Volume 76, Number 5

May 2005 - Published by Kentucky Press Association/Kentucky Press Service

MayNews & NotesLife in the Back Shop

A collection of tales told byprinters and publishers of weeklynewspapers “Life in the BackShop,” has been written by aretired newspaper associationexecutive in Minnesota.

“It’s not about printing butabout people,” said Robert M.Shaw, manager emeritus of theMinnesota Newspaper Assoc-iation. “It’s about a proud class ofpeople called letterpress printers.I have tried to re-create – in thewords of printers themselves –the sounds, smells and workingconditions of those old printshops. I wanted to tell what print-ers felt as they worked those mur-derously long hours in the pres-ence of ponderous and dangerousequipment, as they convertedtyped and scribbled instructionsfrom ‘idiots in the front office’into neatly folded weekly news-papers.”

Shaw interviewed 38 printersfor the book, including severalwho had owned weekly newspa-pers. Stories cover the first sixand a half decades of the last cen-tury, from the arrival of Linotypemachines to the coming of offsetprinting and computerized type-setting.

“Life in the Back Shop” is pub-lished by the Superior LetterpressCo. The book has 186 pages, con-tains 42 photos of contributingprinters and early print shops,and 13 other illustrations. It sellsfor $19.95 plus $3.30 for mailingand handling.

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There were two new faces aroundthe KPA Board of Directors tableduring the meeting in FrankfortApril 14 – those belonging to newboard members Loyd Ford andDavid Dixon.

Ford, with The Lake News inCalvert City, was elected to District1 and Dixon, with The Gleaner inHenderson was elected to District 9.

Ford, 52, is the owner of The LakeNews where he has been for nearly21 years. His responsibilities are tomanage the total operation, selladvertising, writes stories and deliv-er the paper.

He started in the newspaper busi-ness in 1974 as a reporter/photogra-pher for the Camden Chronicle inCamden, Tenn. after he graduatedfrom Murray State University thatsame year. He was later promoted to

editor of its sister publication, theCarroll County News inHuntingdon, Tenn. in 1976. Hereturned to Kentucky in 1977 andwent to work for Central Photo Inc.,which was also a graphic arts sup-ply house that sold various productsto newspapers in four states. In 1983he began to work on a master degreein college teaching with an emphasisin journalism and worked as a parttime journalism instructor andadviser to the college newspaper atPaducah Community College. Healso worked part time at theMarshall County Messenger. Hestopped pursing his master’s degreein late 1983 when he became editorof the Marshall County Messenger.After that paper ceased publicationin May 1984, Ford and his wife Teri

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Two new board membersattend first KPA meeting

Loyd Ford

David Dixon

After having its lawsuit challeng-ing parts of the Kentucky laws thatrequire juvenile court proceedings tobe closed dismissed in District Court,the Kentucky Press Association hasfiled an appeal with the Sixth CircuitCourt of Appeals.

In February 2005, the court dis-missed the complaint for failure tostate a claim and on the basis that KPAcould not prove a set of factors enti-tling them to relief. The court ruledthat KPA’s complaint failed to allegeboth factors of the “experience andlogic” test formulated by the U.S.Supreme Court in RichmondNewspapers, Inc. v. Virginia.

The lawsuit was filed in UnitedStates District Court for the EasternDistrict of Kentucky in Frankfort onJuly 15, 2004 challenging parts ofKentucky laws that require juvenilecourt proceedings to be closed. KPAclaims in its suit that the law violatesboth the U.S. and KentuckyConstitutions. The suit claims thatKentucky Revised Statutes 610 violatethe First Amendment and contains “anumber of provisions which work tocreate an irrebuttable presumptionthat certain court proceedings andrecords be closed to the public.”

“The absolute and mandatorysecrecy of the (Kentucky Unified

Juvenile Code) violated the FirstAmendment,” the appeal claims.“Openness would unquestionablyhave an institutional value to juvenilecourts the same way it does in othercriminal and civil courts.”

The suit states that closure shouldbe done on a case-by-case basis andnot be mandatory.

“Our action would still allow ajudge to close some proceedings orrecords just as they are allowed to doat the present,” said Jon Fleischaker,general counsel of the Kentucky PressAssociation. “But it would not beautomatic closure as it is under thecurrent law.”

KPA appeals dismissal of lawsuit

Longtime Hopkinsvilleeditor dies of cancer

David L. Riley, who spent 24years as reporter, photographer andeditor for the Kentucky New Era,died at his home Wednesday, April13 of cancer. He was 52.

Riley was the editorial page edi-tor for the Kentucky New Era inHopkinsville, where he began hiscareer as a reporter and photogra-pher in 1981.

His connection with the New Erabegan just months after his familymoved to Hopkinsville in 1965. Hewas 12 years old and took a routedelivering papers.

While in middle school, Riley hada darkroom and set up a small print-ing press in the family basementwhere he printed small jobs printingparty invitations and tickets forHopkinsville High School ballgames.

He graduated from HopkinsvilleHigh School in 1971 and attendedHopkinsville Community College.He earned bachelor’s and master’sdegrees from the University ofMissouri. After college, he joined theNavy. While serving as a navigatoron the USS White Plains in the SouthChina Sea, Riley took a photograph

of a Vietnamese refugee as heclimbed a rope ladder form a crudewooden boat. His photographappeared in newspapers across thecounty and in Time magazine. Itwon numerous awards from theNavy and was nominated for aPulitzer Prize.

He later joined the staff of theNew Era as a staff writer and pho-tographer and later served as graph-ics editor, copy desk chief and edi-tor.

He retired as a commander in theU.S. Naval Reserve in 1998.

Courier-Journal graphicsresearcher dies

John Patrick “Pat” Chapman, agraphics researcher who worked forthe Courier-Journal & LouisvilleTimes Co. for more than 28 years,died early April 11 at the Hospiceand Palliative Care of Louisvilleinpatient unit at Norton HealthcarePavilion of complications from aheart attack. He was 53.

In his position, Chapman usedresources ranging from the Internetto printed reference materials to finddetails and context for the art andgraphics with everything from dailystories to C-J special projects.

Chapman started as the compa-ny’s library clerk in 1976. By 1984,

Paul Monsour has stepped downas editor of The Union CountyAdvocate to become executive direc-tor of the Union County EconomicDevelopment Foundation. His lastday at the newspaper was April 21.His new responsibilities include

recruiting industry, helping existingcompanies thrive and expand, over-seeing 13 industrial loans and a leaseof a building and assisting local gov-ernment with the pending construc-tion of a $1.5 million sewer line.

The News-Enterprise photojour-

nalist Neal Cardin has been recog-nized with two awards in theMunfordville Tourism Commissionthird annual open photography con-test based on the theme, “History,Heritage & Heart.” Cardin’s workwas judged Best in Show, and hereceived an award for second placein the adult division. The photoswere on exhibit at the MunfordvilleCity Hall until April 29.

Paintsville Herald readers werelate in receiving the Wednesday,April 6 issue due to a 5 a.m. fire onU.S. 23 which claimed all the newlyprinted papers. Employee ChuckPinson was traveling on U.S. 23 inFloyd County after picking up thepapers from the printing room at theAppalachian News-Express whenhe ran over an unknown object, caus-ing the delivery van tire to blow. Helost control of the van, crossing into

the opposite lane and hitting aguardrail causing the van to catchfire. Pinson was not seriouslyinjured. The newspapers, includingthose labeled for delivery, weredestroyed in the fire but werereprinted on the next day.

Patricia “Trish” Mahon Danielwas recently hired as the communitynews editor at The Gleaner inHenderson. She will be the newspa-per’s principal contact with cus-tomers on news items ranging fromchurch notes to weddings andengagements to news brevities. Thelife-long Henderson resident holds adegree in library science fromWestern Kentucky University and isa former elementary school librarianin the local public school district.

A University of Kentucky School

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Kentucky people, papers in the news

The Kentucky PressThe Kentucky Press (Permit # 939) is pub-lished monthly by the Kentucky PressAssociation/Kentucky Press Service, Inc.Third Class postage is paid at Glasgow,KY. 42141. Subscription price is $8 peryear. Postmaster: Send change of addressto The Kentucky Press, 101 ConsumerLane, Frankfort, KY. 40601, (502) 223-8821.

OfficersKentucky Press Association

President - Charlie Portmann, FranklinFavorite

President-Elect - Glenn Gray, ManchesterEnterprise

Vice President – Alice Rouse, MurrayLedger and Times

Treasurer - Taylor Hayes, Kentucky New Era

Past President - John Nelson, TheAdvocate Messenger, Danville

Board of DirectorsDistrict 1 - Loyd Ford, The Lake News,Calvert City

District 2 - Jed Dillingham, DawsonSprings Progress

District 3 - David Dixon, The HendersonGleaner

District 4 - Jeff Jobe, Butler County Banner

District 5 - Ron Filkins, KentuckyStandard

District 6 - John Mura, Louisville Courier-Journal

District 7 - Kelley Warnick, GallatinCounty News

District 8 - Ken Metz, Bath County NewsOutlook

District 9 - Loretta Tackett, PaintsvilleHerald

District 10 - Edmund Shelby, BeattyvilleEnterprise

District 11 - Don Estep, Whitley NewsJournal

District 12 - Donna Carman, CaseyCounty News

District 13 - Don White, Anderson News

District 14 - Teresa Scenters, Berea Citizen

State At-LargeTaylor Hayes, Kentucky New EraTom Caudill, Lexington Herald-LeaderWillie Sawyers, London Sentinel EchoMark Van Patten, Bowling Green DailyNews

Division ChairmanNews Editorial Division - Mike Alexieff,Bowling Green Daily News

Advertising Division - Steve Wheatley,Elizabethtown News Enterprise

Circulation Division - Kriss Johnson,Lexington Herald-Leader

Associates Division - Cliff Feltham,Kentucky Utilities

Journalism Education RepresentativeLiz Hansen, Eastern Kentucky University

General Counsels - Jon Fleischaker,Ashley Pack, Dinsmore & Shohl

Kentucky Press Association StaffDavid T. Thompson, Executive DirectorBonnie Howard, ControllerTeresa Revlett, Director of SalesDavid Greer, Member Services DirectorDana Lear, News Bureau DirectorDavid Spencer, New Media AdministratorBuffy Sams, Bookkeeping AssistantStephanie Conrad, Research/MarketingCoordinatorSue Cammack, Administrative AssistantRachel McCarty, Advertising AssistantHolly Willard, INAN Business ClerkTami Hensley, Tearsheet Clerk

Staff members, Officers and Directorsmay be reached by e-mail using the indi-vidual's first initial, full lastname@kypress.com.

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Deaths

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It is that timeof year againwhen I want toremind newspa-pers to send usupdated rateinformation, aswell as currentshipping addressinformation for inserts. If you haverecently switched printers, pleasedon’t forget to give us a call or emailme with your current address forinserts.

We schedule all of our preprintsand inserts from our Frankfortoffice. Many times we don’t even seethe product before it appears in one

of your newspa-pers. We providethe shippingaddress and quan-tity needed toprinters all overthe country. Theprinters shipdirectly to your

printing source.Sometimes a newspaper sales rep

may call our office and say “couldyou send me some more insertssince our circulation has changed?”That is why the information on ourrate and data sheets is vital. We usethe information that your newspa-per provides to us between October

and December all year long. If some-thing happens and you have a dras-tic increase or decrease in circula-tion, the only way that we knowabout that is for someone on yourstaff to call us.

By the time that the insertionorder is received at your paper it istoo late for us to ship extra insertsmost of the time. The printer hasalready finalized the printingprocess and numbers have beengiven by someone here in our office.The advertiser has already finalizedtheir budget with the figures that wehave provided to them.

Our goal at KPS is always tomake it easy on our advertisers and

newspapers. Obviously we can onlydo half of that on our own.Everything else depends on theinformation that we get from thenewspapers that we serve.Sometimes it is hard for those of usin the communication business to beeffective communicators. We try tomake that easy on you too - you canemail me at trevlett@kypress.com,fax to the ad staff at 502-875-2624 orcall us toll free at 1-800-264-5721.

So please, try your best toremember to send us updated circu-lation figures, updated shippingaddresses and current rates. Thatway we can better serve all of ournewspapers.

Keeping info current is important to ad staffAdvertising

Plus

By Teresa RevlettKPS Director of Sales

We’re going to keep our fingers crossedUK plans to startmicrofilming again

It’s been almost a year since pub-lishers around the state received a let-ter from the University of KentuckyLibraries that effective July 1, 2004, itwould suspend its microfilm opera-tion.

Citing budget cutbacks across allUK departments, the departmentdecided that the microfilm operationwas too costly and would be suspend-ed for at least one year. A decisionwould be made this year whether thesuspension would continue, or be lift-ed and there would be a return tomicrofilming Kentucky newspapers.

UK has been microfilming news-papers for the past 50 years, recordingthe history of the Bluegrass and pro-viding microfilm to public librariesand newspapers. The archives actual-ly go back to the early days of news-papers in Kentucky.

In the libraries across the state,microfilmed newspapers are used bygenealogists, private investigators,people trying to find out when AuntLizzie was married, or born, or died.Even newspaper reporters frequentthe libraries for background on arti-cles.

And how else would newspapersget those tidbits of what was going on10, 20, 50 and even 100 years ago.Certainly, those don’t come frommemories of staff members.

The decision by UK came as a sur-

prise. There was no advance warning,no contact that this was a possibility.Just a straightforward letter that as ofJuly 1, 2004, the operation would besuspended.

Publishers began scurrying foralternate plans. Some found othercompanies to provide microfilm.Some made their current issues avail-able on CD for libraries to have. Some,perhaps many, decided to “sit tight.”

KPA got involved, working withUK officials, pleading that UK recon-sider its decision or at least ensure thesuspension would not be permanent,and checking out technology for pre-serving the state’s history.

Digitization seemed the likely wayto go. If you’ve ever used microfilm,you know it’s best to know aboutwhen a story appeared. Otherwise,you scroll through yards and yards ofmicrofilm looking for one story.Without a date, perhaps even withouta certain time frame in mind, youcould spend hours looking for one bitof information.

With digitization, the process isnarrowed to seconds. Type in a nameor town or other subject line and tech-nology can scan not only one newspa-per at a time, as with microfilm, but

every newspaper in the state. Withinseconds, you have every story that’’sbeen captured digitally that has thatname, that town or those few words init.

Digitally, a searchable database iscreated. And it can be searched in thecomfort of your home, your office, alaptop in a court room, whereverinternet access is available. No morehaving to go to the public library withhours ahead spent scrolling throughold newspapers.

A few states have gone that way.Maybe four. Others have looked at it,others have thought about. But whiledigitization of newspapers seems tobe the best plan available, there aredrawbacks. Microfilm processing isn’tlikely to change. The format used 50years ago is the same format usedtoday. Equipment has been upgradedbut those pages microfilmed back inthe ‘50s are just as readable today.Technology, could change, probablywill change. And when it does, whatdoes that do to those digital pages?

UK recently applied for a NationalEndowment for the Humanities grantto digitize old newspapers. That wasgreat news and even greater whenNEH announced earlier this year thatUK was one of seven universitiesbeing awarded the grant. UK’s sharewas for $310,000. And while that wasgood news, bad news came with it.The grants were limited to digitizingnewspapers published between 1900and 1910. But it’s a start.

Copyright would be the issue of

today. But for newspapers printedmore than 100 years ago, copyrightisn’t an issue so the grant was nar-rowly structured to get around thecopyright concerns.

The KPA Board formed a commit-tee at its January meeting to study theissue of microfilming and digitizationand to return with a recommendation.KPA had already investigated someavenues, focusing on digitizing news-papers, and had received some pro-posals. It was exciting, it was expen-sive but the question kept coming up:“Where’s technology going to be in afew years? What if the company weselect goes out of business? What hap-pens to all those searchable databasescreated by digitization?”

For the April 14 Board meeting, thecommittee — Taylor Hayes, Mark VanPatten and Charlie Portmann —decided to invite UK representativesto discuss UK’s plans.

While the decision isn’t definite, itdoes appear that come July 1, 2005, ormaybe even shortly before that, UKwill start microfilming newspapersagain. It didn’t want to make the deci-sion last year to suspend the opera-tion but with a $74 million shortfall toits budget, all UK departments had totighten the belt.

The Board voted at its April 14meeting to encourage UK to start it upagain and to get KPA more involvedin the process. A letter from KPA wassent to the Dean of Libraries after the

On SecondThought

By David T. ThompsonKPA Executive Director

See FINGERS on Page 8

As a famouscolumnist inDetroit learnedrecently, writingabout eventsbefore they havehappened can getyou into big trou-ble faster than atin roof with lots of holes on a coldrainy Saturday afternoon.

But as this is being written in lateApril, I am reasonably sure theKentucky High School JournalismAssociation will have had a success-ful state convention on May 4 inLouisville.

A week-and-a-half before the con-vention, registration stood at 600 andclimbing. After three years as admin-istrator for KHSJA, I have learnedthat newspapers and high schoolshave something in common – someof both will wait to the last minute toregister for conventions. This proba-bly means we will have had a very

large turnout forthe high schoolconvention at theExecutive West.

Jeff Newton, anEKU graduate andformer reporter forThe News-Enterprise in

Elizabethtown and currently a fieldproducer for 60 Minutes Wednesdayon CBS-TV, will be the keynotespeaker. Newton describes himself asa newspaper journalist who just hap-pens to work in television news. Hewill tell students from acrossKentucky about his assignments inAfghanistan and Iraq for 60 MinutesWednesday.THE DEBATE OVER SIZE.

Several major European newspa-pers have converted from broadsheetto a tabloid size since 2003 and real-ized circulation gains. The gains werebiggest among females and youngreaders – two demographic groups in

which most papers could use somecirculation boosts. The numbers werelarge enough and it occurred inenough markets to catch people’sattention.

Now the size debate has crossedthe pond and has stirred the pot inthe U.S. Things got even more inter-esting in March when Knight Ridderchairman Tony Ridder was quoted inseveral industry publications as say-ing his company will consider con-verting two or three of its papers to atabloid size.

The guessing game has begun asto which Knight Ridder papers couldbe considered for conversion.

In Europe – and in the U.S. too –some newspaper people consider theterm tabloid a dirty word. After all, atabloid, they reason, is a publicationthat’s something less than a legiti-mate newspaper. It’s a pub withmade-up stories about alien births,exploding toads, flying beagles andElvis sightings. So some newspaper

insiders started calling newlyswitched products “compactpapers.” It appears the term “com-pact” lacks the bad smell associatedwith tabloid, they reason.

No one is suggesting, of course,that legitimate newspapers shouldabandon good journalism to becomegrocery store rags. But focus groupsin Europe and elsewhere say theyfind the smaller size papers easier tohandle and read. In any case, it seemsthat all of us in the newspaper worldwill be hearing more about “com-pact” papers and conversions tosmaller formats.

Yes, this comes in the wake ofmany papers just having switchedthree or four years ago to the smaller50-inch web. It could be that mightnot be the end of it.

Next month’s issue will feature astory on what Kentucky newspaperpeople think of this trend and what,if anything, the future holds forpapers in the Bluegrass State.

Oh, ByThe Way

By David GreerKPA Member Services

Director

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Could a switch to tabloid format be in your future?

Understanding the five basic rules of copyright lawBy ASHLEY PACKKPA General CounselDinsmore & Shohl

We get several callsa month on the hotlineasking about copy-right issues.Copyright has twoessential purposes:first, to protect the author’s right tocommercial benefits deriving fromhis or her work; and second, toallow the author to control how hisor her work is used. Copyright lawsare complex and mind-numbing attimes, but we will try to give you 5basic rules to follow when dealingwith potential copyright issues.

Rule No. 1: Even if it does nothave a copyright notice or symbol,it still may be protected by copy-right law.

A copyright is generally designat-ed by either the word copyright orthe symbol followed by the date andname of the copyright owner (forexample, “Copyright 2005 Blue ChipCompany” or “© 2005 Blue ChipCompany.”) However, as Rule No. 1states, the absence of this notice doesnot mean that the article, advertise-ment, or image, etc. is not copyright-ed. Publishing any work without

the permission of the copyrightowner can subject you to a copyrightinfringement lawsuit. The copy-right owner can seek damages andattorney’s fees.

Rule No. 2: A copyright is notlost even if the copyright holderdoes not pursue an infringementaction.

There may be a number of rea-sons why a copyright holder wouldnot pursue a claim of copyrightinfringement against your newspa-per. But, the possibility exists. Theonly way to lawfully publish some-thing that is copyrighted is to getpermission from the copyright hold-er. If you happen to publish some-thing that is copyrighted and theholder of the copyright does notpursue an action against you, do notassume that you are home free forfuture publications of the samematerial. Each time the article,advertisement or image is publishedin violation of copyright law, youcan be liable civilly for damages andattorney’s fees.

Rule No. 3: Even if it’s on theInternet, it is not public domain.

An interesting issue is whether ornot an article or story can be repub-lished in a newspaper if obtained

from the Internet. We understandthat there are a lot of interesting sto-ries or poems on the Internet thatyour readers may enjoy. However,downloading this information offthe Internet and publishing it with-out permission puts your newspa-per at risk. The only time somethingoff the Internet can be used is if theauthor states that he or she grantsthe story or poem to the publicdomain. Otherwise, you need writ-ten permission from the author.

In some cases, the story or poemhas no apparent author.

Do not let that fool you intothinking that there is no copyrightfor the work. The entity or personposting the unauthored story orpoem on the site may not have hadthe right from the original author topost the item. All copies, yoursincluded, are considered infringingon the original copyright so ouradvice is to stay away from unau-thored works.

Rule No. 4: You can comment,parody, or criticize copyrightedworks.

The fair use exemption to thecopyright law allows commentary,parody, research and educationabout copyrighted works without

the author’s permission. Thismeans that you can editorialize orcomment on a copyrighted workwithout fear of infringement.However, in doing so, excerpt onlythe part of the work that is neededfor your point and attribute thework to the author.

Rule No. 5: “Derivative works”constitute a violation of copyrightlaw.

“Derivative works” are worksbased on or derived from anothercopyrighted work. Any time thatyou use settings, images or charac-ters from someone else’s work inyour own work, you need theauthor’s permission. Otherwise,you can be liable for copyrightinfringement.

We realize that this explanationmay be a simplification of the issuesthat you are faced with. As always,if you have any questions, or needfurther information, please contactyour Hotline attorneys:

Jon L. Fleischaker: (502) 540-2319R. Kenyon Meyer: (502) 540-2325

Ashley C. Pack: (502) 540-2385DINSMORE & SHOHL LLPSwitchboard: (502) 540-2300

Facsimile: (502) 585-2207

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Project to put some old newspapers onlineReprinted with permission from theLexington Herald-Leader.

By JOHN CHEVESHearld-Leader staff writer

Anyone on Earth soon couldcheck the Internet and discover thefacts, from a century ago, about theallegedly troubled Thaw householdof Louisville.

“Mrs. Evelyn Thaw said yester-day there was no truth in the rumorsthat proceedings were in contempla-tion for the annulment of her mar-riage to Harry K. Thaw,” TheCourier-Journal told its readersMarch 1, 1908.

The University of Kentuckylibrary is among six nationally tostart digitizing old newspapers sothey can be posted and searchedonline, courtesy of $1.9 million ingrants awarded this month by theNational Endowment for theHumanities and the Library ofCongress. Eventually, the federalgovernment wants 20 million pagesof U.S. newspapers on the Internet,going back centuries, said NEHspokesman Noel Milan.

But UK and the other libraries —in California, Florida, New York,Utah and Virginia — will start eatingthat elephant in small bites. Under atwo-year pilot project, each will dig-itize 100,000 pages from collectionsof its state’s newspapers coveringthe decade of 1900 to 1910.

“Not only was that a pivotal timein our nation’s history,” Milan saidlast week, “but frankly, it conve-niently predates the period in whichcopyright laws could pose a problemfor us.”

UK, with a $310,000 grant, has todecide which Kentucky newspapersmake the cut of several dozen itmaintains from that decade.

Since 1983, UK has preservedmore than 1.5 million pages of news-

papers onmicrofilm, mak-ing its library apopular drawfor historiansand genealo-gists trying topiece togetherthe past.

While micro-film is good,digital files onthe Internet arebetter, saidMary Molinaro,the library’sdirector ofp r e s e r v a t i o nand digital pro-grams.

Looking fora news articleabout yourgreat-grandfa-ther from some-time in 1905?With microfilm,a hopeful histo-rian must scrollthrough monthsof newspapersand check everypage. With adigital file, sheneed only click“find” and enterher ancestor’sname. AndInternet accessi-bility means shecan do it fromhome.

A glance atUK’s collection shows that Kentuckynews a century ago ranged from ter-rifying (the Black Patch War inWestern Kentucky spawned vigi-lante-style night riders furious at thetobacco monopoly) to eerily familiar(from the front page of that same

1908 Courier-Journal: “Today inFrankfort, nothing is going on.”).

Old newspapers are an invaluablehistorical resource, said Becky Ryder,the library’s head of preservationservices.

Everything about our lives as

Kentuckians — our politics, families,food, workplaces, entertainment —stands revealed in their pages, Rydersaid.

That assumes the newspapersalways, um, get their facts right.

“This is true,” she said.

The University ofKentucky has preservedmore than 1.5 millionpages of newspapers onmicrofilm which helpprovide information forhistorians and genealo-gists. With the help of agrant, UK must begandigitizing 100,000-pagesof its collection of thestate’s newspapers cover-ing the decade of 1900 to1910.

he had been promoted to library ref-erence supervisor.

Ex-Kentucky Post sportseditor dies

Tom Kramer, whose 49-yearnewspaper career included stints as

sports editor of The Kentucky Postand the Cincinnati Times-Star, diedSunday, April 3. He was 77.

Kramer started his newspapercareer in the late 1930s when he soldThe Post, Times-Star and CincinnatiEnquirer on Covington Street cor-ners.

He quit school when he was asophomore to work as a copy boy at

The Kentucky Post. A year later, hereceived his first reporting assign-ment at age 16.

Kramer was drafted into theArmy in 1945 and completed hisgeneral education developmentdiploma while in the service. Afterbeing discharged in 1947, he workedas a sports writer at the Times-Star,where he later became sports editor.

When The Post bought the Times-Star in 1958, Kramer began work forthe merged publication and waslater named sports editor.

He also worked as assistant newseditor and copy desk editor.

He finished his newspaper careerworking in the sports department ofThe Kentucky Post and CincinnatiPost.

DEATHSContinued from page 2

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Courier-Journal cartoonist wins Pulitzer PrizeLOUISVILLE – (AP) Nick

Anderson was crafting his next edi-torial cartoon for The Courier-Journal when he learned Monday,April 4 he had been awarded jour-nalism’s highest honor as a PulitzerPrize winner.

Soon there were congratulatoryhandshakes, a call to his wife andchampagne toasts with colleagues.

“It’s an incredible honor,” saidAnderson, whose work has been aneditorial page fixture since he joinedthe Louisville newspaper in 1991after graduating from Ohio StateUniversity.

Anderson, 38, was honored for“his unusual graphic style that pro-duced extraordinarily thoughtfuland powerful messages,” thePulitzer judges said.

It was the 10th Pulitzer for workby staff of The Courier-Journal orThe Louisville Times, an afternoondaily that ceased publication in1987. Robert York won the Pulitzerin 1956 for editorial cartooning inThe Louisville Times.

“It’s an exciting day with anaward to an extremely deservingindividual,” said Edward Manassah,president and publisher of TheCourier-Journal. “Nick’s work isexceptional and he makes us proudthat he works at The Courier-Journal.”

Anderson was recognized for acollection of cartoons, some ofwhich took broad swipes atPresident Bush, the RepublicanParty and the religious right. Otherswere critical of the new Medicareprescription drug program and eventhe U.S. Olympic men’s basketballteam.

“When we brought him here, wethought we had a world beater, andwe’re really happy someone else

agrees with us,” said David Hawpe,editorial director of The Courier-Journal.

Anderson, a political sciencemajor in college, said becoming aneditorial cartoonist was “basically aself-taught art.”

“The rule I think, is to provokethought – that’s the purpose of a car-toon,” he said in an interview. “Inthe process of provoking thought,you often provoke anger – and that’snot a bad thing. In fact it can be avery good thing because that’s thebeginning of dialogue.”

An unabashed critic of Bush,Anderson said his columns draw arange of responses.

“Some people are cheering me onand absolutely love it, and othersthink I’m horrible and think I shouldbe fired,” he said.

Anderson isn’t reluctant to takeaim at Democrats as well. “I gener-ally liked (President) Clinton’s poli-tics, but was very happy to criticizehim when he deserved it,” he said.

Anderson said he tries to offersome insight into the news with anoriginal twist.

“Being funny is fine, but to whatend if you’re not going to have apoint of view,” he said.

Anderson called himself the“consummate self-critic.”

Nick Anderson

These cartoons, provided by The Courier-Journal, were among 20in Anderson’s award winning entry. He was praised for “extraordinarilythoughtful and powerful messages.”

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Left: Karen Tanksley and Jan Melton look over the entries in the Kentucky PressAssociation Advertising Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers ad contest. Tanksleyis the publisher of the Effingham Herald and Melton works at the StatesboroHerald.Below: Ann Laurence and Dave Eldridge watch over the Georgia PressAssociation judges as the spring advertising contest is being judged. Laurence isthe publisher of the Morehead News Group, while Eldridge is publisher of theJessamine Journal in Nicholasville.Photos by Teresa Revlett, KPS.

Left: Sue Cammack, KPA administrative assistant, has her stickers ready to placeon the winners of the ad contest. Members of the Georgia Press Associationserved as judges for the Advertising Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers.Photoby Teresa Revlett, KPS. Above: The Kentucky Press Association judging teammade their way between airport terminals to get to the final destination of St.Simons Island to get the spring advertising contest judged. Left to rigth are AnnLaurence, Kim Hays, Sue Cammack (partially hidden), David Thompson, Samand Teresa Revlett.Photo by Dave Eldridge, Jessamine Journal.

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Community newspapers may pay less for some mail 2006Washington, DC — Publishers

using within county mail got a pieceof good news this week, wrappedinside the bad news that postal ratesare likely to go up 5.4 percent inJanuary.

For within county mail, the newrates will be a decrease of 5 to 6 per-cent, the National NewspaperAssociation announced April 8. Thatassumes the Postal RateCommission will accept the ratesrequested by USPS.

NNA President Mike Buffington,editor of The Jackson Herald,Jefferson, Georgia, said the newrates were the result of several fac-tors that NNA has worked on for anumber of years. He congratulatedthe Postal Service and NNA’s PostalCommittee, chaired by Max Heath,vice president of LandmarkCommunity Newspapers, Inc., for asuccessful campaign to hold downpostage for local newspapers.

“Anytime postage costs—which

are a huge expense for most news-papers—can be held steady, it givesa local newspaper an opportunity toinvest in ways that better benefittheir own local communities. Wewere pleased to have no increasesfor the past couple of years. Now tohave our main class of postage actu-ally go down is terrific news,”Buffington said.

Heath said NNA had learned ofthe possible reduction several weeksago as it had followed cost statisticsfor within county mail, but had notwanted to count on the new savingsuntil the news was official.

The United States Postal Servicerequested new rates with an across-the-board increase of 5.4 percent—which would include a 39 cent first-class stamp. The primary reason forthe increase is the failure ofCongress to repeal a required contri-bution of $3.1 billion to an escrowfund made necessary by a contro-versy over payments to the Civil

Service Retirement System. Without the

escrow payment, the Postal Servicesaid, the freeze in rates that has beenin place since 2003 could be sus-tained a while longer.

If the rate commission approvesthe increase, the rates would mostlikely go into effect early in 2006.

Heath also complimented thePostal Service on proposed reduc-tion. He said three factors are to becredited for the good news.

“First, Postmaster General JackPotter has done a terrific job insqueezing cost out of the PostalService. If it weren’t for thisCongressionally-mandated escrowpayment, there would be no increaseproposed now.

“Second, local publishers deservea major share of the credit.

This reduction isn’t a gift fromthe Postal Service. It is the result ofgood cost controls by publishers,who present a highly presorted effi-

cient mailstream in the within-coun-ty mail.

“Finally, quite frankly, the creditgoes to NNA.

The cost formula that led to thisgood result came out of work NNAhas done over the years in limitingthe contribution from within countymail to postal overhead—which wethink we deserve because our mail isefficient, and important to localcommunities. By working closelywith the Postal

Service and with Congress toensure recognition of this preferredrate of mail, NNA has been doing itspart to promote community news-papers and their viability in themailstream.”

The proposal before the PRCkicks off a process that could take asmuch as 10 months as the costsbehind each rate are examined andchallenged. NNA will participate inthe PRC process on behalf of com-munity newspapers.

National postal forum highlightsReprinted with permission of thePublisher’s AuxiliaryBy Max HeathNNA Postal Chair

Important news was made at theNational Postal Forum in NashvilleMarch 21-23. Here are the insiderhighlights:

24-piece sack minimums: Wordleaked out that the rate case to be filedthis month, and effective in January2006, will include a periodical mailpreparation rule change to require 24pieces in a sack, rather than six asallowed at present. This could affectthe delivery of copies mailed outsidethe county, with six-piece sacks nolonger allowed. NNA has resistedsuch a rule change for many years,but this proposal may be unstoppable.Why? Because it was ordered byPostmaster General Jack Potter to getmore mail out of sacks, and reducepostal costs of handling small-quanti-ty “skin” sacks.

For a typical community newspa-per, this would mean more three-digitand ADC “working” sacks of 24pieces rather than five-digit directsacks, and more residual mail in theoft5en-delayed Mixed ADC sortation.While NNA and others are concerned

about worsening service with fewdirect sacks, the proposal helpsreduce the rate hike for regular rate(outside-county) mail. The proposal isone of several to cut periodical costsgoing forward and balance costs withrevenue in regular rate periodicals.

Local newspapers to be exemptfrom FSS: Pat Donahoe, chief operat-ing officer of USPS, told me localnewspapers “would be retained intheir delivery offices” rather than bemade to enter at central processingplants under a planned FlatsSequencing System for deployment in2008. USPS is prototyping machinesthat would sequence all newspapers,magazines and other large envelopesknown as “flats” so that carriers havebundles of sequenced flats to accom-pany already-sequenced letters fromplants. Entry of newspapers directlyat plants could delay delivery, pushback deadlines and possibly forcenewspapers out of the mail for localdelivery. Donahoe said the goal wasto get about 75 percent of flats prese-quenced, and it made sense to leavelocal mail in carrier route, walk-sequence order entered at deliveryoffices.

In a private meeting requested by

NNA, I also elevated the worseningdelivery of “working” mail experi-enced by community newspapers,and concerns about the shift of MixedAdc processing from about 100 plantsto just 32. We expressed willingness toget out of sacks, whether onto palletsor flat tubs. Donahoe and I agreed toseek five test states where SectionalCenter Facilities and AreaDistribution Centers could make useof tubs for mail destinating within thedelivery territories served.

New DMM 300: USPS unveiled anew, user-friendlier Domestic MailManual at the Forum. The new DMM300 combines all information for peri-odicals in one section 700). Despitenumbering being changed on all sec-tions, information is easier to find. Tohelp the transition, each section inDMM 300 contains the old referencenumber from DMM 58. The onlineDMM at Postal Explorer Web site pro-vides a lookup tool that allows oldpassages to be matched to the new.No changes in the rules have beenmade; the DMM has just been refor-matted. Subscribers to the hard copyDMM will receive a new one soon.Use of the online version is highly rec-ommended.

meeting. While there’s no promiseUK will begin microfilming again,we are at least encouraged bystaffers Mary Molinaro and BeckyRyder, who attended the Boardmeeting, that every effort is beingmade to do just that.

When UK made the decision in2004 to suspend the operation,what wasn’t so obvious was that atthe time issues dated in June andJuly, 2003, were just then beingmicrofilmed. A year’s hiatuswould mean that if the projectreturns in July, 2005, there will betwo years’ worth of issues tomicrofilm But the UK representa-tives assured the Board that if theproject is funded in UK’s budget, itwill make sure that some waythose back issues will be caughtup.

We’re keeping our fingerscrossed that UK’s one-year sus-pension is lifted and there’s areturn to microfilming. And per-haps there will be a way to look tothe future and incorporate morecurrent digital copies of newspa-pers than those published between1900 and 1910.

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Kay McCollum, director of Kentucky’s Western Waterways, dis-cusses the numerous opportunities for tourists in WesternKentucky with those in attendance at the Western KentuckyPress Association meeting in Grand Rivers April 29.

Western Kentucky Press Association

Requiring community newspapersto set up costly permission systems inorder to continue sending faxes totheir customers is the wrong way tostem the tide of junk fax, said NationalNewspaper Association RegionalDirector Jon E. (Jeb) Bladine, publish-er of the News-Register, McMinnville,Ore.

Bladine testified April 13, 2005,before the Senate Committee onCommerce, Science andTransportation that an FCC rulerequiring signed consents for adver-tising faxes is wasteful and ineffective.Bladine, representing Oregon,Washington, Alaska, Idaho andMontana on the NNA board of direc-tors, was invited by Sen. GordonSmith, R-Oregon, to express NNA’sviews on S. 714, the Junk FaxPrevention Act of 2005.

Businesses will be required by July

1, 2005, to obtain the signed consents,unless Congress acts.

S. 714 would restore recognitionthat a business sending commercialfaxes to its established business cus-tomers is not an abuse of faxmachines. It would require businessesto provide a toll-free way for fax recip-ients to request no further faxes. Itwould also permit the FCC to deter-mine that further regulation of the“established business relationship”exception is needed in the future-if itbelieves the source of junk fax stemsfrom an abuse of that exception.

“I know some of our concernedconsumers’ groups believe the maintarget of the FCC rule was the blitz ofunsolicited and unwanted faxes,”Bladine testified.

“I get them, as I know even theCongressional offices do. And I hatethem as much as anyone. They are

illegal today. They were illegal beforethe FCC acted. They will continue toflow illegally after July 1, whether ornot Congress allows us to continueour legitimate use of the fax machine.Leaving this consent rule in place isgoing to neither promote them oreliminate them. But it is going to pun-ish the innocent by making us absorba major and wasteful cost ... Andwhile we labor under this burden-some regulation, the junk faxers arestill merrily pursuing their trade.”

Bladine said his newspaper, likeothers, uses the fax machine to sendrate cards, ad proofs, bookkeepingcorrections and announcements ofspecial promotions to customers whowant the information by fax.

“We send information about thenewspaper and web site ad rates tothose who request them every day.These are business requests for infor-

mation about our newspaper and website advertising rates; informationabout upcoming special sections; mar-ket information about circulationnumbers and distribution zones; andmore. The junk fax rule would stopour advertising department in itstracks every day. Maybe every hour,”he said.

“The Commission has asked us toset up an entire system to interferewith our busy customers’ lives so wecan get these forms, and to repeatedlybother them to keep the forms up todate,” he told the committee. “And forwhat? To stop junk fax? It won’t stopjunk fax. But it would hurt a lot ofsmall businesses.”

Introduction of a similar House billis expected. NNA is also joining otherindustry groups to request an exten-sion of the July 1 deadline from theFCC.

NNA testifies against junk fax legislation

Above: Slone Cansler, of theMurray Ledger & Times, PaulHanak, of the Benton Tribune-Courier, and Leigh LandiniWright, of the Paducah Sun, tookpart in a panel discussion abouttheir special publications forreaders and tourists. Left: Dr.Bob McGaughey, Leigh LandiniWright, Mike Powell and ChipHutcheson were among those inattendance at the WKPA springmeeting. Powell was electedvice-president of WKPA for thenext year.

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AG OpinionsThe Crittenden Press/CrittendenCounty Board of Education

The Kentucky Attorney Generalwas asked to rule whether theCrittenden County Board ofEducation violated the OpenRecords Act in denying CrittendenPress Editor Chris Evans’ request forcopies of records in relation to theremoval of SuperintendentFredericka Hughes.

In an e-mailed open recordsrequest dated Dec. 29, 2004, Evansasked that the Board provide himwith copies of: affidavits, deposi-tions, files and any other documentspertaining to the Board’s officialinvestigation of the FrederickaHargis matter including anyresponses to such documents thathave been made by Hargis or herattorney throughout the course ofthe issue; resumes, applications, let-ters of support, cover sheets, lettersof introduction, or any other docu-ments regarding the applicationinterview or hiring of FrderickaHargis by the school system in thespring of 2004.

Board Attorney ZacharyGreenwell responded to Evans’request on Jan. 3, 2005, advising himthat the only documents from theremoval hearing of Hargis that canbe disclosed are the minutes and theBoard’s findings as previously dis-closed to the press. He said Hargisrequested all the other documents toremain confidential as a part of theclosed session record and areexempt from the Opinion RecordsAct.

Evans then initiated an appeal

with the Attorney General’s officeasserting that the requested recordsare not subject to any exclusionunder the Kentucky Open RecordsAct and the Board makes no attemptto state as a matter of record the pre-cise exclusion for denial.

After being notified of Evans’appeal, the Board failed to respondto the AG’s office on or before Jan. 20regarding the appeal.

“The record on appeal containsno supplemental agency response,and we must therefore assume thatthe Board elected not to avail itselfof the opportunity to elaborate onthe statutory bases for the denial ofMr. Evans’ request,” AssistantAttorney General AmyeBensenhaver wrote in her decision.“Given the deficiencies in theBoard’s initial denial of that request,and its failure to supplement thedenial upon receipt of this office’snotification of appeal, we concludethat the Board violated KRS61.880(1), imposing certain proce-dural requirements on public agen-cies, and that it failed to meet itsstatutorily assigned burden of proofin sustaining the denial of Mr.Evans’ request.”

The Courier-Journal/KentuckyHigh School Athletic Association

The Kentucky Attorney Generalwas asked to rule whether theKentucky High School AthleticAssociation violated the KentuckyOpen Records Act in denying therequest of Courier-Journal reporterC. Ray Hall for copies of documents,correspondence and responses to

the KHSAA’s survey of non-publichigh schools last spring.

On Jan. 6, 2005, Hall directed hisrequest to KHSAA CommissionerBrigid DeVries. On Feb. 7, 2005, Hallsubmitted his request to TheodoreR. Martin, KHSAA legal counsel, towhom he was referred, advising himthe Devries had indicated eventhough four or five of the 46 non-public schools had yet to respond,she was willing to share the avail-able information with the newspa-per. Hall observed that his requestwas not for a summary of the infor-mation for all Kentucky schools buta school-by-school response fromthe 46 non-public schools.

In a response dated Feb. 10,Martin denied The Courier Journal’srequest on behalf of KHSAA sayingthe information was excludedbecause of KRS 61.878 under KORAwith two different exceptions apply-ing in this case. KRS 61.878(1)(i)excludes preliminary drafts, notes,and correspondence with privateindividuals, other than correspon-dence which is intended to givenotice of final action of a publicagency. KRS 61.878(i)(j) excludespreliminary recommendations, andpreliminary memoranda in whichopinions are expressed or policiesformulated or recommended.

In a letter dated Feb. 25, Jon L.Fleischaker, legal counsel, appealedthe denial on behalf of the C-J. Heargues that records must be prelimi-nary in order to qualify under eitherof these exceptions. “Here, therecords are final survey responsesprepared by KHSAA member

schools and transmitted to KHSAAwhich contain factual statisticalinformation regarding enrollmentand financial aide,” he wrote.According to Fleischaker, there “isno suggestion that the surveyresponses are subject to revision.”

Martin argues that the responsesconstitute the first step in a long-term study and are “preliminarydata” because no final report hasbeen issued by KHSAA.”

However, the fact that therequested records exist at a point intime prior to issuance of the finalreport does not render those docu-ments preliminary in Fleischaker’sestimation.

Upon receiving notification ofFleischaker’s appeal, Martin elabo-rated on KHSAA’s position. Martinsaid that the information was stillpreliminary because after data isreceived and reviewed the first time,additional data and input may berequested. Despite the C-J’s asser-tions, Martin contends, “this gather-ing, compilation and analysis of pre-liminary data is related to theprocess of developing and creatingrecommendations, opinions and/orpolicies regarding the financial aidgiven to student athletes – it doesnot signify final action by theKHSAA.”

The AG’s office ruled that therequested records are preliminary innature and were properly character-ized as drafts which have not beenadopted by the KHSAA as a basisfor final action and on that basisKHSAA properly relied upon KRS61.878(1)(i) in denying the request.

opened The Lake News and pub-lished the first issue on June 6, 1984– exactly one week to the day afterthe Messenger published its lastissue.

Ford’s goals for KPA are to con-tinue to build information, educa-tional and governmental leadership.

He thinks that newspapers must“polish up” their image and their

product.“We must be viewed as the infor-

mational and more importantly theentertainment leaders if we want tocontinue to make a living,” he said.“We must define customers as bothreaders and advertisers.”

He said that newspapers’ futurelies in technology and the use of theInternet.

Dixon, 50, has been the managingeditor at The Gleaner in Hendersonfor 20 years.

He helps plan and present the

work of the staff, fosters communi-cation within the newsroom andwith other departments and troubleshoots.

He graduated with a Bachelor ofArts in English from IndianaUniversity in 1976.

His goal for KPA is to continueexcellent support of the newspaperindustry in Kentucky.

“As we all know, we’re in a verychallenging period for our indus-try,” he said. “We’ve got to try tounderstand our readers and non-

readers better and serve them bet-ter.”

He believes excellent, above-and-beyond type customer service willdecide the future of newspapers.

“We need to encourage experi-mentation, listen to customers bothinternal and external and be quickon our feet.”

While he thinks the methods ofdelivery will evolve in the future, hesaid newspapers would still be theessential source for local news andlocal information of all types.

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2005 NIE contest callfor entries

In order to recognize the excel-lent effort made by many com-munity newspapers to engageyoung readers, the NationalNewspaper Association started aBest in Newspaper In Educationcontest two years ago that high-lights these efforts as examplesfor other newspapers.

The contest is open to allnewspapers.

Because NIE programs followa school year calendar, entrieswill reflect accomplishmentsfrom July 2004 through June 2005.Entries must be received by July1, 2005.

Judging will be by a represen-tative panel of newspaper profes-sionals and educators. Awardswill be presented during NNA's119th Annual Convention andTrade Show in Milwaukee, WI,Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2005.

The contest has three classes-Innovation Awards, GeneralExcellence and State Programs-and two circulation divisions:Division A - Daily; and Division B- Non-daily.

An entry form describinggoals, process, cost and outcomesshould accompany each entry.There are separate entry forms foreach category. Entry forms areavailable online at www.nna.org.

Winning programs will be fea-tured in the Publishers' AuxiliaryNewspaper In Education column.

To download a copy of any ofthe entry forms, go towww.nna.org and click theContests and Awards section.

All materials submitted mustmeet applicable rules of anyagencies a newspaper is gov-erned by, such as Audit Bureau ofCirculation, U.S. Postal Serviceand copyright laws.

For more information, contactNNA at (573) 882-5800, orterri@nna.org.

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Joe Hirsch Scholarship establishedThe University of Kentucky and

the National Thoroughbred RacingAssociation (NTRA) announcedrecently the establishment of the JoeHirsch Scholarship, which annuallywill provide full, one-year tuition toone student who is interested in pur-suing a career in Thoroughbred rac-ing journalism. Financial support forthe Hirsch Scholarship is being pro-vided by the NTRA, Daily RacingForm, Keeneland, The Jockey Club,and other industry groups. Thescholarship honors long-time racingreporter and columnist Joe Hirsch,who retired in November 2003 aftera 55-year career that included 49years with the Daily Racing Form.

The Joe Hirsch Scholarshipincludes a journalism-related intern-ship at a Thoroughbred racingorganization. Scholarship candi-dates must meet a minimum GPArequirement and demonstrate finan-cial need.

Upon learning of the announce-ment, Mr. Hirsch said, “I am thrilledand deeply honored.”

Hirsch founded the National TurfWriters’ Association and was its firstpresident. He won numerous

awards during his long career,including the Eclipse Award ofMerit, the Jockey Club Medal, andthe Lord Derby Award, given by theHorse Race Writers of

Britain. Hirsch is the author orco-author of five books, including“In the Winner’s Circle: The JonesBoys of Calumet Farm” and“Kentucky Derby: The Chance of aLifetime.” He is considered the“dean” of Thoroughbred racingwriters and was well-known for hiswillingness to help journalists newto the racing beat. In recent years,Hirsch has been saluted by two ofthe sport’s greatest venues, SaratogaRace Course and Churchill Downs,each naming its press box in hishonor.

Upon Hirsch’s retirement, StevenCrist, chairman and publisher ofDaily Racing Form said of Hirsch,“One reason this scholarship is suchan appropriate way to honor JoeHirsch’s career is that he was a men-tor to literally dozens of the nation’stop racing writers when they begantheir careers. Joe is legendary forhelping young writers get startedout the right way, and this scholar-

ship will continue that tradition.”“The NTRA is excited to be a part

of this endowment, along with theDaily Racing Form,” said KeithChamblin, senior vice president ofmarketing and industry relations forthe NTRA. ”During his nearly half acentury of covering the sport ofThoroughbred racing for DailyRacing Form, Joe Hirsch set highstandards for integrity, fairness andaccuracy that future generations ofjournalism students should hope toemulate.”

“It is a tremendous honor for usto host the Joe Hirsch Scholarshiphere at UK,” said Beth Barnes, direc-tor of the UK School of Journalismand Telecommunications.

“We have many journalism alum-ni who are active in the horse indus-try, and we hold an annual highschool journalism workshop thatfocuses on the horse industry in theLexington area. The Joe HirschScholarship, and particularly theinternship opportunities that arepart of the program, will help usguide more students toward this fas-cinating specialization within jour-nalism.”

Western wins overall Hearst titleWestern Kentucky University’s

School of Journalism andBroadcasting has won the overalltitle in the Hearst JournalismAwards Program for the third timesince 2000.

Often called “The Pulitzers ofCollege Journalism,” the Hearst pro-gram conducts yearlong competi-tions in print journalism, photojour-nalism and broadcast news.

In the past seven years Westernhas finished in the top four national-ly in the Hearst program’s OverallIntercollegiate Competition — thirdin 1999, first in 2000, first in 2001,second in 2002, third in 2003, fourthin 2004 and first in 2005.

“We’re very pleased to be rankedas the No. 1 journalism program inAmerica again in 2005,” said Dr.Pam Johnson, director of the Schoolof Journalism and Broadcasting. “Itreally shows our students and facul-ty have rallied to continue to pro-

vide a very strong program. We’reextremely proud of our students.

“We would also like to thank theadministration at Western for sup-porting our program. We couldn’t besuccessful without their support,”she said.

In the overall competition,Western was followed by ArizonaState, Nebraska, Missouri, NorthCarolina, Northwestern, Penn State,Florida, Kent State and Syracuse.

“To have an independent authori-ty name one of our prominent aca-demic programs as the best inAmerican higher education isindeed a mark of distinction forWKU and for the Commonwealth,”President Gary Ransdell said.

Awards will be presented May 27in San Francisco.

Earlier this year, Western won theIntercollegiate PhotojournalismCompetition for the 15th time in 17years and had six students qualify

for the Hearst national semifinals.The WKU students — Melanie

Blanding, a junior from Roanoke,Va.; Jim Winn, Wiqan Ang, and ErikJacobs, all Bowling Green seniors;David Degner, a junior fromAugusta, Ga.; and Dana MarieRieber, a Shepherdsville senior —are among 12 submitting photos forthe semifinal round of judgingbefore six finalists are selected May23 for the national finals in SanFrancisco.

The Hearst Journalism AwardsProgram, funded by The WilliamRandolph Hearst Foundation, oper-ates under the auspices of theaccredited schools of the Associationof Schools of Journalism and MassCommunication. More than 100accredited undergraduate schools ofjournalism in the United States areeligible to participate in the pro-gram, which awards more than$400,000 in scholarships and grants.

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of Journalism and Telecommuni-cations’ Media Ethics class is teamedup with Lexington Catholic HighSchool and Bryan Station MiddleSchool to educate students about theFirst Amendment. The program wasinspired by “The Future of the FirstAmendment,” a research project con-ducted by the John S. and James L.Knight Foundation. The project con-cluded high schools are leaving theFirst Amendment behind in academ-ic studies; students across the coun-try appear to lack a basic under-standing of the First Amendment. OnWednesday, April 13, UK journalismstudents visited Bryan StationMiddle School in hopes of inspiringstudents to consider journalism as acareer path in addition to presentingthe First Amendment seminar. Thegroup also visited advanced place-ment and honors government classesat Lexington Catholic throughout theday on Friday, April 15. Studentsconducted quizzes, performed hypo-thetical scenarios and provided infor-mation about the history of the FirstAmendment and recent cases thatrelate to high school and middleschool students.

Proceeds from the University ofTennessee at Martin’s 45th annual AllSing competition April 9 benefitedthe Johnny Jones fund. Jones, editorof The Fulton Leader newspapers,suffered a brain injury in Septemberand is receiving treatment at theCenter for Comprehensive Servicesin Paducah.

The weekly Laurel News Journalnewspaper in London ceased publi-cation March 24. There were nineemployees at the 8-year-old paper,which had a paid circulation of 4,600.

Sharon Dodson has returned towork at the Commonwealth Journalin Somerset after a four-year stintwith the weekly Somerset NewsJournal. She is a lifelong native ofPulaski County and has over 20 yearsof journalistic experience.

The Jackson Times announcedthe addition of Lance Turner to itsstaff in early April. He is a 1996 grad-uate of Breathitt County High Schooland has accumulated 88 college cred-its from Morehead State Universityand Lees Community College/Hazard Community and TechnicalCollege. Editor David W. Strong istaking a medical leave of absence.

The Barren County Progressrecently added a new Business Pagefeature to its publication in an effortto help showcase local entrepreneursand area businesses. The BusinessPage will feature area companies andtheir accomplishments as well aslocal national chains around the area.

Donna Walker has moved fromcommunity news editor to newspa-per sales team leader at The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown.

Robb Heady is a new advertisingsales representative for The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown.

Lebanon Enterprise CirculationManager Jane Ballard held a one-dayblowout subscription sale in Marchthat netted 90 new subscribers and250 renewals. She also ran a kioskduring the Heart of Kentucky Farm,Home & Garden Show and sold 16subscriptions, four of which werenew.

Franco Hernandez has joined thestaff of The Sentinel-News inShelbyville as a graphic designer. Heis a 2004 graduate of Louisville Tech.

Erika Green has been hired as anadvertising assistant for TheSentinel-News in Shelbyville. She isa resident of Frankfort and a 2004

Shelby County High School gradu-ate.

Lauren LeBlanc is the Sentinel-News’ new staff writer/photogra-pher. She has a degree in mass com-munications from Texas StateUniversity.

Julia Keller, former reporter atThe Daily Independent in Ashland,won a 2005 Pulitzer Prize in featurewriting for a three-part series chroni-cling the effects of a tornado on asmall town in Illinois for the ChicagoTribune. Keller served as generalassignment reporter and then editori-al page editor at the Ashland paperfrom 1978-1979.

Western Kentucky University’sstudent newspaper, radio newscastand television newscast received tophonors recently at the Society forProfessional Journalists Region 5Conference. The College HeightsHerald was named Best All-AroundNon-Daily Student newspaper.Editors were Brandy Warren andDanny Schoenbaechler, both ofLouisville. The first-place winners inthe Mark of Excellence competitionadvance to the SPJ national contestlater this year. SPJ Region 5 includesschools in Kentucky, Illinois andIndiana. Individual awards includedthe following: Lindsay Sainlar ofLouisville, first in general columnwriting. Danny Schoenbaechler ofLouisville, second in sports columnwriting. Joanie Baker of Louisville,first in feature writing. Eric Sollmanof Shepherdsville, first in televisionnews photography, third in televisionfeature photography. Kyle Edelen ofLouisville, first in television sportsreporting. Josh McCoy of BowlingGreen, first in sports photography.Edward Linsmier of Saxe, Va., first ingeneral news photography. WiganAng of Bowling Green, first in fea-ture photography, third in sports

photography. Ryan Long of BowlingGreen, second and third in generalnews photography. Julie Busch ofSanta Cruz, Calif., second in featurephotography. James Branaman ofBerea, second in sports photography.Brian Wagner of Knoxville, Tenn.,third in feature photography. TamaraEvans of Bowling Green, third inradio feature. Wes Watt of BowlingGreen, honorable mention in sportswriting. Andrew Henderson ofHamden, Conn., honorable mentionin feature photography.

The Community Recorder inKenton County has earned theNewspaper Association of AmericaSNAP (Specifications for NewsprintAdvertising Production) certifica-tion, a printing industry standardthat assures top-quality reproduc-tion. Only 48 other U.S. newspaperprinting operations have receivedthis designation. In order to becomeSNAP certified, printing operationsmust go through an intensive reviewand meet performance standards thatencompass its people, machines,materials, methods and environ-ment.

The Messenger-Inquirer has pro-moted two of its employees JustinBridgmon has been named advertis-ing display manager. Bridgmon, anative of Owensboro, attendedOwensboro Community College andhas been with the M-I for eight years.Jamie R. Uyleman has been promot-ed to classified inside sales supervi-sor. She has worked for the paper forfour years as an inside sales repre-sentative.

John McGary, former reporter forthe Messenger-Inquirer, has beennamed communications director forJody Richards, Kentucky speaker ofthe House. Since 1999, McGary wasanchor/reporter with WLEX-TV inLexington.

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