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December 2021
Gov. Eric Holcomb reap-
pointed Luke Britt to serve a
new term as Indiana Public
Access Counselor. Britt will
continue in his role through
October of 2025. He was origi-
nally appointed in 2013.
The PAC's mission,
according to the IN.gov web-
site, is to provide "advice
and assistance concerning
Indiana's public
access laws to
members of the
public and gov-
ernment offi-
cials and their
employees."
Britt can be
contacted at
https://www.
in.gov/pac/
2022 public notice rate charts available
News in Brief
The state Board of Accounts
has released the charts for pub-
lic notice rates. You can access
these charts on HSPA's web-
site, https://bit.ly/3dRHCWn
HSPA also sent out copies
of the 11-pages of charts to
both publishers and ad direc-
tors of member newspapers
this week.
The state Board of Accounts
and HSPA have worked
together for years to make sure
all newspapers' one- and two-
column widths are included in
the official document.
If anyone has questions
about how to apply the charts
to their newspaper or on how
to convert inches to picas and
points, contact Steve Key,
HSPA's executive director and
general counsel at skey@hspa.
com.
The HSPA Foundation
announces applications are
being accepted for the Eugene
S. Pulliam journalism internship
program.
Internships will be awarded to
10 students. These students will
work for 10 weeks at daily and
nondaily newspapers in Indiana
during the summer of 2022.
Interns will be paid $350
per 35-hour week for a total of
$3,500. Opportunities include
news reporting, photography/
multimedia, digital and related
jobs.
The application deadline is 5
p.m. Jan. 21, 2022.
Students must have at least
one semester of undergraduate
coursework remaining after the
internship.
Only residents of Indiana or
students attending an Indiana
college or university are eligible.
Applicants must have reliable
automobile transportation for this
internship.
Applicants must apply online
only. All required components
can be uploaded with application
at https://www.hspa.com/2021-
pulliam-intern-student-applica-
tion/.
Direct questions to Shawn
Goldsby at sgoldsby@hspa.com
or (317) 803-4772.
HSPA Foundation accepting Pulliam Internship
applications for summer 2022 opportunities
Britt
Britt re-appointed as Public Access Counselor
The Nina Mason
Pulliam Environmental
Journalism Award
was created through
a grant by the Pulliam
Trust to the Hoosier
State Press Association Foundation
to recognize Indiana journalists for
outstanding reporting on environ-
mental issues.
The award was part of the HSPA
Better Newspaper Contest for the
first time in 2018. Sara Clifford of
the Brown County Democrat
received the 2021 award for her
reporting on water contamination.
Nina Mason Pulliam
Charitable Trust
$1,000 Environmental
Journalism Award
Hoosier State Press
Association Foundation
