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What do Walt Disney, Julius
Erving, Harry Truman and Bing Crosby have in common?
They were newspaper carriers,
just like the carriers who will be honored Oct. 27 at the PNA Luncheon of
Champions during PNA's 80th Annual Convention.
Each year, the PNA
Foundation honors top carriers in junior, senior and adult divisions
during this special presentation.
Brittany
Selman, who received
one of the three top honors as Pennsylvania's Carrier of the Year
for the past two years, went on to take top honors nationally as
well.
Martin Luther King Jr.
statesman, civil rights leader and former newspaper carrier |
Will PNA's top
carrier for 2004 go on to a distinguished career like former carriers
President Eisenhower, Tom Brokaw, Christine Witty, United States Chief
Justices Earl Warren and Warren Burger or those listed above? Only time
will tell, but plan to attend and meet the terrific youth and dedicated
adults who deliver your products daily. |
Register today for
the Convention and plan to attend the luncheon recognizing those playing a
vital -- but often overlooked -- role in the newspaper industry.
For more information on the PNA Annual Convention, visit our web site.
PNA adopts new policy
requiring prepayment
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
has adopted a new policy that requires prepayment by credit card or by check for all registrations for PNA and PNA Foundation events. In the past, we have been willing to invoice members from time to time. But the time has come for the PNA, like most other organizations, to streamline our billing and collection procedures. This new policy is effective immediately.
So we will be requiring that people either get us a check before they attend a meeting or seminar, or provide us with a credit card in advance or on site. Of course, we are your trade association, and we will never turn away anyone from a member newspaper from one of our events. But we will be requiring prepayment and wanted you to be aware of this new policy so that you are not surprised in the future.
Please contact Jeff Tankesley, PNA vice president for finance with
comments or questions at (717) 703-3063 or at jefft@pa-news.org.
Peek into the minds of
young readers
 The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association is committed to helping our members increase readership among young adult readers. That’s why we’ll be showcasing the work of student journalists on our
Web site. We’ll be posting pages from high school and college newspapers, along with fronts from youth sections of our member papers. At
right is one of the first submissions, Hershey High School's October
edition of The Broadcaster.
We’ll update the pages regularly, so you can get an up-to-date view of what students are talking about. Our hope is that in addition to showcasing quality student work, we’ll also give you a resource to find story ideas and topics, which are of interest to those sought after readers.
If you have a page you’d like to submit, email it in pdf format, with all fonts embedded, to
conniem@pa-news.org. If you have any questions or suggestions,
e-mail Connie McNamara at the same address.
To see an early sample of what’s coming, click
here.
PNA communications director accepts new
position
Eric C. Wise, communications
director for the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, has announced that he
will be leaving the Association to accept a position with the Pennsylvania
Rural Electric Association in Harrisburg. In his new position, he will be
a writer for Penn Lines magazine.
Wise joined the Association in the
Spring of 2000 as publications assistant and became the publications
director one year later. He served as editor of Press, and the former
bi-weekly newsletter Report. One year ago he was instrumental in the
launch of Headlines & Deadlines, which he also named.
"I had a great opportunity at
PNA -- meeting members at various events, perusing the state's best
journalism and of course covering an exciting industry in the
publications," said Wise.
Eric's last day with PNA will be
Oct. 11.
The Pennsylvania Newspaper
Association is seeking applicants for the position. Anyone interested may
contact Corinna Vecsey Wilson at corinnaw@pa-news.org.
or (717) 703-3071.
From the Hotline: Does an agency have to follow any special procedure before it can call an executive session? What does it have to tell the public about the executive session? Does it have to keep minutes of that session?
PNA Media Law Counsel Teri Henning Sunshine Law requirements regarding executive sessions.
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FOR THIS WEEK'S ANSWER]
Use this link to visit the Headlines & Deadlines page which groups and
archives Teri Henning's weekly 'From the Hotline' columns.
[HOTLINE
ARCHIVE]
The worst groaners. We
hear them from broadcast media, they creep into print...
Tiresome and silly, these cliches are uttered every day by TV and
radio news media. Unfortunately, too many make their way into print.
Included are plenty of words
classified as coptalk, journalese and moronic euphamisms. Hot seat, the
campaign trail and set the stage are but a few samples.
[CLICK
TO VIEW THE 100 WORST]
Not satisfied? Need more? Read this article to help reduce
the journalese in your paper!
[CLICK
TO VIEW JOURNALESE AND SLANG COLUMN]
Looking for more writing help?
Heard "person of interest" too often? Read what Staz and other
experts had to say about this uninteresting phrase.
[CLICK
TO VIEW PERSON OF INTEREST ARTICLE FROM PRESS]
Check out the
Coaching Box archive page, featuring more than two dozen columns from
writing coach Jim Stasiowski.
[CLICK
FOR THE ARCHIVE]
PA Senate recognizes
National Newspaper Week
The Pennsylvania Senate recently adopted
Senate Resolution 306, which lauds the contributions newspapers make to
democracy as it recognizes Oct. 3-9 as National Newspaper Week
officially.
If
you are still looking for content for National Newspaper Week, materials are available online for your newspapers' use for National
Newspaper Week, Oct. 3-9, 2004. Download
materials through the Kentucky Press Association web site.
National Newspaper Week is sponsored by Newspaper
Association Managers. The site has lots of materials available for your
use, including a list of 10 ways to celebrate National Newspaper Week in
your community.
PWPA plans regional
meetings
The Pennsylvania Women's Press Association recently announced its schedule
of fall meetings in Adamstown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and King of
Prussia.
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PNA offers Adobe Acrobat training this
month
Beginning in 1993, Kevin Slimp developed the process that is now referred to as the PDF remote printing process. Using a new technology being developed by Adobe Systems, Slimp created a process that has become the industry standard for file creation, transmission and printing.
Since that time, Slimp has spoken at hundreds of press association and newspaper conferences concerning the creation, preflighting, printing and correction of PDF files.
Slimp is the director of the Institute of Newspaper Technology, a training program attended by newspaper designers, editors and publishers from throughout North America. The Institute is located on the main campus of The University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
Slimp brings his presentation on PDF creation, preflighting and printing to Harrisburg Oct. 14 at the PNA Headquarters. Cost is $115.
Click
here to register!
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Attorney and media law expert Katherine Hatton has been selected as the 2004 recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award of Excellence from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.
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Beaver County Times Publisher Alan Buncher will become the next chairman
of the government affairs committee, taking over for Jim Webb of The
Boyertown Area Times.
Jim Stephanak, general manager of The Patriot-News, will be leaving the
paper to accept a position as publisher of The Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette.