The Indiana Publisher

The Indiana Publisher Published alternate Thursdays Volume 78, Issue 21 • October 10, 2013 HSPA rolls out app for Publisher INAEA & HSPA FOUNDATION ADVERTISING CONFERENCE T he Hoosier State Press Association announces a mobile app for The Indiana Publisher, available for iPhone and iPad users. HSPA distributes The Publisher, featuring newspaper industry news and information, on alternate Thursdays in print and e-edition formats. HSPA members and others can now more easily access the information on their phones and tablets. An app for Android platforms will be released later. The association uses The Publisher as a tool for getting information to members, especially busy newspaper executives, said Steve Key, HSPA executive director and general counsel. "A mobile app that publishers, general managers, ad directors and others can access on the go benefits our membership," Key said. "They will find the new app a quick supplement to the print or desktop version of The Publisher." HSPA partnered with mobileapp developer Rumble to develop the app. Rumble, based And they're off! The 64th INAEA and HSPA Foundation Advertising Conference and Awards Gala at Indiana Downs brought together newspaper professionals from around the state Sept. 27 for the event's Run for the Revenue theme. Advertising staff members enjoyed training sessions, lunch and an awards reception. Top: Special award winners included, from left, Miranda Stockdall of the Daily Journal (Franklin) and South Magazine for Best of Show, Cathy Klaes of The Republic (Columbus) for Daily Salesperson of the Year, Whitney Niece of the Daily Reporter (Greenfield) for the People's Choice Award, and Kelly Nelson of the Parke County Sentinel (Rockville) for Nondaily Salesperson of the Year. See App, Page 4 News = nonfiction reading Advertising professionals chose their pick for the Peoples Choice Award during the awards reception. N ewspapers offer too many educational opportunities to pass up – both for news organizations and teachers. For print media, promoting newspapers in the classroom gets the next generation of readers interested in vital community information that newspapers provide. From a teaching point of view, newspapers offer the only "textbook" that is updated daily or weekly. Members of the Indiana News paper in Education Advisory Board and Foundation discussed ways to communicate those two core NIE principles to teachers and publishers at a recent meeting of the group at the HSPA Foundation office in Indianapolis. Educators on the board say they enjoy the ease of using newspapers in the classroom. They are helping to spread the word about lesson plans using the newspaper offered for free See News, Page 3 Above: Christi Kincade of The Herald Bulletin (Anderson), left, won the roundtable award, a wine-bottle holder shaped like a horse, presented by Mike Rossetti of The Republic (Columbus). Anita Emigh, left, and Melissa Bane of The Tribune (Seymour) donned jockey hats as part of the horse racing theme of the Advertising Conference at Indiana Downs. Left: Keynote speaker Kelly Wirges discussed ways to create a self-directed work force. Wirges founded ProMax Training & Consulting in 1993. To see a slideshow of more photos from the Advertising Conference, all the winning ads and a list of winners, visit www.HSPAfoundation.org

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