The Indiana Publisher

The second year of HSPA Foundation Legacy Scholarships were given to Emily Hoffman and Benjamin Lynk. Two scholarships are awarded annually to the child or grandchild of an employee or independent contractor at an Indiana newspaper. Lynk is the grandson of Mary Jo Harney who has been the owner and publisher of the Parke County Sentinel, moving into that position after the death of her husband Richard in 1999. Lynk is a four-year varsity letterman in football and a member of the National Honor Society. He has been accepted at DePauw University where he plans to study computer science. "My family has always lived a newspaper life, and I feel that earning this scholarship would be a tribute to my grandfather and my grandmother," Lynk wrote in his application essay. Hoffman, is the daughter of Paul and Kimberly Hoffman, Columbus, and Holly and Bill Whyde, Edinburgh. Paul Hoffman is special publications editor at AIM Media Indiana where he has worked for 19 years. Hoffman will attend Indiana University this fall as a pre-nurs- ing major. She is a 2018 graduate of Columbus North and received an associate's degree from Ivy Tech-Columbus this year where she was named Liberal Arts Publisher The Indiana Volume 84, Issue 5 • May 2019 Published on second Thursday monthly Legacy Scholarship recipients headed to DePauw, IU Legislative Wrap The 2019 Indiana General Assembly was a stressful one for the newspaper industry as a serious effort was made to eliminate the publication requirement for notices of sheriff's sale (mortgage foreclo- sure) followed by an attempt to cap all local and state public notice advertisements at $250. Both efforts were defeated, but Steve Key, executive director and general counsel, said it was a close call. Following is a round up of public notice advertising bills that the Hoosier State Press Association flagged for support, defeat or amendment during the legislative session: Public Notice Advertising H.B. 1212 – This bill would have eliminated the publication require- ment for notices of sheriff's sales. It was authored by Rep. Wendy McNa- mara, R-Evansville, who testified in the bill's House committee hearing that her goal was to eliminate all publication requirements for public notices. Her bill was defeated in its Senate Local Government Commit- tee hearing, chaired by Sen. Jim Buck, R-Kokomo. H.B. 1212 died when the vote was four "ayes" and five "nays" on a motion to pass it. Sen. Andy Zay, R-Huntington, was the sponsor for H.B. 1212. Sen. Jim Tomes, R-Wadesville, was a co-sponsor. The five senators who voted against this anti-public notice advertising bill were: • Sen. Ron Grooms, R-Jeffersonville • Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michigan City • Sen. Dennis Kruse, R-Auburn • Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis • Sen. Tim Lanane, D-Anderson Public notice ad bills killed in stress-filled session See Wrap, page 7 Check out the June Indiana Publisher for a wrap up on public access, First Amendment issues and more. This year's News Media Workshop will feature sessions on investigative reporting, video storytelling, access issues and more. The one-day event, formerly known as the Reporters Work- shop, will take place 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19 at the University of Indianapolis. It's an opportunity for media professionals to broaden and sharpen their skills and get insider tips and advice. Presenters include the South Bend Tribune's Christian Sheckler who will lead a session on watchdog journalism. Last year, Sheckler worked with ProPublica's Ken Armstrong as part of the Local Reporting Network on an examination of the criminal justice system in Elkhart. Sheckler said he'll be discussing that story and the reporting and fallout after uncovering a video of an officer punching a handcuffed suspect that went viral. "I'd like to come up with some really practical things that I learned doing those police stories, things that I'm glad we did, things that I wish we had done differ- ently," Sheckler said. He said he hopes to provide tips for people who might be interested in pursuing similar stories and advice that can apply to other types of stories, too. See Scholarship, page 10 News Media Workshop set for June 19 in Indianapolis "The HSPA Foundation Board created these new scholarships to give something back to the families that make news- papers happen across Indiana every day." Mark Miller, HSPA Foundation Board Scholarship Committee Chair See Workshop, page 3 NYT White House reporter to deliver keynote

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