Hoosier State Press Association - The Indiana Publisher
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Page 2 HSPA calendar Oct. 27 Nov. 10 Dec. 3 Dec. 9 Feb. 4 Feb. 16-17 Feb. 17 Feb. 24 March 1 Spring Website metering webinar, noon (EDT) Public notice advertising training with Steve Key, 10 a.m.-noon, The Indianapolis Star's Pulliam Production Center Newsroom Seminar & Awards Luncheon, Indianapolis Marriott North (NEW LOCATION) HSPA board meeting, Indianapolis APME-HSPA Foundation Job Fair, Ball State University Annual Meetings & Government Conference, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown HSPA Foundation board meeting, following Annual Meetings & Government Conference, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown Pulliam internship application deadline for newspapers and students Pulliam intern selection committee meeting Circulation Conference, time and place TBA October 27, 2011 Project preserves newspapers in searchable digital database The Hoosier State Press Association is part of an advi sory committee determining which historic Indiana news papers will be preserved digi tally through a federal grant. The project, administered by the Indiana State Library, is funded through a $293,157 gift from the National Endow ment for the Humanities as part of its National Digital Newspaper Program. The twoyear grant will dig itize state newspapers pub lished between 1836 and 1922, said Jim Corridan, dep uty director of the library. The Library of Congress will make the searchable database available for free through the Chronicling America website – HSPA Board of Directors HSPA Officers President: Tim Timmons, The Paper of Montgomery County (Crawfordsville), The Times (Noblesville) Vice President: Greg Morris, IBJ Corp. Secretary: Robyn McCloskey, Pharos-Tribune (Logansport), Kokomo Tribune Treasurer: Jon O'Bannon, The Corydon Democrat HSPA Board Members Randy List, Rust Communications Dailies Bill Masterson Jr., The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster) Tina West, The Courier-Times (New Castle) Nondailies John Haley, Pulaski County Journal (Winamac) Don Hurd, Benton Review (Fowler) Kathy Tretter, Dubois-Spencer County Publishing Co. Inc. Shannon Williams, Indianapolis Recorder HSPA Foundation Board of Directors HSPA Foundation Officers President: Henry Bird, The Herald Bulletin (Anderson) Vice President: John Rumbach, The Herald (Jasper) Secretary: Pat Lanman, Vevay Newspapers Inc. Treasurer: Jeff Rogers, Home News Enterprises HSPA Foundation Board of Directors Linda Chandler, Ripley Publishing Curt Jacobs, The Madison Courier Barbara King, North Vernon Plain Dealer & Sun Kevin Lashbrook, Community Media Group Mayer Maloney, Hoosier Times Inc. Jack Pate, Evansville Courier & Press Neal Ronquist, Paxton Media Group Gary Suisman, Journal and Courier (Lafayette) Job Continued from Page 1 internships open right now," she said. "The fair is an excel lent way to establish contact with students and tell them about your newspaper." The earlybird registration HSPA staff Steve Key, executive director and general counsel skey@hspa.com • (317) 624-4427 Karen T. Braeckel, HSPA Foundation director kbraeckel@hspa.com • (317) 624-4426 Pamela Lego, MAP advertising director plego@hspa.com • (812) 350-7711 Milissa Tuley, communications specialist mtuley@hspa.com • (317) 624-4430 Yvonne Yeadon, office manager yyeadon@hspa.com • (317) 624-4433 Shawn Goldsby, advertising coordinator sgoldsby@hspa.com • (317) 803-4772 Employees sought The Indiana Publisher is published bi-weekly by Hoosier State Press Association, 41 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 803-4772. ISSN 0019-6711 USPS 058-730. Periodicals-class postage paid at Indianapolis, Ind., and at additional mailing office. Postmaster: Send address changes to 41 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN, 46204, (317) 803-4772, Fax (317) 624-4428. Website: www.hspa.com Subscriptions $25 per year. Ad rates furnished upon request. Presentation editor/lead photog- rapher – The Princeton Daily Clarion, a family-owned five-day morning edition in southwestern Indiana, seeks flexible journalist for the go-to slot on the production side of our print news cycle. Our next presentation editor/lead pho- tographer will be a motivated multi- tasker with solid copy editing, page design and visual journalism skills. Submit work samples and resume to andrea@pdclarion.com. (1) Reporter – The News-Examiner, a six-day newspaper in Connersville, Ind., is seeking an enthusiastic, well-rounded general assignment reporter. Primary coverage includes but is not limited to gov- ernment, breaking news and edu- cation. Basic photography and computer skills are a must. Typing rate of $25 per newspaper applies through Nov. 4. After that date, the rate returns to the regular $50. Please note that editors who register after Nov. 4 may chroniclingamerica.loc.gov – beginning in mid 2012. Digitizing newspapers is im portant for preserving Indiana's rich history of jour nalism, said Steve Key, HSPA executive director and general counsel. "Newspapers have been called the first draft of histo ry," he said. "To understand how later events impact our perception of the past, we must preserve that first draft. "Making these old newspa pers wordsearchable will enable anyone to find what was written about a particu lar event or person or enjoy an entire issue of a 19th cen tury newspaper just as it appeared to the Hoosier who purchased a copy the day it rolled off the press." Other groups involved with the advisory committee in clude the Indiana Commission on Public Records, the In diana Historical Bureau, the Indiana State Museum, Ball The Indiana State Library will digitize historic state newspapers through a fed- eral grant. The searchable database will be available in mid 2012. State University, the Indiana Historical Society, IU School of Journalism and IUPUI. In all, 28 states have insti tutions participating in the national digitization endeav or, Corridan said. The program is a longterm effort to develop a webbased, searchable database of U.S. newspapers, he said. "The biggest challenge so far has been determining which newspapers to include in the project," he said. "It's estimat ed that Indiana has had over 8,000 newspaper titles between 1804 and 1980." State library officials and advisory committee members decided to focus on three areas of Indiana history to guide them in selecting papers to digitize: industrialization, race and immigration. News papers that heavily covered those topics will have priority. "During the period in state history included in the proj ect, Indiana's newspapers kept Hoosiers connected to the national headlines regard ing wars, economic depres attend the job fair, but their newspaper's name will not be on the official list sent to col leges and universities. Newspapers do not need to send a check to meet the earlybird deadline; an invoice will be sent later. The job fair begins with a continental breakfast for editors followed by morning interview sessions starting at 9 a.m. Lunch will be provided at noon, and afternoon inter views run from 14 p.m. Each interview lasts 15 minutes. Member notices skills, meeting deadlines and a valid driver's license also are a must. Email resumes to Bob Hansen, editor, at bhansen@ newsexaminer.com. Application deadline is Nov. 1. (1) Reporter – The Decatur Daily Democrat is seeking an enthusias- tic and hard-working general assignment reporter for Adams County. Responsibilities will include writing news and feature stories and coverage of assigned beats. You must possess strong writing and photography skills and have some pagination experience using InDesign. Send resume and writing samples to Ron Storey at publisher@ decaturdailydemocrat.com. (1) Reporter – Newspaper group in northwest Indiana has an opening for a full-time general assignment reporter. Responsibilities will include writing news and feature stories as well as pagination. A qualified candidate will possess strong writing skills and photogra- phy skills. Some pagination experi- ence using InDesign would be a plus. Knowledge of AP style is a must. To apply, send resume and clips to rblankenship@rensselaer- republican.com. (2) Reporter – The Commercial Review (Portland, Ind.), an award- winning daily newspaper in north- east Indiana, is seeking its next star reporter. Areas of focus will include coverage of city govern- ment and the cops/crime beat, but responsibilities will vary. Send resume and clips to managing edi- tor Mike Snyder at cr.news@ comcast.net. (2) Send notices to mtuley@hspa.com. Postings will be listed as space permits in print and in full at hspa.com. sions and political events," Corridan said. "The same issues that divided the nation during the Civil War, for example, divided Indiana, and the controversy raged in the pages of the daily papers." Making newspapers freely available and searchable will provide documentation to his torians, students and re searchers about Indiana's place in the development of the United States, he said. "One of the byproducts of the project should be a better understanding of the role newspapers have played in Indiana and the resource they provide in detailing the daily lives of its citizens," he said. The state library is creating a list of Indiana newspapers, including which are available in original format, on micro film and in digital format. HSPA members can share how they are preserving papers or making archives available by contacting Connie Rendfeld, digital ini tiatives librarian, at crendfeld@library.in.gov. A block of rooms has been reserved for editors at the Ball State University Hotel in the student center, where the job fair will be held. Please reserve your room before Jan. 20, when the hotel will release the block. Call (765) 2851555 for res ervations, and ask for the Associated Press Managing Editors room block. For more information con tact HSPA Foundation at (317) 8034772 or sgoldsby@ hspa.com.