November 2013 Tribune Publishing Co. in Columbia has received awards recently for its production work and its 12 Siblings of Photojournalism Hall of Fame inductee website. Marian Hatcher, left, Tom Miller, center, and Bill Miller Sr. pose with the plaque for their brother, the late Jim Miller Jr., during the Photojournalism Hall of Fame program in Washington, Mo., on Oct. 17. Three people were inducted. Read about all of them on pages 4-5. Washington Missourian photo editor Jeanne Miller-Wood made this photo. Left, partnership with GistCloud expands reach, utility of press release services. Below, photojournalist Wiley Price made the portrait of the St. Louis American Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement in Education Award winner. 8 “Deadline in Disaster,” the Mis- souri Press Association’s docu- mentary film about the Joplin Globe’s tornado response, received an EMMY Award. 6 6 Regular Features President 2 NIE Report 15 On the Move 10 Jean Maneke 17 Scrapbook 12 Obituaries 18 Missouri Press News, November 2013 www.mopress.com Wonderful program in Washington Maryville story demonstrates newspaper, social synergy had the good fortune to attend the Missouri Photojour- com, with more than 500,000 of the page views being referred nalism Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony held by Facebook. Newspapers indeed work hand-in-hand with I Oct. 17 in Washington. social media. The committee did an insightful job selecting this year’s I ask you to consider making a pledge to the Missouri Press inductees: Bob Linder, who worked for the Foundation. The Foundation continues its So- Springfield Daily Press, Leader-Press, and News ciety of 1867 and Leader for 37 years, Geri Migielicz, who Page Builders fund- worked briefly at the St. Joseph News-Press be- raising campaign. fore embarking on a 23-year career at the San Some of you may Please con- Jose Mercury News, and the late Jim Miller, Jr., have seen the pas- who was honored for his career that included sionate plea generat- sider join- 22 years at the Washington Missourian. ed by Vickie Russell The program included remarks from Jason and Jim Robertson Kander, Missouri’s secretary of state, as well as of the Columbia ing your Washington Mayor Sandy Lucy, and Jon Bauer, Daily Tribune, and chairman of the board of the Washington Area Dave Berry of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. Mark Maassen Bolivar Herald-Free One thing was immediately evident. Wash- The Kansas City Star. Press at the Missouri newspaper ington is very proud to host this Hall of Fame, MPA President Press Convention in and it does a great job showing it. The family Kansas City. While of Bill Miller Sr. had everything organized and it was a fun way to associates looking great. The turnout was robust, and the food was get a message across, it also high- scrumptious. I regret missing this terrific program in the past. lighted our need to donate to the in support Put this on your “to do” list next year. Foundation to protect newspapers’ uring the Hall of Fame reception in Washington, sev- future. of your Deral individuals stopped me to discuss the Kansas City he Society of 1867 is for in- Star story regarding the alleged sexual assault of two teenage Tdividuals to contribute to the girls by two teenage boys in Maryville. The story, written Foundation. Newspapers can con- industry. by Dugan Arnett, has garnered much national attention, tribute through the Page Builder including the mother of the alleged victim and her daughter program, in which they pledge to appearing on CNN. donate annually the equivalent of a full page of advertising. The story ran on Sunday, Oct. 13, and by the end of the Installment payments can be made on pledges, and you can next day, Oct. 14, the story had recorded more than 1 mil- use a credit card. lion hits on the Star’s website, KansasCity.com. In fact, by Please join your newspaper associates in support of your industry. Friday, Oct. 18, five days after the story ran, it had amassed Fliers explaining the program and the levels of giving can be more than 2.1 million page views. The story ranked as the downloaded at mopress.com/current_forms.php. Do your part number one socially driven story in the history of KansasCity. and make your pledge today! PRESIDENT: Mark Maassen, DIRECTORS: Phil Conger, The Kansas City Star. Bethany Republican-Clipper FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Richard Gard, Brad Gentry, Houston Herald St. Louis, Missouri Lawyers Media Joe Spaar, The Odessan SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Jim Robertson, Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian Columbia Daily Tribune Dennis Warden, Gasconade County Republican VOL. 81, NO. 11 SECRETARY: Tay Smith, Perry County Bill Miller Jr., Washington Missourian NOVEMBER 2013 Republic-Monitor, Perryville Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events Official Publication of TREASURER: vacant Carol Stark, The Joplin Globe Missouri Press EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews James White, Benton County Enterprise, Warsaw Association, Inc. ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Mark Nienhueser NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Trevor Vernon, EDITOR: Kent M. 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Missouri Press News, November 2013 www.mopress.com 3 3 photojournalists enshrined in Hall Two Fame inductees did all of their work in Missouri Photographs made by group will join Hall’s collection he Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in Washington, TMo., inducted three award- winning innovators and teachers of photography and journalism on Oct. 17. This was the ninth group of inductees since the founding of the Hall of Fame in 2005. Inducted were Bob Linder of Springfield, Geri Migielicz of California and the late Jim Miller Jr. of Washing- ton. Photographs made by the inductees were on display during the ceremony and reception. Those photographs join the Hall of Fame’s collection of work by inductees. Bob Linder and Geri Migielicz toy with the Washington-made corncob pipes they received The Photojournalism Hall of Fame at the Photojournalism Hall of Fame program. In the lower photo Linder poses near an is a project of Bill Miller Sr., publisher array of his photos on display during the program. Jeanne Miller-Wood, photo editor of the Washington Missourian twice- of the Washington Missourian, made these photos and the photo on the front cover. weekly newspaper and brother of one of this year’s inductees. The Hall’s home is a building near the newspaper office in downtown Washington. In f o r m a - tion about the Photo- journalism Hall of Fame and pre- vious inductees can be seen at mopress.com/Photojournal- ism_HOF.php. This year’s inductees: ­—­BOB­LINDER­— • Bob Linder attended Missouri State University in Springfield, his hometown. He worked as a photojournalist, chief photographer, photo editor and pho- tography director for 37 years for the Springfield Daily News, Leader-Press and News-Leader. He received many awards from news organizations, the National Press Pho- 4 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, November 2013 tographers Association, Gannett and the In 2008 Migielicz started Story4.org, Missouri Press Association. a multimedia production company. In Embracing change, Linder specialized 2010 she became a visiting professor at in color photos in print, introduced the Stanford University’s Graduate Program Springfield News-Leader’s first digital in Journalism. cameras and placed the newspaper’s first video on the Internet. His special passion —­JIM­MILLER­JR.­— is photographing the people and places of the Ozarks. • Jim Miller Jr. made photos for more than 22 years for The Washington Missou- —­GERI­MIGIELICZ­— rian, which was published by his father. His photos of people great and ordinary • Geri Migielicz developed from a earned him accolades from local and newspaper photographer into a multi- state associations. media storyteller, a digital entrepreneur Miller attended the University of and university professor. Missouri, served in the Korean War, and After graduation from the Missouri then moved to Kansas City, where he School of Journalism, Migielicz went worked for The Star and for broadcast to work for the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette Jim Miller Jr.