January 21, 2010Have you heard a podcast lately

Richard Gard, President and Publisher of Missouri Lawyers Media, had this to say about the latest Legal Podcast from MPA Hotline Attorney Jean Maneke:
 
"I wanted you all to know how much I enjoyed Harry and Jean's legislative podcast. It was excellently done, truly educational, and certainly thought provoking. Thanks for doing it."
 
Have you listened to this program's overview of Missouri lawmaking?
 
Jean and her guest, Harry Gallagher, longtime MPA legislative lobbyist, walk listeners through the complicated process of filing a bill to the end result when it goes to the governor for a signature.
 
To access this audio interview, visit http://www.mopress.com/podcasts.php. There, you'll find an entire archive of recorded legal programs on topics important to Missouri's newspapers. Jean's visit with Harry is a December 2009 recording. These legal podcasts also may be accessed through iTunes with a search for Maneke.

November 16, 2009New Labor Poster

There is a new EEOC poster which businesses are required to have posted by Nov. 21.  It can be found at this link on the U.S. Department of Labor web site, downloaded, printed out and posted free of charge:
 
http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm
 
In addition, you'll note on that page a link to an additional page which provides other posters which are required in small businesses and other specific businesses.  It would be a good idea to look through those posters and ensure all the required posters for your business are posted.  That page can be found here:

http://www.dol.gov/osbp/sbrefa/poster/matrix.htm
 
Contact MPA's hotline attorney, Jean Maneke, if you need additional information or have questions regarding this matter.

October 26, 2009Three added to Photo HOF

Three news photographers whose careers spanned decades and took them around the world and around the neighborhood were inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in Washington, Mo., on Oct. 22.

It was the fifth annual induction ceremony.

This year’s inductees were Bill Eppridge, a photographer for National Geographic, LIFE and Sports Illustrated; James A. Finley, an Associated Press photographer for more than 25 years; and Ival Lawhon Jr., an award-winning photographer for the St. Joseph News-Press.

Pictures are available here.

         Bill Eppridge                                   James A. Finley                             Ival Lawhon Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 6, 2009Make it an Emmy!

"Trustees for the Public: 200 Years of Missouri Newspapers," a documentary video produced by the Missouri Press Association, was honored Oct. 3, with a regional Emmy award by the Mid-America chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).  Awards were presented in St. Louis at the 33rd Annual Mid-America Emmy Gala.
 
Accepting the award for the category Documentary - Historical were Beth Pike, co-director, producer and writer; Stephen Hudnell, co-director, videographer and editor; and Doug Crews, executive director of the press association, all of Columbia.
 
The MPA documentary competed against five other videos whose subjects included Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Abraham Lincoln, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
 
The hour-long video was produced in 2008 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first newspaper published in Missouri, and it coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Missouri School of Journalism.  MPA publishers more than a century ago played instrumental roles in the founding of the School of Journalism, the world's first.
 
The newspaper documentary is a product of more than three years and more than 70 video interviews of Missouri publishers and editors.  Scott Charton, Columbia, a former Associated Press correspondent, served as advising producer on the project. Original music was composed by Sandra M. Levy Smith, St. Louis.  Clyde Ruffin, Columbia, was the narrator.
 
The video spotlights journalists who practiced their craft in Missouri, including Joseph Charless (Missouri's first publisher), Mark Twain, Eugene Field, Joseph Pulitzer, Ernest Hemingway, Walter Williams and many others.
 
Current publishers and editors of Missouri newspapers recount stories of their own careers, from the days of "hot type" printing, newspaper carriers hawking copies on street corners, to today's modern newsrooms, high-speed offset presses and the newspapers' use of the Internet.
 
A history of the press would not be complete without reviewing The Journalist's Creed, written by Dean Walter Williams, founder of the Missouri School of Journalism.  Ron Powers, a native of Hannibal, award-winning journalist and Missouri graduate, reads the Creed as he honors his school and his profession.
 
The Mid-America chapter of NATAS began honoring outstanding achievement in a three-state region (portions of Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri) with local Emmy awards in 1976. Judging of this year's entries was done by chapters in the Pacific Southwest, Northern California, Denver, Michigan, Ohio Valley and New England.
 
If you are interested in purchasing the video, please visit the MPA store.

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