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Newsroom Seminar & Awards Luncheon Dec. 7, 2013 u Indianapolis u The Indiana Great train ing! u Ne wspaper R EG IS T ER awards! AT HSPAf o u n d at SPJ: Take action to promote shield law Published alternate Thursdays NEWSROOM SEMINAR Statewide advertising shout-out The Kokomo Tribune turned to the Hoosier State Press Association's Power of 2 statewide network to advertise a companyproduced book. The ad Kristin Johnson promoted "Antique Treasures," a collaboration by CNHI and Pediment Publishing, as a holiday gift idea, said Kristin Johnson, advertising sales manager for the Tribune. Save the date: Annual Meetings Publishers, general man agers, and other news paper executives, mark your calendars for the HSPA and HSPA Foun dation Annual Val Hoeppner Meetings and Government Conference Feb. 5-6 at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis. T he Society of Profes sional Journalists encourages newspapers to continue efforts to advocate for a federal shield law. Congress is considering the Free Flow of Information Act, and SPJ has set up a network to monitor which U.S. senators have heard from their newspaper constituents at www.spj.org/shieldlaw.asp. The site includes a list of contact information for all senators and tips on talking points to use in a call or email. SPJ also offers tips on editorials, columns and other coverage to promote the Free Flow of Information Act. The website provides a way for newspaper professionals to report in after contacting their senators. For more information visit www.spj.org/shieldlaw.asp. "We wanted to reach a mass audience to market sales of the book, so we thought what better way than to use the statewide network?" Johnson said. e nt s Publisher Volume 78, Issue 24 • November 21, 2013 The coffee table-style book serves as a pictorial guide for antique collectors, pickers and sellers of vintage items across Indiana. io n.o r g/ev Bring your staff to the Newsroom Seminar Dec. 7 in Indianapolis. Registration for the annual event continues through Nov. 27 at HSPAfoundation.org/events. Your source for great training, networking R egistration for the Newsroom Seminar and Better Newspaper Contest Awards Luncheon ends in less than a week. The annual training event returns to the Indianapolis Marriott North on Saturday, Dec. 7. The final day to sign up is Nov. 27. (Payment may follow.) To register online or download a brochure, go to www.HSPAfoundation.org/events. The HSPA Foundation's Newsroom Seminar Committee has developed a training lineup to meet the needs of today's newspapers, with morning sessions on writing, photography, social media, and access to public records before the awards luncheon. "We hope editors will send their reporters and photographers for the training sessions and stay for the awards luncheon," said Jo Ann Spieth-Saylor, editor of The Corydon Democrat and chairwoman of the Newsroom Seminar Committee. "It's a great day of celebrating journalism." For a full list of speakers and session topics, download a brochure at www.HSPAfoundation.org/events. Newsroom Seminar & Awards Luncheon What: Workshops on writing, photography and more, plus the awards luncheon When: Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013 Where: Indianapolis Marriott North Cost: $75. Registration due Nov. 27 (payment may follow) Registration: Go to www.HSPAfoundation.org/ events to register online, or return the form newsrooms received by mail. Seminar schedule and speaker information: Download a brochure at www.HSPAfoundation.org/ events or request one by sending an email to Shawn Goldsby at sgoldsby@ hspa.com. Information: (317) 803-4772 or sgoldsby@hspa.com Among the speakers will be media strategist Val Hoeppner, who spent 20 years in newsrooms as a photojournalist, news room leader and multi media director. Attendees can relax after the sessions at the largest JW Marriott in the United States. The land mark building provides soaring views of Indy. Sign up now: Journalism Job Fair Editor registration continues for the APME & HSPA Foundation Journalism Job Fair on Saturday, Feb. 1. This year's job fair will be at the IUPUI Campus Center in Indianapolis. The job fair provides an easy way to establish contact with students, tell them about your news aper and answer p their questions about the industry, even if you don't need staff or interns right now. To register an editor from your newspaper to interview students at the event, visit HSPAfoundation.org/ job-fair. The cost is $50 and includes lunch. (Students attend for free.)

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