Hoosier State Press Association - The Indiana Publisher
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The Indiana Publisher Published alternate Thursdays Volume 78, Issue 9 • April 25, 2013 HSPA FOUNDATION GOLF OUTING Save the date for fundraiser North vs. South Challenge for the Freedom Cannon North and South team captains are again looking for a few brave recruits to join both sides of the skirmish for the second annual battle for the Freedom Cannon on Thursday, June 6, at Southern Dunes Golf Course in Indianapolis. Watch for a registration brochure arriving by mail in the coming days. Friends from the southern end of the state will join Capt. Jack Pate of the Evansville Courier & Press. Northerners will line up behind co-Capt. B.J. Riley of the Tribune Star (Terre Haute) and co-Capt. Michael Christman of Fort Wayne Newspapers. A blind draw will determine which North and South foursomes face each other in match play scored after all teams finish the scramble. The side with the most victories wins the Cannon. (The Mason-Dixie line will remain flexible until registration closes.) The annual golf fundraiser supports programming of HSPA Foundation. Advertising conference scheduled Sept. 27 2013 INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY State senator wants to revive Ag Gag bill Change tries to appease media by allowing them to distribute photos Lawmakers point out First Amendment flaws in argument The Freedom Cannon Contest details mailed this week A dvertising departments received their 2013 ad contest packets in the mail this week. Inside The HSPA Foundation and For more information on the Indiana the advertising Newspaper contest and Advertising conference, Executives read Karen Association T. Braeckel's will sponsor the Foundation annual contest Front column. to recognize the Page 3 best advertising departments in the state in 24 categories and three overall awards of excellence. The entry deadline is June 7. A save-the-date card included in the mailing asks ad directors and staff to mark their calendars for Friday, Sept. 27 for "Run for the Revenue – An advertising conference you can bet on." The training sessions will feature consultant Kelly Wirges at Indiana Downs and Grand Casino in Shelbyville. Contestants may begin entering digital files and printing labels for mail-in entries now. The rules brochure that newspapers received includes explanations for entering the through the contest website, www.betterbnc.com. N ot happy with House changes to the so-called Ag Gag bill, a state senator asked conference committee members April 22 to accept language that would make taking photos and videos of agricultural, industrial or mining operations without the owner's permission a Bill Friend crime. Comments from legislators assigned to the S.B. 373 committee indicate the request by state Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, could meet resistance. Holdman's commitTravis Holdman tee report would resuscitate wording removed by the House that would criminalize taking photos or videos with the intent to harm the business relationship of a farm, factory or mine with its customers and without the owner's permission. Trying to address media concerns, Holdman's change would allow news organizations to disseminate photos or videos received from someone else without violating the law, but a journalist who took the photos or video would be subject to a Class A misdemeanor. He also dropped criminal defamation from the Senate version of the bill. To appease labor concerns with the House version of S.B. 373, Holdman intends to drop wording about gaining employment through false information. HSPA would oppose the reintroduction of language making photography or videography a crime. When one conference committee Run for the Revenue What: An advertising conference you can bet on When: Friday, Sept. 27, 2013 Where: Indiana Downs & Grand Casino, Shelbyville See Gag, Page 4 INSIDE Friendly goodbye: Veteran journalist and HSPA supporter bids newspaper farewell. Page 2 Foundation Front: The 50th annual golf outing is on the HSPA Foundation's agenda. Page 3 Good news: A Nielson study funded by NAA shows newspapers have the most media impact on consumers. Page 4 Registration: Watch for details in the coming months Newspapers help in fight for public notices H SPA congratulates the member newspapers who jumped on board the association's efforts to preserve public notice advertising. Several weeks ago the HSPA board of directors announced a planned upgrade to the statewide public notice website. To make the site a success for all newspapers, HSPA requested that members print a code at the end of all public notices and upload PDF's of their newspaper pages to an FTP site. Many publishers responded, and newspapers are currently uploading PDF's that partner Tecnavia Press is using to upgrade the public notice website. The HSPA board appeals to those who haven't yet joined the effort. "It's vitally important that your staffs include 'hspaxlp' in public notices and start uploading newspaper PDF's to make the site a viable weapon in the fight to preserve public notice publication requirements," said Steve Key, HSPA executive director and general counsel. Protect public notices HSPA requests that member papers print a code – hspaxlp – with public notices. When: Please start printing the code now. Where: The code should go at the end of each public notice in at least 4 point font. Why: The code will allow soft are to w copy notices from newspaper PDF's for posting online. Upload your PDF's The HSPA Board of Directors asks mem ber newspapers to upload PDF files of their pages to an FTP site in order to post public notices online. For newspapers that haven't started uploading their PDF's, please send the following information for each paper in your group, if applicable, to Shawn Goldsby at sgoldsby@hspa.com: will upload the PDF's • Your newspaper name Direct questions about the project to Steve Key, HSPA executive director and general counsel, at skey@hspa.com. • Your publication days • Names of those who • Those individuals' phone numbers and email addresses.