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November 2007
The world-famous Missouri
Photo Workshop visited Chillicothe in September. Photojournalists from 10 countries
polished their skills.
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Photojournalism Hall of Fame inducts four
MPA board member Kevin
Jones, an executive with the
St. Louis American, has been
honored by Suburban Newspapers of America.
Guests sign in and visit before the induction of the third class into the Missouri
Photojournalism Hall of Fame on Oct. 18 in Washington, Mo. Samples of the
work done by the inductees join permanent displays in the hall during the program. After the program, guests enjoyed Missouri wines and a buffet set by a
Washington catering company.
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Regular Features
President 2
On the Move 12
NIE Report 14
Obituaries 10 &
Scrapbook 16
Jean Maneke 18
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A number of Missouri newspapers have changed
hands recently, including The Vandalia Leader,
which was sold by Gary and Helen Sosniecki,
right. Gary is a past president of Missouri Press
Association, and Helen is the MPA representative to the National Newspaper Association.
Other newspapers that have changed hands
are the Aurora Advertiser and the Camdenton
Reporter. Another paper, The LaBelle Star, has
ceased publication.
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The Northwest Missouri Press Association will
meet Thursday-Friday, Jan. 24-25, in St. Joseph.
MPA well represented at NNA meeting
T
Incoming national president reports sound financial status
he Missouri delegation played a prominent role at
the National Newspaper Association’s 121st annual
convention in September in Norfolk, Va. NNA appears to have recovered from its shaky financial position of a
few years ago.
The headquarters move from expensive Washington, D.C., to Columbia, at the Missouri School
of Journalism, helped put the group back on
solid footing. Incoming President Steve Haynes of
Oberlin, Kan., said the association has $500,000
in the bank and efficient offices in Columbia and
Washington where they can stay on top of issues
important to newspapers.
held a session on getting newspapers into classrooms. The
Sosnieckis made a presentation on websites for community
newspapers.
Also at the meeting, survey results of 415 journalism students and recent graduates at Central Michigan State University
showed some interesting findings for community
newspapers. The students generally considered
community newspapers
as a good place to start Students
their careers. Their salary expectations ranged consider
between $20,000 and community
$25,000 a year.
t another session, newspapers
The key issues facing newspapers now inparticipants agreed a good place
clude:
about the constant need
—Do Not Mail Registries
to educate readers about to start.
—Reporters’ Federal Shield Law
the role of newspapers in
David Bradley
—Freedom of Information Act
our communities. One publisher urged editors to
St. Joseph News-Press
—Taxes on Advertising
drop the often-used phrase: “The article speaks
MPA President
—Preserving Fair Postal Rates & Delivery
for itself.” He asked newspapers to provide a
—Estate Tax
better explanation to their communities on why
—Public Notice
they undertake certain tasks.
Added to the end of the convention was an interesting halfNNA’s governmental ace Tonda Rush watches over these is- day visit to nearby Jamestown, Va., which is celebrating its
sues like a hawk. She’s always looking for more newspaper folks 400th anniversary. The foundations for our democratic form
to join the association’s Congressional Action Team, known as of government were nurtured there, our guides said. We even
CAT. Your congressman would always rather talk with a real got to board a replica of one of the three ships that made the
newspaper person than a lobbyist. So please consider it.
8,000-mile trip to the New World.
n addition to MPA executive director Doug Crews, others
Newspaper publishers spent the rest of the day at Colonial
attending included Jim Sterling of Columbia, Dane and Williamsburg, billed as the world’s largest living history muSharene Vernon of Versailles, Trevor and Molly Vernon of seum. An impersonator of the famous revolutionary orator
Eldon, Harold and Brenda Ellinghouse of Piedmont, Dave Patrick Henry showed how he fanned the flames of the revolt
Berry of Bolivar, Ed Pruneau and Gail of Washington, Mo., against the British.
Helen and Gary Sosniecki of Vandalia, and my better half,
The experience makes one reconsider how tough a job we
Suzy Bradley.
have today to make our newspapers prosper. It seems like
Crews gave a briefing on political advertising, and Mis- a piece of cake compared to the storms those early settlers
souri Press Newspaper in Education director Dawn Kitchell faced.
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VOL. 75, NO. 11
NOVEMBER 2007
Official Publication of
Missouri Press
Association, Inc.
PRESIDENT: David Bradley, Jr., St. Joseph News-Press
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Jack Whitaker,
Hannibal Courier-Post
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Vicki Russell,
Columbia Daily Tribune
SECRETARY: Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missourian
TREASURER: Phil Conger, Bethany Republican-Clipper
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews
ADVERTISING: Greg Baker
EDITOR: Kent M. Ford
DIRECTORS: Steve Oldfield, The Adrian Journal
Sandy Nelson, Cass County
Democrat-Missourian, Harrisonville
Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events
Kevin Jones, St. Louis American
Dan Wehmer, Webster County Citizen, Seymour
Mark Maassen, The Kansas City Star
Joe May, Mexico Ledger
NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Helen Sosniecki,
The Vandalia Leader
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Photojournalism Hall of Fame induction
Bill Miller, principal founder of the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in Washington, Mo., and publisher of Missourian Publishing Co. in Washington, addresses
the crowd at the third induction ceremony on Oct. 18. Participating in the program
were (seated at left,
from the back): Brian Brooks, associate
dean of the Missouri
School of Journalism;
Washington Mayor
Dick Stratman, Doug
Crews, executive
director of Missouri
Press Association; David Rees of the School
of Journalism, and Cliff
Schiappa, retired AP
photo editor.
Inductees: Top left, Cliff Schiappa presents a plaque to
Wes Lyle; bottom left, David
Rees presents the plaque to
Brian Brooks, accepting for
W.E. “Bill” Garrett; top right,
Schiappa presents the award
to David Wood, accepting for
his late father, Joe Wood; and
bottom right, Rees presents the
plaque to Judy Streu, left, niece
of the late Jack Hackethorn, and
Harry Hackehorn, brother of the
honoree.
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Gatehouse buys Aurora Advertiser
G
atehouse Media, Inc., which owns a
number of newspapers in southern and northern Missouri, on Sept. 1
bought the Aurora Advertiser from Sumner Media Group of Columbus, Kan.
Regional manager of Gatehouse, Chip
Watson, is interim publisher, replacing
Darren Sumner. Judy Dingman will
continue as editor.
The Sumner group recently added
newspapers in Kansas and Oklahoma
to its group. Darren Sumner will move
to Oklahoma to publish one of those
papers.
Gatehouse is headquartered in Fairport, N.Y. Its other publications in the
Aurora region are the Neosho Daily News,
Carthage Press, Greenfield Vedette and the
Big Nickel shopper.
Aurora, in southwest Missouri, circulates about 2,900 copies in a Lawrence
County community of about 7,000.
Camdenton weekly sold to its editor
G
.L. Publications, publisher of The
Reporter in Camdenton, has been
sold by Linda Burns to Reporter editor
Dale Johnson.
The weekly is in its 15th year.
Johnson started as a photographer,
moved up to reporter and editor, and
now becomes the third owner of the
newspaper.
The publication, originally called The
Freebee, was founded by Glenn Shepherd
in October of 1992. The name was
changed to The Reporter and The Ozark
Freebee was launched as a free shopper.
After Shepherd died, his daughter,
Mrs. Burns, took over the publishing
company and expanded the business.
The newspaper’s office will be relocated soon.
Johnson lives in the lake area.
The LaBelle Star folds
after 125 years of service
A
fter nearly 125 years of serving Lewis
County, The LaBelle Star ceased
publication with its Sept. 26 issue.
“It’s really a heartbreaking thing for
us to do,” said publisher Mike Scott,
who, along with his wife, Sue, bought
The Star, The Edina Sentinel and The
Media in Kahoka in 2003 from Hazel
Bledsoe Smith.
“The sad reality is that it costs much
more each week to publish, print and
mail The LaBelle Star than it brings in,”
Scott said. “We have been losing money
with The Star since we bought it, and it’s
just time to let it go.”
The newspapers in Edina and Kahoka
continue in operation.
Subscribers were offered subscriptions to the Edina or Kahoka paper or
a refund.
The Star had circulation of about 600
in a community of about that many in
the northeast corner of the state.
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Sosnieckis sell Vandalia Leader
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Lakeway adds weekly to east-central Missouri group
he Vandalia Leader has been sold
The sale was announced Oct. 17 by
by Helen and Gary Sosniecki to the Sosnieckis, partners in Leader Media
Lakeway Publishers of Missouri LLC, which has owned the 133-yearInc., owned by the Jack Fishman family old Leader since Sept. 1, 2003, and by
of Morristown, Tenn.
Lakeway.��The sale was expected to close
Lakeway owns eight other newspapers Nov. 1. The last issue of The Leader
in east-central Mispublished by the
souri: The Bowling
Sosnieckis was
Green Times, The
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Journal, the Troy
also owns Press
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County Journal
Ron Schott
and the Centrahas been named
lia Fireside Guard.
general manThey also publish
ager and editor
several newspaof The Leader.
pers in eastern and
Walt Gilbert,
middle Tennessee
publisher of
and several spe- Gary and Helen Sosniecki
Lakeway’s Miscialty magazines,
souri newspaand operate other businesses.
pers, will serve as publisher.
Fishman is a former president of the
The Sosnieckis previously owned
National Newspaper Association (NNA) weekly newspapers in Humansville and
who currently serves on the national Seymour. They bought The Leader after
board of The Associated Press.��
serving as editors and publishers of The
Ron Schott to manage The Leader
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on Schott has taken over as The Van- Ozark and Nixa, Schott received a
dalia Leader’s general manager and mayoral proclamation for his service.
editor.�He was the circulation director He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
for the Hannibal Courier-Post
Communications/Journalism
the past two years.�
at Shippensburg University in
He was a sports editor and
Pennsylvania.
page designer for three years
Schott’s wife Kristy, gradat Community Publishers Inc.
uated from Van-Far (Vanin southwest Missouri. He has
dalia-Farber) in 1994 and
also been the director of comHannibal-LaGrange College in
munications for Travel Agent
1998. She is a former Van-Far
Alliance Inc. in Branson and a
teacher and now is a full-time
unit manager for Winemiller
mother for the Schotts’ son,
Communications Inc. during Ron Schott
Isaiah, 3. They were expectthe 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, ing the birth of their second son on
Australia.��
Nov. 1.
While working for newspapers in
—from The Vandalia Leader
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Lebanon Daily Record.
In an editorial column about the sale,
Gary Sosniecki wrote that he and Helen
have no definite plans for what they will
do next.
Gary SosThe newspaper
niecki served
business always
as president
of the Mishas been
s o u r i Pre s s
challenging,
Association
but it especially
in 2004 and
continues on
has become
the board of
challenging in
the Missouri
the digital age.
Press Service. Helen
Mom-and-pop
Sosniecki is
newspaper owners
completing
like Helen and
her second
ye ar a s t he
me are forced to
MPA’s reprebecome experts in
sentative to
so many things,
the National
Newspaper
from computer
Association.
software to
Gilbert, the
the Internet to
new publisher
i n Va n d a - rapidly changing
lia, has more
postal regulations,
than 38 years
that it’s tough to
of experience
in the weekkeep up.
ly-newspaper business.
—Soz Sez, The
He currently
serves as vice Vandalia Leader
president of
Lakeway Publishers of Missouri and manages seven
of the Lakeway papers.
He is a past president of Northeast
Missouri Press Association, Central Missouri Press Association and the Missouri
Advertising Managers’ Association and
was a founding member of the Missouri
Society of Newspaper Editors.
The sale was handled by Ed Anderson of National Media Associates of
Branson.
—from The Vandalia Leader
to those who
NIE receives contributions ‘Thanks’
helped judge Kansas ads
through Press Foundation M
T
he people and organizations listed
below have made contributions to
Missouri Press Foundation in the past
month. Their donations not only help
the Foundation with its projects, but
they support Newspaper In Education
programs of newspapers around the
state.
By contributing through the Press
Foundation, which is a tax-exempt organization, individuals and businesses
can receive charitable donation status for
their gifts. The Press Foundation sends
a check to the newspaper for
its Newspaper In Education
program.
A donation to the
Foundation is a wonderful memorial tribute to
a newspaper friend or
associate.
Checks may be sent to
Missouri Press Foundation,
802 Locust St., Columbia, MO
65201.
Photojournalism Hall of Fame
John P. and Debra Vietmeier,
Washington
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller,
Washington
Foundation Builders
Alan Turley, Van Buren Current Local
The Maneke Law Group, L.C.,
Kansas City
Newspaper In Education
West Brothers Ford & Chrysler, Sullivan, for Missourian Publishing Co.
Washington Jaycees for Missourian
Publishing
Great 8 Cinema, Union, for
Missourian Publishing
Bolzenius Co., Union,
for Missourian Publishing
Midwest Exteriors Inc., Washington,
Zick, Voss & Politte, Washington,
Clemco Industries Corp., Washington,
McLaren Grading Inc., Pacific,
J&W Cycles Inc., Washington,
Citizens Bank for Missourian
Publishing
Pulaski Bank, St. Louis, for the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Centene Corp., St. Louis, for the
Post-Dispatch
City of St. Louis for the Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Association of Realtors
for the Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Regional
C h a m b e r a n d Grow t h
Association for the PostDispatch
AT&T Missouri for the
Post-Dispatch
Regions Bank, St. Louis,
Dr. William H. Danforth,
St. Louis, for the
Post-Dispatch
Sansone Group, St. Louis, for the
Post-Dispatch
Harris-Stowe State University,
St. Louis, for the Post-Dispatch
The Laclede Group, Inc., St. Louis,
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.,
St. Louis, for the Post-Dispatch
Edward Jones, St. Louis, for the
Post-Dispatch
Bobroff, Hesse, Lindmark & Martone,
P.C., St. Louis, for the Post-Dispatch
Webster University for the
Post-Dispatch
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.,
Creve Coeur, for the Post-Dispatch
Citi Mortgage, O’Fallon, for the
Post-Dispatch
Family Pharmacy, Ozark, for
Community Publishers Inc.
Wal-Mart, Eldon, for the
Eldon Advertiser
Privitt Auto Service, Columbia,
for the Columbia Daily Tribune
issouri Press Association and Kansas Press Association thank these
people for their help judging the Kansas
Press Better Ad Contest on Sept. 20 in
Columbia.
Kevin Shultz, Vangel Marketing
Communications
Bruce Wallace, Boone County Journal
Rob Weir, Missouri School
of Journalism
Jennifer Vanderpool, Columbia
Daily Tribune
Leslie Winns, Columbia Daily
Tribune
Pati McDonald, Columbia Daily
Tribune
Jim Sterling, Missouri School of
Journalism
Charlie Hedberg, Centralia
Jane Haberberger, Washington
Missourian
Daryl Moen, Missouri School of
Journalism
Sherri Kennedy, Freelance/Jefferson
City News Tribune
Michael Daugherty, MPA
Greg Baker, MPA
Dawn Kitchell, MPA
Beth Ott, MPA
In Memory of Eunice Graf
Joseph R. and Katherine L. Snyder,
San Marcos, Texas
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Citizens of Chillicothe and Livingston County examine photographs made during the annual Missouri Photo Workshop, which
was held in September. Photos were displayed in the Chillicothe
library. This was the second time the world-famous Photo Work-
shop was held in Chillicothe. Professional photojournalists from
across the United States and nine foreign countries participated.
Their work can be see at mophotoworkshop.org. (Chillicothe Constutition-Tribune photo by Catherine Stortz Ripley)
Chillicothe focus of 40 shooters
T
he Missouri Photo Workshop
— an intense week-long study
in the art of photojournalism
— concluded Sept. 29 with more than
400 photographs on display at the Livingston County Library in Chillicothe.
A steady stream of people flowed
through the historic courtroom of the
library — which once served as a federal
building — to view photographs that
were taken the previous week. Also on
display were about 100 pictures from the
1963 Photo Workshop in Chillicothe.
People waited at the door before the
exhibit opened at 10 a.m., and many
lingered well beyond the scheduled 2
p.m. closing.
On display were glimpses of people’s
lives – a family-run meat locker, a muffler shop, an Amish youth, the birth of
a baby boy, a priest, a farmer, a family
struggling with an ailing child, and many
more. Forty stories about Chillicothe
were captured through camera lenses.
With their photographs, the 40 workshop participants tried to reveal the heart
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of the Chillicothe community, according
to Jim Curley, a co-director of the Missouri Photo Workshop, a project of the
Missouri School
of Journalism in
Columbia. “We Photodid a pretty good graphers
job of documenting Chillicothe,” typically
Curley said.
arrive on
he works h o p, o n e Sunday
of the country’s and must
m o s t p re m i e r
photo workshops, have a
utilizes a shotgun photo story
approach, Curley
said. The pho- subject
tographers typi- identified
cally arrive in the
hosting town on a within a
Sunday and must day or two.
have a photo story
subject identified
within a day or two. Participants are
expected to have three or four solid ideas
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to present to the faculty — a group of
veteran editors and photojournalists representing top publications in the news
industry. This year’s faculty were from
such publications as: The Oregonian,
National Geographic, TIME magazine,
Roanoke Times, San Francisco Chronicle,
San Jose Mercury News and Washington
Post.
Sadie Quarrier, a senior photo editor
for National Geographic, was among
participants in this year’s workshop.
“I came as a picture editor, so it was
a bit daunting and scary to get on the
other side of the camera,” she said.
After having her initial idea shot down
by the faculty, she discovered a family
with seven children — ages 2 through
13. For the rest of the week, Quarrier
followed members of that family, documenting bits and pieces of their lives.
Helen Twomey, a photo researcher for
National Geographic, found her subject
after a trip to the courthouse where she
met Joe Panholzer, whose girlfriend
was to give birth on Tuesday. The story
took an unexpected twist when the baby
— anticipated to be a girl — was, in
fact, a boy.
Workshop participants came from
throughout the country and included
nine international shooters from Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Romania,
Russia, Singapore, and the United
Kingdom.
“So many of the participants were
so taken with how open and accessible
the people of Chillicothe were to them
and their cameras,” Curley said. “They
were impressed with how welcoming the
people were and how honest and open
they were in letting these photographers
document their lives.”
oung and old as well as those who
were subjects for the photographers
visited the closing exhibit. Among those
attending was Jean Forck Lanahan of
Lee’s Summit, who made a special trip
to Chillicothe to view the exhibit.
It was her photograph taken 44 years
ago — and that of Richard Thomas
— who were playing on a makeshift
springboard, which became the symbol
of the 59th annual workshop and even
graced T-shirts of workshop participants,
faculty and support staff.
Each of the 40 photo stories may be
found at mophotoworkshop.org. In addition to this year’s stories, there is also
a multimedia show featuring the 1963
exhibit.
—The Chillicothe
Constitution-Tribune
(One of the stories focuses on Chillicothe’s mayor, Chuck Haney, who is a
former publisher of the ConstitutionTribune and 1995 president of Missouri
Press Association.)
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Federal shield bill gets big win
in House; Senate urged to act
W
ASHINGTON (NAA) — Passage
of the Free Flow of Information
Act of 2007 (H.R. 2102) by the U.S.
House of Representatives on a 398 to
21 vote in mid-October was applauded
by more than 50 media companies and
organizations.
Passage of the bill would ensure that
reporters don’t face federal prosecution
for refusing to identify confidential
sources except in special circumstances.
Thirty-three states and the District
of Columbia offer some degree of shield
law protection. An additional 16 states
have seen judicial decisions supporting
the safeguarding of confidential sources.
At the federal level, however, there is no
shield law protection, as evidenced by
a wave of federal subpoenas that have
threatened to (and in some cases actually
have) put reporters behind bars.
John F. Sturm, president and CEO of
the Newspaper Association of America,
issued the following statement on behalf
of the media coalition:
“The coalition would like to express
its most sincere gratitude to the champions of this critical legislation: Reps. Rick
Boucher (D-Va.), Mike Pence (R-Ind.)
and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.). Because
of their perseverance and the dedication
of all lawmakers who supported this federal shield law, Congress moves one step
closer to guaranteeing that the public’s
right to a free flow of news and information will continue unimpeded.
“The Free Flow of Information Act
of 2007 reflects reasonable compromises
that address law enforcement and national security concerns while protecting
the rights of reporters to safeguard the
identity of sources that need to remain
confidential,” Sturm said. “By enacting
a federal shield law, the Congress can ensure that all parties – journalists, sources,
prosecutors, civil litigants and courts
alike – can rely on consistent and wellarticulated standards of procedure.”
The coalition of media companies
and organizations urged the Senate to
act swiftly on the legislation.
Teens from 9 schools producing page
T
he Washington Missourian has
launched its new teen page, “My
Mo,” with its motto “News For Teens,
About Teens, By Teens.”
The program has a staff of about 50
teens from nine schools in Franklin
County. Staff members and some of
their parents attended an orientation and
kickoff program on Sept. 5.
The Missourian’s youth editor, Michelle Oyola, addressed the group. A
series of workshops on journalism was
held for the students.
My Mo runs each week in the Missourian; its first edition ran Sept. 22.
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Group names Jones top ad manager
T
he St. Louis American’s ad director, Kevin Jones, was chosen Ad
Director of The Year for 2007
by the Suburban Newspapers Association. He accepted the award at the SNA
Advertising Awards Banquet on Oct. 4
in Philadelphia.
Jones earned his degree from the Missouri School of Journalism and started
working at Suburban Journals of Greater
St. Louis, selling garage sale ads and doing some ad design work.
He joined The American in 1992 as
classified ad manager. He has been The
American’s general manager and now
serves as chief operating officer and
advertising director.
Jones credits his father for instilling
a strong work ethic and his publisher,
Donald M. Suggs, for developing his
approach to the day-to-day world of
newspapering.
“He’s taught me to never stand still,
not just be content, be all that I can be,”
Jones said of his publisher.
Suggs credits Jones’ work as the impetus behind the newspaper’s revenue
increases in 12 of the last 15 years, including the last seven in a row.
Jones’ management style is “first
and foremost, lead
by example.” He
competes regularly
with his sales staff.
“I make sure I’m
selling, and the
salespeople see it.
They see the numbers. We go through
Kevin Jones
what everyone sold
in the last week, including what I sold.
“I even had a friendly contest with the
reps where we were seeing who could sell
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“Our sales staff sells both print and
online for us, many times as a package. We’re doing extremely well in our
classified web sales, as every print ad is
automatically upsold online as part of a
package, which benefits the advertiser
and the reader,” Jones said.
—from the Suburban
Newspapers Association
(Jones is a member of the Missouri
Press Association board of directors.)
Obituaries
Van Buren
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arjorie Turley, 81, longtime copublisher of the Van Buren Current Local, died of lymphoma on Sept.
29, 2007.
Mrs. Turley had been active in the
operation of the weekly for 48 years.
She is survived by her husband, Alan;
a son, two granddaughters and one
great-granddaughter.
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ompletion of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute on the
MU campus in Columbia fell a year
behind when unexpected problems
surfaced.
Renovation of MU’s former sociology
building, erected
in 1892, is a major
part of the Institute
Workers
project. Workers
had to
gutting the building
had to reinforce the
drill piers
deteriorating outer
walls by injecting
into the
liquid cement, or
grout, between the
bedrock.
bricks.
That unexpected
work was paid for by the Donald W.
Reynolds Foundation and the university.
The Reynolds Foundation is the primary
source of funds for the Institute. Its $31
million initial contribution was the largest single donation in MU history.
Roger Gafke, director of program
development for the Institute, said
problems with renovating the old sociology building set back completion of the
institute by a year. He had hoped to be
able to move into the building in June
this year. It will contain the journalism
library, offices for faculty and fellows,
and a work area for journalists.
Workers also had to drill piers into
the bedrock under the foundation of
the sociology building. Steel beams
were installed in the attic to transfer the
weight of the roof from the inside walls
to the outside walls.
The building on MU’s famous Francis
Quadrangle was totally gutted because it
is being transformed from a three-story
building to a four-story building, while
keeping the original exterior. It is one
of three buildings that will make up the
Institute. A portion of Walter Williams
Hall will be renovated, and a new building will rise between the former sociology building and Williams Hall.
A video camera is trained on the
construction site. You can see the project by clicking on the link on the front
page of the Journalism School’s website,
journalism.missouri.edu. The sociology
building is on the right side of the view,
which is toward Ninth Street, and Williams Hall is on the left.
—from the Columbia Missourian
Journalism professor
receives Kemper award
C
OLUMBIA — Lynda Kraxberger,
associate professor in the School
of Journalism and a founding member
of the school’s newest sequence, convergence journalism, was among the
teachers to receive a William T. Kemper
Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.
Awards were presented in spring.
Kemper fellowships are awarded to
outstanding teachers each year. Awards
include a $10,000 cash bonus. They are
financed by a gift in memory of William
Kemper, a Kansas City banker.
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On the Move
• Lebanon — Julie Turner has been
named editor of The Lebanon Daily Record. She had served as acting editor since
May. Before that she
was assistant editor
for more than a year,
and has been farm
and outdoor editor
and reporter. She
was instrumental in
the paper’s recent
redesign.
Turner joined Julie Turner
The Daily Record
in 1999 as a reporter after a two-year
stint at The Lexington News. She left
the Daily Record in 2003 to work for a
neighboring publication, but returned
the following year.
Turner is a 1997 graduate of Missouri
State University, where she received a
degree in agricultural communications.
She is a 1988 graduate of Buffalo High
School. She grew up on her family’s commercial cow-calf farm and she remains
active in that operation with her father
and brothers.
• Carthage — Rebecca Watts has
left the Carthage Press for a job with the
Joplin Business Journal. She continues
to write stories for the Sunday edition
of the Press.
• Mexico — Kathy Craghead has
taken over the Newspaper in Education and Salute to Literacy programs of
The Mexico Ledger.
She succeeded Don
Shire, who retired.
Craghead retired
in May after 32 years
in public school
education, the last
24 at Mexico High
School. She taught
English and journal- Kathy Craghead
ism and advised the
newspaper and yearbook staffs.
She has many national honors, including 1986 Missouri High School
Journalism Teacher of the Year and 2003
National Yearbook Adviser of the Year.
She is the author of “Copy Writing,”
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which was published by Walsworth
Publishing Co.
Craghead is a native of Mexico and a
1971 graduate of Mexico High School.
She has a degree from Truman State University and a master’s from the University
of Missouri.
Shire directed the NIE and Salute to
Literacy programs since 1993. Among
the speakers he brought to the Literacy
program were First Lady Barbara Bush
and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond.
• Brookfield
— Dustin Watson
has joined the Linn
County Leader as
sports editor.
Watson is a native of Brookfield
and graduated from
high school there in
1997. He and his
wife, Kelly, have two Dustin Watson
daughters.
• Raytown — Dennis Rich, 34, has
been named editor and publisher of the
Raytown Post.
The Kansas City native joined the
Post from the Sedalia Democrat, where he
served as a reporter, copy editor and page
designer. He previously was co-owner
and managing editor of the Warrensburg
Free Press with Matt Bird-Meyer, now
editor of the Lee’s Summit Tribune, a
sister paper to the Post.
Rich studied English and anthropol-
ogy at the University of Central Missouri
in Warrensburg and spent a year studying in Wales as part of the university’s
international studies program.
Rich has two children who live in
Lawrence, Kan.
Rich will take over some of the work
previously done by Bob Phillips, 73, who
has been editor for 11 years and has cut
back his work schedule.
• Perryville — Beverly Fritsche has
been named general manager of The
Perry County Republic-Monitor. She
joined the newspaper 21 years ago as a
receptionist and was
promoted to office
manager in 1990.
Fritsche and her
husband, Lowell,
have two children,
one in college, the
other a senior in
high school.
Beverly Fritsch
• Marble Hill — Adam Burnham,
advertising director for Rust Communications in Cape Girardeau, has been
named publisher of the Banner Press in
Marble Hill. Jon Rust, co-president of
Rust Communications, turned over the
reins of the weekly.
Candice Hale remains editor of the
Banner Press.
Burnham is a graduate of the Missouri
School of Journalism. He started work
as an ad sales rep for Suburban Journals
in North St. Louis County. He joined
Rust a year and a half ago.
Burnham and his wife, Jennifer, have
three children.
Students will cover Beijing Olympics
As many as 50 students from the Missouri School of Journalism will
travel to China in 2008 to report on the Beijing Olympics. The students
will spend the majority of next summer in China.
The program is a partnership between the Journalism School, the organizing committee of the Beijing Olympics and Renmin University of
China in Beijing.
The Journalism School operates study-abroad programs in 14 countries.
Students will apply for the program. Those chosen will receive training
at Renmin University and provide coverage of events for the organizing
committee under the supervision of a faculty adviser.
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Sedalia Democrat
among recipients of
Humanities honors
T
Golfers participating in the Little Brown Jug match were, from left, Darren Sumner,
(formerly) of the Aurora Advertiser, Jay Lowell of the Blade-Empire in Concordia,
Kan., Greg White of the Republic Monitor, Ben Marshall of the Bulletin in Sterling,
Kan., Dave Bradley of the St. Joseph News-Press, Brad Lowell of the Blade-Empire,
Tom Broeckelman of the Gove County Advocate in Quinter, Kan., and Kent Ford
of MPA, Columbia.
MPA team wins Brown Jug in
annual match vs. Kansas Press
M
issouri Press’ golf team brought home the Little Brown Jug after two
rounds of match play on Oct. 11-12 against the Kansas Press Association team. KPA was the host for the annual match, played this year at
Sycamore Ridge Golf Course in Spring Hill.
The nassau scoring system is used for the Little Brown Jug match. Players
or teams score 1 point on the front nine, one point by winning the back
nine and 1 point for winning the 18-hole total. Format is match play, in
which score is by hole rather than by stroke. The lower score on each hole
wins a point.
On the first day, in a two-person, best-ball format, Missouri took 5-1/2
of 6 points. (Each player on a team plays his own ball. The better score of
the two team members is the team’s score for each hole.)
Missourians Darren Sumner of Aurora and Greg White of Republic teamed
up to score 2-1/2 points, while Kansans Jay Lowell of Concordia and Tom
Broeckelman of Quinter scored ½ point. (The teams tied on the back nine
to split that point.)
In the other match, Dave Bradley of St. Joseph and Kent Ford of Columbia took all 3 points over Ben Marshall of Sterling and Brad Lowell of
Concordia.
On the second day, Sumner won 3 points in the A flight match with Jay
Lowell, and Ford won 3 points in the C flight match against Marshall.
White won 1 point in his B flight match against Broeckelman, and Bradley
won 1 point in the D flight match against Brad Lowell.
Missouri Press last won the Little Brown Jug in 2004. MPA will be the
host for the match next year.
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ˇhe Sedalia Democrat was among
the recipients of awards presented
by the Missouri Humanities Council on
Oct. 10. Nine citizens and organizations
were honored at the Governor’s Mansion
in Jefferson City for the work they do
in preserving and sharing our collective
stories and memories.
The Democrat won the book award
for Generations for Freedom, a book it
published honoring Missouri veterans.
Latisha Koetting of The Democrat shared
the honors.
Among the other honorees was Gary
Chilcote of St. Joseph. He is a founder
of Patee House Museum and the son
of Merrill Chilcote, one of this year’s
inductees into the Missouri Newspaper
Hall of Fame. He received the community heritage award.
These awards given by Missouri
Humanities Council celebrate teachers,
authors, and people in large and small
communities involved with libraries,
museums, historical societies and any
place where Missourians reflect on their
history and dream about their future.
Nominations come from citizens of
Missouri. Everyone is invited to nominate outstanding contributors from their
community. Information can be found
at mohumanities.org/programs/awards/
gaward07.htm.
Mizzou Alumni Assn.
honors K.C. Star writer
L
ewis W. Diuguid, an executive and
columnist of The Kansas City Star,
was among recipients of Mizzou Alumni
Association Faculty-Alumni Awards.
Sixteen people were honored Oct. 5 at
a program in Columbia.
Diuguid began his career with The
Star in 1977, the same year he graduated
from MU. He has personally funded
journalism scholarships for minority
students and was a founding member
of the Kansas City Association of Black
Journalists.
Duiguid has written two books.
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Newspaper In Education Report
Teachers should review
newspapers for content
Some material inappropriate for younger readers
N
ewspaper In Education is a ge- training teachers:
neric term, but its application
• When using a newspaper in your
varies greatly from commu- classroom, it always is a good idea to
nity to community and especially from review the issue to ensure its content
large newspaper to small
is appropriate for the age
newspaper.
level of the students you are
Community newsworking with.
papers have an advan• If you find something
tage in connecting to
you don’t want to present
young readers in their
in your classroom, I suggest
communities, because
simply pulling that page
those children will find
or section and using the
themselves inside their
remainder of the newspaper
community newspaper –
with your students.
their faces, lunch menu,
• We don’t want one
school events, sports acstory or advertisement to
complishments, and so
negate the value of a newson. And that’s something
paper in the classroom to
a large metropolitan pa- Dawn Kitchell is MPA’s NIE a teacher, so it’s important
per can’t offer.
director. Contact her at (636) to acknowledge that they
But with that connec- 932-4301; [email protected]. have control over how that
tion comes an intimacy
newspaper is used. And
– and when the news isn’t
there isn’t anything wrong
good, that can be tough for a classroom with using select stories, pages or secteacher who finds herself with 25 copies tions of a newspaper for educational
of a newspaper that details why Johnny’s purposes.
dad was arrested last night.
What is our obligation to that teacher
What’s New from Missouri Press
if we have encouraged her to use the
To take a line from my friend “Newsnewspaper as an educational resource bee,” author of the Book Buzz column,
in her classroom?
available free from Missouri Press, I’m
buzzing with
excitement
about all the
new things
ahead for Missouri’s newspapers!
Chapter One – by Kay and Russ Hively
Molly
shaded her eyes
and looked
out acrosshave
the plains, a her
mother came to FortThis
Russell, Molly
had always lived
in a city.Geography AwareI’mHankins
certain
we
could
lively
month
holds
hoping to see a big dust cloud. But the landscape was still. Only
When her father was away fighting with General Grant, she and
the
call
of
a
hawk
disturbed
the
solitude.
Even
inside
the
fort,
her
mother
lived
in
Boston.
Then,
after
the
Civil
War,
the
debate
on this, and I’m not suggesting
ness Week (Nov. family
11-17), and the folks
everything was calm. A pair of horses, saddled and tied nearby,
lived in Philadelphia.
did
occasionally
stamp
the
ground
or
shake
their
harnesses.
editors should censor the news for Molly,
these
Geographic
Alliance have
who was tenat
yearsMissouri
old, liked the West, especially
the
Sunday at Fort Russell was a time for rest. But Molly had hoped
Even though it was only October, the high peaks
young
eyes.
it ismountains.
our
created
three
features to promote
her father would
returnBut
today. He I
anddo
his menbelieve
had been on patrol
already
had snow. Snugging
Lulu in her
lap, Mollynew
saw the cabin
since Thursday and their supplies would be running low. Molly’s
door open. Mrs. Hankins came out onto the porch and looked
responsibility
give
training
in Thengeography
education
to readers young
father was a captain in theto
United
States teachers
Army. Last year, 1867,
he to the south.
Mrs. Hankins stretched out
her hand and
had come west to help build Fort Russell. The fort was needed to
told Molly to come inside. Supper was ready.
how
tosettlers
handle
these
situations,
or at
the
and
older.
Two
of
the
features focus on
protect
in the area and
defend the
men who were building
Three plates were on the table. Mrs. Hankins always set a place
a railroad not far away.
for her husband when
he wasyear’s
away. Molly national
liked seeing his platetheme, Asia, while
very
least,
notification
when
something
this
As Molly looked for her father, Lulu arched her back against the
waiting for him. She thought that was a good luck sign.
little girl’s leg. Molly
picked up her old
cat and huggedwill
it tightly.appear.
sensitive
to young
readers
a third
As Molly and her mother
were eatingunderlines
supper, they heard the the importance of
Lulu was the only cat on the post. Molly’s friend Robert had a dog
guards who were on patrol shouting. Then they heard other
named
Butch,
one ofathe
army cooks
had a dog named Buster,
and when
Here
are
few
suggestions
I
give
education.
people running andgeography
shouting. Molly dropped
her spoon into
one of the majors had a big hunting dog named General. But no
14
one else had a cat.
her plate. Mrs. Hankins jumped from her chair and jerked the
door open. Lulu ran under the cook stove.
When some of the local Cheyenne Indians came to the fort, they
were amused by Lulu. The Indians had dogs, but no cats. Not long
ago, one of the Indian men wanted to buy Lulu for his daughter.
But Lulu was not for sale.
Through the open door, Molly saw an army scout racing his
horse into the fort. Scouts always brought news. But was this
news good or bad?
Molly and her cat sat down on the
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I challenge you to do a “person on the
street” interview to find out just how
important geography education is in
your community. Start with “find New
York on a U.S. map.” In 2006, National
Geographic found that only half of
Americans aged 18-24 could do that.
There are many more timeless geography features archived on our
website to use
at any time.
Book columns for all
a g e s , t h a t’s
what Missouri
Press has to
offer newspapers. Most of
you know we
offer the Book
Buzz column
suggesting
monthly book
selections for
readers in
elementary
and middle
school. And
last year MPA
began offering
“Novel Ideas,”
good reads for
adults.
Now we’re
sharing a
new column,
“Baby Buzz,”
which suggests one book
each month
for children
birth to three
years.
Good quality books are essential to a
child’s development, any parent educator will tell you. All of these features are
available at no cost.
A new
historical
serial story,
this one
about the
joining of
the first
transcontinental
rail line, is
available at
mopress.
com.
New Serial Story Available
A new serial story, “Silver and Gold,”
is available for download from the NIE
page of mopress.com. This is a 12chapter Kay Hively story about a little
girl who lives in Utah and experiences
the joining of the first transcontinental
railroad at Promontory Summit.
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Scrapbook
• St. Louis — Post-Dispatch columnist
Bill McClellan, who’s known for writing
about “losers,” started the University
of Missouri-St. Louis Monday Noon
Series of cultural lectures in September.
He discussed people who have made his
column in the J.C. Penney Conference
center on the UMSL campus.
• St. Louis — The Suburban Journals
were among the sponsors of the 35th annual Great Forest Park Balloon Race in
September.
The newspaper is celebrating the anniversary with ongoing drawings and
promotions.
three and wounded several.
Higdon was on the scene within 15
minutes, taking photos and interviewing
witnesses. He later answered questions
for CNN.
• Belton — Dodie Maurer, who became majority owner with her husband
of The Belton Star-Herald in 1965, observed her 80th birthday anniversary in
September. She remains involved with
• Jefferson City — The News Tribune, in cooperation with the Missouri
Career Center and the Jefferson City
Area Chamber of Commerce, hosted its
second annual Job Fair in September.
Thirty-seven employers, including the
newspaper, participated in the fair in the
Capital Mall.
• Carthage — About 80 people
gathered on Sept. 23 to honor Marvin
• Hannibal — Hannibal Courier-Post
editor Mary Lou Montgomery joined
her sister, Shirley Schindler, on Sept.
24 at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
in Boston.
Schindler has cancer, and preliminary
tests showed that Montgomery was a
good match as a bone marrow transplant
donor. She wrote about the experience
in her blog on hannibal.net.
• St. Joseph — Kristi Bailey, an assistant city editor at the St. Joseph NewsPress, and Paul Rasmussen, who works
in the paper’s sports department, were
married this summer in St. Joseph.
• Columbia — Some kind of incident, which University of Missouri police listed as a possible “computer crime,”
took down the website of the Columbia
Missourian for more than three days early
in September.
Executive editor of the Missourian,
Tom Warhover, said files had been corrupted but nothing indicated a crime
had occurred.
The Missourian’s news servers are
covered by the same security system as
the university’s network, according to a
story in the Missourian.
A text-only website was created while
technicians repaired the regular site.
• Neosho — Todd Higdon, staff writer for the Neosho Daily News, has been
named the first winner of GateHouse
Media’s Above and Beyond monthly
contest. He won for his coverage of the
church shooting on Aug. 12 that killed
16
60-year employee retires
Nancy Elmore, who started as a proofreader at The Excelsior Springs Standard in 1947,
was honored for her 60 years as a loyal employee at a luncheon catered in September
by the Job Corps Culinary Arts students. Elmore is the company’s bookkeeper. She was
presented with a clock by publisher Jim Bouldin. (Excelsior Springs Standard photo)
the weekly as one of its most popular
columnists.
• St. Louis — Sixty employees of the
Post-Dispatch accepted early retirement
offers in September. Among those who
left were reporters, photographers,
editors and columnists. Some of those
will be replaced, said publisher Kevin
Mowbray.
Lee Enterprises, Inc., of Davenport,
Iowa, owns the Post-Dispatch.
• Slater — State Rep. Joe Aull and
state Sen. Bill Stouffer presented publisher/editor Jean Black with resolutions
in honor of her 10th anniversary of publishing the Slater Main Street News.
The newspaper was founded in 1886
and has had several names. Black bought
the Slater News-Rustler in 1997 and renamed it the Slater Main Street News.
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VanGilder, a former managing editor of
The Carthage Press, on the eve of his 81st
birthday anniversary.
State Sen. Gary Nodler read a Senate Resolution honoring VanGilder for
his achievements and contributions to
his community. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt
in Washington read into the Congressional Record a statement honoring
VanGilder.
The Carthage High School show
choir performed and family members
and others spoke and sang for more
than an hour.
• Webster Groves — The WebsterKirkwood Times and South County Times
won 11 awards in the Independent Free
Papers of America contest.
Times publisher Dwight Bitikofer
was honored for his service to IFPA at
its annual awards banquet, which was
held Sept. 14 on board The Odyssey in
Boston Harbor. He is serving his second
term on the IFPA board.
Honors received were nine in advertising, including four first-place awards;
and two in editorial, including a first
place in Original Writing, News Story,
by editor Don Corrigan.
McDonald County publisher retires
G
eorge G. Pogue of rural Pineville, long-time publisher of the
McDonald County Newspapers, retired Aug. 31, ending a family
newspaper tradition in McDonald County since his parents, the late
Ralph and Ruth Pogue, bought the Noel newspaper in 1951.
“It’s just time,” Pogue said of his retirement. “Ralph passed away
in 2003. Since then I knew the time was coming. Everything seems to
be in good order with the business; the staff is all doing a tremendous
job. It just seemed like a good time to get out of it.”
He sold the business
to Stephens Media in
2004, but stayed on as
publisher.
Pogue, 59, started
serious involvement at
about 12, cleaning up
around the shop and
folding newspapers
(“Boy I hated cleaning
mattes”).
At about age 16,
Pogue learned from his
father how to run the
presses. He bought the
George Pogue (McDonald County
newspaper from his faNewspapers photo)
ther in 1972.
The family started
the Anderson Graphic and Goodman News-Dispatch and purchased the
Southwest City Republic and the McDonald County News-Gazette in
Pineville.
“I’m retiring from the newspaper business. I’m sure there will be
things around the corner I’ll get into. I’ve written a book; it’s at the
publisher’s now.”
“Drawing Straws” is a fictionalized account of Pogue’s life growing
up in Noel and the Ozarks.
—McDonald County Newspapers
• Sedalia — Sedalia Democrat reporter
Sarah Nail, former Democrat photographer Joseph Beaher and former copy
editor Lucas Soltow received a 2007 Best
of Freedom award.
It was one of five awards presented to
Freedom Communications newspapers
of less than 25,000 circulation.
Nail and Beaher documented the brief
life of Angel Corwin and her family. Angel was born with a brain malformation
and surprised doctors by living nearly
eight months.
Soltow designed the package that was
published in September 2006.
• Memphis — To encourage hunters to submit photos of their deer, the
Memphis Democrat is holding weekly
drawings for prizes. A grand prize will
be awarded at the end of the promotion
in December.
Bar ‘Excellence’ awards
presented to 4 papers
T
he Jefferson City News Tribune
received one of four Missouri Bar
“Excellence in Legal Journalism” awards
Sept. 28 during the Bar’s annual meeting
in Springfield.
The paper was honored for “comprehensive coverage of the state’s courts and
how they function as the third branch
of government,” and “for its consistently
strong opposition to attempts to inject
partisan politics into the functioning of
Missouri’s judiciary.”
Other winners were the West Plains
Daily Quill; Tony Messenger, editorial
page editor of the Springfield NewsLeader, formerly with the Columbia
Daily Tribune; and Aaron Royal Bailey
of the St. Joseph News-Press.
This was the second time in four years
the Daily Quill has won an Excellence
in Legal Journalism Award. Staff writer
Crystal Daniels accepted this year’s
award on behalf of The Quill.
Obituaries
St. Louis
F
Frank Peters Jr.
rank Peters Jr., 76, a former arts
editor and music critic for the PostDispatch who won a Pulitzer Prize in
1972, died of a heart attack on Sept.
14, 2007.
Mr. Peters won the Pulitzer Prize for
distinguished criticism in music. He
joined the Post-Dispatch in 1964 as a
copy editor. He retired from the paper
after about 23 years.
He is survived by his wife, Alba,
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whom he had met while working for a
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grandchildren.
Ironton
M
Mark T. Cheaney
ark T. Cheaney, 54, editor of the
Mountain Echo in Ironton, died
of cancer on Sept. 8, 2007.
Mr. Cheaney was a 1971 graduate of
Arcadia Valley High School and attended
college at Missouri State in Springfield
and in Portland, Oregon. He started at
the Mountain Echo in 1990 as sports
writer and was named editor in 1993.
He is survived by two sons.
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Exciting to see federal
shield law advancing
‘Covered person’ language relatively broad
M
discussion goes back to a footnote in a
U.S. Supreme Court opinion, Branzberg
v. Hayes. That footnote in a concurring
opinion from Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.,
finds its way into every brief of a lawyer
attempting to protect a reporter from a
subpoena. It called on the courts to find
the “proper balance between freedom of
the press and the obligation of all citizens
to give relevant testimony.”
How exciting it was recently for those
of us who practice in this area to hear of
a document found by researchers among
Justice Powell’s papers held at Washington and Lee University. That document,
a note made by the justice for the court’s
weekly private conference on pending matters, was short and sweet. “We
should not establish a constitutional
privilege,” he noted, adding it would
create problems “difficult to foresee,”
including the issue cited above about
who qualifies as a news person. But, he
added, “there is a privilege analogous
to an evidentiary one ... which courts
should recognize and apply ... to protect
confidential information.”
ertainly, this fleshes out the footnote with some additional insights
into his thinking. Still, others argue it
shows that clearly there was no intent
to create a First Amendment privilege.
So perhaps we are left where we started
— in confusion.
Finally, it is time for all of us to begin looking at language for a sunshine
law bill for next session. If you have
thoughts, now’s the time to email them
to me at [email protected]. I’ll
be hard at work on proposals in coming
weeks and welcome your thoughts!
uch has crossed my desk in the former executive editor of The New York
last few weeks that you need Times, noted, “We are in an era where
to know about.
the very definition of news and news
Probably the first item, the one that distribution is exploding. Who qualihas garnered the most atfies as a gatherer of news
tention from editorial pages
is one big problem to be
across the state (and the
defined by the future, and
nation, to be honest), is the
I suspect the law will drag
Free Flow of Information
behind it,” he said.
bill pending in Congress. By
Over and over I see
the time you read this much
prosecutors attacking
will have happened, and I
such a bill by claiming it
hesitate to predict where it
creates special privileges
will be in a few weeks. But
for the media. But the
certainly it is exciting to see
truth is that if not for
it moving along and to know
sources giving a headsthat a federal law shielding
up to journalists over the
sources is a possibility.
years, it is questionable
Of course, one of the
when, or if, certain stories
most important issues any- Jean Maneke, MPA’s
would have ever come to
time a shield law bill is de- Legal Hotline attorlight – important stories
bated is determining “who” ney, can be reached
such as the Watergate
at (816) 753-9000,
is the covered party. Last jmaneke@manekelaw.
incident or the Pentagon
year, when the Missouri
Papers debacle. Countless
legislature debated our shield law bill, Missouri stories fall into this category.
much time was spent crafting language
“This is not about protecting the
that defined who would receive protec- press. It’s about informing the public
tion under the bill.
about government and things that matThe current bill before Congress uses ter,” said Eve Burton, general counsel to
language that is remarkably simple. “The the Hearst Corp.
term ‘covered person’ means a person
Meanwhile, the root of this whole
who, for financial gain or livelihood, is
engaged in journalism and includes a
supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary,
issouri ress ssociation / issouri ress ervice
or affiliate of such covered person.”
802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-4888
f course, defining coverage by
(573) 449-4167 / Fax: (573) 874-5894 / www.mopress.com
whether a person is engaged in
journalism for financial gain or livelihood is rather broad compared to the
STAFF
Doug Crews: Executive Director, [email protected]
Missouri bill. Frankly, it is exciting to me
Greg Baker: Advertising Director, [email protected]
that such a broad definition is contained
Kent M. Ford: Editor, [email protected]
in the federal bill. Should it pass, this
Connie Whitney: [email protected]
would be a remarkable standard for Misand
Jennifer
Plourde:
[email protected]: Advertising Sales & Placement
souri legislators to look to if they decide
Karen Philp: Receptionist, Bookkeeping, [email protected]
to raise the Missouri bill for another run
Kristie Williams: Member Services, Meeting Planning, [email protected]
at passage in coming years.
Beth Ott: Graphic Designer, [email protected]
Indeed, one article I read had a wonMichael Daugherty, Advertising, Website Administrator, [email protected]
derful note on this subject. Max Frankel,
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Missouri Newspaper Organizations
CALENDAR
NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Leslie Speckman, Savannah;
Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany; Treasurer, W.C. Farmer, Rock Port. Directors: Dennis Ellsworth,
St. Joseph; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Chris Boultinghouse, Mound
City; Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Jamey Honeycutt, Cameron; Kay Wilson, Maryville.
2-3 — AP Publishers and Editors,
Intercontinental Hotel, Kansas City
SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Trevor Vernon, Eldon; First Vice President, John
Spaar, Odessa; Secretary-Treasurer, Sandy Nelson, Harrisonville. Directors: Stacey Rice, Drexel;
Judy Spaar, Odessa; Past President/Director Gary Beissenherz, Concordia.
OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Roger Dillon, Eminence; Vice President, Tianna
Brooks, Mountain View; Secretary-Treasurer, Sharon Vaughn, Summersville. Directors: Dala
Whittaker, Cabool; Brad Gentry, Houston; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; David Burton, Springfield;
Keith Moore, Ava; Jim Hamilton, Buffalo; Kimball Long, El Dorado Springs; Past President,
Rosemary Henderson, Mt. Vernon.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Kate Martin, Perryville; First
Vice President, Elaine Pursell, Dexter; Second Vice President, Gera LeGrand, Cape Girardeau;
Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff; Historian, Mrs. Mildred Wallhausen,
Charleston; Executive Secretary, Ann Hayes, Southeast Missouri State University. Directors:
Kim Million-Gipson, Piedmont; Peggy Scott, Festus; Judy Schaaf-Wheeler, Ironton; H. Scott
Seal, Portageville; Diane McClain, Kennett.
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice
President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer, Linda
Geist, Monroe City.
MISSOURI CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney,
Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve Edwards,
St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors:
Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck, Jefferson City.
MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION: President, Steve Hutchings,
Gainesville; First Vice President, Trevor Vernon, Eldon; Second Vice President, Bobbie Snodgrass,
Joplin; Secretary, Jim Salzman, Jackson; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Debra
Kiser, Jefferson City; Stacy Rice, Drexel; Dennis Warden, Owensville; Suzie Wilson, Milan. Past
President, Jane Haberberger, Washington.
MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, Ben Weir, Jr.,
Independence; Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia; Past President,
Larry Freels, Kirksville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins, St. Louis; Charlie
Fischer, Sedalia; Don Wyatt, Springfield; Dan Potter, Columbia; Randy Cope, Neosho.
MISSOURI PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATORSV: Co-Presidents, Fran Manino, Kirkwood,
and Janice Denham, Kirkwood; Secretary, Peggy Koch, Barnhart; Publicity, Colene McEntee,
St. Peters; Membership, Suzanne Corbett; Treasurer/Archivist, Dee Rabey, Granite City, Ill.;
Contest, Janice Denham, Kirkwood; Quest Awards, Susan Fadem, Olivette; Conference Director,
Michelle Oyola; Newsletter, Karen Glines, Des Peres and Peggy Koch; At Large, Verna Smith,
St. Louis; Mary Kimbrough, St. Louis; Susan Fadem.
MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, John Spaar, Odessa; Vice President, Gary Sosniecki,
Vandalia; Secretary-Treasurer, Dave Berry, Bolivar. Directors: Dane Vernon, Eldon; Wendell
Lenhart, Trenton.
MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Tom Miller, Washington; First Vice
President, David Lipman, St. Louis; Second Vice President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; SecretaryTreasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Wallace Vernon, Eldon;
Rogers Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Columbia; Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville; Mrs.
Avis Tucker, Warrensburg; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson, Milan; Kirk Powell, Pleasant
Hill; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton.
MISSOURI-KANSAS AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, John Montgomery,
Hutchinson, Kan. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, Carol Stark, Joplin; Past Chairman,
Oliver Wiest, Sedalia.
MISSOURI SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS: President, Buzz Ball, Carthage; First
Vice President, Cathy Ripley, Chillicothe; Second Vice President, Dale Brendel, Independence;
Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Chris Wrinkle, Hannibal; Dennis Ellsworth,
St. Joseph; Rob Viehman, Cuba; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Sam Blackwell, Cape Girardeau; and
Oliver Wiest, Sedalia; Past President, Buck Collier, St. Louis.
MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Alexandra Nicolas, Missouri Southern
State University; Vice President, Morgan Ryman, Metropolitan Community College, Longview;
Secretary, Jesse Cordova, Missouri Southern State University; MPA Liaison, Pat Sparks, Longview
Community College; Adviser, T.R. Hanrahan, Missouri Southern State University.
December
January
24 — Missouri Press Board of
Directors meeting, St. Joseph
24-25 — Northwest Missouri
Press Association meeting,
Holiday Inn, St. Joseph
February
21 — MPA/AP Day at the Capitol
March
5-8 — NNA Government Affairs
Conference, Washington, D.C.
20-21 — Ozark Press Association,
College of the Ozarks,
Point Lookout
April
17 — MPA Past Presidents and
Spouses Dinner, Columbia
May
8-9 — Missouri Advertising Managers’
Association, Hilton Promenade
Hotel, Branson
June
12 — Missouri Press Board of
Directors meeting, Lake Ozark
12-14 — Show-Me Press, MSNE/
APME joint meeting, Resort
at Port Arrowhead, Lake Ozark
13 — Southeast Missouri Press
Association meeting, Southeast
Missouri State University,
Cape Girardeau
September
11-13 — 142nd MPA Convention,
Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia
25-28 — NNA Convention and
Trade Show, St. Paul, Minn.
AP meeting Dec. 2-3
on Plaza in Kansas City
T
he 61 st annual Missouri/Kansas
Associated Press Publishers and
Editors meeting will be held MondayTuesday, Dec. 2-3, in Kansas City.
Once again the meeting will be on the
Country Club Plaza at the Intercontinental Hotel (formerly the Fairmont).
Registration for the meeting is $40
per newspaper. Cost of the Sunday dinner is $60 per person. Monday breakfast
is $20 per person.
The Intercontinental Hotel is at 401
Ward Parkway. Rooms for the meeting
are $175. Call (816) 756-1500 to reserve
a room.
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