2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Resource Guide snpa snpa 2 0 0 8 Survey and Contest Deadlines Feb. 1 NIE/Literacy Awards April 18* Salary Survey and Employee Benefits Survey *There is no cost to participate in either survey 2008 Calendar if the questionnaires are submitted by April 18. Surveys will continue to be accepted (with a $25 Key Executives Conference fee) until May 23. Hyatt Regency Tampa, Fla. April 25 Carmage Walls Commentary Awards February 17-19 Aug. 1 Print Quality Contest and Evaluation Audience Development Conference Sept. 2 SNPA Photo of the Year Contest NewsPlex/Hilton Hotel Columbia, S.C. May 4-6 Workshop for Smaller Newspapers 2008 Traveling Campus Crowne Plaza Hotel Jan. 29 – 31 • Baton Rouge, La. Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 12 – 14 • Little Rock, Ark. September 14-16 Feb. 27 – 29 • Cary, N.C. (NCPA Winter Institute) March 4 – 6 • Tampa, Fla. 105th Annual Convention Turnberry Isle Resort and Spa March 25 – 27 • Houston, Texas Aventura, Fla. April 15 – 17 • Dallas, Texas October 19-21 April 29 – May 1 • Columbus, Ga. May 13 – 15 • Tulsa, Okla. June 3 – 5 • Columbia, S.C. June 17 – 19 • Biloxi, Miss. (MPA Summer Convention) July 8 – 10 • Louisville, Ky. July 22 – 24 • Memphis, Tenn. Aug. 5 – 7 • Gastonia, N.C. Sept. 9 – 11 • Chattanooga, Tenn. Sept. 23 – 25 • Valdosta, Ga. Oct. 7 – 9 • Birmingham, Ala. Oct. 28 – 30 • Charleston, W.Va Dec. 9 – 11 • Richmond, Va. S N PA’s 105th Annual Convention Turnberry Isle Resort and Spa Aventura, Florida October 19-21, 2008 snpa 2007-2008 RESOURCE GUIDE Southern Newspaper Publishers Association David Paxton SNPA President Table of Contents Walter E. Hussman Jr. Officers, Directors, Trustees, Staff ............................................... 2 SNPA Foundation Chairman Member Newspapers …………………………………….……………......... 3 Edward VanHorn Mayborn Award Winner ..…………………………….........…………….….. 4 SNPA Executive Director Buyers Guide …………………………….............……………………........ 22 3680 North Peachtree Road Newspaper Groups …………………………………………………............. 29 Suite 300 Associate Members …………………………………………………............ 33 Atlanta, GA 30341 404.256.0444 phone 2007 SNPA Award Winners ..…………………………………………........ 44 404.252.9135 fax www.snpa.org “SNPA has been About This Directory The SNPA Resource Guide is published as a service to association members. No part of this publi- cation may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means serving newspapers without the prior written permission of SNPA. for more than 100 SNPA will sell mailing labels for “one-time use” to members for $250. Contact Cindy Durham in the years. Our goal SNPA office if you are interested in purchasing labels. SNPA has made every effort to obtain accurate and up-to-date information for this directory. Page proofs of this directory were sent to the publisher of every SNPA member newspaper and to the CEO is this: ‘Making of every member company to verify the accuracy of the listings. In addition, SNPA called every com- Southern publishers pany that did not respond and attempted to verify data through Web searches. Members are encouraged to send corrections to SNPA throughout the year. The online version of this successful.’” directory is updated daily and can be found at www.snpa.org. David Paxton Cover photo by Nick Adams of the Galveston County Daily News, Galveston, Texas. President, SNPA © Copyright 2007 by Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. The 2007-2008 SNPA Resource Guide will be available online in January at www.snpa.org. The online version of SNPA’s 2007-2008 Resource Guide is a searchable PDF for quick and easy accessibility that can be both downloaded and e-mailed. snpa Board of Directors President Stephen P. Hills David M. Paxton President, General Manager President, CEO The Washington Post Paxton Media Group Washington, D.C. Paducah, Ky. Mary Jacobus President-Elect President, COO Donna Barrett NY Times Regional Media Group President, CEO Tampa, Fla. Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. Birmingham, Ala. Nathaniel Lea IV Foundation Trustees General Manager Treasurer Hot Springs Sentinel-Record Steven R. Brandt Hot Springs, Ark. Chairman Victor H. Hanson III President, Publisher Walter E. Hussman Jr. Publisher, President The Greenville News Charles H. Morris Sr. Publisher The Birmingham News Greenville, S.C. Chairman, CEO Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Birmingham, Ala. Morris Newspaper Corporation Little Rock, Ark. Chairman Savannah, Ga. Taylor W. Hayes Ivan V. Anderson Jr. Vice Chairman Publisher, CEO President, CEO Scott C. Schurz Jr. Derek Dunn-Rankin Kentucky New Era Evening Post Publishing Co. Editor, Publisher President Hopkinsville, Ky. Charleston, S.C. The Advocate-Messenger Sun Coast Media Group Danville, Ky. Charlotte Harbor, Fla. William O. Nutting Reid Ashe Vice President Executive VP, COO Clint Shelton Treasurer Ogden Newspapers Media General General Manager Jonathan Segal Wheeling, W.Va. Richmond, Va. Decatur Daily Pres., Freedom Newspapers Decatur, Ala. Freedom Communications Thomas A. Silvestri J. Stephen Buckley Irvine, Calif. President, Publisher Publisher, Regional VP Norman W. Shumate III Richmond Times-Dispatch Times-News VP, CFO Brian G. Cooper Richmond, Va. Burlington, N.C. Daily Gazette Company Executive Vice President Charleston, W.Va. Cox Newspapers, Inc. Doug Toney Todd H. Carpenter Atlanta, Ga. Editor, Publisher President, COO Lester T. Simpson New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Boone Newspapers, Inc. Publisher New Braunfels, Texas Natchez, Miss. Amarillo Globe-News Amarillo, Texas Lynn Dickerson VP/Operations Thomas A. Stephenson Staf f The McClatchy Company President, Publisher Sacramento, Calif. San Antonio Express-News Edward VanHorn Cindy Durham San Antonio, Texas Executive Director Director of Member Services Tom Griscom [email protected] [email protected] Publisher, Executive Editor David L. Thompson Chattanooga Times Free Press Publisher Carole Kallansrude Paulette Sheffield Chattanooga, Tenn. The Oklahoman Assistant Director, SNPA Office Manager Oklahoma City, Okla. [email protected] [email protected] Bruce R. Hartmann President, Publisher Wesley R. Turner Graham Kimbrough Keith D. Childers Knoxville News Sentinel President, Publisher Assistant Director, SNPA Foundation Communications Specialist Knoxville, Tenn. Star-Telegram [email protected] [email protected] Fort Worth, Texas Newspaper Members Alabama Cullman Fort Payne Montgomery Alexander City The Cullman Times Times-Journal Montgomery Advertiser 300 4th Avenue SE P. O. Box 680349 P. O. Box 1000 The Outlook Cullman, AL 35055-3611 Fort Payne, AL 35968-1604 Montgomery, AL 36101-1000 P. O. Box 999 256-734-2131 256-845-2550 334-262-1611 Alexander City, AL 35011-0999 www.cullmantimes.com www.times-journal.com www.montgomeryadvertiser.com 256-234-4281 Community Newspaper Holdings Southern Newspapers Gannett Co., Inc. www.alexcityoutlook.com Bill Morgan, Pub. J. D. Davidson, Pub. Scott M. Brown, Pres., Pub. Boone Newspapers Tim Reeves, Pub. Decatur Gadsden Opelika Andalusia Decatur Daily The Gadsden Times Opelika-Auburn News P. O. Box 2213 P. O. Box 188 P. O. Box 2208 Andalusia Star-News Decatur, AL 35609-2213 Gadsden, AL 35902 Opelika, AL 36803-2208 P. O. Box 430 256-353-4612 256-549-2000 334-749-6271 Andalusia, AL 36420-0430 www.decaturdaily.com www.gadsdentimes.com www.oanow.com 334-222-2402 Independent New York Times Regional Media Media General www.andalusiastarnews.com Barrett C. Shelton Jr., Pub. Group James W. Rainey, Pub. Boone Newspapers Roger Quinn, Pub. Michele C. Gerlach, Pub. Demopolis Scottsboro Huntsville Anniston The Demopolis Times The Scottsboro Daily Sentinel P. O. Box 860 Huntsville Times P. O. Box 220 The Anniston Star Demopolis, AL 36732 P. O. Box 1487 Scottsboro, AL 35768-0220 P. O. Box 189 334-289-4017 Huntsville, AL 35807-0487 256-259-1020 Anniston, AL 36202 www.demopolistimes.com 256-532-4000 www.thedailysentinel.com 256-236-1551 Boone Newspapers www.htimes.com Southern Newspapers www.annistonstar.com Sam R. Hall, Pub. Advance Publications Faye McBride, Pub. Consolidated Publishing Co. Robert D. Ludwig, Pub. , Ed. H. Brandt Ayers, Chairman, Pub. Phillip A. Sanguinetti, Pres. Dothan Selma The Dothan Eagle Jasper Times-Journal Athens P. O. Box 1968 Mountain Eagle P. O. Box 611 Dothan, AL 36302-1968 P. O. Box 1469 Selma, AL 36702-0611 The News-Courier 334-792-3141 Jasper, AL 35502-1469 334-875-2110 410 West Green Street www.dothaneagle.com 205-221-2840 www.selmatimesjournal.com Athens, AL 35612 Media General www.mountaineagle.com Boone Newspapers 256-232-2720 James B. Whittum, Pub. Cleveland Newspapers, Inc. Dennis M. Palmer, Pub. www.enewscourier.com Jerome Wassmann, Ed., Pub. Community Newspaper Holdings Ann Laurence, Pub. Enterprise Talladega The Ledger Lanett The Daily Home Birmingham P. O. Box 311130 Valley Times-News P. O. Box 977 Enterprise, AL 36331-1130 P. O. Box 850 Talladega, AL 35161-0977 Birmingham News 334-347-9533 Lanett, AL 36863-0850 256-362-1000 P. O. Box 2553 www.eprisenow.com 334-644-1101 www.dailyhome.com Birmingham, AL 35202-2553 Media General www.valleytimes-news.com Consolidated Publishing Co. 205-325-4444 James B. Whittum, Pub. Independent Carol Pappas, Ed., Pub. www.al.com Cy Wood, Ed., Pub. Advance Publications Victor H. Hanson III, Pub., Pres. Florence Troy TimesDaily Mobile The Messenger Clanton P. O. Box 797 Press-Register P. O. Box 727 Florence, AL 35631-0797 P. O. Box 2488 Troy, AL 36081-0727 Clanton Advertiser 256-766-3434 Mobile, AL 36652 334-566-4270 P. O. Box 1379 www.timesdaily.com 251-219-5400 www.troymessenger.com Clanton, AL 35046 New York Times Regional Media www.mobileregister.com Boone Newspapers 205-755-5747 Group Advance Publications Stacy Graning, Pub. www.clantonadvertiser.com Stephen A. Schmidt, Pub. W. Howard Bronson Jr., Pres., Pub., Boone Newspapers CEO Mike Kelley, Pub. 4 ■ SNPA NEWSPAPER MEMBERS Tuscaloosa Morris Publishing Group LLC Hot Springs Paxton Media Group The Tuscaloosa News Scot Morrissey, Pub. Hot Springs Sentinel-Record Terry Ward, Pub. P. O. Box 20587 P. O. Box 580 Tuscaloosa, AL 35402-0587 El Dorado Hot Springs, AR 71902-0580 Pine Bluff 205-345-0505 El Dorado News-Times 501-623-7711 Pine Bluff Commercial www.tuscaloosanews.com P.