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oplin Globe editor and past Mis- on behalf of the Association comes time to see old friends, make new souri Press Association presi- to mind. The details of which I won’t ones and learn about innovative Jdent Carol Stark died Aug. 14. get into here, but I will forever be ideas in our industry. Condolences go out to the Globe staff endeared to Carol. I’m privileged to * * * and Carol’s family. have known this remarkable person The year is speeding along and be- Losing friends and family is nev- as a colleague and friend. God speed fore we know it the State Legislature er easy. Remember the many good Carol. will be back in session. Take time to times over the years, though, seems * * * meet with your State Representatives to help a bit. At least I’ve found that Speaking of Carol, she will be in- and State Senators now. We will need so. ducted into the Newspaper their help as the ongoing fight to Carol was highly intelligent and Hall of Fame at the convention in keep legal notices where they belong, courteous. Her word was her bond. Kansas City on Sept. 27. Please make in newspapers, comes up in 2020. She loved newspapers, was a con- plans to attend. * * * summate wordsmith and always saw The event will be held at Harrah’s It’s time to wrap this up. Take care the “good” in people, even when oth- in North Kansas City and will kick off of yourselves and I’ll see you in Sep- ers did not. And she knew how to with a Gangsters and Flappers’ Night tember. take things with a sense of humor on Sept. 26. The event will benefit the * * * and a sense of levity. Missouri Press Foundation. ’Til Next Time: A trip to Washington D.C. with her Our annual convention is a great J.M.W.

Continuing a time-honored tradition for members of the Missouri Press Association Board of Directors, Carol Stark presents James White with a new briefcase during the Association's Jan. 30 meeting in Jefferson City. The presentation of the briefcase by Stark, 2018 MPA president, to 2019 MPA Presi- dent White is symbolic of the passing of leadership between presidents of the board. Stark died Aug. 14 after a long battle with cancer. (Staff photo)

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Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 www.mopress.com 3 153rd Convention has five inductees joining Newspaper Hall of Fame New members include Phil and Kathy Conger, Thomas Benton White, Francis Stufflebam and Carol Stark By Missouri Press Staff have earned numerous awards for the Missouri Press News newspaper. A group of five newspaper people, which includes one couple and two — Carol Stark — former Missouri Press Association presidents, will be inducted in Sep- A groundbreaker and trendset- tember into the Association’s News- ter, Carol Stark was known by many paper Hall of Fame. throughout the newspaper industry The induction reception and ban- for her leadership, judgment, passion quet are scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, and compassion. Since her first jour- Sept. 27, during MPA’s 153rd An- nalism job in 1977 at The Carthage nual Convention and Trade Show at Press, and continuing on to her work Harrah’s North Kansas City Hotel. at the Globe beginning in 1983, Stark This will be the 29th group to be in- at the newspaper in high school and remained a ducted into the Newspaper Hall of would go on to receive a journalism champion of Fame, which was established by MPA degree from the University of Mis- local news, in 1991. souri, where he met his future wife, believing that This year’s inductees are the late Kathy Stroup. even though Thomas Benton White, founder and Phil and Kathy married in July 1969 the work publisher of the Benton County En- and she joined the newspaper family is not easy, terprise; the late Francis Stufflebam, afterward, doing tasks as needed and the effect lo- editor and publisher of the Bolivar eventually selling advertising. Today, cal news has Herald; former MPA President Phil she is the newspaper’s advertising on the com- and Kathy Conger, owners and pub- manager. munity can lishers of the Bethany Republican- Through the years, Phil and Kathy never be re- Clipper; and the recently deceased have worked as a team to keep their placed. Carol Stark, long-time editor of the communities informed and help ad- From her Joplin Globe and former MPA presi- vertisers reach an audience that can beginnings at the Globe, Stark worked dent. be spread wide across northern Mis- her way up the newsroom, becoming Hall of Fame inductees or their fam- souri. With four Iowa newspapers, metro editor in 2003 and then execu- ilies receive Pinnacle Awards in hon- they jointly operated a commercial tive editor in 2007. She was the first or of the inductees’ service to the Mis- printing plant for 40 years. While woman in the newspaper’s 110-plus souri newspaper industry and their they have always recognized the chal- year history to hold that position. In communities. Inductees’ plaques will lenges that come with publishing a 2018, the same year she served as join the permanent display of induct- small-town newspaper, the Congers president of Missouri Press Associa- ees in the MPA office in Columbia and have also embraced ideas that repre- tion, her role was expanded further as in the student lounge in Lee Hills Hall sent the future of digital publishing. she was named regional editor for the at the Missouri School of Journalism. Phil was Missouri Press Associa- Globe’s parent company, CNHI tion president in 2012 and remains Following the May 2011 Joplin tor- — Phil and Kathy Conger — a director on the Missouri Press Ser- nado, Stark and her newsroom were vice Board. He also was president of thrust into spotlight as The quintessential small newspa- Northwest Missouri Press Associa- the newspaper led editorial coverage per team, Phil and Kathy Conger rep- tion in 1974. Kathy, a director for the of the aftermath of one of Missouri’s resent the third generation of family Missouri Press Foundation, is also worst natural disasters. Through their ownership for the Bethany Republi- the de facto secretary for Northwest hard work and dedication, the Globe’s can-Clipper. Phil succeeded his fa- Press Association. She also served as staff earned the respect of the com- ther, Vincent, as publisher in 1978. president of Northwest Press in 1992. munity for its coverage of the events, His grandfather, Erwin, purchased They continue to be very active in despite suffering its own losses. the paper in 1927. He started working various Missouri Press functions and Continued on Page 5

4 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 Continued from Page 4: Hall of Fame banquet is Sept. 27 In leading her staff, Stark encour- will set the up his promise in the very first edition aged them to utilize the newest tools type, each of his ownership of the newspaper to tell stories and inform the com- week for you,” with an offer to provide a scholarship munity, but she also stressed that the was the open- to Southwest Baptist College for the tenants of proper journalism have not ing statement child who sold the most paid yearly changed. White used to subscriptions. It would not be the first Stark was a longtime advocate of let Warsaw’s time he would work with the college, helping young journalists break into early resi- and the relationship between publish- the profession, including being an dents know er and school would culminate with adviser to Missouri Southern State his family the naming of the college’s original University’s The Chart; working with would work campus after him to commemorate Joplin High School students on their hard for the his efforts to revitalize and sustain newspaper, The Spyglass; running community. SBC. an annual journalism workshop for And work they did in all endeavors, Stufflebam’s crowning achieve- high school students for more than 30 from raising crops as an agricultural ment in the years; and supporting legislation that experiment for the area to following community would protect the journalism pro- up on myths that Spanish explorers came when duced by high school students. had found gold on the Osage River. he sought na- Following a lengthy battle with can- Their newspaper office was also the tional recog- cer, Stark died in August 2019, three first location in the town to install a nition for the months after learning she would tele-type machine. city of Bolivar join the Missouri Newspaper Hall of During the 38 years he edited the and worked Fame. Enterprise, White changed the cul- to get the na- ture of Benton County and set a prec- tion of Vene- — Thomas Benton White — edent for his family to be involved in zuela to pres- the community that has continued to ent a statue of The story of Thomas Benton White’s this day. He believed in delivering lo- Simon Boli- journey to establish the Benton cal news that would bring, and keep, var, “the Lib- County Enterprise in Warsaw is the the community together. After falling erator,” to the city. Even though World epitome of early Missouri newspaper ill in early 1922, White appointed his War II delayed his efforts, on July 5, pioneering, establishing a dedica- son, Edwin Mahlon White, as his suc- 1948, Venezuelan President Romulo tion to journalism that has continued cessor and retired two months before Gallegos met U.S. President Harry S through five generations. White came his death in May of that year. Truman in the city for the dedication to Warsaw in 1879 from Denver, Colo., of the statue in front of an estimated where he had been a reporter for the — Francis Stufflebam — 80,000 spectators. Rocky Mountain News. Perhaps most impressive about With $500 to his name and five chil- For 47 years Francis Stufflebam Stufflebam’s achievements is that dren, he purchased the Osage Queen, used his editorial page in the Bolivar his efforts came from the minority a riverboat that had once traveled the Herald to advocate for the betterment political position in the community. waters between St. Louis and War- of Bolivar and Polk County. His own- While Polk County was and remains saw before partially sinking when it ership and management of the news- staunchly Republican, the Bolivar was caught in an ice jam. Using $300 paper began in June 1904 with a self- Herald flew its Democrat banner of the family’s money, White hired a penned introduction that promised proudly under Stufflebam’s owner- mule team and with the help of many to “advocate Jeffersonian democracy ship. Competition between the Her- of the town’s men dragged the boat pure and simple, high standards for ald and the rival Bolivar Free Press ashore to a site on the town’s main the county’s schools and teachers, and was fierce but fair, a departure from thoroughfare. He spent the remainder anything contributing to the upbuild- pervasive attitudes between the two of the family’s money on a used Wash- ing of town, state, or nation.” publications prior to 1904. He would ington Hand Press, type and paper. Formerly the Polk County commis- remain involved with the Herald until “My three sons, and daughters two, sioner of schools, Stufflebam backed his death in 1951.

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Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 www.mopress.com 5 Officers, directors proposed for 2020 Voting will take place Sept. 27 at 153rd Annnual Convention in Kansas City

By Missouri Press Staff Treasurer, Peggy in 2020 will be directors: Missouri Press News Scott, Jefferson Donna Bischoff, St. Louis The Missouri Press Association County Leader, Post-Dispatch; Mary Nominating Committee met Festus. Wilson, Jackson County recently, finalizing a slate of MPA • Director for two-year Advocate, Grandview; officers and directors for 2020, terms: Julie Moreno, Bryan Jones, Versailles effective Jan. 1. Independence Leader-Statesman; and The election of MPA officers Examiner, (Roger Kevin Jones, St. Louis and directors is scheduled during Dillon open position.) American. the annual MPA business meeting • Directors for three- Trevor Vernon James White, Benton Friday, Sept. 27, at the 153rd annual year terms: Hannah is the proposed County Enterprise, Warsaw MPA Convention at the Harrah’s Spaar, The Odessan, Missouri Press will serve as immediate past Association Hotel in North Kansas City. Odessa; Amos President for president in 2020. Proposed candidates include: Bridges, Springfield 2020. Voting will Stepping down from the • 2020 President, Trevor News-Leader, and take place during MPA Board in December Vernon, Eldon Advertiser; Beth Durreman, Perry MPA's 153rd An- 2019 is Tianna Brooks, First Vice President, Liz Irwin, County Republic- nual Convention Mountain View Standard and Trade Show. Missouri Lawyers Media, St. Monitor, Perryville. News. The nominating Louis; Second Vice President, Sandy Nelson, Courier Tribune, committee, was chaired this year by Roger Dillon, Shannon Liberty, is being nominated as the Carol Stark, Joplin Globe. County Current Wave, National Newspaper Association The committee members Eminence; Secretary, Ruby state chair. thank everyone who submitted Bailey, Columbia Missourian; Continuing on the MPA Board nominations.

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By Missouri Press Staff on hold for a three-year stint in the U.S. After graduat- Missouri Press News Army Air Force during World War II. ing from South- The Missouri Photojournalism Hall Following his military service, he east Missouri State of Fame in Columbia will induct four completed his degree and returned to University in 1990, award-winning photojournalists and his passion for photography. He worked he joined the staff teachers of photography and journal- for The Kansas City Call during the of the Washington ism on Oct. 17. 1950s and 1960s, as well as a freelance Missourian as a This will be the 15th group of in- photographer throughout the Kansas sports writer, pho- ductees since the founding of the Hall City metropolitan area into the 1970s. tographer and dark- of Fame in 2005. Inductees are the Many of Fambrough’s photos appeared room tech. He be- Bill Battle late William Fambrough; Bill Battle of in , although he came sports editor Washington; Jim Curley of Columbia; went uncredited. in 1996. At the Missourian, he made and Dan White of Kansas City. While the subjects of his photogra- a name for himself earning numerous Photographs made by the inductees phy varied greatly and included five awards from the Missouri Press Asso- will be on display during the 4 p.m. U.S. Presidents, his work is also known ciation, as well as other state, regional ceremony and reception in the Sam B. for providing a historical record of key and national accolades for his sports Cook Hall at the new Center for Mis- moments during the Civil Rights era photography and writing. He has been souri Studies, located at 605 Elm St., in Kansas City. Additionally, his free- named the National Sportscasters and Columbia. Those photographs will join lance work documented many aspects Sportswriters Association’s Missouri the Hall of Fame’s collection of work by of everyday African American culture, sportswriter of the year five times. inductees. bridging the realms of entertainment, His work in sports journalism has The Photojournalism Hall of Fame politics, health and civil service. also earned him recognition outside was founded at the urging of Bill Miller Fambrough’s work has been dis- the industry, including being presented Sr., publisher of the Washington Mis- played at the Nelson-Atkins Museum with the Missouri State High School sourian twice-weekly newspaper, to of Art in Kansas City and many pieces Activities Association’s Distinguished recognize outstanding contributors to are preserved in the collections of the Service Award and the Missouri Inter- visual communication with ties to Mis- Black Archives of Mid-America and the scholastic Athletic Administrators As- souri. State Historical Society of Missouri. He sociation Service Award. Information about the Photojournal- was renowned for capturing his subject Battle’s career has seen a number of ism Hall of Fame and previous induct- matter with a single shot, earning the transitions, not the least of which was ees can be seen at photojournalismhall- nickname, “One Shot Fambrough.” He the transition from film cameras with offame.org. RSVP for the induction died in 1983. manual focus lenses to the current gen- ceremony online at bit.ly/mophotoj or eration of digital bodies with low light by email at [email protected] — Bill Battle —​ sensors and autofocusing lenses. He covered every season of the St. Louis — William L. Fambrough — Bill Battle had his first journalistic Rams (1995-2015), with the last 10 experience as a staff and sports writer years as a photographer on the side- William L. Fambrough Sr. spent for his junior high school newspaper, lines three decades documenting African the Rockwood South Junior High American life in Kansas City as a pho- School Ram Page, in the early 1980s. — Jim Curley — tojournalist. Born in Little Rock, Ark., He continued to develop his skills in as a boy he con- high school as a staff member of the Jim Curley has spent his career wear- vinced his parents Missouri Military Academy Eagle, in- ing many hats, from photographer and to buy him a cluding as editor, which earned him editor to educator and archivist, but Brownie camera to a spot as a finalist for Missouri Inter- he has always been a champion for the support his budding scholastic Press Association’s high values of photojournalism. As a pho- interest in photog- school journalist of the year. Into col- tographer, he worked at the St. Joseph raphy. He studied lege, he continued to be involved in his News-Press and the Columbia Daily graphic arts while schools’ newspapers and in 1990 he Tribune before joining the Agricultural attending Lincoln was a finalist for the Missouri College Editors office at the University of Mis- University, however Newspaper Association’s college jour- souri. his studies were put W.L. Fambrough nalist of the year. Continued on Page 7

8 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 Continued from Page 8: Event will be at Center for Missouri Studies

Curley also had extended to the Photojournalism Hall Tribune. Soon an active freelance of Fame itself, for which he has been a thereafter he joined photography career, staunch supporter and volunteer since The Kansas City covering state and its inception in 2005, including doing Star, where he was national politics and much of the printing for the yearly ex- part of the Pulit- sports for Agence hibit. zer Prize-winning France Press and staff recognized for others. At MU, he — Dan White — its coverage of the taught in the Agri- collapse of the Hy- cultural Journal- Jim Curley Dan White is an internationally att Hotel skywalks. Dan White ism program for 15 published photographer having spent His iconic photo years and mentored numerous stu- more than 45 years as a newspaper showing the scene of destruction ran dents while working in the Ag. office. photojournalist and freelancer cover- across the entire top of the Sunday For 10 years, he has volunteered with ing myriad facets of life in Missouri, Star’s front page, as well as in news- the Angus and Betty McDougall Cen- the and dozens of coun- papers around the world. ter for Photojournalism Studies to edit, tries. He got his start in his chosen After a couple years at , he advise and display numerous exhibits. profession at his hometown paper, created White & Associates, special- Always generous with his talents, for the Flint (MI) Journal, and went on izing in editorial and commercial as- 18 years he has also been the co-direc- to attend the signments, becoming an acclaimed tor of the Missouri Photo Workshop, School of Journalism where he was photographer in the Midwest while providing leadership in refining the photo editor of the Savitar yearbook, securing numerous clients through- educational approach of the workshop. which won several national awards. out the country. He has become a stalwart historian of While attending MU, White stud- Always one to pay it forward, White MPW, utilizing physical and digital re- ied under some of the school’s most has taught at the University of Kan- cords to enhance the workshop experi- storied names and after graduation sas and has shared his knowledge as ence and promote it to the photojour- began working as a staff photogra- a mentor to many up-and-coming nalism community and beyond. His pher for the Yakima (WA) Herald-Re- photographers who have gone on to dedication to photojournalism has also public and the Columbia (MO) Daily become successful in their own right.

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Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 www.mopress.com 9 Kansas City Larry Bernhardt Larry Bernhardt died July 16, 2019, Joplin peacefully and surrounded by loved ones at Olathe, Kan. Carol Stark Medical Center. He Carol Stark, 61, died Aug. 14, 2019, received numerous honors, includ- worked for The Kan- at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. ing the Distinguished Writing Award sas City Star for 29 Louis after a long battle with cancer. for Deadline News Reporting from years and retired in She was executive editor of the Joplin the American Society of Newspaper 2015. Globe, the first woman to hold that Editors in 2012. She was especially In addition to his position in the newspaper’s proud of serving multiple father, he is sur- 110-plus year history. She times as a juror for the Pulit- vived by his wife, was also regional editor for zer Prizes. Tammy; two children, Chris and wife CNHI and served as presi- She served as an adviser Jennifer, and Katie and husband Dave; dent of Missouri Press Asso- to Missouri Southern State seven grandchildren; and many more ciation in 2018. Stark will be University's The Chart, family and friends. inducted into the Newspaper worked with Joplin High Hall of Fame in September. School's student-led news- Stark’s career in journal- paper, The Spyglass, and led ism began at the age of 19 at The an annual journalism workshop for Scholarship Carthage Press, and she joined the high-school students for more than Globe in 1983. In addition to execu- 30 years. In addition, Carol support- started to honor tive editor, her roles at the Globe in- ed legislation that would protect the cluded assistant city editor and met- journalism produced by high-school Stark's legacy ro editor, as well as a variety of other students. For Missouri Press News reporting and editing positions. She is survived by two sons, Craig In recognition of Carol Stark’s de- Following the 2011 Joplin tornado, and wife Christen, and Joe and wife cades of service to Southwest Mis- she led her newsroom in the cover- Katy; six grandchildren; two sisters; souri, advancement of the Joplin age of that event, for which the Globe and many more family and friends. community and support of Missouri Southern State University, a scholar- ship fund is being established. The Jefferson City fund will support the Carol Stark Excellence in Journalism Scholar- Bob Watson ship Fund and will benefit MSSU ju- Robert W. “Bob” Watson, 68, of him for his 40th year of covering state niors and seniors who are committed Jefferson City, died Aug. 4, 2019, at government and 25th year with the to working in media-related fields of SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in News Tribune. In part, the resolution study. Jefferson City. Since 1989, he was a said: “He has worked consistently Stark was editor of the Joplin Globe reporter for the Jefferson City News and tirelessly to keep our readers, in- and a former Missouri Press Associa- Tribune, covering the Mis- formed about the viewpoints, tion president (2018). She died Aug. 14 souri Legislature, state gov- debate and outcome of issues after a long battle with cancer and will ernment, Lincoln University that affect their lives and live- join the Newspaper Hall of Fame in and various other issues. He lihoods.” September. prided himself in accuracy, Watson was a senior mem- MPA is passing along information objectivity and fairness. ber of the Capitol Press about this scholarship fund in case He never shied from asking Corps, having interviewed any Association members wish to help tough questions of his sourc- Missouri governors and other support its foundation. Of particular es, and always explained elected officials over his 45- note, an anonymous donor has agreed their answers to make sure both sides year career. to match any donations to the scholar- of a story were told. He is survived by two children, ship fund up to the first $10,000. His career in journalism began with Drew Watson and wife Susan, and Information about how to donate a job in radio in 1972. He went to work Beth Patton and husband Chris; three can be found online at www.mssu. as a reporter and assignment editor grandchildren; his mother and step- edu/giving, then selecting “Other” and with KRCG-TV 13 from 1982–1989. father, Sue and Bob McCormick; two denoting the gift is for the Carol Stark In 2014, the Missouri Senate passed sisters; and many more family and Excellence in Journalism Scholarship a resolution for Watson, honoring friends. Fund.

10 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 Colorful changes come to Missouri Press News By Missouri Press Staff the magazine as a memento for them Missouri Press News to keep around their office, as well as Readers of Missouri Press News being full of information they can use probably (hopefully?) noticed some- in their business,” Mark Maassen, thing new about the July-August issue, MPA executive director, said. “Having as well as this issue — all 20 pages were 20 pages of full color will allow us to presented to you in rich, full color. make the moments we capture in pho- Vernon Publishing in Eldon is the tographs from our events even more magazine’s new printer, with the MPA special to our members.” Board of Directors choosing their Maassen said he is anticipating the proposal from the eight that were November-December issue, which submitted from all across the state. contains Better Newspaper Contest re- Trevor Vernon, Eldon Advertiser sults and reproductions of first-place publisher and 2020 MPA president, award winning photos throughout, be- recused himself during the Board of cause of the changes. Directors’ June 14 meeting when the “Our members make some amazing printing proposals were discussed. photos throughout the year, so to be Witt Print Shop in Columbia, which able to celebrate them and share their had previously been a tenant in the work with our greater MPA member- The July-August issue of Missouri Press News marked a change to full Missouri Press building, performed ship and the non-industry individuals color for the magazine moving forward. the work for many years prior to the who receive the magazine is very excit- board’s decision and the July-August ing,” he said. newspapers that make up Missouri changeover. Moving forward, Missouri Press Press Association,” Maassen said. Transitioning to a new printer after staff will be doing more to make sure “Please feel free to give us feedback, so many years with a tried and true photos that appear in the “Obituaries” offer ideas and, most importantly, sub- team is never easy, and there are likely and “On the Move” sections are in col- mit news about your newspaper. Let us to be a few hiccups to iron out along the or. More graphics and other color ele- toot the horn for you.” way. Still, the move to the new all-color ments will also be appearing through- Information for Missouri Press format has MPA staff excited about the out the magazine. News magazine can be submitted to possibilities for the magazine. “This is our member magazine, it is Editor Matthew Barba at mbarba@ “We always like people to think of meant to celebrate each one of the 229 mopress.com

Chillicothe — The late Chuck Willow Springs — Following a Whig in Quincy, Ill., and operates Haney, former publisher of the late June announcement by former area television and radio stations, Constitution-Tribune and 1995 owner Kim Rich that the Howell purchased the Courier-Post from Missouri Press Association president, County News would be closing after GateHouse Media, owner since 2007. was memorialized in Chillicothe 18 years, it was purchased in July by The deal was first announced in earlier this year with the dedication of Amanda and Ron Mendez. Amanda May and represents the fifth change a statue at a local hospital. The statue Mendez said she plans to work to keep in owners since 1907, although the depicts a man sitting on a bench the newspaper’s core facets intact but Courier-Post has been published reading a newspaper and is located improve its digital presence, including since 1853. in The Gardens at Hedrick Medical having a paid e-edition. Center. Mendez was previously a freelance Rolla — Beginning in September, Present for the statue’s dedication journalist for the newspaper since the the Rolla Daily News will transition were Haney’s children, Kathy Haney beginning of 2018. from printing six days a week to Carlton and Kevin Haney. three days. Subscribers will receive The statue has even been Hannibal — In July, Quincy their papers on Wednesdays, Fridays responsible for calls to local Media Inc. took ownership of the and Saturdays. They will also have authorities about a suspicious person Hannibal Courier-Post, returning it unlimited access to the newspaper’s in The Gardens late at night, reports to local ownership for the first time in website, which will continue to be that would have no doubt made the more than 100 years. Quincy Media, updated daily and with breaking veteran journalist smile. which publishes the nearby Herald- news.

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Northwest Missouri Press Association held its 129th Annual Meeting July 26, at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville. The meet- ing included naming Amy Neal as the 2020 president. Neal is editor of The Courier-Tribune in Clay County. Pictured above, Maryville Forum publisher Phil Cobb turns over leadership of NWMPA to Neal during the business meeting. At top right, Steve Tinnen, Kathy Conger and Kay Wilson help conclude the meeting with the traditional toast to past NWMPA secretary Lucy Jones. At right, W.C. Farmer of the Atchison County Mail is presented with the Merrill Chilcote Award, which is presented to an industry professional for their service to journalism. (Staff photos) Southeast Press meets in Cape Girardeau

Southeast Missouri Press Association met July 11, at the Rust Center for Media in Cape Girardeau. Above, the group honored Scott Seal of the Portageville Missourian-News for his past service to the group. Above right, Glenda Potts, left, and Pam LaPlant, who with Patrick Mar- tin, started the Jefferson County Leader in 1994, were recognized with SEMO's Mildred Wallhausen Award. At right, Jed Williams of the Local Media Association helped SEMO members better understand potential strategies for Facebook and other social media . (Staff photos)

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Kahoka — Kevin Fox, longtime Platte County Citizen, Joplin Globe turned-website, Press Row Sports reporter for the Media, celebrated and Jefferson City News Tribune. and Entertainment, where he covered his retirement at the end of July. In addition to Liberty, the Courier- various events and concerts. Fox had been with the newspaper Tribune sports coverage also includes since the beginning of 2005. His Smithville and Kearney. Springfield — Kathryn Hardison weekly outdoors column is expected has joined the Springfield Business to continue to appear in The Media Marshfield — Bryan Everson Journal as a and other NEMOnews Media Group has joined the Marshfield Mail as reporter. A recent publications. its newest sports graduate of the reporter, replacing University of Liberty — Adam Burns is the Dane Lale on the Missouri School Courier-Tribune’s new sports editor. newspaper’s three- of Journalism, Previously, he was a part-time sports person news team. Hardison has writer for the St. He previously was experience Joseph News- a sports reporter covering state Press, covering at the Sedalia government and served as an editor training camp for Democrat. of the Columbia Missourian. She also the Kansas City He also helped launch the completed several internships with Chiefs. He also Rochester & Rochester Hills Gazette media organizations before joining has been a sports in Michigan, where he attended the Springfield Business Journal full writer for the college. Everson also started a blog- time.

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Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 www.mopress.com 15 Please remember the great opportunity we have coming up this fall. The Pulse of America survey results for 2019 will be free of charge, if we enlist enough newspapers to run filler ads (space permitting) promoting the survey to readers.

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Missouri Press News, September — October 2019 www.mopress.com 17 Sunshine needs changed for digital shade

his has been a tough summer for A report from The Center for Amer- officers from 44 states who have been the Sunshine Law in Missouri, ican Progress noted that between 70 decertified. Tas well as for other open records million and 100 million Americans But obtaining such records contin- laws in other states. have some kind of criminal record. ues to be nearly impossible. Internal In this state, a circuit court judge Federal legislation has been intro- affairs reports are not readily avail- considering whether the Sunshine duced which would similarly seal able to the public and body camera Law was violated determined that dis- such records. And similar efforts are video is often not available except appearing text messages sent and re- underway in a number of states, ac- in cases where used to show attacks ceived in the cell phone app “Confide” cording to a CNN report on the Penn- on law enforcement officers. While were not “records retained by a public sylvania law. there is no doubt that “good” cops far body” even though the phone was un- While arguments continue in Mis- out number “bad” cops, that doesn’t disputably provided souri over whether mean the public’s right to monitor law to the employee the Clean Missouri enforcement activities is diminished. by its governmen- amendment opens What can we conclude from all this? tal body employer. up legislators’ re- It is our job to continue to remind the The determination There has been much cords to state Sun- public that transparency in govern- wasn’t based upon shine Law requests, ment is mandatory to ensure good who paid for the the Washington government. And that access to vari- phone or the subject discussion ... about State Supreme Court ous opinions from across the commu- of the message – but heard an argument nity results in a stronger community based upon the fact this summer over for all of us. that it’s hard to “re- the need for Missouri an identical issue. My reading for the summer has tain” something that A lower court deci- been “Truth in Our Times,” a book disappears within sion said that each by David E. McCraw. David is the top seconds. law to amend the legislator’s office newsroom lawyer for the New York There has been under that state’s Times. He has my job on steroids. In much discussion public records law a year they file thousands of public re- since that ruling definitions of is a “state agency,” cords lawsuits and receive hundreds about the need for and therefore those of letters making libel demands. Missouri law to records are open re- (Many from Trump’s organization, it amend the defini- 'retained' and cords. While the liti- appears.) tions of “retained” gation was pending, But I loved this quote from him, and “record.” But lit- the state legislature and I leave it for you to ponder. tle can happen when 'record.' But little can rushed through a “The First Amendment is not re- the legislature isn’t bill, suspending all ally dead but it will live long only if even in session. And normal procedures, the American people fall in love with nobody is count- happen when the to exempt them from it again. It is no effortless romance. It ing how many more the law. The subse- requires hard work: to not just em- government phones quent outpouring of brace the right of everyone to speak, in the interim have legislature isn't even objections from the but to care about the truth, to listen downloaded apps public and the media and hear, to discern as best we can, like “Confide” or its led to the ironical and to believe that, for all of its gob siblings. in session.” result that some of smacking craziness in our digital In Pennsylvania, those same legisla- present and future, the marketplace a law took effect at tors asked the Gov- of ideas is still a better idea than any- the end of June that seals records of ernor to veto the bill, which he did. thing else anyone else has dreamed persons who committed nonviolent Meanwhile, the Washington Su- up.” crimes more than 10 years ago. The preme Court still ponders this issue. Governor, in signing the law, said, Also this summer, USA Today an- “I am proud to sign this legislation nounced a network of its reporters which will make it easier for those across the country had gathered dis- whom have interacted with the justice cipline and accountability records on system to reduce the stigma they face more than 85,000 law enforcement when looking for employment and officers. The first group of records housing.” released included more than 30,000

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