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Page 2 May 2018 Lindsay Owens has been named the news editor of the Washington Times Herald. Owens has served as a reporter since coming to the Times Herald on April 1, 2013. She's covered courts, schools and city government among other topics. In 2014, she became the editor of Heartland, a rural lifestyles magazine covering Daviess, Knox and surrounding counties that is published five times per year. She is a 2008 graduate of Indiana University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism. Her work has been recognized by the Indiana Collegiate Press Association, Hoosier State Press Association and the Indiana Associated Press Media Editors. "I couldn't be happier that Lindsay decided to make covering local news in our community her passion five years ago. She is devoted to our profession, ardent defender of the First Amendment and very deserving of this promotion," said Pub- lisher/Editor Melody Brunson. — Times-Herald (Washington) Owens named the news editor of the Washington Times-Herald News in Brief An editor with more than a decade of journalism experience is the new leader of the Daily Reporter news operation. Indiana native Katie Duffey has worked as an editor and designer on the Daily Reporter for nearly four years. Since 2015, she has been heavily involved in editing stories and photos, writing headlines and managing other content for the Daily Reporter. Beyond that, she has managed the editing and design of all other weekly and daily newspapers owned by AIM Media Indiana, the parent company of the Daily Reporter. Duffey has an extensive record of journalism excellence in every facet of newspapering — reporting, design, editing and management — and has won dozens of awards for her newspaper work. "We are thrilled Katie has accepted the opportunity to lead the Daily Reporter. She is a talented journalist committed to serving the people of Hancock County," said Chuck Wells, publisher of the Daily Reporter. "She will bring energy and vision to the Daily Reporter." As editor, Duffey will oversee the Daily Reporter news and sports coverage and its associated weekly newspapers and web- sites — the Fortville-McCordsville Reporter, New Palestine Press and the Pendleton Times-Post. "I am incredibly fortunate to be coming to the Daily Reporter at such an exciting time for Hancock County," Duffey said. "I've spent my entire career working in community journalism, and in those 13 years I have seen how important the role of a hometown newspaper can be to the people it serves." "As a copy editor and designer working on the Daily Reporter for nearly four years, I have been continually impressed with the vibrancy Hancock County has to offer," Duffey said. "From the exceptional schools, to the deeply rooted agricultural community, to the booming economic future there is just so much to be excited about here. I can't wait to help tell all of those stories, both large and small." Duffey grew up in West Lafayette and has been involved in community journalism since graduating from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens. After graduating from college, she was a senior reporter, managing editor and then editor of the Monticello Herald Journal, where she was responsible for all aspects of the news and sports operations. She has covered and reported on a wide variety of beats and topics, including government, crime, economic development, health care, housing and courts. In May 2012, she joined AIM Media as a copy editor and designer, and was quickly promoted to assistant managing editor and then managing editor. Duffey replaces Noelle Russell, who has taken a job with the state of Indiana. — Daily Reporter (Greenfi eld) Duffey chosen as new leader of Daily Reporter news operations Duffey Owens Follow us on Twitter, @OurRight2Know Page 2 April 2018 HSPA Staff Steve Key, executive director and general counsel skey@hspa.com • (317) 624-4427 Pamela Lego, MAP advertising director plego@hspa.com • (812) 350-7711 Shawn Goldsby, statewide advertising manager sgoldsby@hspa.com • (317) 803-4772 Ruth Witmer, communications specialist news@hspa.com • (317) 624-4430 The Indiana Publisher is published monthly by Hoosier State Press Association, 41 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 803-4772. ISSN 0019-6711 USPS 058-730. Periodicals-class postage paid at Indianapolis, Ind., and at additional mailing office. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Indiana Publisher, 41 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 803-4772, Fax (317) 624-4428 Website: hspa.com Subscriptions $25 per year. Ad rates furnished upon request. HSPA Foundation Board of Directors HSPA Foundation Officers HSPA Board of Directors HSPA Officers President: Chuck Wells, AIM Media Indiana Vice President/Secretary: Patrick Lanman, Vevay Media Group HSPA Board Members Chris White, The Times Media Co. Pete Van Baalen, Fort Wayne Newspapers Beverly Joyce, CNHI Bill Connelly, LaGrange Publishing co. Cory Bollinger, Schurz Communications, Inc. Curt Kovener, The Crothersville TImes President: Michael J. Christman, Fort Wayne Newspapers Vice President: William "B.J." Riley, Horizon Publications Nancy Grossman, Leader Publishing Mark Miller, The News-Banner (Bluffton) John Rumbach, The Herald (Jasper) Bill Hackney, The News Dispatch (Michigan CIty) and The LaPorte County Herald-Argus Greg Perrotto, Kankakee Valley Publishing HSPA Staff Steve Key, executive director and general counsel skey@hspa.com • (317) 624-4427 Pamela Lego, MAP advertising director plego@hspa.com • (812) 350-7711 Shawn Goldsby, statewide advertising manager sgoldsby@hspa.com • (317) 803-4772 Ruth Witmer, communications specialist news@hspa.com • (317) 624-4430 The Indiana Publisher is published monthly by Hoosier State Press Association, 41 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 803-4772. ISSN 0019-6711 USPS 058-730. Periodicals-class postage paid at Indianapolis, Ind., and at additional mailing office. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Indiana Publisher, 41 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 803-4772, Fax (317) 624-4428 Website: hspa.com Subscriptions $25 per year. Ad rates furnished upon request. HSPA Foundation Board of Directors HSPA Foundation Officers HSPA Board of Directors HSPA Officers President: Chuck Wells, AIM Media Indiana Vice President/Secretary: Patrick Lanman, Vevay Media Group HSPA Board Members Chris White, The Times Media Co. Pete Van Baalen, Fort Wayne Newspapers Beverly Joyce, CNHI Bill Connelly, LaGrange Publishing co. Cory Bollinger, Schurz Communications, Inc. Curt Kovener, The Crothersville TImes President: Michael J. Christman, Fort Wayne Newspapers Vice President: William "B.J." Riley, Horizon Publications Nancy Grossman, Leader Publishing Mark Miller, The News-Banner (Bluffton) John Rumbach, The Herald (Jasper) Bill Hackney, The News Dispatch (Michigan CIty) and The LaPorte County Herald-Argus Greg Perrotto, Kankakee Valley Publishing The Shelbyville News A tenacious national investigative reporter who spent his career trying to inform people in the heartland how Washington really worked, and whose column was published regularly in the Daily Journal, has died. Dan King Thomasson grew up in Shelbyville but had ties to Franklin. He was the son of a pioneer Indiana family and the great-great-great grandson of George King, who founded the town of Franklin and donated the land for Franklin College. Thomasson was a Franklin College trustee. He died of heart failure Sunday at the age of 84. He was a hard-working, driven reporter who developed sources during a career of more than 60 years with a mixture of gracious charm and gruff frankness. He traded information about the inner workings of Washington with people in power he trusted, and they in turn trusted him with their stories, secrets and the truth. Those sources paid off with major scoops, first as a young reporter in Indiana and Colorado, and then in the nation's capital, where Thomasson broke stories about President Kennedy's mistress, who also was dating a mobster; Lyndon Johnson's notorious fixer, Bobby Baker; repeated malfeasance by the FBI and how the Pentagon was spying on the White House. His coverage of President Nixon and Watergate was ahead of the pack and helped earn him the nickname, "the lean gray wolf" of Washing- ton journalism. Thomasson was one of the first on the scene in 1969 when young Ted Kennedy crashed his car into the water in Chappaquid- dick, Massachusetts. A woman in the car died. When Thomasson would not stop demanding release of the accident report, the local police threw him out of the building. He then broke stories about how Kennedy would be allowed to escape serious punish- ment by pleading guilty to a minor charge. A man with a long memory and a strong sense of justice, Thomasson never failed to remind people what Kennedy did and how different rules applied to the powerful. Thomasson said he wanted to be a reporter since he was a boy in Shelbyville, when neighbors used to bring him newspapers from towns they visited on their travels. He attended Indiana University, where he edited the student newspaper and was president of his chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. Read more about Thomasson at https:// tinyurl.com/DanThomasson "Lean Gray Wolf" of Washington journalism, Shelbyville native Dan Thomasson dies at 84 Thomasson David Lindquist Indianapolis Star Zach Dunkin — the Indianapolis journalist who reported on John Mellen- camp's rise to stardom, wrote a memorable critique of Elvis Presley's final concert and tracked public opinion through his "Rock Pile Rock Poll" — died Thursday following a brief illness. He was 70. A 1966 graduate of Warren Central High School, Dunkin earned a degree in mechani- cal engineering from Purdue University after joining the sports staff of The Indianapolis News in 1969. He worked at The News and subsequently The Indianapolis Star until 2009, with job titles including music critic, sports reporter, arts & entertainment editor, travel reporter and consumer reporter. Dunkin delivered high-profile music coverage by more or less moonlighting from his sports commitments. His 1970 bylines included coverage of drag-racing icon "Big Daddy" Don Garlits at Indianapolis Raceway Park as well as a Led Zeppelin concert at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Mike Redmond, who succeeded Dunkin in writing about popular music at The News in 1987, said old-school newspaper editors didn't view rock 'n' roll reporting as a top priority. "Sports was Zach's job, and music was something they let him do," Redmond said. "He just loved music. That's all there is to it." Dunkin established his "Rock Pile" column in the mid-'70s. A healthy exchange of reader and writer comments, published in Dunkin's "Letter Pile" editions of "Rock Pile," proved Indianapolis residents cared about Bob Seger, Aerosmith and Linda Ronstadt. Read more about Dunkin at https://tinyurl. com/zachdunkin. Trailblazing Indiana journalist Zach Dunkin remembered for positive outlook, love of music Dunkin

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