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Page 4 November 13, 2014 News in brief LMA honors KPC Media Group Sports editor hails from Arizona Journalism students launch site The Local Media Associ- ation has honored KPC Media Group with three awards for outstand- ing adver- tising and promo- tional achieve- ments. A panel of national advertising agency execu- tives, media buyers and industry con sultants judged the 2014 Local Media Association Adver- tising and Promotions contest, recognizing KPC with the following distinctions: Best rate card: First place – Daily Rate Card 2014 Best multimedia real estate or homes: Second place – Northeast Indiana Real Estate Guide Best multimedia real estate or homes: Third place – Steuben Real Estate Guide "I say it all the time, but we have the best sales and design team on the planet," said Terry Ward, chief operating officer for KPC Media Group. "They are smart, energetic, intuitive, and know how to help our customers make the very best decisions to advertise and grow their businesses. I am so impressed by the creativity and professionalism they exhibit every single day." KPC Media Group has been locally owned since its founding in 1911. Along with a weekly business newspaper, it publishes three daily newspapers, five weekly newspapers, one semi- weekly newspaper, and many other products. Edmund Hubbard joined the Herald-Press (Hunting- ton) staff as sports editor. He will also be the sports editor for the Wabash Plain Dealer. Hubbard graduated in 2014 from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and mass communication at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. After graduation, he was a sports intern for the San Antonio News Express, where he covered the high school golf beat. Hubbard was drawn to the Hunting ton position because he enjoys working with high school athletes, he said. He said he is embrac- ing the small-town atmosphere of Huntington after growing up in Phoenix and working in San Antonio. – Herald-Press (Huntington) Indiana Wesleyan University journalism students have launched a new digital platform to report on breaking news and community events. Grant COnnected is designed to give students reporting experience while offering Grant County residents another source for news. The student staff members cover news for the website as part of a journalism class. The website – www. grantconnected.net – features a variety of stories, videos, audio recordings and photos. The class focuses on providing real-world news writing, photography and multimedia experiences for students while they are still in school, said Randall King, professor of communication and director of broadcast media at Indiana Wesleyan. Part of that experience is a rotating schedule of working in the news- room, listening to the police scanner and covering breaking news if necessary. – Chronicle-Tribune (Marion) Edmund Hubbard Terry Ward Photos wanted of war casualties Newspapers are encour- aged to let their readers know about an effort to collect photographs of Indiana service members killed during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund launched the Call for Photos pro- gram to gather images of the more than 58,000 men and women whose names are inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Photos are displayed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Wall of Faces website. Editors who want to highlight photos missing for local casualties can search by county at www. vvmf.org/wall-of-faces. Submit photos at www. vvmf.org/how-to-submit.

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