At 5:41 p.m. on May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado devastated the community of Joplin. Missouri Press has just
released a new full-page feature designed to remind, inspire and teach.
The feature is written to help young readers understand what happened a year ago, appreciate the efforts to rescue and help rebuild the community, and to teach important safety information from lessons practiced and learned in Joplin.
This feature is available at no cost to any newspaper. To download the feature, visit www.mo-nie.com... continued...
Community engagement isn't fundamentally about technology. It's attitudes and perspectives that invite, listen to and take into account community conversation and perspectives.
In this new training opportunity from the Missouri Press Foundation, Joy Mayer of the Missouri School of Journalism will teach you not only about the digital tools that make that conversation easier, but she'll offer her expert insight into how to open your newsroom up to interaction with your community. You'll look at digital tools make that easy, and you'll talk a lot about social media and other free, easy paths to online interaction.
Mayer's presentations at past trainings at the Reynolds Journalism Institute have received tremendous feedback, so this summer, MPF is bringing you a full day of Mayer and community engagement focused on small community newspapers.
Plan now to attend this Community Engagement for Community News seminar from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 20, at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The cost is $40, if you register before July 1, and includes lunch.
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The Missouri Press Porter Fisher Golf Classic will be on Friday, June 15, at the A.L. Gustin Golf Course in Columbia. Shotgun tee-off for the 4-person scramble will be at 9 a.m.
Cost will be $50, which includes greens fee, cart and lunch.
A registration form is at mopress.com/current_forms.php. You can register for golf now by contacting Kent Ford at MPA, 573.449.4167 or kford@socket.net.
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Political ads in newspapers 'most believable'
Between the general elections of 2002 and 2010, newspapers significantly increased their perception as providing Missourians with the "most helpful" and "most believable" political advertising.
During that period, Missouri voters who were surveyed said political advertising on television is much more "offensive" than ads in any other media.
Those are some of the findings of post-election surveys commissioned by the Missouri Press Association (MPA) and conducted by Pulse Research, Inc., of Portland, Oregon. Surveys of Missourians who voted were conducted after the November elections... continued...
Remember, tomorrow night at 7pm is the premiere of "Deadline in Disaster," the documentary film about the Joplin Globe's coverage of the 2011 tornado.
Please help us support Joplin -- all proceeds go to building a memorial to the survivors and victims. There will be a reception and silent auction beginning at 6pm. See you at the Missouri Theatre (9th and Locust)!