher Michele he held for almost seven years. Gerlach. Gerlach is currently pub- While in Andalusia, Garner lisher of The Andalusia Star-News gained a love of photography that and vice president of Boone News- continues to grow. He is an avid papers. Boone Newspapers owns lover of films and sports, especially The Advance and The Star-News, the University of Alabama’s Crim- as well as several dailies and son Tide football team. weeklies throughout the state. “We In Atmore, he completed the are very pleased to have someone Leadership Atmore program, and Andrew Garner with his work ethic and commitment is a member of the Atmore Rotary Newspaper publishers invited to visit updated public notice site APA has gotten positive feed- While access to the site and public notices published in your back from newspapers and users all notices will remain free to the newspaper MUST be posted on about AlabamaPublicNotices.com public, SmartSearch subscriptions your newspaper website AND up- which went live Nov. 1. The process are available for a fee to give us- loaded to alabamapublicnotices. of integrating the 1,750,881 notices ers the opportunity to save unlim- com. from Alabamaleglas.com was com- ited specific searches and receive • The new site allows you to pleted earlier this month. daily emails alerting them to new brand your newspapers on the site. Newspapers report a much notices that match their search cri- Make sure you upload your flag easier upload process with more teria. Subscribers can use multiple and confirm the link in the newspa- flexibility. Clients like the enhanced keywords, save search criteria to per admin section. search functions. use over and over, save individual • Please make sure any house Papers can now upload PDF’s public notices in a queue, and print promo ads you are running con- that will run through an OCR (op- multiple public notices simultane- tains the new site: www.alabam- tical character recognition) and ously. apublicnotices.com (and not alaba- extract the text which will still be AlabamaPublicNotices.com of- malegals.com) searchable. That was not an option fers easier ways to find Alabama • If you have a link on your web- with the old site. They can also up- notices compared to our previous site, and we hope you do, please load one text file with all notices for site, with fewer limitations than be- make sure it goes to the new site: one publication date, delimited by fore. The goal is to give complete https://www.alabamapublicnotices. pipes (|), and be done for the week. access to public notices that affect com. The website contains notices our daily lives, all in one place. Ala- Please call Leigh Leigh at the that are uploaded by the newspa- bamaPublicNotices.com does that APA office if you have questions. pers for each publication date, and with a 21st century version of our can be searched by county, city, previous site. newspaper, date range, and key- Publishers, please remember: words. • Alabama law requires that ALL November/December 2017 AlaPressa 4 Industry News The Year in Public Notice Legislation From Public Notice Monthly, a service of Public Notice Resource Center All things considered, it’s been a passed; most never even had a for jurisdictions that don’t have a pretty good year for public notice. hearing. The only dangerous public newspaper. The Illinois law also PNRC has been tracking about notice legislation enacted this year made some technical corrections 150 separate bills introduced in was a bill in North Carolina that au- to the statute requiring newspapers 2017 or carried over from the pre- thorizes government units in Guil- to run notices on the Illinois Press vious year that relate to public ford County to run notices on their Association statewide public notice notice. Most would have curtailed own websites or on the county’s site. The bill passed with IPA’s sup- newspaper notice in some way, website. That high-profile bill was port. but 21 percent would have created the culmination of what many in Perhaps the most worrying additional notice requirements. To North Carolina have characterized trend in 2017 was an escalation be sure, all of the latter addressed as state senator Trudy Wade’s ef- in the willingness of public officials narrow circumstances like relocat- fort to punish her local paper, the to weaponize their states’ public ing the contents of a grave or tomb Greensboro News & Record. notice laws to punish newspapers in Florida, or granting flood control Incidentally, a cyberattack this they disagree with. The most prom- district easements without public month in one of North Carolina’s inent examples were Sen. Wade in auction in Arizona. Nevertheless, most populous counties brought North Carolina, New Jersey Gov. it’s a clear sign that many public government business to a crawl. Chris Christie and Maine Gov. Paul officials understand the continuing Data was frozen on Mecklenburg LePage, all of whom loudly pro- value of print as a distribution sys- County servers after an employee moted bills that would have elimi- tem for public notice in the digital opened an email carrying mali- nated newspaper notice in their age. cious software. Whether a result states. Wade, Christie and LePage Nine of the bills seeking to add of this or not, the Guilford County are all Republican, and in the past new newspaper notice require- Commission voted to postpone the year the GOP has taken the politi- ments were enacted, including the decisions to move their public no- cal bloodsport of media bashing to new laws in Florida and Arizona tices to the county’s website. a disturbing new level. Neverthe- cited above. Michigan went one More than 40 other pieces of less, public notice continues to re- step further and adjusted the rates legislation would have eliminated ceive perhaps its strongest political for all court-ordered notices to re- newspaper notice in narrowly de- support in deeply red states where flect past and future increases in fined categories. Only eight of access to high speed internet is the Consumer Price Index. those bills were signed into law, still sparse and publishers tend to On the negative side of the led- including one that moves school have closer relationships with their ger, 22 states considered legisla- district performance reports in Ar- elected officials. tion that would have eliminated kansas to government websites, or substantially reduced all news- and another that relieves banks in paper notice. Most of those bills Delaware of the responsibility of would have moved public notice publishing newspaper notices be- Perhaps the most advertising to government web- fore they transfer unclaimed prop- sites, but four would have utilized erty to the state. Nevada passed a worrying trend in 2017 sites hosted by alternative provid- law that waives the newspaper no- was an escalation in ers — government associations in tice requirement for name changes Oregon, broadcasters in Nevada, associated with gender transitions. the willingness of pub- law firms in Missouri, and nonprofit That bill wasn’t opposed by the Ne- news organizations in Vermont. (A vada Press Association. lic officials to weapon- bizarre bill in Texas would have Six bills would have revised pub- ize their states’ public moved notices from newspapers to lic notice eligibility requirements for “any other form of media”. We’ll try newspapers; two were signed into notice laws to punish not to take it personally.) law. Utah extended public notice Despite that onslaught and a eligibility to newspapers that don’t newspapers they few close calls, none of the bills have a periodical permit issued by disagree with. that would have fundamentally the U.S. Postal Service, and Illinois altered public notice laws have revised its notice requirements November/December 2017 AlaPressa 5 CNHI LLC names senior vice president for digital Community Newspa- Guarantee Digital of Hart- and shopping director for team.” pers Holdings, Inc. an- land, Wisconsin, where Advance Digital, in Jersey “I’m thrilled and hon- nounced the appointment he served as director of City, New Jersey, a group ored to join the CNHI of Greg Maibach to the partner development. that operates digital sites team at this exciting time,” new role of senior vice Prior to that, he was re- at Advance-owned news- said Maibach. “I look for- president for digital rev- gional vice president of papers in New Orleans, ward to working closely enue, effective Nov. 6. sales for Buzzboard, Inc./ Birmingham, Newark, with CNHI newspapers Maibach will oversee vSplash Technologies of Portland, Oregon, and and leaders to bring val- the company’s digital San Francisco. several other cities. ue to our advertisers and sales operation and mar- He started his career in “Greg brings a wealth provide a sustainable and keting strategy, reporting the media revenue field in of digital sales and mar- profitable future for the to Steve McPhaul, CNHI 1998 at the Akron, Ohio, keting expertise to our company.” LLC’s executive vice Beacon Journal, serving operation at an important Based in Montgomery, president, newspaper op- briefly as retail advertis- time in our ongoing trans- Alabama, CNHI LLC is a erations. ing manager. He then formation into the digital leading publisher of local Maibach, an accom- became classified adver- era,” said McPhaul. “He news and information, plished digital sales and tising director for Cleve- is a strong fit for this new serving more than 130 marketing executive with land.com, the Cleveland role at CNHI, and we’re communities in 22 states. 20 years of experience, Plain Dealer’s digital site. pleased to welcome him joins CNHI LLC from Later he became retail to our senior executive Newspapers still have time to promote the Pulse shopping survey As previously reported, APA has partnered with Pulse Research, an industry leader in market research, to do a comprehensive shopping survey of newspapers’ audiences. We need your help to run ads like the one seen above before the end of the year in order to get enough responses to create a valid sample size. Here’s how it works: Survey promotion began in October and will run until reaching a statewide sample of at least 400. We currently only have 100 responses. For newspapers that participate in APA network advertising programs, some ads have appeared in the network ads that we send to you each week. Please run them as often as you can. We also have Web ads that we urge you to schedule in unsold inventory. All the ads are in standard sizes and formats. To download ads, just go to: www.pulseresearch.com/poa.html. This link also contains more details about the program, which incentivizes responses via cash prizes. In early 2018, your sales teams will have current shopping information they can use in their sales presentations to help local and regional businesses. This is the first year APA has participated in this survey. Other states, like Kentucky, have par- ticipated previously and report that information has been very helpful to member newspapers. If you have any questions, please contact Pulse Research, Taylor Waind ([email protected]) or [email protected].

November/December 2017 AlaPressa 6 Deaths Nelson Abercrombie William (Bill) Penn Services and University of Journalism in 1995. Af- Jr., died unexpectedly on White, Jr. passed away Relations (now Commu- ter working as a reporter October 24, in Birming- Nov. 1 in Auburn. He was nications and Marketing). and photographer for the ham. He was 73. Nelson 71. He would regale friends O-A News for more than is survived by his wife, White retired in 2012 with stories of having to 27 years, he retired in Karen W. Abercrombie from the Opelika-Auburn develop film from Au- 2012. of 57 years, son, Dennis News after working there burn’s football team in the He was a consummate Abercrombie (Debbie), for 27 years. trunk of a car at an away fisherman but an even daughter, Traci Smeraglia He was a student at game to get the pho- better listener. In every- (Bo), grandsons, Blake Auburn University in 1963 tos ready by press time. thing he did, he brought Abercrombie (Amanda) when he was called to Early on he also devel- a high standard of integ- & Jordan Abercrombie military service, and his oped a love of teaching rity and a depth of en- (Brittney), granddaugh- schooling was interrupted and sharing his wealth thusiasm, nowhere more ters, Juliette & Camryn by military service dur- of knowledge about pho- evident than in his role as Smeraglia, great-grand- ing the Vietnam era. He tography with others. He a journalist for the local daughter Blakely Aber- was an honors graduate briefly taught photogra- community crombie. of Military Police School phy to 7th, 8th, and 9th He leaves behind a life Nelson is preceded at Fort Gordon, Georgia, graders at Auburn Junior partner, Caroline Gebhard in death by his parents, going on to join the Unit- High School. Later on, he of Auburn; a sister, Nancy Nelson Abercrombie Sr., ed States Army in Europe taught basic photography, White Crowther; brother- Eleanor Overton Fos- with the USAEUR Inspec- portrait photography, and in-law, Carroll Crowther, ter and sister Janelle A. tor General’s team head- photography for art teach- of Beaufort, SC; and Elrod. Nelson was born quartered in Heidelberg, ers in Auburn University’s brother, Frank A. White, on January 24, 1944 in Germany. Continuing Education of Dalton, Georgia; three Birmingham. He married He returned to Auburn, program of night classes. nephews, Logan (Cindy) Karen W. Abercrombie, earned a degree in 1971, He began working Crowther of Beaufort, SC, the love of his life. He and pursued his interests part-time as a photog- Billy (Karie Ann) Crowther was a lifelong resident in photography and jour- rapher for The Opelika- of Charleston, SC, and of Birmingham, and was nalism on the staff of the Auburn News, where he Matthew White of Dal- president of the Alabama Plainsman at Auburn and eventually served as the ton, GA; two grandniec- Messenger newspaper in as a photographer for the editor of the community’s es, Anna Christine and Birmingham. Alabama Cooperative weekly newspaper, the Elizabeth Crowther; two In lieu of flowers Extension Service (now Auburn Bulletin. While he grandnephews, Henry please make a donation System). He also was was a full-time journalist, and James Crowther; and to a charity of your choice a studio and on-location he also began teaching numerous other family in memory of Nelson. photographer for both photojournalism in Au- and friends. Auburn Photographic burn University’s School tion programs are part of readers,” Cox said. “The ALDOT’s ongoing com- role of this newspaper in ALDOT visit munications strategy. new pub dates the community, however, More immediate in- doesn’t change.” from pg 2 formation needs con- from pg 2 The magazine prod- cerning traffic issues, ucts published by the road conditions and newspapers will increase Keeping readers in- closings, safety mea- Publisher Brandon in frequency. DeKalb Liv- formed about various sures for roads and au- Cox assured readers that ing, published by The highway projects is a tos are all areas where community journalism Times-Journal will be- vital role of ALDOT. the newspapers and is alive and well. “More come monthly rather than Outreach programs fo- ALDOT work together people consume news bi-monthly, and Jackson, cusing on teen drivers, to keep the public in- today than ever before published by The Senti- school bus safety, rail- formed. in history and it’s our job nel, will become monthly road crossing safety and to deliver it in ways that rather than quarterly. other community educa- make the most sense for November/December 2017 AlaPressa 7 What sets advertising amateurs apart from professionals? s What sets advertising ama- pect’s needs and developing 8. Amateurs wing their way n teurs apart from profession- a marketing strategy. Profes- through appointments. Profes-

m als? Let’s examine some key sionals believe it’s important sionals provide prospects with

u skill areas. to diagnose the patient before a printed agenda and follow l writing a prescription. I cringe it carefully. They know how to o when I hear stories of ad ideas keep things on track. They stay C Ad-libs that have been created without away from running down rabbit By John Foust doing any homework first. Most trails that can derail a presen- of those ads are laughably off tation. It’s a matter of respect- target. ing the other person’s time and making a professional impres- 1. Amateurs do most of the 5. Amateurs don’t know the sion. talking in sales appointments. difference between image ads Professionals do most of the and response ads. Profession- 9. Amateurs don’t care listening. When they meet with als know that distinction can about typography. Profession- prospective advertisers, they make or break advertisers’ ex- als understand that type has work to learn marketing goals. pectations. Image ads are de- been called “the voice of print” They concentrate on discov- signed to create and strength- for a good reason. They know ering “pain points.” And they en brand identities, while that all upper-case type should learn about the results of previ- response ads are designed to be used sparingly in headlines ous campaigns. That’s accom- motivate consumers to “buy – and almost never in body plished with questions – along now.” copy. They understand the nu- with attentive listening. ances of serif and sans serif 6. Amateurs see print and fonts. And they know how to 2. Amateurs use puffery in digital as separate entities. use line-breaks to create read- ad copy. Professionals use rel- Professionals know that print able headlines. evant information. They stay and digital work together to away from empty claims and project a cohesive brand im- 10. Amateurs think they exaggerations like “unbeliev- age for their clients. In today’s know everything. Profession- able,” “fantastic” and “incred- multi-media environment, the als are not complacent. They ible.” Instead, they focus on companies with strong market- strive to learn more about their specific features and benefits place identities understand that prospects, their market, their that mean something to read- everything must work together. competitors, and advertising in ers. Logos, type fonts, benefit state- general. There’s truth in the old ments, theme colors – they all saying, “The biggest room in 3. Amateurs sell one ad at play important roles. the house is room for improve- a time. Professionals sell cam- ment.” paigns. The best ads are not 7. Amateurs run anything stand-alone sales, they are their advertisers request, be- John Foust has conducted elements of bigger marketing cause they don’t want to risk training programs for thou- campaigns. By taking the time offending paying customers. sands of newspaper advertis- to develop an overall strategy, Professionals know they’re ing professionals. Many ad de- professionals have a guideline obligated to stand up for solid partments are using his training to follow. There’s no mystery advertising principles (with di- videos to save time and get about what to do next. They plomacy, of course). I’ve never quick results from in-house simply follow the plan. seen a sales person’s business training. E-mail for information: card that listed “Order Taker” [email protected]. 4. Amateurs create spec as a job title. ads before learning the pros- November/December 2017 AlaPressa 8 The newspaper is made for sharing, s n especially it’s story m I love this time of year, gen- mingham in 1991. One of the hesitated to pick up the phone u erally speaking. Christmas first things I did was subscribe to and call Ferrin Cox (and he was l break is days away. And if this the News. Not because I need- never shy about doing the same o Christmas season holds true to ed to. (We had two copies de- with my dad), this lady felt a rela-

C seasons past, the kids will get livered to the office every day.) tionship with the publisher of the along amazingly well. Things Montgomery Advertiser because that caused Jordan or Rachel Ad Vice of her newspaper. to move to DEFCON 1 (nuclear by In 1991 the Birmingham war imminent) are not such a Brad English News became my newspaper. big deal these days. Sharing At least the copy that was deliv- comes easier, it seems. ered to 1705 Hillcrest Circle was. Growing up I shared many It soon became clear to visitors things, most of the time grudg- It’s because I wanted that same staying the weekend that no one ingly, with my three brothers. connection to the community was to open the paper until I had We were each only two years in which I lived that only a local a chance to go through it. My apart. With money scarce, the newspaper can deliver. paper, my rules. (I know. It’s a shared items included bed- That’s a message we need to little neurotic. But if you think rooms, clothes, chores - and of remind advertisers, both current I’m bad you should spend some course, the local newspaper. and prospective, every day. Both time with my brother, Brian.) My dad was on the road a good in our sales conversations and in In an age filled with page bit, particularly when we were the very house ads we run in ev- views, email blasts, mobile ads young. So shared one-on-one ery issue. The local newspaper and more, there is certain com- time with him was premium. is certainly the best – if not the fort in holding the news in your The one thing I remember most only – advertising option to really hands. And while I can’t say about him growing up was his connect with the reader on a per- that I can control the content in love of cigars, Alabama football sonal level. That’s what every my paper, its mine just the same. and his newspaper. That’s right, business and company is after – It’s a sentiment shared by more his newspaper. building trust and a one-on-one than one million readers who Now my dad wasn’t in the relationship with their customer. subscribe to the 125 plus Ala- business of owning newspapers. It’s basic sales. 101. It’s what bama newspapers. That local He did many things in his life but we used to teach in the Back to connection to our communities is that wasn’t one. But he had a the Basics sessions years ago. just as important today - maybe very close and personal rela- And it hasn’t changed for any of more so – than its ever been. tionship with not only the people us. And our newspapers remain who published the papers – first Former Montgomery Adver- the greatest lifeline statewide in Evergreen with the Bozemans tiser publisher (and now Bir- and regional advertisers have in and then in Elba with the Cox mingham Times publisher) Sam reaching those communities. family – but with the very paper Martin once shared a story of a And while this may not be the itself. subscriber who called to make most important message being As we grew up and moved sure he understood her eggs told this Christmas season, it’s away, my brothers and I car- and bacon wouldn’t be the same a message vital to our industry, ried with us that same love of without her paper. And if some- our readers, and our customers. Alabama football and the local thing happened to her paper, he Let’s be sure to share it. newspaper my dad had instilled would hear about it. in us so many years before. It’s When he was telling the sto- not unlike the connection mil- ry, the words “her paper” really lions of readers across the state resonated with me. She shared enjoy every week – if not every a common bond – a relation- Brad English is advertising man- ager for APA. He can be reached day – when picking up their local ship – with the local paper just at 205.871.7737 or email him at paper. like my dad did so many years [email protected] I remember moving to Bir- ago. And just like my dad never November/December 2017 AlaPressa 9 Help Wanted Press Operator Part Time News Writer/Graphic Immediate opening for ex- Designer perienced operator to run 12-unit Immediate opening for part DGM 430 single-wide web press. time news writer and/or graphic Applicants should have a minimum designer for a Jefferson County of 1 to 2 years offset web press weekly newspaper. Right candi- experience and a proven work his- dates must be able to work un- tory of dependability, self-initiative supervised, have good computer and mechanical skills. Requires skills, good communication skills ability to perform all make-ready and a valid Alabama driver’s li- tasks, press operation to main- cense. Competitive salary, some tain quality, routine maintenance, travel allowance. To apply, send minor repairs, other pressroom resume to: [email protected] responsibilities. Full-time shift in- cludes scheduled nights, week- ends and holidays. Position offers competitive compensation, health insurance, paid vacation, sick time, matching contribution 401(k). Ap- ply in person 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Or, send cover letter and resume to: pressroom@times-georgian. com. Or, mail to: Times-Georgian, 901 Hays Mill Rd.,Carrollton, GA 30117. The Times-Georgian is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.