MPA eBulletin, Jan. 26, 2011

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-- Day at Capitol, Reception on Feb. 9-10

-- Branson awaits ad seller

-- Observe Sunshine in March

-- Who fights for Sunshine in your town?

-- Student will write editorial for you

-- Gannett standardizing design

-- Newspapers can educate children, show how in March

-- Newspapers upload more video that broadcasters

-- Ad Managers' meeting April 14-15 in Kansas City

-- Some papers died, some were born (driven by Patch)

-- Show-Me Press will meet in Hannibal

-- Our towns' stories must be saved

-- Publishers object to Apple's demands

-- Reflect on this: Video ads on bathroom mirrors

-- Hall of Fame, Young Journalist forms online

-- Inland Press Compensation Survey

-- Big companies launch Ongo news service

-- Millions visit newspaper websites

-- Poynter's News University

-- Online Media Campus training

-- Application for Membership: Missouri News Horizon

-- MPA Calendar

-- Job & Marketplace Classifieds

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-- Day at Capitol, Reception on Feb. 9-10

MPA/AP Day at the Capitol will be Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 9-10. A registration form for the event is at http://www.mopress.com/current_forms.php. Sign up immediately; the deadline is Feb. 4.

On Wednesday, Feb. 9, the MPA/MPS boards of directors will meet at 1:30 p.m. in the Supreme Court building in Jefferson City. 

That evening, 5-7 p.m., a reception with legislators will be held in the DoubleTree Hotel. MPA hopes you will attend the reception and encourages you to invite your senator and representative to stop in for some refreshments and conversation. Missouri Press will provide you with information sheets with Òtalking pointsÓ on the issues.

Day at the Capitol will be Thursday, Feb. 10. It will include a morning session in the Senate Lounge, lunch in the GovernorÕs Mansion and sessions with the governor and legislative leaders.

Morning speakers will be State Auditor Tom Schweich, Deputy Commissioner Ron Lankford of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder.

Invited to participate in the legislative panel after lunch are the House and Senate leaders from both parties.

Register now for Day at the Capitol!

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-- Branson awaits!

See Andy Williams in Branson!

Missouri Press Service is holding an Ad Network Sales Contest through February. For every ad you sell into any Missouri Press ad network, your name will be entered into a drawing for two nights at The Village at Indian Point and a show and dinner for two at Andy Williams Moon River Grill.

For details contact Jennifer Plourde (jplourde@socket.net) at Missouri Press.

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-- Observe Sunshine in March

National Sunshine Week is held annually to promote dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information -- i.e. Sunshine. This year's observance will be March 13-19. You can get information, articles, graphics and cartoons to observe the week at http://sunshineweek.org/.

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-- Who fights for Sunshine in your town?

As part of the celebration of this year's Sunshine Week, the Missouri Sunshine Coalition will nominate for national recognition Missourians who have fought to make their state or localÊpublic institutions more open and accessible. 

The American Society of News Editors will highlight the work of three Local Heroes. The first-place winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip in April to San Diego to be honored at the 2011 ASNE convention.

Nominate the Local Hero from your community or region. Send to Local Sunshine Hero, Missouri Press Association, 802 Locust Street, Columbia, MO 65201 by Friday, Feb. 11. Please include contact information for you and your Hero.

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-- Webcast March 18 on administration's openness

OpenTheGovernment.org is hosting a webcast during this yearÕs Sunshine Week called ÒThe Road Forward on Open Government.ÓÊDuring the webcast, transparency experts from inside and outside government will discuss how President ObamaÕs open government initiatives are being put into practice and what more we can and should expect the Administration to do to meet its goal.

The event will be on March 18 from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (Central). It will also be streamed online and will be shown at locally hosted discussions in communities across the country.

For more information on the event visitÊOpenTheGovernment.org.

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-- Student will write editorial for you!

Dr. Clyde H. Bentley, Associate Professor, Print & Digital News, Missouri School of Journalism, teaches an editorial writing class. He assigns students to write editorials that reflect the opinions and tone of editors, not of the students. 

Send an email to Bentley if you want to have a student assigned to your paper,ÊBentleyCl@missouri.edu.ÊStudents won't be ready to write until around April. In the meantime, they will get intensive training on persuasive writing.

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-- Gannett standardizing design

Gannett newspapers will adopt a common typeface and page design as part of the company's hub production project. The Springfield News-Leader is Gannett's only newspaper in Missouri.

Gannett announced last summer that it would build five design hubs Ñ in Louisville, Ky., Asbury Park, N.J., Nashville, Tenn., Des Moines, Iowa, and Phoenix Ñ to paginate content for GannettÕs papers.

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-- Newspapers can educate children, show how in March

The Newspaper Association of America Foundation will post free materials for NIE Week 2011 (March 7-11) by the end of January.

The teacherÕs guide, ÒPower Pack: Lessons in Civics, Math and Fine Arts for NIE Week 2011,Ó features three units suitable for use with newspapers in print and digital formats. 

The ÒPower PackÓ features standards-based activities to enhance learning in elementary, middle and high school. Two e-book lessons for interactive whiteboards will be provided.

These free materials will be available for download at www.naafoundation.org.

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-- Newspapers upload more video that broadcasters

Newspapers post more video than broadcasters on their websites, according to a report by online video platform provider Brightcove and TubeMongul released today. Newspaper websites saw a 51% growth in total number of minutes streamed online between July and September, the latest months for which data is available. They streamed over 313 million minutes during the three months, compared to 290 million for broadcasters' websites.

The statistics suggest that shorter videos, like those uploaded by newspapers, account for the majority of this growth. The report says, ÒBroadcasters have fewer but longer titles, while newspapers are producing many more, but shorter titles on a more regular basis.Ó

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-- Ad Managers' Association meeting April 14-15 in Kansas City

Sales and advertising trainers Tim Smith and Russell Viers will be the featured speakers at the April 14-15 meeting of the Missouri Advertising Managers' Association. The meeting will be at the Holiday Inn Kansas City SE Water Park Hotel, 9103 E. 39th St. 

The meeting will begin with registration at noon on Thursday, April 14, and it will adjourn at noon on Friday, April 15. 

A registration form and agenda are on the MPA website at http://www.mopress.com/current_forms.php.

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-- Some papers died, some were born (driven by Patch)

(Crain's New York Business.com) -- In 2010, 151 papers shut down, compared with more than 300 in 2009, according to State of the Media 2011, produced by the research arm of public relations software company Vocus Inc., which was to release the report today.

Of the newspapers that closed in 2010, 109 were weeklies, 12 were monthlies, and six were dailies.

Newspaper launches picked up in 2010, but nearly all of them derived from one source: AOL's Patch, which is creating a network of local news sites in communities across the country. The study counted 724 ÒnewspaperÓ launches last year, all but 36 of them were Patch.com sites.

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-- Show-Me Press will meet in Hannibal

Show-Me Press Association has tentative plans to hold its annual meeting Thursday-Saturday, June 9-11, at Hannibal Quality Inn.

Plans include golf on Thursday with dinner that evening at Lulabelle's in downtown Hannibal. Sessions on technology are proposed for Friday, with an evening wine and cheese reception and barbecue dinner at the Mark Twain Lake Visitor Center.

Proposed Saturday morning sessions will focus on news/editorial topics, and the meeting will adjourn by early afternoon.

The Show-Me board will meet soon to firm up details.

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-- Our communities' stories must be saved

A Newspaper Archive Summit will be held April 10-12 at the Reynolds Journalism Institute in Columbia. Explore ways to make sure your community's history and cultural record are preserved and how digital news products currently being created by online news organizations are preserved and accessible for citizens and scholars in the future.

Registration is free. The conference website is http://tinyurl.com/4ex6csx. If you have questions, contact Dorothy Carner of the Newspaper Archive Summit Planning Team, carnerd@missouri.edu, 573-882-6591.

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-- Publishers object to Apple's demands

(MediaDailyNews) -- Amid widespread complaints from publishers that Apple's business model and control of consumer information prevents them from selling subscriptions to iPad owners, the tech company is upping the ante in Europe. It is cracking down on newspapers that offer free iPad editions to their print subscribers. Apple takes a 30-percent cut of iPad newspaper subscriptions. 

The websites of De Volkskrant, a national Dutch daily, and NRC Handelsblad, a business newspaper, reported that Apple will no longer allow publishers to offer free iPad editions to print subscribers beginning April 1. That move sparked protests from publishers that fear the tech company is acquiring monopolistic power over content distribution and business models.

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-- Reflect on this: Video ads on bathroom mirrors

(Chicago Tribune) -- A unit of Clear Channel Outdoor said last week it has teamed with a North Carolina company called Mirrus to turn select bathroom mirrors at O'Hare International Airport into interactive billboards.

Clear Channel and Mirrus said they plan to install the mirrors at several airports across the country but will start at O'Hare, rolling out 150 40-inch mirrors in select restrooms Ñ men's and women's Ñ over the next three months.

The mirror technology displays video or still ads across the whole mirror when no one is standing in front of the sink. When someone approaches, the ad shrinks into a corner of the mirror.

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-- Hall of Fame, Young Journalist forms online

Nomination forms for 2011 Newspaper Hall of Fame and Outstanding Young Journalist are on the MPA website at http://www.mopress.com/CURRENT_FORMS.php.

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-- Inland Press Compensation Survey

Over the last two decades, the Newspaper Industry Compensation Survey of Inland Press Association has become established as the principal and authoritative resource for comp planning by U.S. newspapers.Ê 

Missouri newspapers that publish at least five times per week are invited to participate in the compensation survey. An informational brochure about the NICSÊis at http://www.inlandpress.org/research/nics/.

The NICS provides comprehensive pay data that enables newspapers to compare their compensation levels geographically, by circulation size and with the newspaper industry as a whole.

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-- Big papers launch Ongo news service

(Reuters) -- A personalized news service funded by New York Times Co., Washington Post Co, and Gannett Co. launched on Tuesday in an attempt to get readers to pay for online news. Ongo, which received $12 million in funding from the three newspaper publishers, delivers news from a variety of sources starting at $7 a month.

The basic subscription plan includes articles from the Associated Press, the Washington Post, USA Today and select stories from the New York Times and Pearson PLC's Financial Times. Users can add titles, such as the Guardian and the Detroit Free Press, for 99 cents a month for each additional source.

Many newspapers are experimenting with models that require some form of payment to access online news.

Ongo, based in Cupertino, Calif., was founded by Alex Kazim, a former president of Skype and eBay executive who worked on PayPal.

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-- Millions visit newspaper websites

An average of 105.3 million people per month visited a newspaper website during the fourth quarter of 2010, according to comScore data cited by the Newspaper Association of America. 58% of the audience were 25- to-35-year-olds and 73% live in households earning over $100,000 per year.

NAA noted that online advertising revenues from newspaper websites are also growing, but not nearly enough to make up for losses in print advertising revenue.

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-- Poynter's News University

The Poynter Institute's News University serves more than 130,000 users through courses, group seminars, and webinars, covering subjects from multimedia techniques to reporting. Some training courses of note:
 
 -10 Things You Can Do For Free on Your Website
 -100 Ideas to Make Your Journalism Better
 -A Post-Recession Advertising Strategy Series: Where Will the Money Go
 -Advertising Revenue Boosters
 -Balancing Community Journalism and Citizen Participation

For a complete list of coming training opportunities go to http://www.newsu.org/.

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-- Online Media Campus training

Online Media Campus invites you to go to http://www.onlinemediacampus.com to check out changes and new features. OMC will offer more than 20 low-cost webinars in 2011 that eliminate the need for travel and time away from the office. More webinars are being planned; here are the ones currently scheduled for 2011:
 
-Digital News Content,?Jan. 28
 
 
-Creating "Direct Response" Ads,?Feb. 24
 
 
-Qualities of Good Sales People,?March 11
 
 
-Social Media Ethics,?April 7
 
 
-Return to Sales Basics,?May 12
 
Missouri Press Association is among the more than 40 press associations in the U.S. participating in the Online Media Campus program. Details and registration for the webinars can be found at www.onlinemediacampus.com.Ê

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-- Application for Membership

This is the First Notice of the application for Friend of Missouri Press Membership from Missouri News Horizon, a news service operated by Jason Hannasch and Rebecca Townsend at 1025 Northeast Drive, Jefferson City, MO 66049, email jasonhannasch@yahoo.com. 

The MPA Board of Directors considers applications for membership at its next meeting after an application has been in three issues of the Bulletin/eBulletin. The next meeting of the Board will be Feb. 9 in Jefferson City. (This application will not have the required number of publications before that meeting.)

Any MPA member with comments about this application should direct them to the MPA office in Columbia.


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--MPA Calendar

February

1-15 -- Missouri Press judges Virginia Press Association Newspaper Contest (online judging)

9 -- MPA/MPS Board meeting, Supreme Court Building, Jefferson City

9 -- MPA Reception with Legislators, DoubleTree Hotel, Jefferson City

10 -- Missouri Press Association Day at the Capitol, Jeffers City

March

4 -- Missouri Press Day at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, MU Campus, Columbia
7-11 -- NAA Foundation's Newspaper In Education Week
13-19 -- National Sunshine Week

17-18 -- Ozark Press Association, Chateau on the Lake, Branson

April

10-12 -- Newspaper Archive Summit, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Columbia
14-15 -- Missouri Advertising Managers' Association, Holiday Inn Kansas City SE Water Park Hotel, Kansas City

June

3 -- Southeast Missouri Press Association, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau
9-11 -- (Tentative) Show-Me Press Association annual meeting, Hannibal Quality Inn, Hannibal

July

20-23 -- 50th Annual National Newspaper Association Government Affairs Conference, Washington, D.C.

September

8-10 -- 145th Annual MPA Convention, Hilton Convention Center at Branson Landing, Branson

22-25 -- National Newspaper Association Annual Convention and Trade Show, Albuquerque, N.M.

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--Job Bank & Marketplace

HELP WANTED

REPORTER: Full-time position for a staff reporter at the Higginsville Advance to cover local meetings and functions (some evenings). Approx. 50 miles east of Kansas City. Experience in photo shop, pagination and inDesign. Send resume to higvladv@ctcis.net. No phone calls please. 

AD SALES: Are you where you want to be? Do you need a great job with a company that can withstand the economic downturn? Would you like to make over $30,000 and live in an area with a low cost of living? We are looking for ad executives who want to exceed expectations, deliver exceptional service and enjoy the fruits of their labors. Applicants MUST have sales experience of some kind. If this is you, send your carefully edited and impressive resume to: Cameron Newspapers, attention: advertising representative, PO BOX 498, Cameron, MO 64429. Or email to: gm@mynwmo.com. Serious inquiries only. No calls, please. EOE.

SPORTS EDITOR: WeÕre looking for a hybrid, someone who loves sports writing and photography and also likes news. The sports editor must love high school sports and be able to cover three small school districts and a variety of sports, writing stories, taking photos and designing pages twice a week. ThatÕs about 80 percent of the job. The other 20 percent is managing a few beats in a small town, including city council, police, and the school district. WeÕre in a beautiful county where people take their sports seriously, and we want to give them the coverage they deserve. WeÕre looking for a team player whoÕs not afraid of work, takes pride in what he or she produces, and is willing to jump in and contribute whenever and wherever necessary. If that sounds like you, send a resume and clips to Linda Caldwell at Carroll County News, P.O. Box 232, Berryville, AR 72616, or email l.caldwell@cox-internet.com. 

MANAGING EDITOR: The Northeast News, an award-winning, weekly community newspaper serving Historic Northeast Kansas City, Mo., is seeking an experienced journalist to fill a managing editor position. Candidates must have writing, copy editing, photography and leadership experience. The ideal candidate should be a multi-tasker, self-motivated and highly effective working under deadline. InDesign, Photoshop, video editing and social media networking skills preferred. Salary is commensurate with experience. Send resume, clips and a cover letter to Publisher Michael Bushnell via e-mail: northeastnews@socket.net or fax: (816) 241-3255. 

AWARD-WINNING COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SEEKING SPORTS EDITOR: The Neosho (Mo.) Daily News, the daily newspaper serving Newton and McDonald counties in Southwest Missouri, is seeking a sports editor to join its award-winning staff. Applicant needs not only skills in reporting, photography and page layout, but also a passion for sports and community journalism. The Neosho Daily News prides itself on covering all sporting events, big and small, in its area. The newspaper covers five high schools, a junior college with a strong baseball program, youth sports and more. Knowledge of Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and multimedia tools is a must. Interested applicants should send resume and clips to Rick Rogers, publisher, atÊrrogers@neoshodailynews.com. The Neosho Daily News is owned by GateHouse Media, and is an equal opportunity employer.

FOR SALE

N. MO. WEEKLY: Locally owned, hometown weekly newspaper in La Plata, Missouri. 1,000 circulation. Mostly farm and rural area oriented. Homey, small "mom and pop" paper. Kids are grown and gone, time for me to do the same. If interested please call Becky at 660-651-9704 or The Home Press at 660-332-4431 for more information. 

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