Hoosier State Press Association - The Indiana Publisher
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January 17, 2013 Page 3 Programs bring interns, newspapers together Y ou had your chance. Every last one of you. And not one complaint. (Maybe no one read the first one?) Now you're stuck, and I have no choice but to follow the leaders – the Foundation president and vice president – who came up with the idea of this monthly column. And I'll follow the leader who also fills this space monthly – our HSPA board president Greg Morris. He wrote from Florida last issue. I'm writing before I leave for the Sunshine State (in case I'm lucky enough to get snowed out on the return). Mamaw will do anything to watch her Miami grandsons play soccer, as long as they both compete the same weekend. The first opportunity happens to be in Naples. (Really a shame!) Wish I had their energy. In February the HSPA Foundation will observe similar verve in two programs focusing on youth. If you need a lift in your newsroom, heads up. We can help you find enthusiastic, talented journalists. (You caught that transition, right?) Journalism Job and Career Fair Students from universities across Indiana and surrounding states will gather Saturday, Feb. 2 at Franklin College for the annual Journalism Job and Career Fair sponsored by the HSPA Foundation and Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors. The event usually attracts more than 100 students, and editors often hire talent they meet there. This networking even helps you find interns. We provide a binder of all submitted resumes. You may not have openings now, but you leave Foundation Front By Karen T. Braeckel with a quick reference when you need to hire. If you did not register earlier, we can still arrange interviews for you if you sign up by Jan. 18. (Yes, it's the drop-dead deadline. And you pay a little more.) Visit www. HSPAfoundation.org/jobfair for more details and to register. Eugene S. Pulliam Internships Each summer the HSPA Foundation offers 10 students who attend Indiana colleges and universities or are residents of Indiana a 10-week internship at a newspaper in the state. Interns earn $330 per week, or a total of $3,300 for the summer. The newspaper picks up $33 a week to pay FICA and Medicare – taxes the student cannot recover. Mark March 1 on your calendar as the deadline to submit your online application. It takes just five minutes. I encourage all editors interested in hosting an intern to fill out the application – even the year you are not eligible when serving on the selection committee. The process may seem mysterious. It's not. For reading this far, you get the written, transparent version of pairing student and newspaper. The editors hosting interns the previous year serve on the selection committee as do the two Pulliam mentors for writing and multimedia. At the end of the day, they create a list of the top 10 students and five or so alter- nates. (We rank the alternates.) Newspaper assignments always come after intern selection. We review newspaper applications and papers' number of years applying without receiving an intern. Those with the most unfilled requests rise to the top – the reason to apply every year. We also check the number of interns the paper received. We try to place students close to their hometowns or college campuses where they can live. If we relocate a student, we pay a small housing allowance. The newspaper usually helps the intern find something affordable. Due to budget constraints, we cannot relocate all interns. Sometimes editors know specific students they want in their newsrooms and ask how they can get Pulliam Internships for them. If you have such an agreement, encourage the student to apply. Then send me an email with the student's name and school. We file your request with the student's application. If the student is selected, we try to accommodate (unless, as some editors say, it's not your turn). In 2012, 43 newspapers applied. We usually receive about 50 applications. All but six of the papers hosted at least one intern in the past. Three of the six applied for the first time last year. We work diligently to keep the process fair while considering the Foundation's finances and the students' housing. Through these programs we enhance your ability to fully educate and inform the public – an important component of the Foundation's mission. Karen Braeckel is director of the HSPA Foundation. Her column will run in the second issue of each month. Annual reports publication schedule The schedule for publication of local government units' annual reports is as follows: detailed schedules being available in the county auditor's office. County Following the second regular meeting of the county commissioners, the report should be posted and published (IC 36-2-2-19). According to the state Board of Accounts, newspapers should expect those reports in February. The county, though, will still advertise: • The certification, Part I – Statement of receipts, disbursements and balances • The statement about Townships Within four weeks after the third Tuesday following the first Monday in January (deadline – Monday, Feb. 18), the township trustee is to publish an abstract of receipts and disbursements (IC 36-64-13). Township trustees and newspaper should note that budget lines with $0 amounts do not have to be included in the published report. This will serve to condense the size of the publication. Cities and towns Within 60 days after the end of the calendar year (deadline – Friday, March 1), the fiscal officer is to publish an annual report of receipts and disbursements (IC 5-31-3). Many libraries and special districts with budgets of $300,000 or more also have to publish within 60 days after yearend. School corporations No earlier than Aug. 1 or later than Aug. 15, the secretary of each school corporation must publish an annual financial report (IC 5-3-1-3). Apply for Pulliam intern in your newsroom If your newsroom could use some new talent and fresh ideas for 10 weeks this summer, apply for an intern through the HSPA Foundation. The Eugene S. Pulliam Internship Program offers work at daily and nondaily newspapers in Indiana to college students. Editors, apply by March 1 at www.HSPAfoundation.org/ pulliam-internships. Place ments will be announced in the spring. News in brief Publisher leads papers in 4 states Rust Communications publisher Randy List now leads his papers from Iowa. In the fall List transferred within Rust to Randy List take the helm at several newspapers in western Iowa. He will remain publisher and part owner of all three of Rust's Indiana properties, the Banner Graphic, (Greencastle) Greene County Daily World (Linton), and The Brazil Times. List commuted between Iowa and Greencastle before his family made the move to Iowa over the holidays. Chris Pruett has been promoted to senior general manager of Rust's Indiana properties and will oversee day-to-day activities at the papers. List came to Green as le c t in February 1999 as publisher when Rust Com munications purchased the Banner Graphic, and he took over at The Brazil Times when it was purchased by Rust in 2001. Rust purchased the Daily World in January 2003. In 2010 List was promoted to regional vice president of Rust Communications. He now oversees 11 newspapers and two shoppers in Iowa, one in Nebraska, and one in Idaho in addition to the three Indiana properties. He started his career for his hometown paper in Yankton, S.D., in 1974 as a proofreader in the advertising department. List was a longtime member of the HSPA board of directors. – Banner Graphic (Greencastle) Pharos-Tribune has new manager Misty Knisely has been named managing editor of the Pharos-Tribune (Logansport). Knisely spent her career in Indiana newspapers. After graduating from Ball State University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in journalism, she joined the staff of the Hendricks County Flyer on the westside of Indianapolis. Most recently, she served as news editor of the Kokomo Tribune. Throughout her 13 years in the industry, she has served in several reporting, designing and editing roles. Growing up in Redkey, a town just shy of 1,400 people in east central Indiana, Knisely developed a passion for community journalism. "Every community has a story, and I love being a part of the telling of that story," she said. "I'm excited to see the full depth of Logansport's story and how it unfolds in the future." – Pharos-Tribune (Logansport) Hill named Interlink president Interlink founder and owner Bill Garber has announced that Inter link Gen eral Man ager Brad Hill has been ap ointed p the company's presi- Brad Hill dent, succeeding Garber. Interlink is a privately owned circulation-management company serving the community newspaper industry. Hill is scheduled to speak at the HSPA and HSPA Foundation Annual Meetings & Government Conference in February. He began working with Interlink in 2001 as a technical contractor and later handled the integration of Interlink Circulation into customers' business systems. Hill then became director of customer services for the company before moving into the general manager role in 2011. Hill is a National News paper Association representative on the Mailers' Technical Advisory Committee. GM grew up in Clay County The Brazil Times re ently welcomed Jeanne c Burris as its new general manager. Burris has an extensive retail and marketing background. She spent more than 20 years in the modular housing industry in addi- tion to three years in the jewelry industry. Burris grew up in Clay County but was born in Marion, Ohio. Her family moved to Brazil when she was a child after her father was transferred to the Marion Brick Corp. office in Brazil. Send promotions, announcements, staff changes and other corporate news to mtuley@hspa.com.