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Ethics committee formedThe Colorado Press Association Board of Directors approved a motion to form an ethics committee at its Sept. 11 board meeting.
The ethics committee initially is charged with coming up with ways to promote ethics for its members, as well as look at potential programs.
If interested in joining the committee, or any other CPA committee, contact CPA CEO Jerry Raehal at 720-274-7171 or [email protected]
Contest keeping its classThe annual Better Newspaper con-test is staying with 10 classifications for the 2015 contest — four weekly classifications, four daily, and one monthly.
The CPA Board of Directors looked a proposals to go to eight classifica-tions at its Sept. 11 board meeting, but given all the other changes the contest is going through, the board opted to keep the classifications the same.
To see 10 changes to the 2015 contest, go to http://www.coloradopressassociation.com/news-events/contests
Promote Power of the PressOct. 4-10 is national news-paper week, and this year’s theme is Power of the Press.
To find a package of editorials, car-toons, columns, and graphics for National News-
paper Week, go to http://nationalnewspaperweek.com.
NEWS YOU CAN USE
See BYLAWS, Page 6 See CERNY Page 5
Time for change?Special
meeting called to amend
bylaws, allowing more
membership types into CPA
Staff report
Tucked away in a cabinet in the accounting office of the Colorado Press Association is a yellow, weathered piece of paper dated Jan. 16, 1979.
In type-writer text is a pro-posed amendment to change the bylaws of the CPA so free or “controlled circulation” newspa-pers would attain full member-ship in the Association. The amendment did not pass, nor have similar proposals passed in
the last 36 years.However, a new proposal just
might. Amended changes to the bylaws have been approved by both the membership com-mittee and the CPA Board of Directors, which approved the changes at its Sept. 11 board meeting.
Now it goes before the general membership. A special meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Denver Athletic Club, to amend the bylaws.
At a glance:n A special meeting has been called for 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Denver Athletic Club to amend the CPA bylaws.n Amendments to the by-laws may be adopted only by a two-thirds vote of the Regular Members pres-ent, in person or by proxy.n If you need a proxy document, go to coloradopressassociation.com or contact the CPA office at 303-571-5117.
Adapt, overcome, improvise
“Change is inevitable,” is a slogan that has been overused but certainly applies to what’s happening right now with Colorado Press Associa-tion and SYNC2 Media.
The CPA/SYNC2 board of directors met for two days the week of Sept. 11 to re-view the group’s strategic plan and for a regular quarterly board meeting.
Changes in the bylaws to reflect proposed restructuring of member-ship criteria and other matters, and debate about future offerings in annual dues occupied much of the discussion.
Add to that a change in annual convention date and site, as well as revisions to the annual contest, and your board had an intense day and a half of discussion.
The Sept. 11 meeting was gra-ciously hosted by board member Larry Ryckman and the Denver Post.
Keith Cerny
CPA, SYNC2 Media Board President
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Workshop examines social media in the newsroom
Morgan Community College (MCC) in Fort Morgan will once again host a free journalism workshop on Social Media in the Newsroom.
Instructor Jeff Rice will present the work-shop on Saturday, Oct. 24, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. in Cottonwood Hall, Room 101, on the Fort Morgan campus.
The one-day event will focus on social media and how it is being used in the news-room as participants explore how to use social media to gather information from their audi-ences and enhance their traditional delivery systems.
Newspaper editors and radio station news directors will learn how to expand both cover-age areas and news-gathering capacity.
Registration is free, but participants are asked to email [email protected] to reserve a seat, or for more information.
Sen. Blunt to dis-cuss USPS at NNA convention
Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., will speak on his outlook on the U.S. Postal Ser-vice and other is-sues at a National Newspaper Asso-ciation (NNA) ple-nary session Oct. 3 during the NNA’s 129th Annual Con-vention and Trade Show, to be held Oct. 1-3 in St. Charles, Mo.
Blunt has “carried the ball for the National Newspaper Associa-tion on efforts to establish a new system for measuring service times for rural mail,” noted the NNA website.
Blunt does not sit on the USPS Oversight Committee in the Senate, but has “asserted his expertise on postal (issues) again and again on behalf of NNA’s members.”
ASNE, APME host fall convention
ASNE (American Society of News Editors) and APME (Associated Press Media Editors) – will host the 2015 ASNE-APME 2015 Con-vention for the nation’s top editors Oct. 16-18 at the Conference Center at the Li Ka Shing Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stan-
ford, Calif. This year’s theme is “3-D: Digital, Diversity,
Disruption.” The Associated Press Photo Managers
(APPM) is also a conference partner. Topics will include digital transformation
and the innovative use of technology in the newsroom, diversity in the newsroom and in reaching new audiences, First Amendment and access issues, and newsroom leadership. APPM will focus on using analytics and re-search to better utilize visual journalism, as well as innovative approaches to increase the impact of visual reporting.
The event will also include an opening re-ception, a celebration of the winners of ASNE Awards and APME Journalism Excellence Awards at a Saturday luncheon, silent and live auctions, and many high-profile speakers from the tech and journalism industries.
For more information, visit www.asne.org or www.apme.com.
NAA offers circula-tion facts & figures reference pub
The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) is offering its 2015 edition of “NAA Circulation Facts, Figures & Logic,” a publica-tion that publishers and circulation executives use to measure performance and industry standards.
The newest installment of the ongoing NAA circulation study documents “funda-mental changes in marketing the daily news-paper and the role these strategic changes play in the development of the industry’s new busi-ness model.”
The study covers a range of circulation metrics, including subscription sales, sub-scriber churn, retention data by sales source,
single-copy sales by outlet, and subscriber payment practices.
The 115-page report includes an execu-tive summary; a section on the latest multi-platform audience data; and an in-depth look at new data on distribution practices, home delivery marketing, single-copy sales and cus-tomer service. One study highlight was that: “Audience and circulation divisions are con-tinuing to make a substantial investment in acquiring new print and digital subscribers, while increasing efficiencies in other areas.”
The study and resulting electronic report are downloadable at no charge to NNA mem-bers, and $85 for non-members.
Visit www.nna.org for more information.
Five companies forming new national ad sales firm
Five of the country’s largest newspaper chains – Gannet Co. Inc., Newhouse-owned Advance Publications, Hearst Corp., Mc-Clatchy Newspapers Inc., and Tribune Co. – are reportedly planning to form Next Gen, a new company that would sell national ad-vertising in 30 major metropolitan markets. Handling both print and digital ads, the new firm would employ approximately 50 staffers and be a for-profit company funded by the five newspaper entities. The project could result in 100 million unique visitors with which to compete in the current digital market.
Tribune Co. (owner of the Chicago Tri-bune, Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun) is said to be spearheading efforts to form the new company. The move would likely mean national advertising staff cutbacks at the five major players. Gannet is already in the middle of buyout offers for employees with 15 years or more at the company.
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This issue “10 Questions” checked in with Peter Roper, government reporter for the Pueblo Chieftain and recent recipient of the Colorado Press Association’s Service to the First (Amendment) award at CPA’s annual convention in February.
He’s been covering politics and government for The Chieftain since 1992, and in the last year successfully branched out into another form of writing.
You’re a respected and local-favor-ite reporter for The Chieftain, well-known for covering the Pueblo City Council, which led to your being honored with the Service to
the First award this year. How long have you been covering the council, and how big a part of your beat is it now?
I’ll take your word that I’m a local favorite. I’ve worked the city beat twice during my 23 years at the Chieftain and together they amount to about 17 years.
Currently, city government accounts for about 80 percent of my work week. I’ve also been one of the newspaper’s political report-ers throughout my time here, but as our staff has been reduced in recent years, so has our political reach.
It’s hard to admit, but we no longer have a statehouse bureau and we don’t provide any daily coverage any longer of our federal lawmakers.
The award was based on your coverage of a series of illegal email meetings and improper policy deci-sions by a Pueblo County official and three of the council members.
Can you elaborate, and include how you first became aware of that activity?
Three council members last year were publicly calling for the city to reconsider how it spends a half-cent sales tax that has been dedicated to job recruitment for 30 years.
That tax has been a sacred cow of sorts, used to recruit new employers. But it had accumulated some $40 million as of last sum-mer while the city had nearly zero money for infrastructure.
So having several council members want to talk about sharing that revenue wasn’t anything suspect.
But I kept hearing that a Pueblo County official was scripting their public meetings, coaching the trio on positions to take in regards to several controversial issues.
Now, I knew the county official well but when I approached him about his role in the city debate, instead of the expected answer – a wink and a smart-alecky comment about needing to help city people find their way
– he was curt and defensive. That made me suspicious that he was playing a much larger role than he wanted to acknowledge, so I used the Colorado Open Records Act to request all the emails between him and all seven council members for the preceding 60 days.
I wasn’t expecting to find much, but figura-tively speaking, those emails not only held the smoking gun but all the bullets and a map to buried skeletons.
Evidently your coverage stirred up some people, causing them to contact the newspaper – specifically Managing Editor Steve Henson, Assistant Publisher Jane Rawlings
and former General Manager Randy Rick-man. Did they want to stop you from writing about the whole issue, or write in a certain manner, i.e. tone it down?
In the best tradition of American journalism, Jane, Randy and Steve took the heat and left me alone to write the stories. I never felt any pressure to do anything except tell
the story clearly and accurately – and give everyone a chance to have their say.
It should be noted that I was getting texts from some sources on the day before publication saying they’d been assured the stories would be spiked, but when I queried Steve Henson, he told me to respond that all involved should read the next morning’s Chieftain.
Certainly there were people who didn’t want these emails revealed to the public. One councilman resigned just two days after the story broke.
The messages also were laced with con-tempt for some longtime business people in-
volved with economic development. All of which led to intense embarrassment on the part of the council members and county of-ficial involved and an immediate demand for their recall. The council members ultimately resigned and the county official was fired.
The experience must have been rewarding on different levels. How did this story, and the award, change your beliefs or attitude toward governmental or investiga-
tive writing?
The awards were gratifying because there is no praise more meaning-ful than the respect of your peers. When other reporters and editors slap you on the back and say “Good
work,” it always means something special and not just, “The drinks are on you.”
That said, I’ve always believed throughout my career that newspapers and news orga-nizations had the job and responsibility to look for the hidden stories, the real stories, especially when it comes to holding govern-ment accountable.
As Bill Moyers likes to say, “News is what people try to hide. Everything else is public-ity.”
You also earned four Associated Press awards this year, for Best Series, Beat Reporting, Pub-lic Service and a first-place for Investigative Reporting. Besides
government and politics, you’ve also written recently about public videos of police at work. Do you have a favorite area or issue to cover right now, or something you would really like to look into?
The email stories made a big splash in the Pueblo community because they were full of well-known people, snarky back-room commentary by and about elected officials, and other
characteristics that had people howling and giggling over their Sunday morning coffee.
But from a reporting perspective, it was a fairly easy story to corner, catch and write. It was two weeks’ work.
I’ve done much harder – and more gratify-ing – reporting on bigger, more difficult stories, such as the eight-year battle between Southern Colorado ranchers and the Army over expanding the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
I think social media is revolutionizing how communities deal with their police depart-ments and the reverse.
But the police may just be the first element of society caught on the edge.
As one officer said to me, “Will all these cameras mean that surgeons and doctors have to wear them during surgery and patient ap-pointments in the future? Will pilots have to wear them while flying? Everyone?”
Peter Roper
See 10 QUESTIONS, Page 7
Playing the right notes to find the hidden stories
Photo by Mike Sweeney
The musician comes out at times for Pueblo Chieftain government reporter and book author Peter Roper.
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SYNC2 Media is doubling down on its eff orts to facilitate communication among member pa-pers’ ad departments by off ering two new programs with a few more waiting in the wings.
Th e fi rst Ad Director Monthly Forum was held via conference call on Sept. 15 with 12 advertising direc-tors representing 20 publications in attendance.
Th e goal of this monthly forum is to give ad directors and ad managers a chance to share their challenges, solutions and new revenue ideas.
It is always good to step away from your day to day and have an opportu-nity to hear new ideas and focus more on what is possible rather than just the day to day nuts and bolts of the advertising sales business.
As we grow as a group and become more comfortable sharing ideas, the hope is that this more frequent inter-action will produce new professional friendships as well as some world-class revenue producing programs in
which all member papers can share.
Advertising sales staff s are comprised of creative, tough and resilient folks.
But oftentimes hearing from our prospects the same objections and reasons for not using our products and services wears on the psyche.
So, beginning with the initial session on Th ursday Oct. 8, SYNC2 Media will begin AD Sales 101.
Th is is a webinar series designed to reinvigorate sales staff s by reminding them of the basics of the craft (great for those new to the ad sales game) and continuing into 2016 with sessions that will focus on best practices and
strategies for selling digital and media mix packages.
Th ere will be something for every-one in these sessions, whether it acts as a refresher and confi dence builder for experienced reps or a great founda-tion for those new to the business.
Look for announcements, invita-tions and updates on both of these programs soon.
Please reach out to Doug Hay at 720-274-7173 or [email protected] with any questions or sugges-tions.
SYNCing 2 USYNC2 Media kicks off training,
outreach programs
Doug Hay
SYNC2 Media VP of Marketing
John Buff aDenver Post employee for 14 years
John Buff a, a 14-year employee of the Denver Post, died July 18, 2015, at age 66. Preceded in death by his son, William Buff a, he is survived by his wife of 46 years, Nancy Buff a; daughters Lisa Henley and Laura Buff a; son Joseph Buff a; sisters Louise Anderson and Marion Kraemer; his par-ents, Vito and Ann Buff a; and nine grandchildren.
Michael Lee GalushaFormer Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News
pressroom manager
Michael Lee Galusha, former pressman for the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, died Aug. 1, 2015, at age 61. He was born Oct. 24, 1953. He began his career in 1972 in the pressroom at the Sun Newspaper. Th e following year, he took a job at the Rocky Mountain News. From there, he went to the Oklahoma City Herald, but returned to the Denver area to work for the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post as a press-room manager and maintenance supervisor.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Paddy,
whom he met in high school; daughter Veronica McKim; sons Michael R., Christopher and Kevin Galusha; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild; his mother, Marie Weichering; sisters Kay Nord-lund and Cindy McAllister; brother Ted Galusha; and four nieces and a nephew.
Robert Ulich MaddenFamily ran Nunn News in Weld County
Robert Ulich Madden, whose parents ran a small-town newspaper in Nunn, Colo., has died. Services were held Aug. 29 for Madden, who was born April 10, 1915, to Cosy Scott Madden and Ulich Eugene Madden in Nunn, a small town in northwestern Weld County. After graduating from Nunn High School, Madden went on to Colo-rado State University. He was also a World War II veteran, serving in the Army and the Navy. In June 1939, he married Geraldine Mortensen. Mad-den’s professional life included business sales and management. He worked for Th e Mine and Smelter Supply Company for 33 years before starting Sup-pliers to Industry with partners, where he worked until his retirement. Madden grew up above the newspaper offi ce of the weekly Nunn News. Th e newspaper was founded in 1907 by publisher C.L. Wiedmann and editor/manager R. Ray Clark, but changed ownership at least once until its purchase by Madden’s parents in 1908. Th ey installed a print-ing plant with a gasoline-powered press and were great supporters of the town. But with newspaper competition in neighboring towns, the continual loss of original homesteaders, and drought years during the Great Depression in the 1930s, many businesses in the town closed, and with them sup-port for the News. When Ulich Madden died in 1938, his wife continued to run the News for seven months, then sold the newspaper to Cleo Th omp-son. In March 1942, Richard L. Tatman bought the News from Th ompson and merged it into his Gree-ley Farm Journal. Madden is survived by his wife; son John Robert Madden and daughters Judith Madden Woolley and Patricia Ann Madden; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
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Bylaws can be amend-ed at the annual meeting or when a special meet-ing is called and 30 days notice has been given. In addition to the proposed changes in member-ship criteria, also being considered are changes to the charter and to the annual meeting (refl ect-ing the new timeframe). Amendments to the by-laws may be adopted only by a two-thirds vote of the Regular Members present, in person or by proxy.
If you need a proxy document, go to colora-dopressassociation.com or contact the CPA offi ce at 303-571-5117.
Proposed membership changes
Th e amended bylaws would replace the “Regu-lar Member” category with “Voting Members” and create several silos in that category, including silos for:
• Legal-designated Newspapers
• Free-Distribution and Paid-Non-legal Des-
ignated Newspapers• Online Only• Monthly/Alternative
PublicationsLegal publications —
meaning they meet the standards to produce legals according to Post Offi ce regulations and legislative requirements — are currently the only newspapers allowed to be full CPA members.
Th e proposed criteria to become a full-member — or voting member — is to publish a certain fre-quency — daily, weekly, or monthly depending on the silo — and produce a certain amount of edito-rial to advertising ratio on a regular basis — and no more than 75 percent advertising.
Th e amended bylaws would eliminate the asso-ciate level for newspapers entirely. Th e associate level would be replaced by a “Non-Voting Mem-bers” category, that would include memberships for individuals, student newspapers, retired executives, honorary and allied associates, the latter of which is meant for organizations that work in support and conjunc-tion with newspapers.
If you have questions on the proposed bylaws, contact CPA CEO Jerry Raehal at [email protected] or at 720-274-7171.
Among the bylaws changes headed to members for review are a revision to the CPA charter to refl ect the changing in-dustry and a total revision of membership criteria. Instead of the major categories being “regular” and “associate” members, we will now have “voting members” and “non-voting members.”
In each of those sections are diff erent “silos.” Voting member silos are proposed to include Legal-Designated, Free-Dis-tribution/Non-Legal Designated, Online News, and Monthly/Alternative member-ships.
Non-voting member silos include Individual, Student Newspaper, Retired Executive, Honorary and Allied Associate memberships.
Another proposed change to the bylaws moves the annual meeting from Febru-ary to May, tentatively set for May 12-14, 2016, in Lakewood. Th is was partially necessitated by construction at the Westin Hotel Downtown, but also was requested in a survey of CPA members probably hoping to avoid the inclement weather Colorado is so famous for in February.
Also new is a convention theme of
“Keep Calm and Press On,” a trendy knock-off of a motivational poster from World War II, but also refl ecting how the term “press” has evolved in recent years.
Your CPA board is also reviewing our dues structure and will be hoping to fi nal-ize those soon. Much debate has already ensued on how to base dues; continuing with the current formula based on ad rates and circulation, a percentage of full page cost at open rate, verifi ed circulation or some combination of both.
Th e fact is, a change is needed for this organization to remain eff ective long-term.
A general meeting of the members is scheduled for 2 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Den-ver Athletic Club to amend bylaws.
Another change: Th e contest com-mittee proposed reducing the number of categories from 64 down to 49 and also tightening the criteria on “sweepstakes” awards to be sure it remains competitive. More entries will be allowed per category, however, and entry fees will be reduced
for an early deadline.Changes were also proposed in the
number of classifi cations for member newspapers, but the board declined to consider that.
Kudos to the committees for member-ship, convention and contest for their recommendations to the CPA/SYNC2 board, and for the members’ time volun-teered on those groups.
As our members have seen in the past decade, change is inevitable, but your Colorado Press Association and SYNC2 Media are following suit by borrowing a phrase from the 1986 movie, “Heartbreak Ridge.”
Based on the true story of the raid on the island of Granada to rescue college student hostages, the movie starred Clint Eastwood as Marine Sgt. Gunny High-way who led the charge to overcome the situation by believing his troops had to . . .
“Adapt, overcome and improvise.” And so will we.
See page 6 for current bylaws and proposed changes
BYLAWS
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CERNY
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The Associated Press launches AP Content Services to help brands tell their stories
Th e Associated Press has established a new division to provide talent, technology and distribution to help brands promote their products and services through multi-format storytelling.
Th e new AP Content Services group off ers end-to-end content creation and delivery solutions to increase brand awareness, enhance consumer engagement
and drive sales and audience acquisition. AP Content Services is separate from the AP newsroom and the content created does not involve AP editorial staff .
Brands can also leverage AP’s network of direct-to-consumer advertising and social channels to distribute their content — locally or globally.
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Proposed changes:SECTION A. VOTING
MEMBERSHIP — Voting Membership in this Association shall be one of four voting classes:
• Legal-Designated Newspaper• Free distribution Newspaper • Online News Websites• Monthly/Alternative Publica-
tionThere shall be only one vote per
Voting Membership publication or organization and the owner and/or publisher, or his/her designee, shall be the one to cast the vote.
All proprietors, executives and employees of a Voting Member of the CPA shall be considered members of the Association and shall be entitled to all privileges pertaining thereto, except that of voting.
At the annual business meeting of this Association only those Vot-ing Members of the CPA whose dues for the preceding year have been paid shall be eligible to con-stitute a quorum or to vote upon any election or other matter.
(A) LEGAL-DESIGNATED NEWSPAPER MEMBERSHIPA publication shall be eligible to be a Legal Newspaper Member by
meeting the following requirements:1. The publication must be recognized as legal newspapers under the
publication laws of Colorado.2. The publication must annually publish, verify and submit to the
Association accurate circulation figures, based on a recognized audit-ing agency, a sworn post office statement, or a duly notarized state-ment.
(B) FREE-DISTRIBUTION/NON-LEGAL DESIGNATED NEWSPAPER MEMBERSHIP
A publication shall be eligible to be a Free-Distribution Newspaper Member by meeting the following requirements:
1. The publication must be published and printed in an accepted newspaper format, standard or tabloid and meet the ethical, news and typographical standards generally recognized by the newspaper profes-sion.
2. The publication must have a known Colorado-based office of publication, open to the public, where the business of the publica-tion is transacted during usual business hours, with a local telephone listing.
3. The publication shall be published consecutively for at least one year prior to application for membership. It shall be published at least weekly and shall also bear a fixed title or name, date lines and num-bered volume sequence.
4. The publication must annually publish, verify and submit to the Association accurate circulation figures, based on a recognized audit-ing agency, a sworn post office statement, or a duly notarized state-ment.
5. The yearly average of news-editorial content shall not be less than 25% of the newspaper. Of news-editorial content, at least 75% shall be produced by the local staff of the newspaper or purchased from recognized news sources such as Associated Press, Scripps Howard or similar news service.
(C) ONLINE NEWS WEBSITESAn online publication shall be eligible to be an Online News Web-
site Member by meeting the following requirements:1. An online newspaper must publish for one year regularly and
consecutively, prior to application for CPA Online Membership. 2. The online news website must be published using recognized
standards of professional journalism. Its content must be revised on a regular basis not less than once per week.
3. The online news website must be principally devoted to the dissemination of original local or general news and other editorial content (not less than 50 percent of overall content). A substantial portion must be staff produced or locally written and must be available to the general public via the World Wide Web.
4. The online news website must not serve primarily as a platform to promote the interest or the opinions of a special interest group, individual or cause.
5. The online news website must have a local telephone listing and a known Colorado-based office of publication, open to the public, where the business or publication is transacted during usual business hours.
6. All other definitions of a "newspaper", as determined by the CPA Bylaws and the Board of Directors of the Association, shall apply to Online News Websites membership.
(D) MONTHLY/ALTERNATIVE PUBLICATIONS
A publication shall be eligible to be a Monthly/Alternative Publica-tions Membership by meeting the following requirements:
1. The publication must be published and printed in an accepted newspaper or magazine format, standard or tabloid and meet the ethical, news and typographical standards generally recognized by the newspaper and magazine profession.
2. The publication must have a known Colorado-based office of publication, open to the public, where the business of the publica-tion is transacted during usual busi-ness hours, with a local telephone listing.
3. The publication shall be published consecutively for at least one year prior to application for membership. It shall be published at least monthly and shall also bear a fixed title or name, date lines and numbered volume sequence.
4. The publication must annu-ally publish, verify and submit to the Association accurate circula-tion figures, based on a recognized auditing agency, a sworn post office statement, or a duly notarized statement.
5. The yearly average of news-editorial content shall not be less than 25% of the publication. Of news-editorial content, at least 75% shall be produced by the local staff of the newspaper or purchased from recognized news sources such as Associated Press, Scripps Howard or similar news service.
SECTION B — NON-VOTING MEMBERSHIPNon-voting members in the Association shall be one of five classes• Individual • Student Newspaper• Retired Executive • Honorary• Allied AssociateNon-voting members shall be entitled to the social privileges of the
Association, but shall not be entitled to vote or serve on the Board of Directors.
(A) INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPAn individual shall be eligible for a Individual Membership by
meeting the following requirements:1. Representatives of out-of-state newspaper; state; regional or
national press associations; 2. Former newspaper employees who are retired or otherwise not
currently engaged in their profession, freelance writers, authors, pho-tographers or artist;
3. Teachers of journalism and other representatives of accredited educational institutions;
(B) STUDENT NEWSPAPER MEMBERSHIPJunior college, community college, college and university newspa-
pers that meet the ethical, news and typographical standards generally recognized by the Newspaper Members of this Association shall be eligible to be a Student Newspaper Membership.
(C) RETIRED EXECUTIVES Retired Executive Membership in the Colorado Press Association
shall be offered to any person who has held the position of publisher, manager, editor or executive of any Voting Member newspaper of the Association for a duration of not less than five (5) years and who is presently inactive in the newspaper profession in the State of Colo-rado.
(D) HONORARY MEMBERSHIPHonorary Memberships shall be conferred only by a vote of a
majority of the Board of Directors as a special honor to individuals considered deserving of same for special services to the profession. Honorary life Membership is automatically conferred on any past President of this Association. Other Honorary Members’ terms shall be established by the Board of Directors and may be terminated at any time.
(E) ALLIED ASSOCIATE Any individual, firm, shopper, corporation, non-profit or organiza-
tion that is in any way associated with the furnishing of services, sup-plies, management or advice to or for newspapers, or associated in any other manner with any other type of news media, shall be eligible to be an Allied Associate of the Association. Allied Associate members shall be entitled to the social privileges of the Association, but shall not be entitled to vote, be on the board of directors or received Press Credentials.
REST OF BYLAWS AMENDED TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES
Current bylaws:
ARTICLE I —MEMBERSHIPSection A. REGULAR MEMBER-
SHIP. Regular membership in the Colorado
Press Association shall be limited to those newspapers recognized as legal newspapers under the publication laws of Colorado. There shall be only one vote per Regular Newspaper Membership and the owner and/or publisher, or his/her desig-nee, shall be the one to cast the vote.
All proprietors, executives and employ-ees of a Regular Member newspaper shall be considered members of the Associa-tion and shall be entitled to all privileges pertaining thereto, except that voting shall be as provided in Paragraph One of this Section.
At the annual business meeting of this Association only those Regular Members whose dues for the preceding year have been paid shall be eligible to constitute a quorum or to vote upon any election or other matter.
Section B. ASSOCIATE MEM-BERSHIP. Associate membership in the Colorado Press Association shall be divided into two groups for the annual assessment of dues. Associate Member ap-plicants shall meet the following qualifica-tions, subject to majority satisfaction of the Board of Directors of the Association:
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS (1) Representatives of out-of-state newspaper; state; regional or national press associa-tions; (2) Former newspaper employees who are retired or otherwise not currently engaged in their profession, freelance writers, authors, photogra- phers or art-ist; (3) Teachers of journalism and other representatives of accredited educational institutions;
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER-SHIPS
(1) Newspapers or other publications not fulfilling the requirements for Regular Membership in the Colorado Press As-sociation; (2) Commercial firms selling products and/or services to newspapers; (3) Trade or professional associations, or other media; (4) Non-profit groups organized for public benefit or community benefit, government agencies, advertising agencies, or public relations firms, who in the course of their activities provide infor-mation and services to newspapers.
The association shall make available to Associate Members a membership logo suitable for reproduction. Such logo shall clearly indicate the word “associate”, and shall be distinctly different in appearance than the logo provided to Regular Mem-bers for publication reproduction.
Section C. RETIRED EXECU-TIVES. Retired Executive Membership in the Colorado Press Association shall be offered to any person who has held the position of publisher, manager, editor or executive of any Regular Member news-paper of the Association for a duration of not less than five (5) years and who is presently inactive in the newspaper pro-fession in the State of Colorado.
Section D. HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP. Honorary Life Mem-bership, intended as a mark of honor due for distinguished service to this Asso-ciation or to the newspaper profession in general, may be granted only by the Association as a whole, by majority vote of the members present at a regular annual business meeting of the Association.
Membership criteria changes
Current bylaws:Section II. The vision of the Colorado Press Associa-
tion is to be the leader that unites the Colorado news industry in the relentless pursuit of journalism excel-lence and a sustainable news experience. Our vision is to be a champion for our members’ success through educa-tion, advocacy and revenue generation. Our core values include: collaboration, value, innovation, and fellowship.
Proposed changes:Section II. The vision of the Colorado Press Associa-
tion is to be the leader that unites the Colorado news media in the relentless pursuit of journalism excellence, innovation and a sustainable news experience. Our mission is to be a champion for our members’ success through education, advocacy and revenue enhancement.
Charter changes
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Can you tell us about your education, how you became a reporter, and any mentors who influenced you?
I’m a Watergate reporter and was about to start college at the University of Colorado as the Watergate story was unrolling in 1972-1973.
Jazzed up by reporters like Bob Woodward, Carl Ber-nstein and Sy Hersh, I thought newspaper reporting was
a way to make a difference. I consider myself very lucky to have been assigned to the Colo-
rado Springs Sun newspaper Denver bureau 1983-1986, where I got to work next to – and learn from – such terrific professionals as Cindy Parmenter and Neil Westergaard of the Denver Post, Pete Blake of The Rocky Mountain News, and the one-and-only Carl Hilliard of the Associated Press, who taught me that when dealing with a combative secretary who won’t let you talk to the boss, snarl into the phone that you’re writing about “graft and corruption.”
That works every time.
About a year ago, you published “The Romeo Boys: A Rock ‘n Roll Odyssey,” a coming-of-age novel set in 1964 in Colorado and Wyoming, revolving around music and other issues of that time. How long have you been writing fiction in any form, how did this first book
project come about, and is there another one coming?
You show me a reporter and I’ll show you somebody with a novel (or two) in a desk drawer.
I started writing fiction in college, then focused on journalism for a decade, then went back to writing fic-tion as a hobby. Unlike Harper Lee, I’m not sharing any
of my early stuff. She shouldn’t have either.I was looking for an original story to tell for some time when
an advertising colleague here at the Chieftain told me about the summer of 1966 when he spent three months on the road as a gui-
tar-playing member of an “imposter” band – essentially pretending to be another, better-known group and getting booked into clubs under those false colors.
Well, I’d hung around rock ’n’ roll musicians for decades without hearing such a tale before. That’s how “The Romeo Boys” was born.
It took many drafts to get it into its current condition, but it seems popular with people who remember the 1960s as well as I do. I am currently arguing with its sequel, to see if it’s willing to sit still long enough to be written.
There’s a U.S. Soccer icon on your Facebook page. Are you a big fan? Did you play soccer growing up or in school?
At the Chieftain, I am known as “that guy who likes the World Cup.”
I learned to like soccer at my first reporting job in Canon City in 1979, when I volunteered to be a youth coach even though I knew nothing about the sport. (I
was looking for an after-work activity that didn’t involve a bar stool.)
Trying to teach little kids to play soccer impresses on you how difficult it really is. It also got me hooked watching German games on PBS, then international games.
By 1994, I was a rabid fan of the U.S. national team and have remained so ever since. And what about the U.S. women’s team!
What fun they were to watch this summer. As I wrote on Face-book, let’s put Carli Lloyd’s picture on the $10 bill.
Neat desk or not, and what would we see there?
Piles of used legal tablets, city government documents, old coffee cups and press releases from everywhere.
Do you have a current personal or professional goal in mind?
To keep on reporting and writing. After 36 years in the business, I think I’m finally getting the hang of this.
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