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Page 10 August 2021 Lee Enterprises partners with Amazon to provide video ads to local businesses News in Brief Telling people's stories is what Rachel Smith, the newest reporter at The Herald-Times, likes to do and she's already writing about people in the Bloomington area. Smith, who most recently worked as an intern at the Cincinnati Enquirer, wrote articles as part of the political team. She was one of the reporters who cov- ered a protest outside the location where President Joe Biden was talk- ing in July. Smith also worked for the Cincinnati CityBeat, but her first published work in a newspaper was when she was in grade school in McLean County, Kentucky, and had a winning piece of art published. Smith is a May 2021 gradu- ate of Northern Kentucky University, where she majored in journalism. She was editor of the campus newspaper, The Northerner, for two years. — The Herald-Times (Bloomington) Max Heath, 75, died Wednesday, July 29, 2021 He retired in 2008 as vice- president, postal/acquisitions of Landmark Community Newspapers, Shelbyville, KY. He was a self-styled "country editor" who edited and man- aged non-daily newspapers in Kentucky and Indiana and served as regional manager for numerous LCNI properties. Heath served 35 years as chair of the Postal Committee of the National Newspaper Association and wrote a monthly Postal Tips column for Publisher's Auxiliary. He was named to the Postal Service Mailer's Technical Advisory Committee representing NNA from 1989 to 2017. He received the NNA President's Award in 1989 and 1997, Ambassador Award in 1992, and coveted Amos Award for service to community news- papers in 1994. He conducted seminars on "Maximizing Postal Savings and Delivery" for newspaper associations and groups for 25 years. He was gen- eral manager of News Publishing Company, Tell City and editor of The Perry County News from 1975-80. In 1978 The News was awarded "Blue Ribbon Weekly" for best non-daily in Indiana by the Hoosier State Press Association. He was named to the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 1996. The Hoosier State Press Association gave him its Distinguished Service Award in January 2006, as did the Wisconsin Newspaper Association in 2010 and the Ohio News Media Association in 2019. NNA's Postal Chair Emeritus Max Heath dies at 75 Lee Enterprises has part- nered with Amazon Advertising to provide Over The Top video ads to local businesses in Northwest Indiana, Chicago's south suburbs and across the country. The Davenport, Iowa-based media company, which pub- lishes The Times of Northwest Indiana and provides local news in 77 markets around the coun- try, is teaming up with Seattle- based internet and media giant Amazon to provide Over The Top services to more than 35,000 business advertisers. Amazon OTT streams video Heath Rose Skelly, who has worked in various capacities for The CR since June 2016, will be moving to Louisville, Kentucky, to work in the psychology field. The South Bend native recently graduated with a master's degree in clinical psychology from Ball State University. Skelly started as an intern at The Commercial Review following her sophomore year at Ball State University. After her internship, she worked part-time while continuing to pursue a bach- elor's degree. She accepted a full-time report- ing job with The Commercial Review in May 2018 following her graduation from BSU with a double major in journalism and psychology. — Commercial Review (Portland) Rose Skelly leaves Commercial Review Skelly Rachel Smith joins H-T as new county reporter Smith Daily Journal staffers also received the nod for Story of the Year for coverage of a prosecutor, Brad Cooper, facing felony charges and removal from office. "The "Prosecutor removed" series is an example of a story sur- rounded by red tape and journalists who wouldn't settle for less than what the public deserved to know. The secrecy surrounding an elected prosecutor's criminal charges, and why he wasn't immediately removed from office, were unchar- tered territory. It required a lot of digging around in the dark," said James Vaughn, editor of the Daily Journal. "Michele Holtkamp, who left the Journal between Cooper's criminal and disciplinary hearings, laid the groundwork and did most of the heavy lifting. I simply followed it through to the finish line. She was a remarkable journalist and mentor whose tenacity and commitment to community service are unmatched. I am honored I got to learn from her on a story of this magnitude, and am humbled that our teamwork earned us HSPA's Story of the Year Award," Vaughn said. Sara Clifford, editor of the Brown County Democrat, earned the 2021 Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award. "I've been following the issue of waste water disposal in Brown County for 10 years at least," Clifford said. "I got to the point where I wanted to know personally what was the process when some- one has suspicion about their own waste water or their own system working properly." Clifford said she thought it was important for the public to know the results of water sampling. The ongoing story developed into a data- driven investigation. "I didn't expect it to become that but it kind of needed to be for me to understand what I was looking at." Five papers received General Excellence honors for an accumula- tion of points earned in the other categories: The Herald Journal (Monticello), Division 1; Brown County Democrat and The Corydon Democrat, tie, Division 2; Daily Journal (Franklin), Division 3; The Republic (Columbus) Division 4. To view the awards online and access a list of all winners, visit https://www.hspa.com/2021bnc/. ads directly to viewers through internet-enabled devices and video services. "This new opportunity is an excellent example of our com- mitment to delivering power- ful solutions which solve for the needs of our clients and fit within our digital transformation strategy," said Lee President and CEO Kevin Mowbray. —Lee Enterprises BNC Continued from Page 9

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