May 14, 20082008 MAMA Convention
The 2008 MAMA Convention was held May 8-9 in Branson, MO. 
Just under 90 people attended again this year and a great time was had by all. As well, winners of the 2008 MAMA Best Ad Contest were announced. You can find a spreadsheet of the winners, HERE.
May 13, 2008Candidates to attend forum
Three candidates for governor — all Republicans — have accepted the invitation to participate in an open forum on June 13 at the joint meeting of the Show-Me Press Association, Missouri Society of Newspaper Editors and AP Managing Editors. U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, State Treasurer Sarah Steelman and Richard Kline have said they will attend the event. Others who have filed for governor have not yet confirmed they will attend.A registration form for the meeting is enclosed, as is a form for the MPA Porter Fisher Golf Classic, and they are online at mopress.com/current_forms.php. The golf outing will be Thursday morning, June 12, at Syca-
more Creek Golf Course.
The Show-Me Press/MSNE/APME meeting will be at the Resort at Port Arrowhead, Lake Ozark. If you want a room, you need to call the hotel now. The room reservation cutoff date is May 12. Call 1-800-532-3575 to reserve a room.
May 12, 2008Deadline for School papers to get grants is Friday, May 16
The Newspaper Association of America Foundation is seeking applicants for its 2008 Student/Newspaper Partnership grant program.The annual program selects and awards funding to middle and high schools working in partnership with professional newspapers to start, restart or revitalize a student newspaper.
Those selected schools may receive grant funds up to $5,000 during year one of the project. The 2008 grant application deadline is May 16.
Contact your schools if you think they might be interested in this program. They can get details at NAA.org.
May 12, 2008
The MPF Better Newspaper Contest looks like it will be busier than ever. This year a record amount of
entries were received at the MPA offices in Columbia. Michael Daugherty, pictured, and other staff members are currently working on logging the entries prior to judging in Illinois on May 28-29.