The Oklahoma Publisher Official Publication of the Oklahoma Press Association www.OkPress.com Vol. 83, No. 5 www.Facebook.com/okpress 24 Pages • May 2012 BE PART OF THE TEAM AT THE INSIDE PERFECTA AWARD: OPA 2012 ANNUAL CONVENTION OPA creates new award The 2012 OPA Annual Convention kicks off June 7 for advertising insertion at the Reed Center in Midwest City, Okla. excellency. There’s a full playbook of events from speakers to PAGE 6 roundtable discussions and even an autograph signing by University of Oklahoma Heisman Trophy winners Steve Owens, Billy Sims and Jason White. ONF INTERNS: 21 Events begin Thursday afternoon with a session student interns will be introduced at least year’s convention, “News Flash.” If working at Oklahoma you know the Ignite conferences or TED Talks, you’ll newspapers this summer, get the idea. Eight or nine presenters will share their thanks to the ONF Internship ideas, accompanied by a slide presentation, each within Program. a five-minute time span. PAGE 10 Later Thursday night, get to know your fellow “teammates” at the welcome dinner. Be sure to wear EL RENO HAS A NEW your favorite local school or professional sports team PRESS: It’s all systems shirt or jersey. There will be fun activities led by go for the El Reno Tribune’s “coaches” from the National Center for Employment new press in a new building. Development. PAGE 14 The stands will be packed Friday morning for Ed Henninger’s session on how you can use design ele- ments and new content to generate revenue. Also that morning will be a session by Joplin Globe editor Carol Stark on her experiences covering the devastating May 2011 tornado. National Newspaper Association postal consultant Max Heath will take time to review your postal statement forms and look for ways to maximize your postal savings. Call OPA at (405) 499-0040 to sign up for these detailed one-on-one 15-minute sessions! Governor Mary Fallin will be on hand at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 8, to participate in a question-and-answer session with attendees. The “Hit and Misses” luncheon Friday includes several sweepstakes awards as well as the highly antici- pated Blooper Awards. Head-to-head concurrent sessions Friday afternoon offer a variety of topics. Sessions include: BE PART OF THE TEAM AT THE • When Write is Wrong, led by design consultant Ed Henninger. • Generating Revenue Through Community Events, OPA ANNUAL where publishers Jeff Funk, Enid News & Eagle; Jeff Mayo, Sequoyah County Times; and Mary Mélon, The Journal Record, share how they created popular com- CONVENTION munity events that also built profits. • Breaking News: Changes to USPS, led by Max Heath, postal chairman for the National Newspaper Association. JUNE 7-9, 2012 • Crime Reporting in a Small Town with session REED CENTER, MIDWEST CITY, OK Continued on Page 3 2 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012

the point across and to impact the reader. Don’t take that piece of gum! TO A CLASS OF EIGHTH GRADERS, I reminded their promotion was an opportunity to continue learning. I OPA CALENDAR told them that if they thought books, OF EVENTS classes, homework and tests summed OPA PRESIDENT’S COLUMN up learning, then they still had a lot BY RUSTY FERGUSON, PUBLISHER OF THE CLEVELAND AMERICAN to learn. I explained that we keep on learning each and every day. GAME Satisfied with my first mowing and IN ANOTHER TALK TO STUDENTS, the How true is that!? I think of how trimming effort of the season, I grew a subject was the importance of being in this industry we have continued to PLAN bit agitated the next day when I stepped honorable. I revealed my childhood learn. The technological advancements Complete Listing of Events at outside to see a number of dandelions indiscretion involving a gum ball. I alone have been staggering, yet we’ve proudly waving their heads of golden- admitted when tagging along with my shown we can gain new knowledge www.OkPress.com yellow florets above the freshly mowed dad to the opening of a new grocery and change with the times. We learn blades of grass. store a box of colorful gum balls got something new every time we go out to One of my greatest irritants when the best of me. While my dad was busy investigate a story or follow-up a lead, JUNE 7-9, MIDWEST CITY it comes to lawn care, dandelions have chatting it up with the new store owner, or sit down with an interesting charac- been known to get the best of me. Dur- OPA ANNUAL CONVENTION I quickly snatched a bright yellow gum ter for a feature profile. We learn when Join the team at the OPA annual ing my most recent war on the sneaky ball and stuck it in my pocket. we cover meetings and ask the hard convention. Ed Henninger, newspaper weed, I was reminded of the May when Once outside the store I popped it in questions. layout & design consultant; Carol Stark, I actually found a positive spin on dan- my mouth and enjoyed the instant plea- In other end-of-school occasions, editor of The Joplin Globe; and Max Heath, delions for a speech I gave at the local sure my loot provided. Smacking away, I’ve talked about strength of charac- NNA postal chairman, will speak. OU National Honor Society initiation. a few blocks later my dad turned to me Heisman Trophy winners Steve Owens, Billy ter, dreaming, fostering an imagina- Sims and Jason White will sign autographs I was talking about being a leader and asked what I had in my mouth. tion, taking the initiative and good and used the dandelion as an example. at a reception on Friday, June 8. Don’t Busted. He wanted to know where I got old-fashioned hard work. Everything miss this three-day event, which provides Dandelions don’t blend in. Instead, they it. The gig was up. He shifted gears and I “preached” I’m reminded I should networking opportunities and a dozen stand out. People can easily spot them turned his red and white Chevy pickup practice. In the community newspaper educational sessions. (The deadline for as being different from their surround- around and headed back to that store, business it wouldn’t be difficult to fall hotel room reservations at the Midwest City ings. Dandelions rise above a given giving me an earful along the way. into a rut. Just meet the deadline. How- Sheraton is May 23, call 1-800-325-3535.) situation. Once in front of the store, he To view session descriptions and register ever, when we get imaginative with our online, visit okpress.com/convention. Between year-end banquets for orga- explained my next move. He handed stories, features and design…when we nizations such as NHS, commence- me a nickel and told me to walk in, ask dream up a great new promotion… THU., JULY 12, OKC ments and graduations, I’ve enjoyed for the owner by name, present him when we step up to lead the community (RESCHEDULED) talking to students who are clamoring with the nickel and explain to him what in a worthwhile cause, when we take a “PUMP UP YOUR AD to move on to experience the big adven- I had done and apologize. It was the stand for what is right…it’s not just our ture of life. walk of shame. SALES” WITH EXPERTS readers who benefit. We do, too. Presenters Mark Millsap (Express-Star, As I was thinking about my nemesis, I told the students that as they ven- And as hard as it is to admit, the the dandelion, some of those other May Chickasha) and Karan Ediger (The Edmond tured out into life, many decisions of dang dandelion actually does have a Sun) will cover the elements of becoming addresses came to mind and I found right and wrong would come their way wide range of positive uses. I’ve been a great salesperson. This workshop can it interesting how much of what I’ve and my encouragement to them was... told it spreads nutrients and adds min- help ad salespeople who were hired in the shared with students is so easily adapt- “don’t take that piece of gum.” erals and nitrogen to soil. It is also past six months, reporters who have started selling ads, or ad reps who want to find able to my life even today. For example, Isn’t the same true for us today? known to attract pollinating insects and new techniques. Registration $35. For more I want my newspaper to, well, be a dan- Time is ticking away and the dead- release ethylene gas which helps fruit delion! I want it to stand out. I want it to line is near. Confirmation of a quote is information or to register, visit okpress.com/ to ripen. I guess even irritants are here events-calendar. be noticed. And just as the seed-bearing needed. Couldn’t we just use another for a reason. And that’s a lesson for all parachutes of those fuzzy, cotton-like anonymous source? Maybe even make of us. THU., JULY 27, OKC seed heads expand, lift out and blow up a name. The facts may not be pre- COLLEGE PUBLICATION in the wind, I want the news that we cise, but, hey, they’re close enough, report to spread so that people are talk- right? After all, they’re needed to get THE POINT AFTER ADVISERS AND EDITORS ing about it and new readers will take “Learn to live and live to learn.” MEETING root in homes across our community. — Bayard Taylor Advisers and editors of college publications are invited to this free event sponsored by Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation and the Weekly newspapers featured in Oklahoma Today article by Terry Clark Oklahoma Collegiate Media Association. The meeting will feature Freedom of “Fit to Print,” a story about Okla- in Cherokee, Madill, Oologah, Sallisaw Oklahomans know there is another Information tips for college publications. For homa’s weekly newspapers by Terry and Sayre for the story. press out there that is vibrant and more information or to register, visit okpress. M. Clark, was published in the May- “I wanted to show the influence and adapting to change. com/events-calendar. June issue of Oklahoma Today, the state role of weekly papers in every corner “The hardest part was culling For more information on upcoming events, magazine. of the state,” Clark said. “In spite of all through 3,000 words of notes for a visit the OPA website at www.OkPress.com or Clark interviewed newspaper people the doom and gloom people read about 1,200-word story,” he said. “Newspaper contact Member Services Director Lisa Potts at (405) 499-0026, 1-888-815-2672 newspapers, I think it is important that people are delightfully quotable.” or e-mail [email protected]. The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 3 More ways to get news from Bigheart Times The The Bigheart Times has joined the content is $35, one month is $10, six website for the duration of their print Oklahoma ranks of other Oklahoma papers like months is $25 and one e-edition of the subscription. the Tulsa World, Vinita Daily Journal paper is $1. You can also purchase one The goal, said Times’ publisher Lou- Publisher and Weatherford Daily News by plac- article at a time for 25-cents per article. ise Red Corn, is to reduce the number ISSN 1526-811X ing its content behind a paywall. The Times is the first newspaper in of papers printed. Official Publication of the The new system offers various the country to use a company called Some content will still be free on the Oklahoma Press Association options to subscribers including an TinyPass as its way to charge for con- website – community events announce- e-edition “flipbook,” which is the exact tent. TinyPass (www.tinypass.com) is ments, editorials, small breaking news PUBLISHER replica of the printed version. The web- a startup company that allows news items and some photo galleries. Mark Thomas site will also post stories and photos organizations to charge for content in In the first two weeks that the paid [email protected] about breaking news off deadline and any way they see fit without having to system was operating, there were more offer more news and photos than the erect expensive traditional paywalls. than 70 transactions for content on the EDITOR print edition. Current print subscribers can pay site, generating about $400 in new rev- Jennifer Gilliland An annual subscription for all online $10 extra to have full access to the enue, said Red Corn. [email protected] OPA OFFICERS OPA CONVENTION Rusty Ferguson, President O’Colly fi nds success behind paywall The Cleveland American Continued from Page 1 It’s been more than one year since there were 156 subscribers; as of late Jeff Shultz, Vice President leaders John D. Montgomery, Purcell Oklahoma State University’s The April there were 177 subscribers. The Garvin County News Star Register; Louise Red Corn, The Big- Daily O’Collegian became what many Having surpassed 100 subscribers, heart Times; and Barb Walter, The believe to be the first college news The O’Colly even upped its online Gracie Montgomery, Treasurer Hennessey Clipper. outlet to charge for content online. subscription cost from $10 to $15 for The Purcell Register • More than Fair and Balanced, a After many larger national publica- online content. Catalino has even bud- Mark Thomas, discussion on ethics led by newsroom tions like the Wall Street Journal and geted $3,00 to $4,000 in revenue from Executive Vice President, managers Mike Strain, Tulsa World; New York Times began to erect pay- online subscribers for The O’Colly’s Oklahoma City Robby Trammell, The Oklahoman; and walls, O’Colly General Manager Ray next fiscal year. Rob Collins, Enid News & Eagle. Catalino thought it would be worth The paper’s regular online audi- OPA DIRECTORS • Hot Niche Ideas for New Rev- it to place a dollar value on student ence is 2,000 and the print circulation enues, presented by Ed Darling, pub- produced content. is 25,000. Rod Serfoss, Past President lisher of the Duncan Banner. Access is still free for readers with Online subscribers came slow and Clinton Daily News Friday night is the Convention’s an “.edu” email address or those who steady, with never more than three Jeff Mayo, Sequoyah County Times Super Bowl – the Awards Banquet. live within 25 miles of Stillwater. Read- signing up in one day, said Catalino. Find out how member papers ranked ers who don’t meet these criteria are Since The O’Colly switched to a pay Jeff Funk, Enid News & Eagle in the 2012 Better Newspaper Contest. allowed to read three articles before model, several other college papers Robby Trammell, The Oklahoman The banquet also includes presenta- being prompted to sign in and sub- have followed suit including the Kan- Dayva Spitzer, Sayre Record & tions of the OPA Milt Phillips Award, scribe. sas State Collegian, Tufts University’s the ONF Beachy Musselman Award Catalino set an informal goal of 100 Tufts Daily and Boston University’s Beckham County Democrat and the OPA Quarter and Half Century subscribers in the first year. On the Daily Free Press. Brian Blansett, Shawnee News-Star Awards. one-year anniversary of the paywall On Saturday, June 9, don’t miss a Mike Brown, Neighbor Newspapers chance to question U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd. and Dist. 2 Rep. Dan Boren, Dist. 3 Rep. Oklahoma City, OK 73105-5499 Frank Lucas, Dist. 4 Rep. Tom Cole and (405) 499-0020 Dist. 5 Rep. James Lankford. Toll-Free in Oklahoma: (888) 815-2672 For more information or to register, www.OkPress.com see the convention game plan online at [email protected] www.okpress.com/convention. www.Facebook.com/OKPress

SUBSCRIBE TO CORRECTION THE OKLAHOMA PUBLISHER In the article “Nominating Com- $12 PER YEAR mittee recommends officers, direc- THE OKLAHOMA PUBLISHER (USPS 406-920) is tors for 2012-13 term” in last month’s published monthly for $12 per year by the Oklahoma Oklahoma Publisher, the name of Press Association, 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma Nominating Committee Chairman City, OK 73105-5499. Periodicals postage paid at Stu Phillips was inadvertently left Oklahoma City, OK. out of the list of those attending the POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE March 16, 2012, meeting. We regret OKLAHOMA PUBLISHER, 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., the error. Oklahoma City, OK 73105-5499. 4 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 Century Chest to be opened OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY The countdown to the opening of than 40 messages from clubs and the First Lutheran Church of Oklaho- organizations in 1913 to their counter- LAUNCHES GATEWAY TO HISTORY ma City’s “Century Chest” has begun. parts in 2013. Hundreds of thousands of histori- On April 22, 2013, church mem- The chest also contains 1913 cal Oklahoma newspaper pages are bers and other dignitaries will gather products including a Kodak camera available for free viewing thanks to the to open the chest, which was buried shipped direct to the church from the Oklahoma Historical Society’s recent in the church basement at 1300 North factory, a telephone, coins, clothing, project, “The Gateway to Oklahoma Robinson on April 22, 1913. the pen with which President McKin- History.” The chest is made of copper and ley signed the free homes bill for The Gateway is an online repository enclosed in double cement walls, one Oklahoma and a poster advertising that allows users to browse through foot under the ground. the first 4th of July celebration ever newspaper pages dating from the 1840s The church has partnered with the held in Oklahoma City. to the 1920s. Oklahoma Historical Society so the Three events for the opening of The project started in 2010 after the treasures of 1913 will be preserved the Century Chest are in the planning Ethics and Excellence in Journalism and exhibited at the Oklahoma His- stages. Foundation awarded the OHS a grant tory Center. The events include an unearth- to digitize public domain newspapers Some of the contents of the chest ing ceremony at the First Lutheran in the collection. In the U.S., any work include Oklahoma city newspapers, Church of Oklahoma City, a special published before Jan. 1, 1923, is in the Indian relics donated by Oklaho- live opening of the chest at the Okla- public domain. The Oklahoma Historical Society’s ma’s Native American tribes, a quilt homa Historical Center and, later, a The public domain is generally new portal, The Gateway to Oklahoma stitched with the names of over 700 major exhibit at the History Center defined as consisting of works that History, contains thousands of historical Oklahoma citizens, photographs, revealing all of the historic treasures are either not eligible for copyright newspaper pages. The website can be paintings, books, poetry and more recovered from the chest. protection or with expired copyrights accessed at gateway.okhistory.org. and available for anyone to use for any purpose. papers for future generations. Today, The goal of the project is to “enhance 93 percent of all Oklahoma newspapers dramatically the ability of reporters, ever published are preserved on micro- journalism students and professors, film at the OHS located at the Okla- other teachers and students, historians, homa History Center in Oklahoma City. and the general public to do research “OPA has been a supporter of the in every newspaper that was published OHS since its inception, and supported from 1844 through 1923 in the area that the efforts to secure this public domain now is Oklahoma.” newspaper digitization grant,” said To accomplish that goal, a research- Mark Thomas, executive vice president er-friendly Internet platform named of the Oklahoma Press Association. “The Gateway to Oklahoma History” “To see the grant come to fruition was created and is accessible at gate- and make these historically valuable way.okhistory.org. newspapers available is an exciting The University of North Texas development. Libraries’ Digital Libraries Division “I expect newspapers will be among developed the platform. the first and most frequent users of OHS also received two “We the Peo- these old pages. Hopefully, while peo- ple” grants from the National Endow- ple are viewing these early day news- ment for the Humanities and a grant papers, they will also remember the from the Chickasaw Nation. value of having a local newspaper that OPA and OHS began a partnership records local events for generations in 1893 to preserve Oklahoma’s news- that follow us.” NEWSPAPER & PUBLICATION BINDING Before you have your next issue bound, give us a call. We offer exceptional quality, competitive pricing and fast turnaround times. With three generations of experi- ence, we have the knowledge and skill to get your job done. Other services include Bible binding and restoration, embossing and much more. ACE BOOKBINDING CO. 825 N. 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Tuttle Times receives conservation award New managing The Oklahoma Association of Con- servation Districts and the Oklahoma editor at Duncan Press Association recently presented their Excellence in Communication Banner; Kaley Awards. The awards were presented on April returns to Waurika 16 during Conservation Day at the Daniel Kelley is the new manag- State Capitol. Awards presented were: ing of the Duncan Banner. • Excellence in Communication, Kelley is a Kentucky native and Newspaper Award presented to the returns to the newspaper business Thomas Tribune, nominated by the after a stint in medical school and Deer Creek Conservation District. the food industry. • Excellence in Communication Dis- He replaces Jeff Kaley, who will trict Award presented to Kay County return to the Waurika News-Demo- Conservation District for its Out- crat as editor and general manager. standing Communication Campaign. “We’re really pleased to have a • Excellence in Communication Dis- young, talented professional like trict presented to the Oklahoma Daniel join our staff,” Ed Darling, County Conservation District for its publisher of The Banner, said. Outstanding Newsletter. “He’s an excellent writer, • Excellence in Communication designer and organizer who will Broadcast Award presented to add much, not only to The Banner, George Plummer, News Director, The Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) and the Oklahoma Press but to the communities we serve as KOOL 105.5 FM, Chickasha. Association (OPA) presents the Excellence in Communication Newspaper Award to well.” The OACD/OPA Excellence in Rec- the Thomas Tribune. Pictured from left are OPA Executive Vice President Mark Thomas; Kelley will oversee news gath- ognition Communications program has Jamie King, Thomas Tribune editor; Deer Creek Conservation District employee Kristi ering for The Duncan Banner, proven to be a positive means to rec- Hill; Deer Creek Conservation District board member Bertha Miller; Deer Creek CD duncanbanner.com, Duncan…the ognize the work of the state’s press employee Christine Harper; Deer Creek CD board member Alveta Taylor, and OACD magazine and other projects. in informing the public about natural President Joe Parker. The Deer Creek Conservation District nominated the Thomas Kelley is a graduate of the Uni- resource conservation. Tribune for the award. versity of Kentucky. Previously, he was news editor of the Manhattan (Kan.) Mercury and copy editor of the Georgetown (Ky.) News- Tulsa County News closes up shop after 90 years Graphic. On April 25, Tulsa County Publish- Bill Retherford owned the paper for things around. We made it almost four He also spent time on the promo- ing Inc. ceased publication of the Tulsa many years and built the Neighbor years before we ran out of gas,” Perce- tional team of the Lexington Leg- County News. Newspaper group after purchasing the full said. ends, a minor-league baseball team “Southwest Tulsa is on the upswing Tulsa County News in 1965. He also During those four years the Tulsa in Lexington, Ky. so it is particularly hard to have to close published papers in Bixby, Broken County News won several OPA awards, Kelley was an editor-columnist this paper after nearly 90 consecutive Arrow, Collinsville, Coweta, Glenpool, including the Sequoyah Award. for Kentucky Kernel and a sports- years of weekly publication,” said Gary Jenks, Owasso, Sand Springs and Skia- Tulsa County News subscribers will writer for the Bourbon Times and Percefull, co-publisher of the News. took. continue to receive either the Sands Citizen, both in Paris, Ky. “We are grateful to our loyal subscrib- Community Publishers Inc. pur- Springs Leader or South County Lead- Kaley has spent 26 years work- ers and advertisers who supported this chased Neighbor Newspapers after er from CPI, said Percefull. ing for the Duncan Banner and community-oriented enterprise. We are Retherford’s death in 2005. “We are grateful to Community Pub- Waurika News-Democrat. also grateful for our many contributors, CPI had planned on closing the lishers, Inc. for continuing to serve our He started as sports editor of including area high school students.” Tulsa County News in April of 2008 readers,” Percefull said. the Duncan Banner in 1985. He is Tulsa County News started in 1922 but three Tulsa business people, Jim “We believe they are positioned to returning to Waurika, where he as the West Tulsa News. The paper Frasier, Linda Jordan and Percefull pur- continue community coverage in our spent six years as editor, after a has changed names multiple times in chased the paper from CPI and formed area of focus in south and west Tulsa year at The Banner. its nine decades of printing, includ- Tulsa County Publishing Inc. County.” Prior to working at the Banner ing Tulsa County News and Southwest “Our plan was to attempt a rescue and News-Democrat, Kaley worked Tulsa News. and we gave ourselves one year to turn for the Stillwater News-Press, the Borger (Texas) News-Herald and the Robinson (Ill.) News. Kaley’s wife is a former Banner MAKE TRACKS TO THE OPA CONVENTION editor and is now editor of the JUNE 7-9, 2012 • REED CENTER, MIDWEST CITY, OK Cotton Electric Current. For more information or to register visit www.OkPress.com/convention 6 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 Perfecta Award to honor newspapers OPS ADVERTISING INSERTION ACCURACY for ad placement

Oklahoma Press Association recognizes the 153 business member The Oklahoma Press Association is proud to announce a new award – The newspapers that successfully ran all ads placed by Oklahoma Press Service Perfecta. The Perfecta honors those OPA for the first quarter of 2012 (January through March). business member newspapers that achieve 100 percent accuracy on adver- tising orders from the Oklahoma Press Service in a calendar year. Congratulations for a job well done. “This award recognizes a basic fact of our business,” said OPA Executive Vice President Mark Thomas. “You The (Afton) American The Clinton Daily News Guthrie News Leader The Miami News-Record Sapulpa Daily Herald can have the perfect ad, but it doesn’t The Altus Times Coalgate Record-Register The Haskell News The Mooreland Leader The Sayre Record & Beck- mean anything if the ad doesn’t run as Alva Review-Courier Collinsville News The Healdton Herald Morris News ham County Democrat ordered.” The Anadarko Daily News The Comanche County Heavener Ledger Mountain View News The Seminole Producer Ninety-one newspapers will be hon- The Antlers American Chronicle The Hennessey Clipper Mustang News Sequoyah County Times ored with the Perfecta Award during The Apache News The Comanche Times Henryetta Free-Lance The Newcastle Pacer The (Shawnee) County the OPA Annual Convention, June 7-9, The Ardmoreite The Cordell Beacon The Hinton Record The Newkirk Herald Journal Democrat 2012, at the Reed Center in Midwest Atoka County Times The Countywide & Sun The Hobart Democrat-Chief The Norman Transcript The (Shidler) Review City. The (Barnsdall) Coweta American Holdenville News Northwest Oklahoman & Skiatook Journal Beginning this month, the OPA will Bigheart Times Cushing Citizen Holdenville Tribune Ellis County News South County Leader publish a quarterly ad in The Oklahoma (Tulsa County) Bartlesville The Davis News The Hominy News-Progress The Okarche Chieftain Publisher of member newspapers that Southeast Times (Idabel) Examiner-Enterprise The Dewey County Record The Hooker Advance The Okeene Record ran all ads as ordered. These papers Spiro Graphic The (Beaver) Drumright Gusher The Hughes County Times Okemah News Leader are ones that went the entire quarter Herald-Democrat Stilwell Democrat Journal The (Eakly) Country Hugo Daily News The (Oklahoma City) without any “DNRs”. A newspaper can The (Bethany) Tribune Connection News Black Chronicle Stroud American Inola Independent receive a DNR (did-not-run) for failing Blackwell Journal-Tribune The Edmond Sun (Oklahoma City) Capitol Hill Sulphur Times-Democrat The Kingfi sher Times to run the ad as ordered (i.e., missed The Blanchard News The Ellis County Capital & Free Press Beacon Tahlequah Daily Press insertion date) or for poor reproduction Bristow News El Reno Tribune Kiowa County Democrat The (Oklahoma City) City Taloga Times-Advocate quality of the ad in the newspaper. & Record-Citizen Enid News & Eagle The Konawa Sentinel The Thomas Tribune Broken Bow News The Fairfax Chief Leader Oklahoma City Friday The Tonkawa News According to data from OPS, 105 The Canton Times The Fletcher Herald The (Oklahoma City) Tulsa Beacon member newspapers had 267 DNRs The Chelsea Reporter Fort Gibson Times Journal Record Tulsa County News amounting to a total of $32,351.90 dur- Cherokee Messenger The Frederick Press-Leader Owasso Reporter Tulsa Daily Commerce ing the 2011 calendar year. OPS data & Republican The Freedom Call Latimer Pauls Valley Democrat & Legal News shows the longest length of time daily The Cheyenne Star The Friday Gazette County Pawhuska Journal-Capital Tulsa World newspapers went without having a DNR The (Chickasha) (McLoud) News-Tribune The Pawnee Chief Vian Tenkiller News was 26 consecutive days in September Express-Star The Perkins Journal The Gage Record The (Laverne) The Vici Vision 2011. At least one weekly newspaper Choctaw County Times Leader Tribune Perry Daily Journal Garber-Billings News Wagoner Tribune had a DNR every week in 2011. Choctaw Times The Lawton The Piedmont-Surrey Garfi eld County Waurika News-Democrat “We want to recognize newspapers Claremore Daily Progress Daily Legal News Constitution Gazette Weatherford Daily News in a positive way,” said Thomas. Clayton Today The Garvin County The (Lawton) County Times The Ponca City News The Weleetkan “Newspapers that go an entire quar- The Cleveland American News Star The Lincoln County News The Prague Times-Herald The Westville Reporter ter without a DNR are to be commend- The Geary Star The Logan County Courier The (Pryor) Paper (Westville) Weekly Express The Lone Grove Ledger The (Pryor) Times The Wewoka Times ed; those that go an entire year truly The Madill Record The Purcell Register The Wilson Post-Democrat have the processes in place to achieve Marietta Monitor The Ringling Eagle Woods County Enterprise customer satisfaction.” The Marlow Review The Rush Springs Gazette The Wynnewood Gazette McIntosh County Democrat The Ryan Leader The (Yale) Phoenix Harper County Journal The Meeker News Sand Springs Leader Yukon Review names Painter as editor Alisha Painter is the new editor of the Harper County Journal in Buffalo. OKLAHOMA PRESS ASSOCIATION A 2001 high school graduate, Mrs. 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105 Painter has taken some college busi- nesss management courses. She and (405) 499-0020 • www.OkPress.com her husband, Travis, are the parents of three children. The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 7 ONF selects scholarship recipients for 2012-2013 The Oklahoma Newspaper Founda- “The thing I enjoy most about writ- tion has selected recipients of the 2012- ing is that I get to paint a picture, and 13 ONF Scholarships and Breeden I like the idea that I get to be a story- Scholarship. teller,” Perry said. “I never knew how Kyle Fredrickson, Mary Newport fascinating being a journalist would be and Andrea Perry have been awarded until I tried it.” ONF Scholarships of $1,500 each. This is the sixth year that ONF KYLE FREDRICKSON is a senior at has awarded three $1,500 scholarships Oklahoma State University. He left his to Oklahoma student journalists. The home and school in Colorado to enter recipients must be majoring in journal- the sports media program and join ism or an equivalent degree program the team at The Daily O’Collegian as a and must be a junior or senior at an sports writer. He rapidly became sports Oklahoma college or university. editor and is now editor-in-chief. ONF also awarded the Breeden Fredrickson, who hopes to be a Scholarship. The $1,000 Bob and Mar- sports columnist at a major metropoli- ion Breeden University of Oklahoma tan newspaper, said he knows there will Journalism Student Aid Fund Scholar- be sacrifices along the way. ship goes to a senior at OU each year. CARMEN FORMAN KYLE FREDRICKSON “I have dedicated myself almost This year’s winner, CARMEN FOR- completely to the success of the (OSU) MAN, has high hopes for her career. newspaper and growing as a reporter She said, “It’s unbelievably difficult to and storyteller,” Fredrickson said. narrow down my career goals in the MARY NEWPORT is a senior at East newspaper industry, considering I love Central University. She’s editor-in chief everything about journalism and would of the ECU newspaper, The Journal, like to do a little bit of everything.” and has won many awards for her Forman plans to work in Oklahoma work. Newport progressed from being to gain experience, using her reporting, refused for unpaid internships to now photography and videography skills. starting her second ONF internship at She’d also like to cover politics or inves- an Oklahoma newspaper. tigative journalism at the Washington She wants to be “a treasure, a valued Post and shoot photos for the National journalist working hard at an Okla- Geographic. homa newspaper.” Forman is an investigative reporter for the Oklahoma Daily and was a ANDREA PERRY is a junior at Langs- multimedia intern for the Oklahoma ton University. She’s a broadcast stu- Gazette. dent, but since starting to work at the The Breeden Scholarship was start- Langston University Gazette, she said ed by the Breeden family with a memo- MARY NEWPORT ANDREA PERRY she has fallen in love with print media rial donation to the Foundation in 2006. as well.

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Box 2001, Branson, MO 65616 the OPA Better Newspaper Contest, online) to (405) 499-0048 to partici- (417) 336-3457 • [email protected] and now it’s your turn to help them pate. sales. out. For more information, contact Judges will review entries for Eli Nichols, OPA Member Services Community newspapers still have events in Reporting, Advertising, Coordinator, at (405) 499-0040 (1-888- Design, Websites and Photography 815-2672 toll-free in Oklahoma) or at good value. If you’re ready to sell, call NATIONAL EDIA categories for newspapers or maga- [email protected]. us for a confi dential discussion. ASSOCIATES zines. www.nationalmediasales.com 8 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 SPJ Oklahoma honors state journalists at awards banquet The Oklahoma Pro Chapter of the Dean is past president of the Oklaho- Society of Professional Journalists held ma Pro chapter of SPJ and of Freedom its annual awards banquet at the Jim of Information Oklahoma Inc. He has Thorpe Museum in Oklahoma City on served on the FOI Oklahoma board for April 21 to honor the best journalistic five years. work in the state. Melanie Wilderman, a journalism Foreign correspondent and two-time professor at Northwestern Oklahoma Pulitzer Prize winner, Anthony Shadid State University, was awarded Teacher was posthumously awarded the Life- of the Year. time Achievement Award, the chapter’s She joined the Northwestern staff in highest honor. 2005 as a mass communication instruc- Shadid was born in Oklahoma City tor and advisor to the student newspa- in 1968 and was a graduate of Heritage per, Northwestern News. Hall High School. He attended the Uni- Anthony Shadid (left) received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the SPJ/Oklahoma She is part of a three-faculty mass versity of Oklahoma for a brief period Pro Chapter awards banquet on April 21 in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoman’s Bryan communication program and teaches a of time before transferring from the Dean received the First Amendment Award. Melanie Wilderman received the Teacher vast array of courses, including News University of Wisconsin-Madison. He of the Year Award. Reporting, Feature Writing, News Edit- graduated in 1990. ing, Desktop Publishing and Mass After graduating, Shadid studied “Legacy of the Prophet: Despots, Dem- covering the uprising against Syrian Communication Law and Ethics. Arabic at the Center for Arabic Study ocrats and the New Politics of Islam” President Bashar al-Assad. Before starting at NWOSU she spent Abroad in Cairo. (2001); “Night Draws Near: Iraq’s Peo- Bryan Dean, a staff writer at The three semesters teaching journalism His journalism career spanned 15 ple in the Shadow of America’s War” Oklahoman, won the Carter Bradley and English courses as an adjunct facul- years and included stints with the Asso- (2005); and “House of Stone: A Memoir First Amendment Award. ty member at OU, OSU and Oklahoma ciated Press, Boston Globe, The Wash- of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle He has worked at The Oklahoman City Community College. ing Post and The New York Times East” (2012). for 10 years. She received both a B.A. and M.A. in where he was Beirut bureau chief at In 2011, while on assignment for Dean is a 2001 graduate of the Uni- journalism from OU and is in the final the time of his death. the New York Times in Libya, he and versity of Oklahoma. course work for her doctorate in High- Most of his journalism career found three other journalists were captured He coordinates The Oklahoman’s er Education Administration at OSU. him based in the Middle East. by troops loyal to then Libyan dicta- annual Sunshine Week coverage and Below and on the next page is a list He won two Pulitzer Prizes for Inter- tor Muammar al-Ghaddafi. They were has written numerous stories pressur- of newspaper and Internet award win- national Reporting in 2004 and 2010, released four days later. ing state and local officials to follow ners in this year’s contest. both for his coverage of the Iraq War. He died of an apparent asthma attack the state’s Open Meeting and Open He was the author of three books, in Syria while leaving the country after Records Acts.

NEWSPAPER - GOVERNMENT EDITORIAL/ EDUCATION REPORTING ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS FEATURE GENERAL PAGE ONE REPORTING: COMMENTARY: 1st: Sara Plummer, FEATURE 1st: Jenni Carlson, PHOTOGRAPHY LAYOUT AND DESIGN DIVISION A 1st: Warren Vieth, 1st: Bobby Ross, Jr., Tulsa World 1st: Rod Lott, The Oklahoman 1st: Michael Wyke, 1st: Ethan Erickson, INVESTIGATIVE Oklahoma Watch The Christian Chronicle 2nd: Murray Evans, Oklahoma Gazette 2nd: Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World Tulsa World REPORTING BY AN 2nd: Clifton Adcock, 2nd: David Hale, The Associated Press 2nd: Rod Lott, Tulsa World 2nd: Jim Beckel, 2nd: Steve Reckinger, INDIVIDUAL: Oklahoma Gazette Lawton Constitution 3rd: Andrea Eger and Kim Oklahoma Gazette 3rd: Hamil Harris and The Oklahoman Tulsa World 1st: Warren Vieth, 3rd: Sean Murphy, 3rd: Bryan Pollard, Archer, Tulsa World 3rd: Michael Smith, Erik Tryggestad, 3rd: Nate Billings, 3rd: Matthew Clayton, Associated Press Cherokee Phoenix Tulsa World The Christian Chronicle The Oklahoman The Oklahoman Oklahoma Watch SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 2nd: Omer Gillham, SPOT NEWS: GENERAL NEWS HEALTH & ENVIRON- ARTS CRITICISM SPORTS COLUMN STORY/PHOTO ESSAY FEATURE PAGE Tulsa World 1st: Staff, Tulsa World REPORTING: MENTAL REPORTING 1st: Phil Bacharach, 1st: Kelly Bostian, 1st: Mike Simons, LAYOUT AND DESIGN 3rd: Sean Murphy, 2nd: Staff, Tulsa World 1st: Justin Juozapavicius, 1st: Cary Aspinwall, Oklahoma Gazette Tulsa World Tulsa World 1st: Bill Bootz, Associated Press 3rd: Andrea Eger, Kevin Associated Press Tulsa World 2nd: Rod Lott, 2nd: Jenni Carlson, 2nd: Mike Simons, The Oklahoman INVESTIGATIVE Canfield, Michael Over- 2nd: Ginnie Graham, 2nd: Justin Juozapavicius, Oklahoma Gazette The Oklahoman Tulsa World 2nd: Bill Bootz, REPORTING BY A TEAM: all and Ziva Branstetter, Tulsa World Associated Press 3rd: Michael Smith, 3rd: Carrie Coppernoll, 3rd: Mike Simons, The Oklahoman 1st: Tiffany Gibson, Tulsa World 3rd: Bobby Ross, Jr., 3rd: Murray Evans, Tulsa World The Oklahoman Tulsa World 3rd: Matt Clayton, The Christian Chronicle Associated Press The Oklahoman Matt Patterson, FEATURE WRITING: LEISURE WRITING FEATURE SPOT NEWS Nick Tankersley and 1st: Phil Bacharach, CRIMINAL JUSTICE BUSINESS REPORTING 1st: Ben Fenwick, PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHY USE OF Grayson Cook, Oklahoma Gazette REPORTING: 1st: D.R. Stewart, Oklahoma Gazette 1st: Michael Wyke, 1st: Sue Ogrocki, GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION The Oklahoman 2nd: Cary Aspinwall, 1st: Warren Vieth, Tulsa World 2nd: Rod Lott, Jenny Tulsa World Associated Press 1st: Yvette Walker and 2nd: Ziva Branstetter, Tulsa World Oklahoma Watch 2nd: Scott Cooper and Coon Peterson and 2nd: Jim Beckel, 2nd: Christopher Smith, Todd Pendleton, The Cary Aspinwall, Curtis 3rd: Tiffany Gibson, 2nd: Cary Aspinwall, Ben Fenwick, Matt Carney, Oklahoma The Oklahoman Tulsa World Oklahoman Killman and Sheila The Oklahoman Tulsa World Oklahoma Gazette Gazette 3rd: Nate Billings, 3rd: James Gibbard, 2nd:Phillip Baeza, Stogsdill, 3rd: Jaclyn Cosgrove, 3rd: Bryan Painter, 3rd: Nicole Marshall Mid- The Oklahoman Tulsa World The Oklahoman Tulsa World PERSONAL COLUMN: Oklahoma Watch The Oklahoman dleton, Tulsa World 3rd: Todd Pendleton, 1st: Steve Lackmeyer, SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY BEST PHOTOGRAPHIC The Oklahoman IN-DEPTH ENTERPRISE The Oklahoman DIVERSITY COVERAGE: BUSINESS FEATURE SPORTS REPORTING 1st: Bryan Terry, PORTFOLIO REPORTING: 2nd: J.E. McReynolds, 1st: Ginnie Graham, 1st: Steve Lackmeyer 1st: Staff, Tulsa World The Oklahoman 1st: Jim Beckel, HEADLINES 1st: Shannon Muchmore, The Oklahoman Tulsa World and Jay Marks, The 2nd: Ed Godfrey, 2nd: Tom Gilbert, The Oklahoman 1st: Rod Lott, Tulsa World 3rd: Ginnie Graham, 2nd: Justin Juozapavicius, Oklahoman The Oklahoman Tulsa World 2nd: Tom Gilbert, Oklahoma Gazette 2nd: Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World Associated Press 2nd: D.R. Stewart and 3rd: Jim Beckel, 3rd: Chris Landsberger, Tulsa World 2nd: Moran Elwell, Curtis Killman and Cary 3rd: Lenzy Krehbiel- John Stancavage, The Oklahoman The Oklahoman 3rd: Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman Aspinwall, Tulsa World Burton, Tulsa World Tulsa World The Oklahoman 3rd: Warren Vieth, 2nd: Steve Lackmeyer, Oklahoma Watch The Oklahoman Continued on Page 9 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 9 Schaefer receives Oklahoma newspapers win Great Plains awards Liberty Bell award Several Oklahoma newspapers Staff, NewsOK.com; Blog Writing, Oklahoman; Multimedia Project or Ralph Schaefer, managing editor at took home top honors at the Tulsa Steve Lackmeyer, The Oklahoman; Series, Adam Wisnesky, Tulsa World; the Tulsa Daily Commerce and Legal Press Club’s Great Plains Journalism and Photo Illustration, Chris Lands- General News Reporting (more than News, recently received the 2012 Lib- Awards. The Great Plains award hon- berger, The Oklahoman. 75,000 circulation), Bryan Painter, The erty Bell Award. ors outstanding journalism from Okla- Also, General News Photography, Oklahoman; Best Reporting, Bryan The award was presented the April homa, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Michael Wyke, Tulsa World; Spot Painter, The Oklahoman; Sports 27 Tulsa County Bar Association Law North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa News Photography, Mike Simons, Reporting, Tulsa World staff, Tulsa Week luncheon in Tulsa. and Nebraska. Tulsa World; Multiple News Photo- World; Sports Column, Jenni Carlson, The purpose of the award is to The Tulsa World was named News- graphs, Christopher Smith, Tom Gil- The Oklahoman; Entertainment Fea- acknowledge the work of a non-lawyer paper of the Year while The Oklaho- bert, James Gibbard, Cory Young, ture, Whitney Ortega, The Oklaho- to the betterment of the legal profes- man’s NewsOK.com won Website of Michael Wyke, Mike Simons, Matt man; Editorial Cartoon, Bruce Plante, sion and community as a whole. the Year. The Daily O’Collegian won Barnard, Tulsa World; and Single Tulsa World; and Editorial Portfolio, “Ralph Schaefer has secured a place Student Newspaper of the Year. Feature Photograph, Michael Wyke, J.E. McReynolds, The Oklahoman. of honor among the Tulsa legal com- Other individual winners were: Tulsa World. Student Editor-in-Chief of the munity because of his integrity in jour- Writer of the Year, Michael Over- Sports Action Photography, Bryan Year, Kyle Fredrickson, The Daily nalism, his high work ethic, his virtu- all, Tulsa World; Photographer of Terry, The Oklahoman; Non-Deadline O’Collegian. ous character and his never ending the Year, Mike Simons, Tulsa World; Video, Adam Wisnesky, Tulsa World; dedication to the people for which he Best Website Design, The Oklahoman Audio Slideshow, Bryan Terry, The writes,” stated the citation. SPJ Award Winners - Continued from Page 8

3rd: Karen Welch, 2nd: Louise Red Corn, CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2nd: Rachel Anne Sey- SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURE PAGE 3rd: Michael Kimball, 3rd: Bryan Terry, Tulsa World The Bigheart Times REPORTING mour, The Bigheart 1st: Rachel Anne LAYOUT AND DESIGN The Oklahoman The Oklahoman 3rd: M. Scott Carter, 1st: Rachel Petersen, Times Seymour, The Bigheart 1st: Staff, BEST REPORTING The Journal Record McAlester News- 3rd: James Beaty, Times The Daily O’Collegian SPECIAL REPORT/ INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC PORTFOLIO Capital McAlester News- 2nd: Kylie McMains, 2nd: Chris Lusk, ENTERPRISE OR RESOURCE 1st: Ginnie Graham, SPOT NEWS 2nd: Elizabeth Ridenour Capital The Daily O’Collegian The Oklahoma Daily 1st: Patrick B. McGuigan, 1st: Christopher Hicker- Tulsa World 1st: Donna Hales, and Dylan Goforth, 3rd: Ed Blochowiak, 3rd: Brandy Brackett, CapitolBeatOK.com son and Curtis Killman, 2nd: Cary Aspinwall, Muskogee Phoenix Muskogee Phoenix ARTS CRITICISM The Shawnee News- McAlester News- 2nd: Stacy Martin, Tulsa World Tulsa World 2nd: Louise Red Corn, 3rd: M. Scott Carter, 1st: Dani Norton, Star Capital CapitolBeatOK.com 2nd: Joe Wertz, 3rd: Clifton Adcock, The Bigheart Times The Journal Record The Southeastern 3rd: Michael Kimball, StateImpact Oklahoma Oklahoma Gazette 3rd: Jeanne LeFlore, 2nd: Brandi Bunch, STORY/PHOTO ESSAY USE OF GRAPHIC The Oklahoman 3rd: Christopher Hicker- McAlester News- DIVERSITY COVERAGE The Southeastern 1st: Rachel Anne Sey- ILLUSTRATION son, Tulsa World BEST NEWSPAPER Capital 1st: Brianna Bailey, 3rd: Chelsea Ratterman, mour, 1st: Brandi Bunch, BLOG 1st: Tulsa World The Journal Record 15th Street News The Bigheart Times The Southeastern 1st: Photo Staff, WEB DESIGN 2nd: Oklahoma Gazette FEATURE WRITING 2nd: M. Scott Carter, 2nd: Kacy Hammock, The Oklahoman 1st: Christopher Hick- 3rd: Cherokee Phoenix 1st: Dale Denwalt, The Journal Record SPORTS REPORTING The Southeasternl HEADLINES 2nd: Guerin Emig and erson, Tulsa World The Daily Elk Citian 3rd: M. Scott Carter, 1st: Rachel Anne 3rd: Alisha Loyd, 1st: Lornna Bates, John Hoover, Tulsa Sports Extra 2nd: Hannah Covington, The Journal Record Seymour, The Southeastern The Southeastern World 2nd: RangerPulse staff, NEWSPAPER - Oracle The Bigheart Times 2nd: Dylan Goforth, 3rd: Christopher Smith, Northwestern News DIVISION B 3rd: John Small, John- EDUCATION REPORTING 2nd: Mike Kays, Kenton SPOT NEWS PHOTO Muskogee Phoenix John Clanton and Mike 3rd: Staff, ston County Capital- 1st: Wendy Burton, Brooks and Ronn 1st: Rachel Anne 3rd: Jerry Willis, Simons, Tulsa World The Oklahoma Daily INVESTIGATIVE Democrat Muskogee Phoenix Rowland, Seymour, The Bigheart Muskogee Phoenix REPORTING 2nd: Rob Morris, Muskogee Phoenix Times MULTIMEDIA ONLINE COMMUNITY BY AN INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL COLUMN Moore Monthly 3rd: Anthony Slater, 2nd: Wendy Burton, BEST REPORTING 1st: Tiffany Gibson, Nick ENGAGEMENT 1st: Brianna Bailey, 1st: Jeanne Grimes, 3rd: Kory B. Oswald, The Daily O’Collegian Muskogee Phoenix PORTFOLIO Tankersley, Grayson 1st: This Land Press, The Journal Record The Express-Star The Shawnee News- 3rd: Kevin Harvison, 1st: Louise Red Corn, Cook and Matt Facebook and Twitter 2nd: Brian Blansett, SPORTS FEATURE The Bigheart Times Patterson, 2nd: Kristen Gillman, INVESTIGATIVE Star McAlester News- The Shawnee News- 1st: Eli Linton, Oracle Capital 2nd: Brianna Bailey, The Oklahoman Oklahoma Department REPORTING BY A TEAM Star SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 2nd: Anthony Slater, The Journal Record 2nd: Staff, of Wildlife Conservation 1st: Joey Stipek and Whit- 3rd: Josh Hutton, HEALTH & ENVIRON- The Daily O’Collegian BEST PHOTO 3rd: M. Scott Carter, The Oklahoman 3rd: Dana Tallon and ney Knight, Pioneer The Vista MENTAL REPORTING 3rd: Kenton Brooks, PORTFOLIO The Journal Record 3rd: Christopher Hicker- Jody Harlan, Oklahoma 2nd: Patrick B. McGuigan 1st: M. Scott Carter, Muskogee Phoenix 1st: Rachel Anne Sey- son, Tulsa World Department of Reha- and Stacy Martin, EDITORIAL/ The Journal Record mour, BEST NEWSPAPER bilitation Services The City Sentinel COMMENTARY 2nd: M. Scott Carter, SPORTS COLUMN The Bigheart Times 1st: The Norman Tran- VIDEO JOURNALISM 3rd: James Beaty and 1st: Mike McCormick, |The Journal Record 1st: Mike Kays, 2nd: Dale Denwalt, script 1st: Adam Wisneski, BEST NEWS WEBSITE Rachel Petersen, The Shawnee News- 3rd: M. Scott Carter, Muskogee Phoenix The Daily Elk Citian 2nd: The Oklahoma Daily Tulsa World 1st: News-Star.com McAlester Star The Journal Record 2nd: Brendon Morris, 3rd: Corie Wilkinson, 3rd: Muskogee Phoenix 2nd: Matt Leach and 2nd: TulsaPeople.com News-Capital 2nd: Ray Lokey, John- The Daily O’Collegian The Daily O’Collegian Sterlin Harjo, This Land 3rd: MediaOCU.com ston County Capital- BUSINESS REPORTING 3rd: Anthony Slater, Press IN-DEPTH ENTERPRISE Democrat M. Scott Carter, The Daily O’Collegian PAGE ONE ONLINE 3rd: Adam Wisneski, BEST COMPANY/ REPORTING 3rd: Jeremy Cloud, Tulsa World ORG WEBSITE The Journal Record LAYOUT AND DESIGN ONLINE WRITING 1st: M. Scott Carter, Pioneer 2nd: Louise Red Corn and GENERAL 1st: Brandy Brackett, 1st: Nathan Altadonna, The Journal Record PHOTOGRAPHY 1st: Joe Wertz, SLIDESHOW St. Luke’s United Rachel Anne Seymour, McAlester News- State Impact Oklahoma 2nd: M. Scott Carter, GENERAL NEWS The Bigheart Times 1st: Ray Lokey, Johnston Capital 1st: Mike Simons, Adam Methodist Church County Capital- Wisneski and Jeff Laut- 2nd: Natasha Ball, Carlos The Journal Record REPORTING 3rd: M. Scott Carter, 2nd: Chris Lusk, BREAKING NEWS 1st: M. Scott Carter and Democrat enberger, Tulsa World Knight and Ron Zva- 3rd: Louise Red Corn, The Journal Recordy The Oklahoma Daily COVERAGE The Bigheart Times Marie Price, The Jour- 2nd: Corie Wilkinson, 3rd: Kathryn Clark and 1st: Brianna Bailey, 2nd: Sarah Phipps and gelsky, nal Record ENTERTAINMENT The Daily O’Collegian The Daily O’Collegian The Journal Record Nate Billings, The Okla- This Land Press GOVERNMENT 2nd: Brianna Bailey, FEATURE 3rd: Cathy Spaulding, homan 3rd: Stephanie Moore, REPORTING Staff, The Daily 2nd: Michael Kimball, The Journal Record 1st: Patrick B. McGuigan, Muskogee Phoenix O’Collegian The Oklahoman KSBI-TV 1st: M. Scott Carter, 3rd: Dale Denwalt, The City Sentinel The Journal Record The Daily Elk Citian 10 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 21 student interns ready to report for work DONATE This summer, college journalism Emily Henson will get advertising Alex Ewald, an OU junior, will intern students will work around the state experience at The Duncan Banner for at the Muskogee Phoenix. Ewald through the Oklahoma Newspaper six weeks. Henson is a recent graduate previously interned at the Oklahoma TO ONF Foundation internship program. of Cameron University in Lawton. Gazette and has been copy chief of the The internship program, made pos- The Duncan Banner will also take Oklahoma Daily. sible by a grant from the Ethics and on a part-time intern – Dianne Riddles, The Norman Transcript gets a new Excellence in Journalism Foundation, a Cameron University junior. Riddles photographer with its 2012 ONF intern promotes working at Oklahoma news- works in layout and crime reporting at choice. Julie Bragg, a UCO junior, is papers and helps student journalists the Cameron Collegian. a photographer for the school’s Photo start their careers. The 2012 program Thad Ayers, The Edmond Sun’s Services department. had 50 student applicants. Participat- intern, is a Church of Christ preacher Allie Haddican, an OSU junior, cov- ing newspapers went through dozens and OSU junior. Ayers is managing edi- ers residential life for the O’Collegian. of resumes to choose the following tor of the O’Collegian. She’ll intern at OKC Friday this sum- students. St. Gregory graduate Emily Kindi- mer. Jonathan Sutton, an Oklahoma State ger will join the El Reno Tribune staff The Oklahoman chose Carmen University junior, will be The Bigheart full-time for the summer after writing Forman to intern. The OU junior has Times’ intern. Sutton is copy desk chief for the paper as a contributor. Kindiger interned at the Oklahoma Gazette and and a reporter for The O’Collegian, the edited the university literary anthology was managing editor of the Oklahoma A donation to the Oklahoma campus newspaper. for two years. Daily in summer 2011. Newspaper Foundation will Cherokee Messenger & Republi- OSU junior James Poling will intern Laura Tomah, a May graduate, was can chose Kyle Spade, a Northwestern at the Enid News & Eagle. Poling is the editor of the Southeastern Oklahoma support its efforts to improve Oklahoma State University junior, to O’Collegian’s sports editor. State University Yeardisc and a contrib- the state’s newspaper industry cover sports and the community. Spade The Elk City Daily News hired Mary uting writer for the campus newspaper, is also an Eagle Scout. Newport, an East Central University The Southeastern. Tomah will work at and quality of journalism. Mitch Tillison III is spending his senior. Newport is editor-in chief of the The Ringling Eagle during her intern- summer in Tecumseh at The County- ECU Journal and has interned at the ship. ONF’s programs include wide & Sun. Tillison, an OSU junior, Shawnee News-Star and the County- Carmen Bourlon-Long, an Oklaho- writes features for The O’Collegian. wide & Sun. ma City University senior, served an training and education for Cushing Citizen will bring in Hope Grove Sun’s intern, Misty Aaron ONF internship at the Ringling Eagle in professional journalists, Forsyth, a University of Tulsa soph- Grady, is a Northeastern State Univer- 2010. She’ll get even more experience omore. Forsyth is a National Merit sity senior. Grady is senior staff writer at the Shawnee News-Star this year. scholarship and internship Scholar. She’ll work in reporting and at the campus newspaper, The North- Whitt Carter, a UCO junior, will programs for journalism advertising. eastern. spend his summer at the Sulphur Samantha Vicent, a strategic com- OU sophomore Clayton Hooper will Times-Democrat. Carter is a Vista students, and Newspaper in munications sophomore, has covered intern in the advertising department sportswriter. Education efforts. courts and crime for The O’Collegian at the Moore American. Hooper has The Weatherford Daily News has since August 2011. This summer she’ll participated in the National Student hired SWOSU junior Scott May as a cover general assignments for The Advertising Competition with the OU staff reporter and photographer. May is ONF relies on donations and Drumright Gusher. Ad Club. president of the Bulldog Broadcasting memorial contributions to fund Network campus group. these programs. DEATHS If you would like to make a ALBERT ‘BUDDY’ RIESEN, JR., where he worked as co-publisher of nist and was inducted into the Okla- donation, please send a check longtime publisher and editor of The The Daily Ardmoreite with his brother. homa Journalism Hall of Fame in 1996. After his brother’s death, Riesen Riesen served as co-founder of Lead- to: Daily Ardmoreite, died April 19, 2012. He was 79. became editor and publisher of the ership Ardmore, co-founder and chair- Riesen was a 1950 graduate of Ard- paper. He was also general manager of man of Oak Hall Episcopal School and more High School and graduated from KVSO radio and KVSO TV until KVSO served on the Community Activities OKLAHOMA the University of Oklahoma with a TV was sold in 1960. Foundation for 51 years. bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1954. Riesen sold The Daily Ardmoreite to He also served as president of the In 1955, Riesen joined the Air Force, Stauffer Communications in 1983 and Ardmore Chamber of Commerce as NEWSPAPER where he became the briefing officer of began a new career as a stockbroker. well as the State Arts Council. the 44th Bomb Wing. Riesen served as chairman of the Riesen is survived by his wife, Mar- FOUNDATION He completed his military service OU Journalism Committee and as a ian; two sons, Thomas Coffey Riesen in 1956 and married Marian Coffey. At member of the Southern Newspaper and wife Cindy, and Mark Easley Ries- 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd. that time, he also returned to Ardmore Publishers Association Board of Direc- en and wife Martha; one daughter, tors. He was an award-winning colum- Katherine Lee Riesen Lathrop and hus- Oklahoma City, OK 73105 band Jamie; and six grandchildren. The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 11 PLAYER PROFILE Oklahoman wins

Name: DARREN D. SUMNER awards from SPJ Publisher, Sapulpa Daily Herald Writers for The Oklahoman took home three First Amendment EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: BA, Arkansas Tech University in Russellville, Ark. Awards from the Fort Worth Pro- fessional Chapter of the Society of FAMILY: Wife: Darla Sumner; children: Tyler and Piper Professional Journalists. The awards were presented NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCE: Spiro Graphic Advertising 1993; Republic Monitor, April 13 in Arlington, Texas. The Missouri, Publisher 1994-96; Stone County Gazette, Kimberling City, Mo 1997- Oklahoman competed against 99; Nixa News-Enterprise, Missouri, 2000-04; Ash Grove Commonwealth, Mo other large market print publica- 2005; Aurora Advertiser, Bi-weekly in Missouri, 2006-08; Sapulpa Daily Herald tions in Texas and Oklahoma. 2008-present. With three awards, The Oklahoman won more than any publication at the event. Each month, The Publisher will profile a newspaper executive in this space. Learn more about your peers from all corners of the state. To request the questionnaire for your Player Profile, email [email protected]. The paper won first in the “Defend- ing the Disadvantaged” category for a series of articles by Robby Tram- Several Afro-Americans disagreed with Q: What challenges are facing your mell, Randy Ellis and Nolan Clay that the choice and called Channel 2 out newspaper today and in the future? showed problems within the child of Tulsa to cover their protesting. CNN welfare system. A: The younger readers are more Q: What’s something most people don’t picked up the story and interview of Ellis won first in the general news know about you? interested in mobile apps. myself the next day and the Daily Herald category for stories that exposed A: Played college golf at Arkansas Tech received hate mail, email and phone University as a Wonderboy. Q: What are some area attractions in your dangers to children in the state’s calls the next few days. community visitors shouldn’t miss? juvenile justice system after the clos- Q: What’s the best part of your job? Q: What are you most proud of? A: Heart of Route 66, Pretty Water trout ing of the state’s only maximum- A: Being a business leader in a great A: I stated that the Daily Herald has fishing, Frankoma Pottery (until it security juvenile correction center. community. been a local paper since day one and recently closed down) and Creek County Owen Canfield won the top First continued its same type of coverage Speedway.eedway. Amendment Award in the opinion or Q: What civic activities are you involved in? after the protesters as well as former commentary category for editorials A: Kiwanis President Elect, Chamber publishers Ed Livermore and Chuck he wrote opposing the Oklahoma Member, School Foundation Committee. Lake stating that I am doing a great Supreme Court’s proposal to restrict job and they are proud to have the full addresses and full birth days Q: Who’s had the biggest influence on your newspaper locally owned and operated. from public court records. career? Q: What are your hobbies? “These stories are the heartbeat A: Father, Darrell D. Sumner, in the A: Golfing, collecting coins and spending of our organization,” said Kelly Dyer newspaper industry for the past 42 time with my family. Fry, editor and vice president of years. news at The Oklahoman. “Openness Q: Does your newspaper have a website? in government and giving a voice Q: What would you describe as the three most important responsibilities of your A: Yes, we just put tidbits of info on the free to the voiceless is at the core of our job? website. E-editions are available for a mission. These are the stories that subscription price. touch lives. 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Learn more at TSET.OK.GOV 14 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 El Reno Tribune installs new press, plans move The El Reno Tribune’s new web press is up and running. The 10-unit Heidelberg B-30 press with seven paper roll stands sits in a horizontal line inside the Tribune’s new 10,000-square-foot facility located at 102 E. Wade St. in El Reno. “It’s a big deal for us,” said Tribune Publisher Sean Dyer. “It’s not a lot of flash, but it’s a big deal.” The Tribune’s new building was for- merly an appliance store, owned by a former advertiser. The new building not only allowed for the installation of a larger press but also allows for the Tribune to double its paper storage, an important consid- eration for a company that uses around 23 tons of paper per month. Although only the press and its crew are at the new facility, the rest of the office will be moving to the new loca- The El Reno Tribune recently installed a tion as soon as renovations are com- 10-unit Heidelberg B-30 press at its new plete. This will be the first time the Pressman John Wiggins checks the ink setting on the El Reno Tribune’s new press. location in El Reno. paper’s offices have moved since the 1950s. “This will be an open office concept,” said Dyer, who was standing in the front part of the building. “We used to be a big office with a small press space; now we’ll have a big press room with a smaller office space.” This is the first press the El Reno Tribune has installed in decades. The press at the Tribune’s current building was installed in 1968. “We added three units we bought from Claremore in 1999 to allow us to do color on the front page,” said Dyer. The new press can go to a 36-inch web width, although the Tribune is Sean Dyer, publisher of the El Reno Tribune and Mustang News, The press is up and running at the El Reno Tribune’s new running a 24-inch web, and greatly checks the ink coverage on a copy of The Hennessey Clipper. location at 102 E. Wade Street in El Reno. The entire office will increases the color capacity. The Tribune prints 11 publications at its facility. be moving to the new building in the next few months. “It will give us more speed, more color and, hopefully, the chance to do Early Bird Shopper, Sooner Catholic started putting the press in place here,” “Once we do our final move it will more printing,” said Dyer. “We ran a and the Oklahoma Publisher. said Dyer. “We started test printing in be so much better,” he said. “It’s a chal- 34-inch on it but there are still more Dyer first heard about his new December and by January it was our lenge having your press in one building things to fine tune. Once we do some- press when Newspaper Production & primary press.” and your front end in another building.” thing new it exposes a challenge that Resource Center Training Director While finding the press was rela- In the interim, Dyer shuttles plates we then overcome. It’s challenging but Steve Bourlon contacted him. tively easy for Dyer, installing it was made at the old facility to the press so far we haven’t run across a problem “He (Steve) was uninstalling this another matter. crew at the new facility. we couldn’t overcome.” press and installing a new one for the Though the Tribune experienced Printing has been a part of the El The press operates Tuesday through Cullman Times in Cullman, Alabama,” no major problems while installing the Reno Tribune’s operation since the Saturday. In addition to the Dyers own said Dyer. “He told me the specifics and press, 480-volt lines had to be brought Dyer family purchased the Tribune in publications – the El Reno Tribune and I said ‘Yes, I want that.’” in to accommodate the machinery. the 1940s. Mustang News – other publications The press was moved to the NP&RC “It went well,” said Dyer. “It just took “But this is my first and last press printed include The Hennessey Clip- warehouse in Oklahoma in March of longer than I thought it would.” installation,” joked Dyer. per, Kingfisher Times & Free Press, 2011 before making its way to El Reno Dyer is looking forward to having Chickasha Leader, Minco Millennium, in July. the press and offices together once Garber Billings News, Newcastle Pacer, “In July and August (of 2011) we again. The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 15 OPA Board of Directors meet at Keystone State Park

The OPA/OPS Board of Directors that an opinion writing workshop led was made and unanimously approved allow for a gradual increase in dues met March 29-30, 2012, at Keystone by Streuli on Feb. 23 had 23 regis- to appoint the recommended nominees and help newspapers budget for the State Park’s Community Building dur- trants; a legal workshop presented by to the ONF Board of Trustees. increased dues amounts. ing the annual Board Retreat. LSP attorneys Mike Minnis and David OPA business members will be given Attending were OPA President Rusty McCullough on March 15 had 38 regis- MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS the option of billing frequency based on Ferguson, The Cleveland American, trants. Both workshops received posi- The board considered three appli- an annual, quarterly or monthly basis. and directors Rod Serfoss, past presi- tive evaluations. cations for membership in the Okla- Members that choose monthly dues dent, Clinton Daily News; Jeff Mayo, For the Government Relations Com- homa Press Association. Two publica- payments must make those payments Sequoyah County Times; Jeff Funk, mittee report, Thomas reviewed pend- tions – Choctaw Times and The Friday via automatic draft or have a credit Enid News & Eagle; Robby Trammell, ing legislation and provided an update Gazette (McLoud) – applied for busi- card on file. Quarterly or annual dues The Oklahoman; Dayva Spitzer, Sayre on SB 1728, which contains language ness membership. Both publications payments can be made by any method. Record & Beckham County Democrat; that would be amended to help newspa- meet all requirements for business In other business, Thomas said Brian Blansett, Shawnee News-Star, pers with some fair housing advertising membership. Owners of the Choctaw newspapers should begin preparing and Mike Brown, Neighbor News. violation issues. The Feb. 9 Legislative Times also own the Mustang Times affidavits of publication in 8.5x11 page Ted Streuli, who is the nominee for a Summit went well and Thomas said he and Minco-Union City Times, which size. Any larger or smaller affidavits three-year term as director, attended received positive feedback from legisla- are sustaining members, and recently might not be accepted for oil and gas as a guest. Streuli is managing editor tors. purchased the Tuttle Times, a business notices. This size requirement could of The Journal Record. Staff attend- Brown reported that LSP has only member. The Friday Gazette is owned eventually spread to other organiza- ing were Mark Thomas, executive one active legal action. by GateHouse Media and is managed tions requiring affidavits. vice president/secretary; Lisa Potts, The Marketing Committee plans to by staff of the Shawnee News-Star. member services director, and Jennifer distribute an ad campaign to promote The board unanimously approved both OPS BOARD MEETING Gilliland, creative services director. Jeff legal notices in the summer or fall applications tentatively, pending receipt At the Oklahoma Press Service Shultz was unable to attend due to the of 2012 during the political election of any protests by the deadline of April board meeting, the board suspended death of his mother, Helen Shultz. cycle. The committee also reviewed 4. reading and approved the minutes of President Ferguson called the meet- the content exchange program, which The board also considered the sus- the Feb. 2, 2012, meeting. ing to order at 1:00 p.m. and asked the launched in July and has 62 participat- taining membership application of OK The board also approved and board to review the minutes of the Feb. ing newspapers. Jailbirds, L.L.C. The group of publica- acknowledged receipt of the OPS finan- 2, 2012, meeting. The minutes were tions by the same name includes many cial statements for the period ending approved as presented. NOMINATING COMMITTEE monthly editions, each covering two or Feb. 29, 2012. Board members reviewed and RECOMMENDATIONS three counties. David Reid, who also Because of continuing problems acknowledged receipt of OPA and LSP Thomas reviewed the Nominating owns the Cushing Citizen, is one of with ads that do-not-run (DNR), Thom- financial statements and investment Committee Report prepared by Chair- the co-owners. The board unanimously as discussed a new strategy that would reports for the period ending Feb. 29, man Stu Phillips, The Seminole Pro- approved the sustaining membership reward newspapers that do not have 2012, and a consolidated summary ducer. The slate of nominees for the application. DNR problems. report for the same period. 2012-13 year to be presented during Thomas suggested recognizing the annual business meeting in June MEMBERSHIP DUES STRUCTURE those newspapers two ways: 1) by pub- COMMITTEE ACTIVITY REPORTS are President – Jeff Shultz, The Garvin In other business, board members lishing a quarterly ad in The Oklahoma In committee activity reports, Tram- County News Star; Vice President – discussed the OPA membership dues Publisher naming papers that did not mell said the Awards Committee is Jeff Mayo, Sequoyah County Times; structure. In 2010, the board voted to miss an OPS ad in the previous quar- discussing the equal distribution of Treasurer – Gracie Montgomery, The establish a new business membership ter, and 2) recognizing and awarding participating business member news- Purcell Register; Immediate Past Presi- dues formula, effective July 1, 2012, of a papers that did not miss an OPS ad in papers into three daily and four weekly dent – Rusty Ferguson, The Cleveland full-page of advertising at the published the previous year with the “Perfecta” divisions in the Better Newspaper Con- American; renewal of three-year direc- local full-page rate, plus 2% of OPS net award during the annual convention. test after all entries are received. The tor term – Dayva Spitzer, Sayre Record advertising revenue sent to the paper in The quarterly ad will begin in the May discussion will continue at the commit- & Beckham County Democrat; and the preceding calendar year. issue of The Publisher and the first tee’s next meeting, as well as review of new director for three year term – Ted After reviewing the estimate of the Perfecta Awards will be announced at the Better Newspaper Contest budget Streuli, The Journal Record. The board new dues amounts for all member the June 7-9 OPA Convention in Mid- and entry fees to see if any changes are unanimously acknowledged receipt of newspapers, the board discussed multi- west City. needed. the Nominating Committee report. ple methods of stretching out the dues Thomas also said OPS plans to pro- A list of four individuals to be induct- The Nominating Committee also rec- increase over a period of time. The duce and provide newspapers with ed into the Half Century Club and 11 to ommended to the OPA board appoint- board unanimously approved adopting posters to place on their office walls be inducted into the Quarter Century ments to the ONF Board of Trustees. a one-third increase method as the showing how many consecutive days/ Club during the annual convention was Recommendations for the 2012-13 year membership dues limiter. Dues will be weeks they have gone without a DNR. reviewed and approved by the board. are the renewal of three-year terms for calculated on the cost of a full page plus In other business, Thomas said the In the Education Committee report, Stu Phillips, The Seminole Producer, 2% of ad revenue, and the difference OPS staff is beginning to make plans Funk said several good speakers and and Wayne Trotter, The Countywide between that amount, and the amount for the 2012 election season. sessions are planned for the June 7-9 and Sun; and one new appointment for paid by the member in 2011-2012 will OPA Convention. Funk also reported Mike Strain, Tulsa World. A motion be divided by thirds. This method will 16 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 AP-ONE PRESENTS JOURNALISM AWARDS Winners in the 2011 Oklahoma 2. Mike Simons, Tulsa World; 3. Doug Hoke, The Norman Transcript; 3. Rachel Petersen, McAlester EDITORIALS: 1. Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press; Associated Press-Oklahoma News Oklahoman. News-Capital. 2. Rich Macke, Woodward News; 3. Ted Streuli, The PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTING: 1. Shannon Muchmore, FEATURE PHOTO: 1. Billy Hefton, Enid News & Eagle; Journal Record. Editors journalism contest were Tulsa World; 2. Ginnie Graham, Tulsa World; 3. Ginnie 2. Richard R. Barron, Ada Evening News; 3. Becky FEATURE: 1. Betty Ridge, Tahlequah Daily Press; announced May 5 at the awards banquet Graham, Curtis Killman, Cary Aspinwall, Tulsa World. Burch, Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise. 2. Teddye Snell, Tahlequah Daily Press; 3. April at the Doubletree Hotel Warren Place REVIEWS: 1. George Lang, The Oklahoman; 2. Michael GENERAL NEWS: 1. Wendy Burton, Muskogee Phoenix; Wilkerson, The Journal Record. Smith, Tulsa World; 3. Jennifer Chancellor, Tulsa 2. Joe Malan, Bruce Campbell, Cass Rains, Cindy FEATURE PHOTO: 1. Rip Stell, The Journal Record; 2. in Tulsa. The Oklahoman, Muskogee World. Allen, Phyllis Zorn, Enid News & Eagle; 3. Chelcey Maike Sabolich, The Journal Record; 3. Tim Ritter, The Phoenix and The Journal Record SPORTS COLUMNS: 1. Jenni Carlson, The Oklahoman; Adami, Andrew Adams, Anita Pere, Chase Rheam, Claremore Daily Progress. received general excellence awards. 2. Carrie Coppernoll, The Oklahoman; 3. Dave Sittler, Stillwater News Press. GENERAL NEWS: 1. Teddye Snell, Tahlequah Daily Following is a list of all contest Tulsa World. GENERAL NEWS PHOTO: 1. Cathy Spaulding, Press; 2. Rowynn Ricks, Dave Matthews, Woodward SPORTS FEATURE: 1. Ron J. Jackson, The Oklahoman; Muskogee Phoenix; 2. Becky Burch, Bartlesville News; 3. Brian Brus, The Journal Record. award winners: 2. Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World; 3. Bill Haisten, Tulsa Examiner-Enterprise; 3. Don Alquist, The Ardmoreite. GENERAL NEWS PHOTO: 1. Rip Stell, The Journal World. GRAPHICS/ILLUSTRATIONS: 1. Carrie Bailey, The Record; 2. Josh Newton, Tahlequah Daily Press; 3. LARGER NEWSPAPERS SPORTS PHOTO: 1. Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman; Ardmoreite; 2. Violet Hassler, Enid News & Eagle; 3. Maike Sabolich, The Journal Record. BEST NEW JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR: 1. Tiffany 2. Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman; 3. Bryan Terry, The Debra A. Parker, The Norman Transcript. GRAPHICS/ILLUSTRATIONS: 1. Gary Berger, The Gibson, The Oklahoman; 2. Anna Codutti, Tulsa World. Oklahoman. HEADLINES: 1. Jerry Willis, Muskogee Phoenix; 2. Dylan Journal Record; 2. Maike Sabolich, The Journal BUSINESS FEATURE: 1. Bryan Painter, The Oklahoman; SPOT NEWS: 1. Jimmie Tramel, Sara Plummer, Kevin Goforth, Muskogee Phoenix; 3. Clay Horning, The Record; 3. Josh Newton, Tahlequah Daily Press. 2. Laurie Winslow, Tulsa World; 3. Jennifer Palmer, Canfield, Omer Gillham, Bill Haisten, Kelly Hines, Norman Transcript. HEADLINES: 1. Sharon Beuchaw, The Journal Record; The Oklahoman. Jarrel Wade, Rhett Morgan, Mike Brown, David Harper, INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: 1. MJ Brickey, McAlester 2. Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press. BUSINESS SPOT NEWS REPORTING: 1. D.R. Stewart, Tulsa World; 2. Andrea Eger, Kevin Canfield, Michael News-Capital; 2. Marsha Miller, The Ardmoreite. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: 1. M. Scott Carter, The John Stancavage, Tulsa World; 2. Sonya Colberg, Overall, Ziva Branstetter, Sheila Stogsdill, Tulsa NON-PAGE ONE LAYOUT: 1. Kevin Kerr, The Journal Record; 2. Brianna Bailey, The Journal Record; Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman; 3. Zeke Campfield, World; 3. Omer Gillham, Jarrel Wade, Ginnie Graham, Ardmoreite; 2. Clay Horning, The Norman Transcript; 3. Josh Newton, Teddye Snell, Kim Poindexter, The Lawton Constitution. Cary Aspinwall, Curtis Killman, Kevin Canfield, Ziva 3. Brandy Brackett, McAlester News-Capital. Tahlequah Daily Press. EDITORIALS: 1. J.E. McReynolds, The Oklahoman; Branstetter, Tulsa World. PAGE ONE DEADLINE LAYOUT: 1. Debra A. Parker, NON-PAGE ONE LAYOUT: 1. Ben Johnson, Tahlequah 2. David Hale, The Lawton Constitution; 3. Owen SPOT NEWS PHOTO: 1. Chris Landsberger, The The Norman Transcript; 2. David Christy, Enid News & Daily Press; 2. Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah Daily Press; Canfield, The Oklahoman. Oklahoman; 2. Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman; 3. Mike Eagle; 3. Jerry Willis, Muskogee Phoenix. 3. Vicky O. Misa, The Journal Record. FEATURE: 1. Ron J. Jackson, The Oklahoman; 2. Ken Simons, Tulsa World. PERSONAL COLUMNS: 1. Andy Rieger, The Norman PAGE ONE DEADLINE LAYOUT: 1. Kim Poindexter, Raymond, The Oklahoman; 3. Cary Aspinwall, Tulsa SPOT SPORTS REPORTING: 1. Jimmie Tramel, Sara Transcript; 2. Shana Adkisson, The Norman Transcript; Teddy Snell, Tahlequah Daily Press; 2. Rowynn Ricks, World. Plummer, Kevin Canfield, Omer Gillham, Bill Haisten, 3. Brian Blansett, The Shawnee News-Star. Woodward News; 3. Vicky O. Misa, The Journal FEATURE PHOTO: 1. David McDaniel, The Oklahoman; Kelly Hines, Jarrel Wade, Rhett Morgan, Mike Brown, PHOTO PACKAGE: 1. Billy Hefton, Enid News & Eagle; Record. 2. Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman; 3. Steve Sisney, David Harper, Tulsa World; 2. Berry Tramel, John 2. Chase Rheam, Joe Lanane, Stillwater News Press; PERSONAL COLUMNS: 1. Kim Poindexter, Tahlequah The Oklahoman. Helsley, Diana Baldwin, John Rohde, Michael Kimball, 3. Ed Blochowiak, The Shawnee News-Star. Daily Press; 2. Ted Streuli, The Journal Record; 3. M. Carla Hinton, Michael McNutt, Darnell Mayberry, Jason GENERAL NEWS: 1. Wayne Greene, Tulsa World; 2. PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTING: 1. Violet Hassler, Scott Carter, The Journal Record. Kersey, The Oklahoman; 3. John Rohde, Berry Tramel, Randy Ellis, The Oklahoman; 3. Bryan Painter, The Phyllis Zorn, Cass Rains, Joe Malan, Kasey Fowler, PHOTO PACKAGE: 1. Matt Meason, Jodi Davis, Elk City Jenni Carlson, Darnell Mayberry, The Oklahoman. Oklahoman. Robert Barron, Enid News & Eagle; 2. James Beaty, Daily News; 2. Rip Stell, The Journal Record; 3. Maike GENERAL NEWS PHOTO: 1. Jim Beckel, The WEBSITE: 1. Staff, The Oklahoman; 2. Jason Collington, McAlester News-Capital; 3. Marsha Miller, Steve Sabolich, The Journal Record. Tulsa World; 3. Staff, The Lawton Constitution, The Oklahoman; 2. Matt Barnard, Tulsa World; 3. Sarah Biehn, The Ardmoreite. PUBLIC SERVICE REPORTING: 1. M. Scott Carter, The Lawton Constitution. Phipps, The Oklahoman. REVIEWS: 1. James Beaty, McAlester News-Capital; 2. Journal Record; 2. Josh Newton, Kim Poindexter, Rob GRAPHICS/ILLUSTRATIONS: 1. Steve Boaldin, The WEBSITE PHOTO: 1. Chris Landsberger, The Kevin Kerr, The Ardmoreite. A. Anderson, Tahlequah Daily Press; 3. David Page, Oklahoman; 2. Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman; 3. Oklahoman; 2. Todd Pendleton, The Oklahoman; 3. SPORTS COLUMNS: 1. Clay Horning, The Norman The Journal Record. Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman. James Royal, Tulsa World. Transcript; 2. Erik K. Horne, The Ardmoreite; 3. Dave REVIEWS: 1. Tom Fink, The Claremore Daily Progress; HEADLINES: 1. Lana Sweeten-Shults, Wichita Falls GENERAL EXCELLENCE: 1. Staff, The Oklahoman; 2. Ruthenberg, Enid News & Eagle. 2. Joan Gilmore, The Journal Record; 3. 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If it doesn’t, you’re “Change to” box empty to remove the Windows 7 on some scanners. everyone without any advertising or not truly covered. unwanted text.) marketing pop-ups.” Download it at: 2. Auto scanning should be a feature. You can even change styles that ADOBE CS 6 UNLEASHED www.avira.com/en/download/prod- The less you have to keep up with the come in from other programs into the Adobe Creative Suite 6 has been uct/avira-free-mac-security. better. styles you have built in InDesign. Some released. This latest release changes After downloading, go through the 3. It should be easy to understand file formats will not work with the map- the playing field for how we buy our step-by-step instructions. Once you’re and navigate once installed. And, an ping that InDesign uses when a story products from Adobe. Plus, there’s lots done, it will update and scan your sys- extra Firewall is a plus. is placed but the Find/Change can do of cool, new features. And, Photoshop tem. A company that really supports it for you. got a real update this go-around. Give Sophos is another anti-virus product Macs, like Norton, cannot be beat. To change formats, look for the it a look. for Macs, but it’s a home edition and They have versions that work with all little magnifying glass next to the “Find Adobe is now selling its products not to be used in offices. I believe this versions of Mac OSX. format” box. Click on it and choose the through the Adobe Creative Cloud. It company was the first to offer free anti- style to be changed. In the “Change gives you access to any of the Adobe virus to Mac users. More and more SEARCH AND REPLACE Format” box choose the style that you programs, including Apps. The new companies are offering free anti-virus I get this question a lot so here’s a want to use. lease program from Adobe costs $49 a programs for Macs every day. few tips on search and replace. All new Take a little time to explore the month with a year plan. I do recommend Sophos for some- employees should be schooled in the features in “Find/Change.” There are If you already bought CS3/4/5 or thing like a home laptop that you take use of this tool since it’s a time saver for all kinds of treasures that can save you better directly from Adobe, Creative back-and-forth from home to the office. all who use it. time and automate your workload. Cloud is just $29 a month for a year’s It can be found at www.sophos.com/ It’s basically the same in all layout subscription. The Creative Cloud en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-anti- and word processing programs that SCANNER SOFTWARE allows you to download the programs virus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx. have the feature. So you updated your system soft- you need and updates are free to you This free software doesn’t scan or For the sake of this column we will ware and now your scanner doesn’t from now on. repair until you tell it to run. use InDesign for my examples. work. What to do, what to do. It looks like the update to InDesign After installing Sophos, let it update. When you’re pasting in a long piece You might want to look at some third CS5 from PageMaker is still available Then go to Preferences and choose the of text, tabs and indents often do not party software that runs your old scan- for $200, but it might not be for too “Scan local drives” (the first choice at work with your new column width. ner. It might have a plugin that works much longer. To update from InDesign the top). Change the button “When a Or perhaps the copy has two or with your office’s version of Photoshop. CS3 to CS6 is also available for $279. threat is found” to “Clean up threat” three tabs when you only need one. A good one to check out is VueScan A full version of CS6 is $699 per and then change “If cleanup fails” to To see what you’re dealing with, 9. This reputable company offers a free copy. “Delete Threat.” You also may want to turn on “Show Hidden Characters,” demo that works for a year. After that it change the auto update to “once every found under the Type menu. costs $39.95 for the basic version. day” instead of every hour. You will OPA Computer Consultant Wilma It’s imperative that you highlight The software is compatible with have to unlock and authenticate with Melot’s column is brought to you by the all the copy that needs to be changed more than 1,850 scanners and has sev- your administrator password to make Oklahoma Advertising Network (OAN). before starting. eral versions that work on Windows these changes. For more information on the OAN Next, go to “Find/Change” under and Mac. After initially telling Sophos to scan program, contact Oklahoma Press Service the Edit menu. The caret symbol (shift If you have an older scanner, such as the drives, it will do it every so often. If + 6 on the keyboard) with a lower case the Canon LIDE or the HP4500 Office- at (405) 499-0020. 18 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 REMARKS WORTH REMEMBERING BY JOHN M. WYLIE II OKLAHOMA CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSIDE

“We have a painting in our museum PIONEER ONLINE Clark’s Critique To comment on stories, or to access by Terry Clark across the street from our office in the latest news, features, multimedia, IONEER online exclusives and PAPRIL 20, 2012 WWW.OCCC.EDU/PIONEER COVERING OCCC SINCE 1978 updates, visit Journalism Professor, Oologah titled ‘In the shadow of the occc.edu/pioneer. University of Central Oklahoma Ice cream 6WXGHQWVVKRXOG Cherokee Kid…. social Kasey EHRQDOHUWIRU Handley, EDITORIAL [email protected] “I never knew Will Rogers but I cer- Communications VFKRODUVKLSVFDP RESEARCH Lab tutor, serves NEEDED FOR ice cream at the WHITNEY KNIGHT CMV VIRUS Communications Online Editor tainly feel his presence in Oologah and Lab 2 open [email protected] Reporter Chris James house event on says CMV, a common I was especially taken by the words April 12. The virus that affects recent scam targeting current and in Oklahoma… thousands, needs Communications Aprospective students in search of fi- more attention and a Lab 2 can be nancial aid has college officials concerned, of Faith and John Wylie at the Oklaho- viable vaccine. Read found in room said Financial Aid Assistant Director more inside. 146 of the Visual Linette McMurtrey. “I don’t feel like I live in Will’s and Performing McMurtrey said the official-looking OPINION, p. 2 Arts Center. ma Journalism Hall of Fame last month document from an organization called the Student Financial Resource Center has shadow, though. I think we all live in CAMPUS LIFE been popping up in mailboxes nationwide, UNITED including in those of some OCCC students. and asked if I could reprint some of NATIONS TO The letter states students can fill out the Will’s light… MEET OCCC enclosed forms to apply for the “maxi- mum merit and need-based (scholarship) OCCC will play video Chris James/ them. I think every paper should run Pioneer programs” available. host to members of “They use a symbol like the U.S. De- “I miss the light the Tulsa Tribune the United Nations from the Dominican partment of Education and use similar these remarks as guest editorials. Here Republic regarding terminology,” she said. “It looks and feels human issues. See legitimate.” shed on Oklahoma. what topics are up However, the organization also requests are some excerpts. for discussion. 2&&&H[SHUWVYLHZV an enclosed “processing fee” of $59, NEWS, p. 6 which, McMurtrey said, is a tell-tale sign “The Tribune was brilliantly written of a scam. “Students can get information about, SPORTS GLIIHURQRSHQUHFRUGV and apply for, all of those scholarships LASER TAG (Editor’s Note: ,QSDUWWZRRIDWZRSDUWVHULHV Pioneer reporters re- for free,” she said. “We don’t want our and edited. You won’t get that kind of TOURNEY In part two of a quested an accounting students paying for services available to BY FAITH L. WYLIE APRIL 25 two-part series, WKH3LRQHHULQYHVWLJDWHV2&&&V of Aquatic Center rev- them for free.” enues and expenses on OCCC is hosting Pioneer reportrs FRPSOLDQFHZLWKWKH2SHQ McMurtrey said an increase in scams descriptive language in today’s 24/7 a Laser Tag investigate wheth- 5HFRUGV$FW Jan. 20. The document usually occurs around this time of year, “As the graphics and production tournament, free to er OCCC releases outlining expenses and due to the upcoming fall semester. all students. Sign public records in a is being asked. revenue came March 5 “It’s that time of year,” she said. “The cable and Internet sites which regur- ups have started and timely manner and whether State and national experts in an email message from 2012-2013 year is starting up and that’s will continue through an employee is available to say prompt and reasonable Cordell Jordan, media rela- when people start filing for financial aid department, I get a backside view April ??. For more take Open Records requests access should be a matter of tions coordinator. and filling out scholarships.” details, see inside. during business hours.) days. For some OCCC ad- Jordan is the college offi- McMurtrey said she is unaware how gitate the same information in slightly cial charged with accepting SPORTS, p. 8 ministrators, it means weeks, companies receive students’ names and of community journalism. Today, we SARAH HUSSAIN months or years. records requests from the contact information. Senior Writer PROMPT AND public and providing the CAMPUS LIFE She encourages students who receive modified form over and over, instead JOEY STIPEK REASONABLE ACCESS records once they have been something that appears to be a scam to use different tools. Instead of layout WHEN IS A Special Projects Writer An example would be a collected by the appropriate alert Financial Aid immediately. RELATIONSHIP MIKE WORMLEY story published in the Pio- department. “We like to be informed of these things,” of actually covering different stories…. ABUSIVE? Online Reporter neer on March 30. The story A previous Pioneer request she said. “That way, we can send out emails boards, we work at computers. But the Student Life hosted reported the college spent for Aquatic Center records to students alerting them of the situation.” a Brown Bag rompt and reasonable $75,000 more in 2010 to in April 2011 met with the Besides suspicious costs, McMurtrey luncheon recently Paccess to public re- maintain the Aquatic Center response from Jordan that the said, there are other ways to spot legitimate “That’s the major reason I’m so sad that explored how cords is required under the than the center collected in records did not exist. opportunities from false ones. tools don’t matter. to have a healthy Oklahoma Open Records revenue. The data provided OCCC Community De- She said official financial aid infor- relationship. Act. What defines “prompt also gave the figures for 2008 velopment Vice President that pundits claim the print business is COMMUNITY, p. 10 and reasonable?” and 2009, both years where “Those of use behind the scene That would depend on who expenses outpaced revenue. See RECORDS page 12 See SCAM page 9 dead. What garbage!! are the weavers. We draw together all Stories you would miss if you didn’t read the “Print media and print websites are the different pieces…the advertising, newspaper – OCCC’s compliance with the Open what still provide serious news cover- news stories, football pictures, wedding Records Act in the Pioneer; a World War II vet age. We shed the light!” announcements, community events graduating from high school in the Cushing and classified ads. LOOKIN’EM OVER. One of the best Citizen, and the oil boom endangering water in “Each week all these diverse threats papers in the state is the Pioneer at the Garvin County News Star. find their way to our desk. Our task is Oklahoma City Community College. to weave these elements together into a Faculty advisor Sue Hinton and lab deserves a state medal and more rec- tapestry that captures a true, engaging director Ronna Austin manage to lead ognition. Peggy Kiefer of the Grove Sun picture of our community… an ever-changing bunch of students in reports about a high school student “We weave a new picture each week. producing journalism of professional who is a teacher’s aide in a special And, through that process of sharing quality. needs class. She invited all five of those a picture of the community, we form a I’m not talking just about clean lay- students to be her date at the school partnership with our community. We out and style, but specifically about its prom. Headline: “Special Prom.” Wow. shape the community and the commu- excellent and well-written content. As A story many communities should nity shapes us. the recipient of many of Sue’s trans- look at in the current oil boom: “Water “The result is a growing tapestry fer students, I shouldn’t be surprised. woes worry city officials,” headlines richer than anything we could imagine They’re always well prepared and dedi- Jeff Shultz’s story in the Garvin County on our own, a tapestry that captures cated. But to consistently put out a News-Star, about a lawsuit involving the the people, events and dreams of a strong paper when the staff changes oil industry procedures endangering special place. Across Oklahoma, those school of hard knocks. / “Fighting life- every semester is remarkable. the city water supply. tapestries are building and growing and-death battles with the Nazis quali- Most recently, the paper did what Another statewide story: It’s going each week. fies as such. Even if the U.S. Army does I’ve not seen in other college papers, to be an early wheat harvest, report “I don’t know what the tools will not hand out diplomas.” and in few commercial papers. It ran Lori Cooper at the Carnegie Herald and be in the future, but I know communi- Provocative writing in The Tulsa Bea- a two-part investigative series on how Barb Walter at The Hennessey Clipper. ties need journalists who will weave con: “Just days after Republican legisla- OCCC complies with the Open Records And it looks like a bumper crop. Lots together the words and images that tive leaders killed a bill that grants per- Act, specifically about its finances with of stories. help us visualize who we are and who son status to unborn children, the Okla- the college aquatic center. Kudos to A tip of the hat to the Holdenville we dream to be. homa Supreme Court has squashed an writers Sarah Hussain, Joe Stipek and Tribune for devoting entire front page “That’s the difference between jour- initiative petition that would have put Mike Wormley for guts in going up to the story of a WWII vet. nalism and social media. We select, the issue to a vote of the people. / “A against college administrators. It also Jim Perry at the Cushing Citizen tells evaluate, investigate, organize, verify ‘conservative’ Legislature and a ‘liberal reported that 14 percent of college the story of a WWII vet who is finally and create a coherent record. We bring court’ are denying pro-life Oklahomans employees are within $5,000 of poverty. graduating from high school. Head- order and meaning to information.” line: “Man’s long journey ends with a a chance to protect unborn children, Check the paper’s classy web page at one spokesman for petition group said.” www.occc.edu/pioneer. short walk.” Lead: “It is tempting to say Frank Bickell graduated from the Miranda Elliott of the Sulphur Times There’s a teenager in Grove who Continued on Page 19 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 19 ‘Privacy’ concerns trump openness and “highly restricted personal infor- Talking social media – Legal Notes mation” can be used “by any govern- ment agency, including any court or by Michael Minnis OPA Attorney law enforcement agency, in carrying out its functions.” Senat is an associ- one person at a time ate professor for the School of Media The Driver’s Privacy Protection and Strategic Communications at Okla- allows 140 characters, you may want Act (DPPA) is a federal law ostensibly homa State University. That InterWeb to take that discussion to Facebook. enacted to prevent stalking. The impe- Senat noted: (1) that the Wiscon- Thing “Dave, I’d like to address that tus for this law was the murder of an sin Attorney General has opined that by Keith Burgin more fully,” you might write. “Let’s actress killed by her stalker. The stalk- responding to public records request [email protected] adjourn to Facebook.” Link directly er obtained her home address through is a required function of law enforce- to the relevant post. a private detective agency. ment agencies; and (2) that various When I was 15, I schmoozed my Here’s a tip for those who haven’t The DPPA restricts access to “per- courts have ruled that the DPPA only way into a job as a disc jockey at the discovered it: when you post to sonal information” obtained by state applies to records of the Department of local radio station, KCOW. Facebook, you can click on the “time- motor vehicle agencies “in connection Motor Vehicles pertaining to a motor During my stay there, I picked up stamp” for that post and it will take with a motor vehicle record.” vehicle license or permit not to law a number of valuable mental trinkets. you to that single post rather than to Like so many other laws at the enforcement records involving traffic One of the most useful and lasting your default Facebook page. federal or state level based on isolated accidents. was this adage: “You’re talking to one That’s the address I would link to. incidents, the DPPA would not have Public agencies often seem to be person.” Use a service like bitly.com to short- prevented the incident that led to its unaware of their function of providing At first, I took that to be a simple en the URL and save characters. enactment because private investiga- public access to public records. One device for overcoming “mic fright,” “Last night, town council shut tors are exempt from the law. might look at the denial of access to that tongue-numbing terror that The latest use of the DPPA is as down discussion of water ordinance. blood alcohol tests as an unintended attacks radio newbies when the an excuse for denying access to pub- Crowd too rowdy or council avoiding consequence of the DPPA, or as simply record ends. As I think back on it, lic records. The Oklahoma Highway another excuse by a public agency for discussion?” though, my characterization was shal- Patrol (OHP) recently refused to not complying with the Open Records That little blurb is 115 characters. low. “You’re talking to one person,” release blood alcohol test results citing Act. State agencies might call the latter It leaves 25 for a link – a bitly link transcends one meaning and one the DPPA as a reason. As Joey Senat excuse that the “devil made me do it” to your Facebook conversation runs application. has pointed out, the DPPA contains a rationale for denying access to public about 18 characters. It’s a good way provision that “personal information” records. When dealing with Facebook fans, to start a discussion. Twitter followers or other social Retweet often but only if it’s media contacts, keep in mind that interesting. Join the discussion as while there may be hundreds if not Clark’s Critique Continued from Page 20 frequently as is practical and offer thousands reading your posts, you’re your social media friends what you Democrat wrote a feature on a long-time Embezzlement charges sting city hall talking to one person at a time. offer your print friends – something county extension director retiring. and Stillwater NewsPress, on a Rick Engage that person. Respond as interesting. And we sure need humor these days. O’Bannon story about controversy at often as you can. Joke with support- Get that mojo going – draw your At the Sequoyah County Times, Linda the county commissioners: ers or address the concerns of critics reader in, introduce him to new Copeland photographed an attorney’s Taxes: A fair split? – publicly. people and ideas. Be the center of truck covered with a bee swarm. Head- Honorable mention: Inola Indepen- Let’s drill down and talk Twitter attention. line: “Bee Express.” But the good part dent, “Tough water questions flood for a second. Oh, and invite, don’t demand. was the last line of the cutline: “He said town board”; Prague Times-Herald, on The simplest way to reflect an Remember, you’re talking to one that his girlfriend, Kelsey Karber of a Sharron Maggard story about the interest in the world around you is to person. Lavaca, Ark., thinks he is pretty sweet festival, “Czech Us Out”; Duncan Ban- follow others. I recommend following “This is interesting. Please tell me and thinks that might be the reason the ner, on a Tony Hopper story about a three to four times as many people as what you think,” catches more flies bees swarmed his truck.” cop squad on bicycles, “Awake at the follow you – and add some folks you than, “Here’s a link. Click.” wheel”; Mustang News, on a Victoria disagree with. First place, These principles work for Face- HEAD’EM UP AWARDS. Middleton story about a local soldier Not only does it make what you Tulsa Beacon, on the story about leg- book, Tumblr, Google+ and others. on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown read more varied and interesting, it islative and court action on pro-life, a Yes, working a network takes a Soldier, “Guardian of the Unknown”; reflects an appealing openness. must read story: Cherokee Messenger & Republican, on a little time – slackers need not apply – Babies aren’t ‘persons’ If someone disagrees with your but as you get more adept, you’ll find Jim Cotton story about reserve police editorial stance or complains about Second place, Clayton Today, on an officers, “‘Even if you don’t see us, ways to make it part of your normal your words – whether they were Eddie A. Owens story about an 11-year- we’re out there’”; Tulsa World, on a Gin- day. printed or posted, try to address that old boy who saved a wreck victim from nie Graham story about group homes Above all, write, tweet, post as – again, talking directly to that one drowning: and child welfare, “Home and Hope”; though you enjoy it. person. Keep the conversation profes- Heroes come in all sizes and El Reno Tribune, on Glen Miller’s After all, you and your one person Third place, tie, The Cleveland Ameri- photo of a UP steam train coming to sional and friendly. are friends. can, on a Rusty Ferguson story, show- town, “Steaming into Train Town”. In some cases, since Twitter only ing the power of a verb: 20 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012

The renovation design was even rec- appear to be doing quite well in strong ognized with an annual Main Street military communities. Award. The Altus Times, owned by Heart- And not too far down the road, anoth- land Publications, is in its 112th year of er couple, Joe and Neville Hancock, publication. The Lawton Constitution, SCOUTING REPORT 10 also know a thing or two about newspa- recently purchased by brothers Bill and per publishing. The Hancocks, publish- Brad Burgess, has been locally owned Join OPA President Rusty Ferguson on ers of the Hobart Democrat-Chief, have for 110 years. To help connect their been married for 63 years. With son military communities to their cities, his visits to OPA member newspapers Todd Hancock onboard as editor, Joe’s both papers assist with the publication days have slowed down a bit. He began of military newspapers. The Freedom working in the newspaper industry as Flyer covers the Altus Air Force Base BY RUSTY FERGUSON, OPA President ers of the neighboring Mountain View a nine-year-old paper boy five years and The Cannoneer covers news of the News. Lori worked for the Hobbs for “Nobody does hometown news, like before his father, Ransom Hancock, Ft. Sill U.S. Army base in Lawton. five years before she and Donald made hometown folks!” — so says the mast- bought the Hobart Democrat-Chief. While the Lawton Constitution the purchase. head of the Country Connection News Today, he routinely drives his golf cart boasts the third largest circulation in The Mountain View News has been in Eakly. While that’s an assertion to to the office — after stopping for cof- Oklahoma, its management takes pride publishing for 73 years. The Hobbs which I’d readily agree, it was certainly fee at a local cafe. Neville continues in being identified as a community moved to Mountain View in 1979 and affirmed during my most recent road to write a lengthy “what’s happening” newspaper. fully invested themselves in the com- trip visiting several newspapers in west- column for the paper that also includes “Community newspapers can and munity. Leon served as the town’s ern Oklahoma. recipes. “She writes from home these should be the conscience of the com- mayor for eight years and they were OPA Executive Vice President Mark days. She’s always known that a news- munity. We wanted to be part of the active participants in the Main Street Thomas and I enjoyed stops in Eakly, paper column needs a lot of names in it Lawton Constitution team,” said Bill program, completely renovating and Carnegie, Mountain View, Hobart, and that’s what she does,” Joe said. upgrading their news office building. Continued on page 21 Altus and Lawton. The two daily newspapers we visited We were greeted by husband and wife teams on our first three stops. Like so many other couples across the state, these duos do it all when it comes to delivering the news to their readers week after week. In Eakly, Joyce and Rusty Carney have been publishing the Country Con- nection News for three decades and they’re still going strong. The Carneys said they do their best to cover events in a coverage area that expands 1,000 square miles. Joyce, who is editor and publisher, said she has never been afraid to take on any challenge. “We cover the hard news and report on council meetings, school board meetings and will tackle any story that affects our readers,” she said. “We also take pride in reporting the good news in our area.” Donald and Lori Cooper maintain their news office in nice and tidy fash- ion in downtown Carnegie (seriously — it’s one of the tidiest and cleanest news offices I’ve visited). Obviously a proud husband, Donald looked at his editor/wife and said, “Any community events happening in Carnegie usually funnel through this office. Everyone comes to see Lori to get her ideas and she’ll steer them in the right direction.” The Carnegie Herald has been publish- ing for 108 years and is Carnegie’s oldest privately-owned business still in existence today. The Coopers bought the Herald in OPA President Rusty Ferguson visits with Mountain View News owners and publishers Jyl and Leon Hobbs. The Hobbs moved to 1991 from Leon and Jyl Hobbs, publish- Mountain View in 1979. The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012 21 SCOUTING REPORT 10 Continued from page 20 Burgess regarding his decision to enter the newspaper business. The Constitu- tion’s longtime general manager, Mike Owensby, said the decision to “quit covering the world” was an important move. “We’re covering southwest Okla- homa and are concentrating on local news. We’re getting our reporters in the field to see what’s going on,” he said. Noting other papers have scaled back on news staff in recent years, Owensby said the Constitution has pur- posely maintained a strong editorial staff and the results have been signifi- cant. During the process of the recent sale of the newspaper, Owensby said, “We were able to take a good look at our- selves.” Noting other newspapers that have suffered in circulation numbers, he said the Constitution is actually up a couple of hundred with a 23,500 Sunday circulation. At the Hobart Democrat-Chief, a wall of memorable photos decorate publisher Joe Hancock’s office. From left, OPA President In addition to the local coverage Rusty Ferguson; Hobart Democrat-Chief publisher Joe Hancock; Dayva Spitzer, OPA board member and co-publisher of the Sayre and strong editorial staff, he credits Record & Beckham County Democrat; Todd Hancock, Democrat-Chief editor; and OPA Executive Vice President Mark Thomas. superior customer service as a reason for strong readership. “We still ‘porch’ that operate through the newspaper’s reactions from newspaper profession- In Carnegie, Donald Cooper only the paper every day and our readers Internet provider. Search words are als across the state. While some are had one shot at watching a pressman appreciate that,” he said. “That’s a huge included that help the businesses pop embracing the use of Facebook as an burn a plate and print a job on an A.B. thing. If one of our carriers drop the to the top of the list when potential cus- additional place to share photos that Dick job shop press. His skills as a ball, we hear about it…and quickly fix tomers do a web search. were unable to be used in print or to diesel injection pump technician appar- the problem.” “Advertising is designed to help peo- gain ideas or tips for stories, others find ently helped, because his first print job Obviously, it takes advertising to ple make money. We want to help them it frustrating. on his own was a two-color flyer. That provide a community of any size with a do just that,” he said. For example, in Carnegie and Moun- was years ago, and today Donald and quality newspaper. In Altus, publisher The right type of Internet presence tain View, the publishers expressed the Carnegie Herald maintain a steady Dan Taylor looks for creative ways to is something Oklahoma newspapers frustration over a popular local event stream of business in their print shop help local businesses. continue to refine. such as “Senior Night” where parents and office supply store. “We want our businesses to know With new ownership in Lawton, Bill take dozens of pictures and place them In Hobart, Joe Hancock owns the we can offer one-stop media solutions Burgess is excited about an upcom- on Facebook days before the newspa- Tag Agency and has sectioned off a for all their advertising needs,” Taylor ing “complete upgrade” of technology per is even printed. portion of his front office for that pur- said. “We want to help them be success- at the Constitution. Not only will the “By the time we publish the same pose. ful. That’s what advertising is all about. paper’s website and digital offering be basic picture, it’s old news,” said In Mountain View, frustrated that When a business experiences advertis- upgraded, but readers will be able to Carnegie’s Lori Cooper, who is in his community did not have Internet ing that works, they’re going to return easily access the newspaper from their search of a workable solution. “On the service, Leon Hobbs decided to do for more.” smart pads and phones. other hand, it has pushed us to pur- something about it. After developing In addition to various niche publica- While some papers, such as the posely look for a story each week that his own Internet company that pro- tions, newspaper and website advertis- Hobart Democrat-Chief, are using spe- no one seems to yet know about!” vided dial-up service to his community, ing, Taylor said the Altus Times is help- cialized companies to provide online he soon advanced to high-speed and subscriptions, others such as Eakly, MORE TO THE JOB broadband. The company became so ing its customers establish their own It’s not unusual to visit community online presence. Carnegie and Mountain View simply successful he was able to sell it — and send a PDF of their pages to the email newspapers and discover they’ve diver- even maintain a job working for the “People don’t use phone books sified their business interests. and Yellow Pages like they once did. address of subscribers. An added bonus new owners. for being a digital subscriber is that the In Eakly, we interrupted Rusty Car- Instead, they Google the information ney from his diligent work of adding INVOLVEMENT they want,” he said. The Altus Times pages are sent upon completion giving name plates to trophies and plaques. Mike Owensby said community is providing a service of establishing digital subscribers the opportunity to He manages the trophy business in involvement is second nature for mem- simple one-page websites for numerous read the news before the printed news- addition to being the Country Connec- bers of the Lawton Constitution staff. businesses. “They may be small, but papers even hit the news stands. The use of social networking has tion’s ad director, photographer and we’re able to make them look like a mil- circulation manager. Continued on page 22 lion bucks,” Taylor said of the websites been receiving somewhat contrasting 22 The Oklahoma Publisher // May 2012

Mike Owensby, general manager at the Lawton Constitution, says circulation is up a couple of hundred with a 23,500 Sunday circulation.

Lori and Donald Cooper became owners and publishers of the Carnegie Herald in 1991 ment in describing Joyce Carney. While Hancock said. “Being involved helps when they purchased the weekly paper from Leon and Jyl Hobbs. her current passion is assisting abused us to inform and entertain through our and neglected children through a court newspaper.” advocacy program called CAT, she’s Mountain View draws in thousands anxious to use the newspaper to help for its annual fair and right there in the many worthwhile causes. midst of them are Leon and Jyl Hobbs “So many things simply go hand-in- doing their part to promote their com- hand,” she explained. “Our readers are munity. For 16 years Leon served on a wonderful bunch of giving people. the fair board and continues to offer Each Christmas they provide gifts for advice and support. “Everyone pitches foster children — it just happens, we in around here,” he said. hardly even have to promote it any- more.” ALONG THE ROAD... She gave examples of community • There was a plate of homemade members with serious illnesses or stu- cookies freshly delivered to Rusty and dents participating in Special Olympics Joyce Carney when we arrived in Eakly. and other worthwhile endeavors as Seems the ladies of OHCE really appre- how she uses the paper to promote and ciate the Carneys’ service to Northern support such individuals and groups. Caddo County. The same group used She told of a woman living in a near- to bring them hot meals on their “late by city who was relying on a ventilator night” at the office. “Those were the to help her breathe when her electricity days when we’d be so tired, we’d line was about to be cut off. “I wrote a story dance around the layout tables to keep Dan Taylor, publisher of the Altus Times, is helping his customers develop an online and told of the circumstances. People ourselves awake and entertained,” presence by building web pages for them. gave. We restored the electricity. Joyce said. Technology advancements “I tell people from other commu- such as pagination and stringers being ment on the Workforce Investment nities to get their newspaper behind able to send in stories and photos have Board has given him keen insight them. That’s where they should be able done away with the late nights...and hot SCOUTING REPORT 10 meals! Continued from page 21 regarding what employers want in the to go when they need something…at workforce. “Obviously, people go where least that’s the way I see it,” she said. • Jyl Hobbs shared a fun advertis- “The newspaper has to step up and there are jobs. When we see a popula- With his son Todd now being the ing idea — perfect for leading up to show community leadership. I’m out tion loss, it’s a matter of concern,” he “involved” one, Joe Hancock, at 83, has the dog days of summer. Sell an ad there — staff members are out there said. Concerned about growth in his scaled back his many civic activities to a pet groomer or some other pet- — on boards, as volunteers, simply community, Taylor said it’s important but served for years with the Hobart related business and feature a “dog of being involved. It’s just essential to be a for the paper to do its part to promote Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, the week” complete with picture and part of the community…to be out there progress. Housing Authority and Board of Edu- personal dog information. They always doing our part.” Involvement would be an understate- cation. “We belong to the community,” In Altus, Dan Taylor said his involve- Continued on page 23 The Oklahoma Publisher // April 2012 23

SCOUTING REPORT 10 Continued from page 24 have a waiting line! Another great idea from Mountain View was a “Good Deed Doer” recognition feature used to, obvi- ously, point out the good deeds of oth- ers. • A downtown fire and ice storms, and horror stories of others not hav- ing adequate back-up systems in place, prompted Donald and Lori Cooper to develop such a plan. Not only do they have back-ups in place, they have a generator at home if needed to get the paper out. • Lori Cooper was such a “fixture” at Carnegie school board meetings that when the board needed a new minutes clerk…they hired her! After all, she was already there doing the same job. • For a contrast of the “old and the new” I’ve seen no better example than at the Lawton Constitution. In the lobby of their beautiful up-to-date building stands an old Linotype complete with lead pigs and other old relics once used to make up pages in wood and metal. Perfect for all those Scout tours! • Among its niche publications, the Newspapers in southwest Oklahoma include The Country Connection News in Eakly. OPA Executive Vice President Mark Altus Times produced a “Business and Thomas (left) and OPA President Rusty Ferguson (right) visit with Rusty and Joyce Carney, owners and publishers of the Country Service Directory,” which is basically Connection News. a booklet of business card ads printed, by category, in full color. The booklet was inserted into the Times. It was well done and a great idea. pictures of Hancock with elected offi- Oklahoma Sooners! Every picture has Democrat with us for stops in Eakly, • One of my favorite “office of cials such as senators, representatives, a “cutline” added to it so that everyone Carnegie, Mountain View and Hobart. the publisher” that I’ve seen over the governors and even shaking hands in the picture is identified! The greatest As the “western Oklahoma” rep to course of the past year has got to be Joe with President Reagan. Another wall part about it is that all those pictures the OPA Board of Directors, Dayva Hancock’s in Hobart. It is filled, wall-to- chronicles the staff of the Democrat- are a result of his involvement in the was anxious to visit her neighbors. We wall, with photographs. A former OPA Chief in picture after picture of group newspaper industry. enjoyed her company. president, one wall has a series of OPA pictures at the company Christmas • It was nice to have Dayva Spitzer Board of Director pictures along with party. Another wall pays tribute to the of the Sayre Record & Beckham County

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MARCH 2012 CONTEST WINNERS Column: Editorial: STEVEN WAYNE JAMES TROTTER South County Leader Countywide & Sun

MARCH 2012 EDITORIAL WINNER WAYNE TROTTER, COUNTYWIDE & SUN A little history History can be an unsettling Watkins was finished in the late City Manager Jimmy Stokes. It will subject, even among neighbors. Close 1990s and Tecumseh hasn’t used a take another good rain and maybe to a quarter-century ago, Tecumseh drop of its water yet. It’s gone over still another to begin to restore the Enter and Win a wisely invested $2 million in water the spillway and down the North lake as a reliable source of water. for the future. That money, which Canadian River. By now, Tecumseh And guess what? If you live in the city borrowed, was funneled residents ought to feel at home when Tecumseh, you’re drinking and $100 Check from through the Pottawatomie County they visit Lake Eufaula. In effect, otherwise consuming Wes Watkins Development Authority along with they’re swimming and fishing in their water right now ... and probably ONG! $18 million from the City of Shawnee own water. some from the Twin Lakes as well. and major assistance from the The contract is no longer a Tecumseh is buying treated water 1. Each month, send a tear sheet or federal government. The payoff for problem. Subsequent City Councils from Shawnee and raising its rates photocopy of your best column and/ Tecumseh was supposed to be 15 saw the light and began negotiating slightly to cover the costs. Shawnee or editorial to ONG Contest, c/o OPA, percent of the lake’s water or more with Shawnee to change the offending is acting as a friend in need to its 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, than 600,000 gallons a day. Shawnee contract to allow Tecumseh to treat smaller neighbor, but for a while this OK 73105-5499. would get the other 85 percent. the water its citizens paid for more story is back to Square One. But several years later, the than two decades ago. Thanks for It really is a sad story, one that 2. Include the author’s name, name of Tecumseh City Council dropped the that largely go to Linda Praytor, now didn’t have to happen and wouldn’t publication, date of publication and ball. It signed a contract that in effect Tecumseh’s vice mayor, and Linda have if enough citizens had paid category entered (column or editorial). said Shawnee would treat all the Wes Peterson, now the mayor of Shawnee. attention oh, about 20 years ago. The 3. Only ONE editorial and/or ONE Watkins water, deliver Tecumseh’s The problem now is that moral, if there is one, is to watch what column per writer per month will be share and bill Tecumseh for the Tecumseh has no way to get the your elected officials are doing. The treatment costs plus associated water to its lake and subsequently its only way to do that is through this accepted. costs. This newspaper, then simply treatment plant. The city is working and other newspapers. No other outlet 4. All entries for the previous month must The Tecumseh Countywide News, on that now. Building a pipeline covers those local bodies except be at the OPA office by the 15th of the vigorously opposed that contract will cost about another million and at times of high crisis when a few current month. because it looked to us as if doing take about a year, we’re told. That television stations might wander over that would put Tecumseh in a trap. is one of the projects Tecumseh has and grab a few seconds of tape and 5. Winning entries will be reproduced Tecumseh would have two sources of assigned to former City Manager Jim a sound bite or two. Water contracts on the OPA website at www.OkPress. water (Wes Watkins and Tecumseh Thompson, now a consultant. With don’t attract that kind of attention. com. Lake) and for much of most years, the luck and hard work, Tecumseh will They’re boring. Entries must have been previously 600,000 gallons would be sufficient to finally have its water in little more Babies have grown to voting age published. Contest open to meet Tecumseh’s daily needs. What than 12 months. while Tecumseh waited for its water. would come of the Tecumseh Lake But meanwhile, this searing Since Wes Watkins opened, more all OPA member newspapers. water and the city’s existing treatment drought has practically emptied than 3,000,000,000 gallons of water plant? We had other objections but in Tecumseh Lake. It was little more Tecumseh owns has flowed down the Although Oklahoma Natural Gas Company comparison, those were incidental. than a puddle before this week’s North Canadian. When it comes to selects representative contest winners’ work What happened? Exactly what wonderful rains and now is only about government, even boring things can for use in this monthly ad, the views expressed we feared all those years ago. Wes 25 percent full according to Interim be very important. in winning columns and editorials are those of the writers and don’t necessarily reflect the Company’s opinions. Thank you for continued support of “Share The Warmth” Read the Winning Columns and Editorials on the OPA website: www.OkPress.com (Under Contests)