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Official publication of the Colorado Press Association / coloradopressassociation.com / Vol. LXXXIV, No. 9 October 2013
editorContest deadline nears
The CPA annual Better News-paper Contest deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Changes to the contest’s overall point calculations as well as the ad-dition of an Online division should bode well for this year’s competition if survey feedback is any indication.
“The annual post-contest survey made two things abundantly clear: if we didn’t include website points in the General Excellence point totals, we would have a contest boycott on our hands; and the awards ceremony is just too darn long,” said CPA Ex-ecutive Director, Samantha Johnston. “So, we made some changes that are long overdue and I’m very excited to see how this changes the dynamics of the competition.”
Since website categories were added more than a decade ago, points awarded for placing in the categories were not counted in overall point totals, meaning that neither winning entries nor lack of entries for a newspaper impacted that paper’s opportunity to win a Sweepstakes or General Excellence Award.
“For many years, the philosophy was that many smaller newspapers didn’t have the staff or the resources to create and maintain a website, so it was unfair to penalize them by awarding points to papers that did have such resources,” Johnston said. “In 2013, we’re not doing any news-paper – large or small – favors by pretending that a web presence isn’t important. The digital era is here. It’s been here. It’s going to be here. We
The Inter America Press As-sociation (IAPA) is holding its 69th General Assembly in Denver Oct. 18-22. Special rates will be offered to Colorado journalists and Colorado Press Association members.
The IAPA conference offers a unique opportunity to network with journalists form across Latin America and engage in discussions about the media business with some of the industry’s top talent.
Guests and speakers will include Associated Press CEO and President Gary Pruitt, Washington Post Depu-ty Managing Editor Milton Coleman, Newspaper Association of American President Caroline H. Little, Pew Re-search Center’s director of journal-ism research Amy Mitchell, former State Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, Senator Michael Bennet,
Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, owners and publishers of the top media across Latin America, and many more. Topics will include the status of press freedoms across the Americas, including recent cases of government spying on U.S. journal-ists, the implications of legalization of marijuana, U.S. immigration reform and the significant changes in the news industry in the 21st century.
This year’s program includes a series of seminars that will focus on technology and new tools to make the print media more effective and productive. Presenters will review the use of new video channels in the news media as a strategy for audience growth; present alternative models for the growth of news com-
Editor’s Note: Bob Moore is a Colorado Press Association Past President and has strong roots in Colorado journalism.
El Paso Times duo wins James Madison award.
The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas on Aug. 9 drew journalists, open government advocates and media attorneys to Austin to evaluate actions of the current Texas Legislature and to honor outstanding First Amendment work.
The daylong conference incorporated seminars with panelists speaking about recent legislative
issues, transparency in higher education, how to follow money using public records, and a luncheon honoring multiple award recipients. Each panelist and speaker capitalized on the necessity for a more transparent and open government – while highlighting the role that newspapers play in public accountability.
The James Madison Award went to both Robert Moore and Zahira Torres of the El Paso Times. Moore, who serves as editor of the Times, said “Zahira and I are so humbled to receive this award.”
“The Freedom of Information
NewsTrain 2013
Ideas, energy fuel NewsTrainA majestic setting, world class speakers
and more than 80 Colorado and Wyoming journalists set the stage for NewsTrain 2013 at University of Colorado – Colorado Springs.
NewsTrain, a national touring workshop sponsored by APME and hosted by Colorado Press Association and The Gazette, provided journalists from 29 organizations with world-class training in a variety of critical areas including video storytelling, data-driven reporting and social media.
“I can’t recall a time when I’ve been surrounded by so many Colorado journalists brimming with ideas and energy and passion for this industry and our future,” said CPA Executive Director, Samantha Johnston.
The event, held annually in locations determined by an APME selection committee based on an application process, travels around the country conducting seminars based on specific needs determined by a curriculum committee comprised of staff from large and small newsrooms across the state.
This year’s committee was made up of more than a dozen newspaper and collegiate professionals who helped to drive a curriculum that would address some of the biggest training needs across diverse newsrooms. Topics included multiple sessions on data-driven reporting, video storytelling,
Colorado FOI laws and basic story writing.“It’s one thing to stand in front of a class
and tell stories about cool projects you did,” said APME Director, Michael Roberts.
Left: From left: Kara Mason, CSU-Pueblo, student editor; Leticia Steffen, CSU-Pueblo, Mass Communication associate professor; and Richard Joyce, CSU-Pueblo, Mass Communication associate professor. Center: Colorado Press Association Counsel, Steven D. Zansberg, of Levine Sullivan Koch Schulz, LLC , presents to more than 80 journalists about Colorado Freedom of Information Laws at Colorado NewsTrain Sept. 28. Right: APME Director, Michael Roberts, engages the audience with his opening session: Five Stages of a Story. More than 80 journalists attended Colorado NewsTrain in Colorado Springs Sept. 27-28.
Event equips attendees with valuable new tools, skills
IAPA convenes in DenverMoore honored for First Amendment work
NEWSTRAIN on Page 6
CONTEST on Page 7
MOORE on Page 8 IAPA on Page 5
Tweets from the Colorado Springs
NewsTrainPage 6
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PHOENIX, AZ—Robert M. Williams Jr., chair and publisher of SouthFire Newspaper Group in Blackshear, GA, was elected as president of the National Newspa-per Association, during the associa-tion’s 127th annual convention and trade show Sept. 14, 2012. He had been vice president.
Williams succeeded Merle Baranczyk, publisher of the Salida (CO) Mountain Mail, who became immediate past president.
Elected vice president was John Edgecombe Jr., publisher of the Nebraska Signal in Geneva, NE. He had been treasurer.
Elected treasurer was Chip Hutcheson, publisher of the Princ-eton (KY) Times Leader. He had been Region 3 director (Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia).
During his acceptance speech at the association’s business meeting, Williams thanked not only those in attendance for being community newspaper publishers, but all those who own and work at community papers. From an extensive list of reasons on why community news-papers and those who work at them are important, he said, “Thank you for being the greatest link—and the strongest protection—between your readers and those with the power to tax and regulate and govern—and the few who choose to abuse that power. Thank you for speaking truth to power without fear or favor. Newspapers are often the only ones in a community willing to do that.
“Thank you for being the first transcribers of the only history your communities will likely ever record. The words and photos we preserve today are the priceless artifacts of lives treasured for generations to come.
“Thank you for providing a low-cost, effective and reliable connection between hundreds of sometimes struggling small town businesses and the buying public. You are a vital link between buyer and seller and, most important, you are an invested partner in the suc-cess of your friends and neighbors. Thank you for working hard to help them succeed.
“You do it week after week with sensitivity and caring and fairness and accuracy. Thank you for that.
“Thank you for not blindly fol-lowing the lemmings over the cliff … Those doomsayers who love to shout that newspapers’ best days are behind them. But what do they not say—that TV viewership is being splintered into hundreds of channels—with far more of them focused on promoting sex and sil-liness than vital information that makes our families stronger, our values deeper … our home lives happier. When was the last time television covered good news in your community?
“We are the only true mass medium in thousands of markets nationwide!”
Williams also noted that: “The work of our National Newspaper Association has paid countless dividends to our newspapers for decades. Many are unaware of the significant discounts and privi-leges NNA has won with the U.S. Postal Service that we now take for granted. We cannot count the dollars we’ve saved through rate in-creases delayed or avoided entirely. Newspaper readers and the public at large have benefitted from our ad-vocacy on Capitol Hill in ways that have strengthened our country’s Democratic principles.
“This work is hard. And it is
costly. Our numbers, although stable and even growing some, still include too few of our brethren. Too many newspaper companies wish to ride on your shoulders. Every member needs to be an advocate for protecting and promoting the work of newspapers in general and NNA specifically. Too many want you to pay the cost for them.
“I ask you simply: Go home and be an advocate for your industry. Be an advocate for community newspa-pers. Be an advocate for NNA.”
Elected to his first three-year term is Philip Vega, publisher of the Siera Vista (AZ) Herald as Region 11 director (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam). He suc-ceeds Sharon DiMauro, publisher of the Fort Bragg (CA) Advocate-News and the Mendocino (CA) Beacon, who completed her second three-year term on the board.
Elected to their second three-year terms were Pat Desmond, publisher the Milton (MA) Times, as Region 1 director (Connecti-cut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Ver-mont); and David Puddu as Region 10 director (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming).
Continuing on the board are Carl Aiello, president of Times Community Publications of the Hudson Valley in Newburgh, NY, as Region 2 director (Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylva-nia, New York and the District of Columbia); Susan Rowell, publish-er/regional manager, The Lancaster News/Carolina Gateway Lancaster, SC, as Region 4 director (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Puerto Rico). Rowell was appointed to serve the unex-pired term of Bill Jacobs, publisher of Southwest Publishers Inc. in Brookhaven, MS. Jacobs had re-cently sold his newspaper company; Jeffrey “Jeff ” Farren, president and publisher of Kendall County Record Newspapers Inc. in Yorkville, IL, as Region 5 director (Indiana, Michi-gan, Illinois and Ohio); Andrew Johnson, Dodge County Pionier in Mayville, WI, as Region 6 direc-tor (Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin). He succeeds Steve Andrist, former president of Journal Publishing Inc., publisher of The Journal in Crosby, ND, and The Tioga (ND) Tribune. Andrist recently sold the family newspaper company and was named executive director of the North Dakota Newspaper Associa-tion; Dane Vernon, Vernon Publish-ing Inc. in Eldon, MO, as Region 7 director (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska); David Fisher, president and publisher of Fisher Publishing in Danville, AR, as Region 8 direc-tor (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas); and Tom Mullen with the Phillipsburg (MT) Mail as Region 9 director (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington).
Appointed to the board was Jerry Tidwell, publisher of the Hood County News in Granbury, TX, as an at-large director.
Remaining on the board as at-large directors were Jeff Fishman, publisher of The Tullahoma (TN) News; and Deb McCaslin, publisher of The Custer County Chief in Bro-ken Bow, NE.
Continuing on the board were David Bordewyk, executive director for the South Dakota Newspaper Association, representing the News-paper Association Managers; and Michael Bush, president and chief executive officer for Civitas Media LLC in Davidson, NC, as an at-large director.
Incoming NNA President Robert M. Williams Jr., right, hands outgoing NNA President Merle Baranczyk a gavel plaque to symbolize his year in office. Standing with Baranczyk is his wife, Mary.
Colorado Press Association Executive Director Samantha Johnston presents an overview of the Colorado newspaper industry to graduate students and faculty at the Colorado State University Journalism and Technical Communication Department’s Back to School Media Review held Aug. 21 at the CSU Online Plus building in Ft. Collins.
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Industry Talk On campus
colorado editor 3October 2013
By Irv Moss The Denver Post
Paul Moloney remembers being a little nervous when he found out photography would be part of his duties when he joined the staff of the Greeley Tribune in 1956.
He had worked for the Idaho Falls Post Register for four months at his first job after graduating from the University of Colorado.
Even with just limited newspaper experience, Moloney was up to the challenge when Tribune editor Floyd Merrill explained he would be a sports editor and sportswriter. But when Merrill added photography to Moloney’s duties, sirens went off.
“I worried about that all night,” Moloney recalled. “I really was shook up. I didn’t know anything about photography.”
Moloney not only mastered his new assignment, it turned out to perhaps be his most prominent trademark in 25 years at the Tribune. He won five national awards for his photo coverage of the Colorado State College baseball teams.
His camera was loaded and ready to go for any of the Bears’ sports teams. And his photo subjects also included baseball great Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals, then-presidential candidates Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter, as well as Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better life covering sports and doing my photography,” Moloney said. “I enjoyed it all the way.”
The first hurdle was learning how to use a camera. He credits Merrill and Ken Hikida, who operated a camera store in Greeley, with helping him through the early
rough spots.“I was a combination sports
editor, writer and photographer during all of my time at the Tribune,” Moloney said. “At first, I was primarily a writer who dabbled in photography. After the paper was out, Floyd and Ken worked with me at nights until I was comfortable shooting pictures.”
When Moloney arrived in Greeley, he felt right at home. He found a small-town atmosphere with fans loyal to the college and its high schools. The Bears and Greeley
High School, as well as the college preparatory high school, were the talk of the town.
Moloney chronicled some of the greatest sports years at Colorado State College, which is now the University of Northern Colorado. The Bears ruled the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1971-72, when they won the football and baseball conference titles. From 1964-65 to 1967-68 the Bears won conference titles in basketball and baseball.
“The 1969 football team was
10-0 under coach Bob Blasi,” Moloney said. “That probably was the highlight for me.”
The coaches from Moloney’s era are prominent parts of the college’s sports history. Blasi and Joe Lindahl in football, John Bunn in basketball, John Hancock in wrestling and Pete Butler and Tom Petroff in baseball form an impressive hall of fame. Tony Rossi was a nationally recognized athletic trainer.
Moloney’s chance to interview Musial came when the Cardinals great was a guest speaker at a
banquet honoring Butler upon his retirement.
Moloney has a special attachment to the Cardinals. Way back in his family tree, members of his family owned the property where old Sportsman’s Park was built in St. Louis.
Moloney left the Tribune in 1981, but he didn’t leave photography behind. He became a teacher of photography at the Colorado Institute of Art and later moved his classroom to CU.
“I believe I was ready to change careers,” Moloney said. “I found that I also enjoyed teaching.”
Small-town guyThe pain of arthritis in his hands
has minimized his photography today. He also is battling other ailments.
“I battle diabetes, heart problems. ... You name it, I’ve got it,” Moloney said.
He remains active on the selection committee of the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame — and as the last of the original selection committee members, he is in his 50th year on the committee.
Moloney, who played shortstop for the Monte Vista High School baseball team, doesn’t mind being called a small-town guy.
“Greeley was a typical small town when I got there,” Moloney said. “I grew up in Monte Vista, and I was used to that. I’ve always preferred to be a small-time somebody rather than a big-time nobody.”
Irv Moss: 303-954-1296, [email protected]
Reprinted with the permission of The Denver Post.
obituary
SALT LAKE CITY—Lynn DeBruin, who worked for The Associated Press covering sports since 2010 and had been a writer with the Rocky Mountain News and the East Valley Tribune, has died. She was 51.
DeBruin died in a Denver hospice early Saturday, said her sister, Linda Luther-Veno, who was present along with friends. DeBruin had been battling cancer.
DeBruin joined the AP in 2010 to cover the Jazz, college athletics and winter sports in Utah. She reported on the surprise resignation of Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan in 2011 after 1,127 wins. She was the lead reporter for the AP when Brigham Young University made its run to the Sweet 16 behind rising star Jimmer Fredette.
Her professional career also included coverage of the World Series, six Super Bowls and golf ’s majors.
She spent 10 years as an NFL
beat writer, first in Arizona, then with the Broncos for John Elway’s final Super Bowl.
“Lynn was a tenacious journalist who made us all strive to be better, especially as she fought with such courage and strength over the past several months,” said Lou Ferrara, AP’s managing editor for sports and entertainment.
“Our thoughts are with her family and her many friends and colleagues.”
Luther-Veno said DeBruin’s passions included travel and photography. She also was an avid golfer.
Luther-Veno said memorial services will be held in Denver and in DeBruin’s native Pennsylvania.
Along with Luther-Veno, DeBruin is survived by her mother, Mary Luther, and a brother, Stephen Luther.
Reprinted with the permission of The Associated Press.
Moloney created legacy behind camera lens
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostPaul Moloney worked for the Greeley Tribune from 1956-81, and went on to became a teacher of photography at the Colorado Institute of Art and CU.
Former Rocky, AP sportswriter DeBruin dies at 51
Marla Ridenour
Associated Press sports writer Lynn DeBruin poses on the summit of Grays Peak in Colorado in this undated photo. DeBruin worked for The Associated Press covering sports since 2010 and had been a writer with the Rocky Mountain News and the East Valley Tribune.
4 colorado editor October 2013
You’ve heard the expression before: “It’s a jungle out there!”
Sometimes, it’s a jungle in here. And “here” is our own newsroom.
During my more than 24 years as a consultant, I’ve encountered just about every animal in the newsroom zoo.
You may not have all of these in your newsroom...but I’m willing to bet you’ve identified at least a couple of these where you work.
Here they are:
• Ursa obstructionensis: The obstructionist is best recognized by body position: sitting back, arms folded, a quiet yet defiant sneer. This is the newsroom animal who dares you to try to accomplish anytahing—especially in its square acre of jungle.
• Mentus nongottus disguisus: This mammal is distinguished by the fact that it mimics real motion and thought. However it has been brain-dead for years.
• Esteemus nongottus survivus: This bottom-dwelling organism chooses to go through life like a clam, always closing tightly when challenged.
•Meetingus eternalissimus: Its body locked in a permanent sitting position, this organism survives by attending every gathering of the group—and then going into a self-induced coma between those gatherings.
•Nonparticipatimus bitchiensis: This jungle denizen lies in wait for others to create something of value—never taking part in their effort but always first to find fault with the result.
• Writissimus compulsus: Distinguished by a deep and passionate love for creating written documents of inordinate length, this vertebrate lives with the illusion that the sole purpose of newswriting is the act of writing itself, and not the imparting of useful information to readers.
• Paralyzus perpetualiis: This hairy arachnid makes a lifelong endeavor of devising ways to forestall movement. Instead, it outwaits its victims, tiring them with its infinite patience and its inbred inability to make the first move. It rarely leaves its web. However, it kills just as effectively—if more agonizingly and slowly—by practiced delay.
• Tempus fugitardimus: A mollusk whose chief characteristic is the ability to always take much more time than is alloted for a specific task. Researchers have observed this being driving others in the newsroom to insanity by its instinct for doing everything at a pace so slow that it cannot be measured by even the most sophisticated scientific instruments.
• Dezynus whinissimus: This invertebrate surrounds itself with colorful objects (usually produced by others of its type) and is known to emit harsh and drawn-out nasal sounds when approached. Those sounds are its defense mechanism against any being or event that challenges it to consider designing something different.
• Paginatus assemblitudicus: A voiceless mammal possessing two legs and only a vestigial brain. This being will respond only when given clear and point-by-point instructions on placement of elements in its area of responsibility. It is absolutely incapable of coloring outside the lines.
• Managissimus micronos: A crustacean easily recognized by its elongated neck—the result of eons spent peering over the shoulders of other newsroom inhabitants and constantly criticizing and altering their work. This being has never been known to have an original thought, yet it spends its days belittling the work of others.
So, there you have it. The newsroom zoo. Perhaps there are other animals who should join them. Suggestions?
We have to do better than this
It wasn’t an email I enjoyed reading. Here are the essential paragraphs:
“He [the editor] pretty much admitted they don’t know anything about design, just basic layout and what you so aptly called ‘assembling the paper’ each week. They appear to have never thought about what readers respond to at all.... I don’t think they’re even aware of the many readership / visual impact studies that have been conducted over the years.
“In fact, get this [bold is the writer’s em-phasis]: the writers do all the graphics and the layout on each of their pages/stories!!! They are in charge of the design.
“Their fonts are a mess, a pull down menu of 300 fonts to choose from every time they do anything. They have no templates, no stylesheets, nothing, except the nameplate and bottom footer.”
The illustration at right replicates an inside page from that newspaper. I replaced the headlines, text and ads with blocks so as not to embarrass anyone.
The page was assembled, I assume, by the writer. Two headlines, two stories. A sea of gray and—get this!—the stories jump.
No subhead. No photo. No pullout. Not even a mug shot.
It’s pretty bad. Actually, it’s worse than pretty bad...it’s a disaster.
Sometimes, I’m afraid I’ve become little more than a scold, pointing fingers at people and telling them they gotta do better—but without telling them how. And then I see a page like this and I realize there are some newspapers and some publishers and some editors (you know who you are!) that I just can’t help.
Why?Because this page speaks to me of an editor
and a publisher who just do not understand the critical importance of design. They see design as an extra, something they can do without. They actually believe that their stories are so important to the community that design just doesn’t matter and that readers will read the stories all the way through even if they were printed upside down. In mirror image. In magenta ink.
That’s just not so, and any editor or pub-lisher who thinks so is fooling him/herself.
So...how can I help you? By insisting, pleading—begging if I
must—that you begin to give design its due. That you leave designing to the designer, and not to your writers. Either that, or get design training for your writers. And begin to realize that design is not about pretty baubles and gaudy bangles—that it is about thinking and planning and placing the reader first because your reader and your advertiser are the same person.
It’s the 21st Century.And we just have to do better than this.WANT A FREE evaluation of your
newspaper’s design? Just contact Ed: [email protected], or 803-327-3322
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The newsroom zoo
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Illustration 1: Worse than bad, it’s a disaster.
colorado editor 5October 2013
Over the past 15 years or so, I’ve worked with newspapers of all sizes. My clients have included some of the biggest newspapers, as well as a few of the smallest papers in North America. I would like to dedicate this column to my friends in the community newspaper world.
So much is going on in our business - and I receive so many messages asking me to write about my thoughts on these events - that I wanted to take one column to explain how I think some of the big “stories” about the newspaper industry particularly effects those of us at smaller papers.
Cleveland Plain Dealer & The Oregonian cut daily delivery
The Newhouse folks, aka Advance Publications, continue to convert their daily newspapers to non-daily distribution. I’ve lost count of the number of Advance papers that have made the move, starting with nine properties in Michigan, then moving through New Orleans, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New York and now, Cleveland.
In July, I took a trip - on my own dime - to meet with media, business and civic leaders in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to hear how the loss of a daily paper had effected their community. In a community meeting hosted by the Home Builders of Southwest Michigan, I listened as one attendee after another spoke up about the negative impact felt after The Kalamazoo Gazette made the now familiar move from daily to non-daily delivery.
On my way to the meeting, I stopped at a supermarket and purchased a copy of the Wednesday edition of the paper. The 20-page edition was filled with one ad, 1/4 page in size. That’s not a misprint. Other than a few classifieds and public notices, there was one ad in the entire newspaper, not including house ads.
There were at least two persons in attendance who owned community newspapers in the area. One of these owned a very healthy free newspaper, while the other owned a successful paid weekly paper. Of particular interest to me was that both were very disappointed with the changes at the Kalamazoo newspaper, but were taking advantage of increased advertising revenues
as a result of the changes. Let’s face it. Advertisers still need to advertise, even if they’ve lost their daily paper.
Also in attendance were broadcast media representatives. It was interesting to learn that their revenue had also increased significantly as a direct result, they felt, of the changes at the daily newspaper.
In addition, local civic and business leaders, as well as others, shared their concern for a community without a “serious” newspaper.
Jeff Bezos bets $250 million on Washington Post
I didn’t plan to write about this. But I’ve received a bunch of emails and other messages asking me to share what I think about the purchase of The Washington Post by Jeff Bezos.
In a nutshell, I’m optimistic and worried. Like Warren Buffett, Jeff Bezos is a huge name that brings instant attention to an industry that can use some positive public relations. It’s concerning that someone with no significant background in newspapers will take control of one of the most recognized newspapers in the world. At the same time, Aaron Kushner and Eric Spitz had no previous newspaper experience, yet they’ve made huge advances at The Orange County Register.
So my hope is that Bezos will follow the examples of Buffett, Kushner and Spitz and invest in ways to improve the newspaper in the long run, rather than seeing it as a cash cow to be dismantled for a quick return. I’m optimistic that could happen.
At the same time, I’ve been around this business long enough to recognize that the most successful papers are those that are run by people in their communities. The further the leadership is from the community, the less successful the papers tend to be.
When newspapers get bought up by large corporations with no historical tie to the industry, it’s obviously a concern that they are being purchased simply as a commodity, with no thought to the responsibilities that come with newspaper ownership.
What does this have to do with community newspapers?
There are several ways smaller papers can
take advantage of the atmosphere created by unrest in larger papers. First, I’m a firm believer that what hurts our metro papers hurts all of us. We’re all better off if our large, visible newspapers, are healthy and growing. It presents advertisers with a negative view of print advertising in general when our large brethren are making moves that cause the world to see newspapers as a “dying industry.”
But like the publishers I met in Michigan, community papers can benefit by aggressively seeking advertisers in these same areas. Let’s face it, the home builders group in Michigan hosted the meeting in Kalamazoo because they feel like they’ve lost their most precious method of advertising, daily newspapers. While the drop in home delivery can be catastrophic in a metro paper, area community papers can pick up the slack.
It’s also the case that, in communities served by metro papers who have decreased home distribution, readers are looking for solid local news. One of the themes I heard time and
again in Kalamazoo was that the reinvented newspaper had cut their news staff to the point that there wasn’t much real news in it. Community papers can provide the news that readers are looking for.
I had a phone conversation with my friend Ed Henninger this morning. Ed has long been a very respected name in the newspaper world. He mentioned to me that he thought the changes in the Newhouse properties would ultimately be a big boost to community papers, who could pick up the slack in news and advertising.
If I were to wish, I’d wish that other metro papers would invest and improve in ways that the folks in Orange County are finding profitable. But in places where that is not the case, I would suggest that community newspapers can fill the advertising vacuum by using this opportunity to improve their presence and offer advertisers the resources they are searching for.
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6 colorado editor October 2013
Nearly 50 employees are out of jobs due to the decision of an out-of-state insurance company to close its local office. We caught word of the news through an employee and promptly carried a report. The company never made a public announcement.
In contrast, another company with headquarters in Red Wing opened a retail store at the Mall of America 50 miles away. Our staff worked with company representatives to prepare a story before the doors opened.
Surprising? Not really. Editors and reporters face the same challenges pursuing stories with “private” officials as they do with “public’ officials. Everyone is eager to share what’s considered good news, but reluctant to talk about bad news.
A major difference is that laws generally guarantee the press access to government news, whether it paints a positive or negative picture. For equally sound reasons, the press does not have the same level of access to information on private business.
The two examples underscore the challenge of providing consistent and credible business reports. The challenge to improve coverage is a two-way street – a message that editors should deliver to their readers, and specifically to business owners and managers, whenever possible.
Most community newspapers devote immense resources to covering local government. But it’s arguable that news about employers – large and small – has even greater meaning. After all, it’s news about friends and neighbors.
Business start-ups, acquisitions and expansions, promotions and labor strikes are obvious stories. Other reports can have an impact on a community, too. For example, a contract settlement at a major employer might set the parameters for other employers.
It’s understandable why a business is at times hesitant to see its name in the paper. Even good news can backfire. Consider the announcement that a company became a corporate sponsor of a national event. It prompted a local resident to question the expense when an employee event was canceled due to an apparent shortage of funds.
Just as businesses can feel the sting of what appears to be straightforward reports, newspapers can feel the backlash, too.
I recall the time we provided a local angle to the potential impact of legislation on financial institutions. We were able to contact all but one of the local banks. The phone rang the next
morning with the question: Why did we snub one of the newspaper’s customers?
Editors have a convincing message for underscoring the importance of businesses to talk to the press. Stories straight from the source ensure accurate information that may serve to quash rumors.
Trust between writers and news sources is imperative in any
reporting, but especially so when issues involve profits and livelihoods.
The changing business landscape is another challenge to substantive business reporting. Many newspapers enjoy good relationships with locally owned businesses, but it’s just reality – for a variety of reasons – that it’s more difficult to develop those same ties with companies run by out-of-town ownership. Local managers often want to share information, but their hands are tied by corporate policy.
The challenge to improve business reporting is reaching a common understanding that reporting on business means covering both the good and bad news.
There are a variety of opportunities to underscore the message. Address the issue in a column. Insert a note to advertisers with your invoices. Invite business representatives to a conversation over lunch. Pitch the topic as a program for a local civic club’s meeting.
A one-time appearance before the local manufacturers association will not suddenly transform a newspaper’s business coverage of business. But it’s a beginning.
Jim Pumarlo writes, speaks and provides training on community newsroom success strategies.
He is author of “Journalism Primer: A Guide to Community News Coverage,” “Votes and Quotes: A Guide to Outstanding Election Coverage” and “Bad News and Good Judgment: A Guide to Reporting on Sensitive Issues in Small-Town Newspapers.”
He can be reached at www.pumarlo.com and welcomes comments and questions at [email protected].
The Flaw: An advertiser is concerned, because her ad seems to blend in with the others on the page. She says, “There’s a lot of information in the ad, but it gets lost on the page.”
The Fix: The problem starts with her statement that “a lot of information” is a good thing. Like many advertisers, she thinks an ad should be noticed because it is loaded with information, but the opposite is true. A preponderance of information is usually synonymous with clutter. Cluttered ads get lost on the page.
Let’s look at five tools that can help an ad break through the clutter:
1. White space. An ad layout can be compared to a room in a house. Just because it’s possible to put a coffee table on top of a sofa doesn’t mean that’s a good idea. And just because you can overlap illustrations and copy blocks in an ad doesn’t mean that’s a smart tactic.
Just like a room should allow plenty of space to walk around the furniture, an ad should allow room for the reader’s eyes to navigate the elements.
White space equals drawing power. That usually means taking something out of the ad to make room for it.
2. Readable type. Here are some quick rules for print and online ads: Upper and lower case type is easier to read than all-caps. Sans serif headlines are generally bolder than serif headlines. In long copy, serif fonts are easier to read than sans serif fonts. Copy that is flush left (with an equal vertical margin on the left side) is easier to read than copy
that is flush right.
3. Graphic hook. When everything in an ad has the same visual weight, it all blends together into one nondescript blur.
To stand out, simply make one element – preferably an illustration or photo – substantially larger than the other elements in the ad. This technique is especially effective when you’re working with smaller ads.
4. Color. Because most pages are black and white, it makes sense to use color to attract attention. However, it’s important to use restraint. Too much color – like too many graphic elements in an ad – will result in clutter. And that defeats the purpose of using color in the first place.
We’ve all seen ads that look like
an explosion in a crayon factory. So when it comes to color, remember that a little bit is often all you need to stand out.
5. Break the rectangle. Think about shapes. The page is rectangular. Most photographs are rectangular. Comics are rectangular. Crossword puzzles have multi-rectangles. And the majority of ads are rectangular.
One way to stand out is to break the rectangular pattern – in a unique, non-symmetrical way. Forget about rounding all four corners or putting everything inside a circle.
Instead, let a top-to-bottom illustration with a curved left edge serve as the left side of the ad. Or move the top border down to let a design element “extend” above the border.
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“NewsTrain is about giving journalists practical tools and skills that they can take back to their newsrooms and use to make an immediate impact.”
The sessions, while titled with familiar terms such as “Social Media,” brought more to the table than just basic information about Twitter and Facebook.
“I wasn’t very excited about going to the social media session,” said, Amy Hamilton, general assignment reporter at The Daily Sentinel. “But I left there realizing that there are some things I can definitely be doing while covering my beat to help our digital team.”
A collection of best practices, tips and tricks from attendees will be posted online and will appear in the November edition of Colorado
Editor.“Overall, this event was a
success. Not only did we bring 80 Colorado journalists together, but we offered useful training and an opportunity for these writers and editors to get to know others from across the state,” Johnston said. “Now the goal is to translate this attendance into similar attendance and enthusiasm for sessions at the annual convention in February.”
New skills will have immediate impact
Jesse Byrnes@jessebyrnes Enjoyable time at #CONewsTrain meeting other newsies. Reinvigorating to be among journalists. Thanks, @NewsTrain @csgazette @ColoradoPress.
Jason Pohl@pohl_jason #BREAKING: Apparently using word “Breaking” in Tweets gets 40-50% more engagement, even if journos HATE it. #CoNewsTrain via @MistyMontano
Kara Mason @karanormal Great time at #CONewsTrain. Learned so much! Met some fantastic journos!
Nissa LaPoint @DCRegisterNissa Love the deluge of journalism tips and tricks at the #CONewsTrain conference. And it’s a beautiful day in CO Springs
Becca Sickbert @BeccaSickbert “The outside of any building is boring unless there’s a naked person standing in front of it.” -@vhoeppner #CONewsTrain #mobilevideo
Misty Montano @MistyMontano “Video is both mobile and long-form storytelling” says @vhoeppner - I agree! #CONewsTrain
Jason Pohl @pohl_jason RT @ColoradoPress: @vhoeppner: clicks are like eating popcorn - they are low calorie. Engagement is where the value is. #CONewsTrain
Tyler Silvy @tylersilvy Michael Roberts’ “Playing around with point of view...” statement piqued my interest. Journalism is, should be fun. #CONewsTrain
Joe Hight @JoeHight There are 29 news organizations represented at the NewsTrain in Colorado Springs. #CONewsTrain
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FULL-TIME GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER
Colorado Community Media’s Golden office seeks a full-time general reporter. Prefer at least two years experience. Photo skills important and social media skills a plus. Must know AP style. Please email a cover letter, resume, 3-6 clips to Mikkel Kelly at [email protected]. Please include “General Assignment Reporter” in the topic line.
DIGITAL SALES MANAGERPlugged in? Money-motivated? Goal-
driven? Help Coordinate and Grow a Thriving
Digital Advertising Sector.
Requirements:• Sales experience• Commitment to helping local business
thrive• Positive, goal-oriented demeanor• Experience with management, project-
coordination and digital platforms preferredThe Pay Out: • Commission based income growth• Takeover of an existing, healthy group of online accounts and projects• Rewarding relationships with local
businesses• Full-time position with full benefits,
401K, medical/dental, vacation/holiday pay and spa membership
Please email or drop off your resume to: The Taos News Attn: Chris Wood
226 Albright Street, Taos, NM 87571 | Email: [email protected]
PAGE DESIGNER/ COPY EDITOR
The Greeley Tribune is seeking a top-flight page designer and copy editor to work on our universal copy desk. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from some talented, award-winning co-workers and the op-portunity to design and edit daily news, sports and feature pages, weekly newspapers and ag-focused publications. We work in InDesign and the DTI content-management system. This is a full-time position and likely will require night and some weekend work. We’re looking for somebody who has a great eye for producing a visually appealing newspaper as well as strong line editing and headline writing skills. Competitive salary and benefits package. Please send a resume and examples of your work to Editor Randy Bangert at [email protected].
MANAGING EDITOR
Ballantine Communications Inc. seeks a hands-on managing editor for three com-munity newspapers and an affiliated website in beautiful Southwest Colorado.
The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, editing prowess on all plat-forms, a keen eye for local news stories that engage demanding audiences and thorough knowledge of the role of social media in modern journalism. Experience with video storytelling would be a plus.
The managing editor will lead a small news staff in producing compelling content for the bi-weekly Cortez Journal, two week-lies – The Mancos Times and The Dolores Star – and the website. The managing editor also will work closely with a Durango-based design and production team to ensure strong presentation in the print publications.
Key responsibilities include assigning and editing stories, writing stories when neces-
sary, mentoring a young staff, participating in website development, representing the papers in the communities served and col-laborating with the BCI sister news organi-zation in Durango, Colo.
Salary is commensurate with experience. A generous benefits package includes paid vacation, 401K, health and life insurance, and more. EOE. To apply, please email a cover letter, resume and supporting materi-als to Don Lindley at [email protected] or by mail to 1275 Main Avenue, P.O. Drawer A, Durango, Colo. 81302.
PRESSROOM ASSISTANT MANAGER
The Garden City Telegram, a six-day-a-week newspaper in southwest Kansas, has an immediate opening for an assistant pressroom manager. We’re looking for someone with a record of success in running a newspaper printing press. The ideal candidate will have spent time managing a press crew.
Duties include helping the Pressroom Manager run an efficient, quality-driven pressroom. The successful candidate also will possess a stable work history.
This is a full-time position with excellent benefits that include 401K, health, dental, life, LTD, Flex, savings, paid holidays and vacations. Pay commensurate with experience. The Telegram is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please submit work history and salary requirements to: Dena Sattler, Editor-publisher, The Garden City Telegram, 310 N. Seventh St., Garden City, KS 67846, or by email to [email protected].
FULL TIME REPORTER/ EDITOR NEEDED
The Pikes Peak Bulletin , the weekly newspaper for Manitou Springs, is looking for a full time reporter/editor to handle City Council, Police Beat, Sports, features and more. Proficient with social media, update website, familiar with InDesign.
To apply send resumes, cover letters and references to Bruce Schlabaugh, Pikes Peak Bulletin, 441 Manitou Ave. #200, Manitou Springs, CO 80829. Application deadline is 10/30/2013.
GENERAL MANAGERThe Julesburg Advocate, in northeastern
Colorado, is looking for a General Manager to head the newspaper operation, publishing 1200 weekly print copies with unique digital views of 8,000 and 18,000 page views. This is an exceptional opportunity for the person who loves running a newspaper from the ground up.
This is not a typical desk job; it offers op-portunities and rewards daily. The successful candidate will welcome the daily responsibil-ities while driving growth of digital revenue and maintaining and growing strong print advertising products.
We offer a competitive salary plus annual MBO bonus potential. As well, we offer paid vacation and sick leave, medical, dental and vision insurance, life and AD&D insurance, managed disability insurance and a 401(k) investment savings plan.
Interested individuals should send resume with salary requirements to [email protected].
The Julesburg Advocate is a division of Prairie Mountain Publishing, part of the Digital First Medical family, and a subsidiary of MediaNews Group.
COLORADO MANAGING EDITORThe Montrose Daily Press is accepting
applications and resumes for the position of Managing Editor. The Daily Press is an award-winning, six-day morning daily news-paper on the Western Slope of Colorado. We have a daily circulation of about 5,500; and daily average views on its Web site in excess of 9,000. It is owned by Wick Communica-tions, now in its third generation of family ownership.
Montrose is near first-class outdoor recreation with the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Telluride and Crested Butte ski areas; national forests, rivers and lakes are close. For a community of its population, 19,000, it is culturally rich and engaging.
Our managing editor position is a hands-on leadership job. Expectations include:• The ability to edit stories tightly and
quickly in order to help readers digest the news and information; the editor will write most of the headlines and oversee/paginate pages under daily deadline pressures at night.
• Assign stories and coverage and when necessary, grab a camera, a pad and cover the story.
• The managing editor will also have an ap-preciation of news presentation, the visual design and appeal of the newspaper.
• Perform in an administrative position. He or she will manage weekly mileage reports, overtime issues, coaching the staff and their progress. It is a six-person staff, plus the use of free-lance writers and photogra-phers.
• Contribute as a leader in the newsroom and community.
• Exhibit a “get it online first” attitude; a “get it in the newspaper, today,” philosophy. He or she must know that local news is always, always the top priority.
• Foster the Press’ lively editorial page that has locally written commentary, local columns and more than 600 letters to the editor annually.
• Show an awareness and appreciation of lo-cal politics and the community’s rich local history.
This is a difficult job requiring similar experience. The successful candidate likely has managed other community newspaper newsrooms and at a minimum has manage-ment experience. Recognizes that putting out a daily paper is hard work, takes tremen-dous focus, organization and communica-tion. A college journalism degree or in a related field, with post-college training at state or national programs, is expected.
The Montrose Daily Press is an appeal-ing place to work, beyond its outstanding geographical and community aspects: • We offer competitive pay, 401K retirement
plan/match, paid vacation, a top-notch ma-jor medical plan and relocation assistance.
• Our new office and press buildings illus-trate our appreciation of a good working environment and commitment to being a leader among our media peers.
• You will find competent, friendly managers and staff throughout the organization.
Please apply ONLY electronically. Send a cover letter, a resume and references, salary history and expectations to: Francis Wick, Publisher, Montrose Daily Press. [email protected].
You will get a confirmation of your application.
cpa marketplace
CONTEST from Page 1
here. We can no longer use lack of resources or time as an excuse to be irrelevant. It doesn’t mean that a newspaper without a website can’t compete, it just means that others in their same circulation class with a website have an opportunity to earn addi-tional points.”
In addition to the website change, an On-line category was added, recognizing online breaking news, multimedia, video and social media strategy as important components of the daily content cycle.
“We’re simply turning our back on the responsible growth and imperative diver-sification of our industry through online platforms and tools if we fail to recognize the important role that they play in our day-to-day work,” Johnston said. “Not only is it exciting to see what sort of online work is being done out there, the addition of these categories is a tremendous learning oppor-tunity for everyone – large and small – when it comes to how similar events are treated across different organizations.”
The contest, which officially opens for en-tries Monday, Sept. 9, will again require that all entries be submitted online using CPA’s official contest entry site BetterBNC. The last day for entries is Tuesday, Oct. 15. The 2013 Contest Guidebook will be distributed to all member newspapers the week of Aug. 12 and will be available on the CPA website at coloradopressassociation.com/news-events/contests.
Entry judging will be completed by the Virginia Press Association and newspapers will be notified of the results in early Decem-ber.
“The CPA Contest Committee, chaired by Mark Drudge – Cortez Journal, has done a tremendous amount of work in the last two years to improve contest entry rules and instructions, analyze contest categories and make changes to optimize relevance and spir-it of competition and reevaluate circulation categories to ensure the most fair competi-tion,” Johnston said. “Constructive feedback, critique and great ideas are encouraged as is participation on the Contest Committee.”
The awards ceremony, typically scheduled as the closing event on Saturday during the annual convention held in February will be revamped this year to shorten the event length, improve the video presentation and create a more traditional culture of celebra-tion.
“This awards ceremony is my single big-gest hurdle during the convention,” John-ston said. “What should be such a fun and celebratory time has turned into a long and arduous presentation. A growing number of entries is a great problem to have; now we just have to get creative about how to rec-ognize the award winning work. Thanks to many of our members, we have a lot of great ideas and I really look forward to wowing everyone at the 2014 banquet.”
There is so much great work to be rec-ognized, yet the length of the ceremony has gotten to the point where people are leaving early and it’s just missing the celebratory feel of year’s past.
For more information about the contest, contact Lisa Woodworth at 303-571-5117 or by email at [email protected] or Samantha Johnston at 303-571-5117 or by email at [email protected].
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involved a cheating scandal in the El Paso Independent School District. Their reporting exposed the district for purposely failing students and enabling them to take standardized tests, thereby inflating the school district’s performance. By the end of their investigation, evidence concluded that the school district had failed in its responsibilities to hundreds of its most susceptible students. “Every significant institution that was supposed to be protecting these kids failed them,” said Moore. “We sure were not going to let the El Paso Times be added to the list of institutions that failed our children.”
As a consequence, numerous
elected members of the board, including two superintendents, were removed, fired or forced to resign. Moore said that the whole scandal was a reminder of the critical function that newspapers play in communities. “Much work remains to be done, but the El Paso Times’ investigation and the community’s response has made reform possible,” Moore said. “We’re honored with this award.”
The Open Government Lawmaker of the Year award was presented to Rep. Todd Hunter R - Corpus Christi for his legislative efforts. During the last two sessions, Hunter authored bills aimed at fostering responsible free speech rights through Anti-SLAPP, and continual efforts in protecting whistleblower’s rights.
The State Bar of Texas presented
Craig Malisow of the Houston Press, Emma Perez-Justin of the Valley Morning Star, and Brandi Grissom, Justin Dehn and Ryan Murphy of the Texas Tribune with this year’s Texas Gavel Awards. These individuals were recognized for their excellent reporting and for giving the public a deeper understanding of the legal system.
Sen. Wendy Davis commended journalists and advocates for their role in improving transparency in open government. “You’ve taken on more assignments with less, you cover more issues with less, and at the same time you continue to strive to remain fair and impartial,” Davis said. “As you well know, this type of unbiased and accurate reporting depends on your ability to ask informed questions of
leaders in your government and to be able to be provided access to primary sources.”
Davis was elected to the Texas Senate in 2008 and is vice chair of the Texas Senate Open Government Committee. She commented on her proposal of a transparency bill that was related to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and other bills updating the Texas Public Information Act. Davis said, “I’m proud to have worked closely with my colleagues in the legislature to increase transparency and shed light in some corners of state government that had been dark for too long.”
Recounting the events that took place the night of her 11-hour filibuster on the final day of the 83rd regular session of the Texas
Legislature, Davis attributed the success of the night to the people — more specifically, to those who were there and reporting for those who were unable to attend. “As participation in our democracy increases, so will the inevitable improvements to the transparency and accountability that are vital to ensuring that state leaders represent the interest of all Texans,” said Davis. “And with that increased public interest, the value of good, aggressive, responsible reporting becomes even greater.”
Reprinted with permission from the Texas Press Association. Article first appeared in the September edition of the Texas Press Messenger.
IAPA will offer up to 25 scholarships to Colorado journalism students to attend the industry/business sections of the program, which includes panels, seminars and VIP presentations from personalities such as former State Governor of New Mexico. Bill Richardson, CEO and President of the Associated Press, Gary Pruitt, Senator
Michael Bennet, Former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo and many more.
Discussions will be focused on the issues of freedom of the press and of information, the implications of legalization of marijuana, questions concerning the U.S. migratory reform, and, the significant changes in the news industry in the 21st century.
The program will be divided into panel discussions and seminars. There will be sessions on the investment of media in their own video channels, on alternative models for the growth of news companies, analysis of Web designs and apps for tablets and how information will be disseminated in the future. We will also be reviewing the impact
of Big Data in the news media.The current debates between
the right to press freedom and national security, the case of the Associated Press, the U.S. government’s espionage techniques, and Ecuador’s gag law, among others, will be thoroughly covered during the Assembly.
To submit a student nomination, including contact
information and a brief student bio, email Mr. Emilio Sanchez at [email protected].
Students may apply directly, but must provide university information as well as which professor recommends them. Communication about winners will go directly to the person who submitted the nomination (either student themselves or professor).
Scandal was reminder of importance of papers
Journalism Professors – Nominate Students to attend IAPA on scholarship