September 9, 2010MPA Convention. Early Bird registration ends Today
This is not a trick question.
If you would get $75 handed to you for arriving at work 15 minutes early tomorrow, would you arrive at your usual time?
Of course you wouldn't.
This isn't a trick either.
Register NOW for the MPA Convention (Oct. 14-16), and you can save $75. All you have to do is nothing more than what your were going to do anyway. (Retired members can save $20.)
THIS OFFER EXPIRES this Thursday, September 9.
Don't let procrastination cost you $75. Register NOW! A form is at http://www.mopress.com/current_forms.php. (The Registration Fee covers Registration for all of the people in your company who attend.)
The special room rate at The Lodge of Four Seasons expires on Sept. 9 too. So call the Lodge today at 888-265-5500 and reserve your room.
(Don't forget to include on your registration form the Fall Golf Classic on Thursday, Oct. 14, at Sycamore Creek. Four-person scramble. It'll be fun!)
September 7, 2010Web Solutions Workshops are this week!
Two new training opportunities from MPF – coming to a side of the state near you!
Web Solutions for Community Newspapers
For all newspapers, but particularly weekly newspapers, developing a Web site that can generate moderate ad revenue is a struggle. For some, just developing a Web site that can be dynamic and robust with news is a struggle. Former publisher... continued...
Web Solutions for Community Newspapers
For all newspapers, but particularly weekly newspapers, developing a Web site that can generate moderate ad revenue is a struggle. For some, just developing a Web site that can be dynamic and robust with news is a struggle. Former publisher... continued...
September 6, 2010Open Missouri needs you!
OpenMissouri is a project created by David Herzog, a faculty fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. The one-year pilot project is designed to promote government transparency by informing journalists, information professionals, citizens and businesses about offline data held by state agencies. The keystone of the project will be a website, to launch in November, that will feature... continued...
September 3, 2010Statehouse News returns
Friends,
Your statehouse MPANews service is back.
Please welcome Rebecca Berg who will be our editor for the service this fall. Rebecca has been a student of
mine for the last two semesters. She was the lead reporter in what I consider to be the outstanding series last fall on the underlying environmental issues involved with the Lake of the Ozarks pollution controversy.
I've got a pretty large crop of reporters for the fall, so I'm pretty excited about what we can provide.
One new feature Rebecca and I plan to implement starting next week will be a short roundup of the weekly developments with each of the candidates for statewide office -- major policy announcements, new ads, travel, etc. It's a new approach, so I suspect it will evolve during the campaign season. And, as always, feel free to let me know (prb@mdn.org) what you would like changed or added. I have one reporter assigned to each of the candidates.
Also, like we did for the 2008 campaigns, we're going to produce indepth features on major issues before the state and nation (budget crisis, Afghanistan, robo calls, dog breeders, earnings tax, federal health care implementation, energy). With each feature, we'll include a short summary of the candidates' positions.
Again, feel free to email me or Rebecca (rebecca.g.berg@gmail.com). Or give us a call at 573-751-2888. This service represents a commitment by the Missouri School of Journalism to our Missouri newspapers, so let us know what we can do to improve. Or, what we've done well -- it really does help boost student morale.
Phill
continued...
Your statehouse MPANews service is back.
Please welcome Rebecca Berg who will be our editor for the service this fall. Rebecca has been a student of
mine for the last two semesters. She was the lead reporter in what I consider to be the outstanding series last fall on the underlying environmental issues involved with the Lake of the Ozarks pollution controversy. I've got a pretty large crop of reporters for the fall, so I'm pretty excited about what we can provide.
One new feature Rebecca and I plan to implement starting next week will be a short roundup of the weekly developments with each of the candidates for statewide office -- major policy announcements, new ads, travel, etc. It's a new approach, so I suspect it will evolve during the campaign season. And, as always, feel free to let me know (prb@mdn.org) what you would like changed or added. I have one reporter assigned to each of the candidates.
Also, like we did for the 2008 campaigns, we're going to produce indepth features on major issues before the state and nation (budget crisis, Afghanistan, robo calls, dog breeders, earnings tax, federal health care implementation, energy). With each feature, we'll include a short summary of the candidates' positions.
Again, feel free to email me or Rebecca (rebecca.g.berg@gmail.com). Or give us a call at 573-751-2888. This service represents a commitment by the Missouri School of Journalism to our Missouri newspapers, so let us know what we can do to improve. Or, what we've done well -- it really does help boost student morale.
Phill
continued...
September 1, 2010September webinars will help in mail automation change
Intelligent Mail barcodes required in May
Intelligent Mail® barcodes (IMb) will be required on your newspaper labels by May to continue receiving automation discounts.
You'll need to start using the IMb in place of the POSTNET™ barcode. In May 2011, the POSTNET barcode will be ineligible for automation rates.
During September the Postal Service will conduct... continued...
Intelligent Mail® barcodes (IMb) will be required on your newspaper labels by May to continue receiving automation discounts.
You'll need to start using the IMb in place of the POSTNET™ barcode. In May 2011, the POSTNET barcode will be ineligible for automation rates.
During September the Postal Service will conduct... continued...
September 1, 2010National Newspaper Week is approaching
PROMO KIT TO BE AVAILABLE MONDAY SEPT. 13TH
National Newspaper Week -- sponsored annually by Newspaper Association Managers -- will be Oct. 3-9!
Beginning in mid-September, newspapers can download free material from the Newspaper Week website to promote newspapers. Material will include editorials, columns, logos and cartoons.
Missouri Press Association is sponsoring... continued...
National Newspaper Week -- sponsored annually by Newspaper Association Managers -- will be Oct. 3-9!
Beginning in mid-September, newspapers can download free material from the Newspaper Week website to promote newspapers. Material will include editorials, columns, logos and cartoons.
Missouri Press Association is sponsoring... continued...
September 1, 2010Postal ownership satement due soon
-- Postal Statement of Ownership due Oct. 1
All Periodicals must submit to their postmasters by Oct. 1 a Form 3526, Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation. Failure to file could result in the suspension of your Periodicals mailing permit. Keep a copy of the form for your records.
Click here for a copy of the form: http://www.usps.com/forms/pdf/ps3526.pdf
All Periodicals must submit to their postmasters by Oct. 1 a Form 3526, Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation. Failure to file could result in the suspension of your Periodicals mailing permit. Keep a copy of the form for your records.
Click here for a copy of the form: http://www.usps.com/forms/pdf/ps3526.pdf
August 30, 2010Outstanding Young Journalists named
Outstanding Young Journalists to be honored
Two journalists -- one from the Columbia Daily Tribune and the other from the Nixa Xpress -- have been selected to receive Missouri Outstanding Young Journalist awards from the Missouri Press Association.
Kevin Jones, president of MPA, announced Jonathon Braden, the Tribune's former K-12 education reporter, and Ryan Bowling, editor of the Xpress, will receive... continued...
Two journalists -- one from the Columbia Daily Tribune and the other from the Nixa Xpress -- have been selected to receive Missouri Outstanding Young Journalist awards from the Missouri Press Association.
Kevin Jones, president of MPA, announced Jonathon Braden, the Tribune's former K-12 education reporter, and Ryan Bowling, editor of the Xpress, will receive... continued...
August 26, 2010Slate set for October consideration
Nominees for MPA Officers, Directors
The Missouri Press Association Nominating Committee offers this slate of officers and directors for 2011, terms beginning Jan. 1. The election will be held during the annual MPA business meeting on Friday morning, Oct. 15, at the MPA Convention and Trade Show.
Officer nominees:
-President -- Joe May, Mexico Ledger
-First Vice President -- Phil... continued...
The Missouri Press Association Nominating Committee offers this slate of officers and directors for 2011, terms beginning Jan. 1. The election will be held during the annual MPA business meeting on Friday morning, Oct. 15, at the MPA Convention and Trade Show.
Officer nominees:
-President -- Joe May, Mexico Ledger
-First Vice President -- Phil... continued...
