Hoosier State Press Association - The Indiana Publisher
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April 12, 2012 Keep up the good fight News in brief A Seymour Tribune across from Charlie Biggs. The late great Hoosier bout 15 years ago I was sitting in the break room of The journalist was telling me why the Hoosier State Press Association is an excellent organization. Truth to tell, I can't My Two Cents By Tim Timmons remember the exact words Charlie used that day. At the time we were print- enue than HSPA dues cost, so it was a simple decision. But Charlie's message ing Charlie's weekly newspa- per from Hope. Every once in a while I had the privilege of sitting and visiting with him while he waited to pick them up. If you knew Charlie, you about the importance of HSPA was not lost – then or now. This month my term as your HSPA president comes to an end. There are not sufficient know he was a great story- teller. He was quick with a smile and could be just as quick when you deserved a jab. But he was clearly passion- ate about a several things, one being his newspaper and another the state press asso- ciation. I remember he told me HSPA had been through some rough times, but it was still the best thing Indiana newspapers had going. He said it was important for us all to stick together. I was young(er) and remember looking at my expense budget while the folks at corporate seem- ingly fussed and fidgeted over every penny. If I could drop those HSPA dues from my expenses it might help the bottom line … which would help with the corporate screaming … which would help … well, you get the idea. However, Charlie wasn't going to do business with a printer who wasn't an HSPA member, and The Hope Star- Journal brought in more rev- INTERNS Continued from Page 1 More than 80 students words to express my grati- tude for being able to be a part of this organization. I was born in this great Business Journal, steps into the president's role. CNHI's Robyn McCloskey, publisher in Kokomo and Logansport, will be the vice president. Greg has a great thought process and can cut to the heart of the matter with pre- cise questions. Robyn is one of the best operators I've had the privilege of working with. The future of board leader- ship is in great hands. For me, I want to leave asking a question I raised in a column about a year ago: Who put the ink in your veins? Friends, we are in the state, and other than a few years being held hostage in places like California, I was lucky enough to call Indiana home for much of my life. To be back and to help lead this organization is truly special. I hope that my monthly ramblings in The Publisher have been a small help to some of you and at worst have not been too cumber- some. My tenure can't come to The Hoosier State Press Association and Pulse Research Inc. are working together to collect data for a comprehensive reader survey. There will be no cost to HSPA or member newspa- pers to use the statistics collected. The information will help advertising depart- ments in preparing sales presentations. HSPA started distribut- information business during a time when information is of supreme importance. I don't know where it's going. Not sure anyone does. But as an industry, we are challenged to survive and challenged to once again thrive. We need to find the Page 3 Papers will get results of survey advertising sales and marketing programs. The company offers answers, but we need to get past the constant negativ- ity and stories of doom and gloom regarding our future. There is no question in my an end without some sincere thank-yous to people like HSPA's Milissa Tuley. Milissa has done a great ing 2x2 ads to member newspapers that invite Hoosiers to complete the survey. In return, Pulse will provide HSPA with the statistical results, which the association will share with member newspapers. Founded in 1985, Pulse provides publishing cli- ents with research-based research and marketing services for daily and weekly newspapers, shop- per publications and spe- cial-interest print prod- ucts across the United States and Canada. Pulse Research has worked with more than 2,000 publishing clients in all 50 states and Canada, completing more than 4,000 surveys. For more informa- tion about the survey or research, contact Andrew Dove of Pulse Research at dove@paper.net or (503) 626-5224. For questions about the partnership project, contact HSPA's Steve Key at skey@hspa.com or (317) 624-4427. mind that the future of news- papers can be as great as we want it to be. We have to believe. We have to be passionate. And we have to help the job of taking this publication from what it was to the digi- tal enterprise it is today. She's made the task of col- next generation develop that passion like others did for us. umnist much easier for a guy who had more than enough on his plate. I mentioned the entire HSPA staff last month for all their hard work on the Annual Meetings. Of course they all do so much more. The organization now people are waiting for all of us to find them. Thank you for the past There are answers, and year. It's been an honor. moves upward. Greg Morris, publisher of the Indianapolis of The Paper of Montgomery County (Crawfordsville) and The Times (Noblesville) and president of the HSPA board of directors. Tim Timmons is publisher 2012 class of Pulliam interns began the internship appli- cation process this year, and 37 completed it. Students must have at least one semester of course- work remaining after their internships and hold resi- dency in Indiana or attend a college or university in the state. Newspapers and students Nana Aduba-Amoah of Chicago: The DePauw senior will intern at the Journal Review (Crawfordsville). Kirsten Clark of Dayton, Ohio: The IU senior will work at The Republic (Columbus). Robby Howard of Munster: The junior from IU will work in his hometown at The Times (Munster). Victoria Ison of Bloomington: The Ball State sophomore also will work at her hometown paper, The Herald-Times (Bloomington). apply each year before the late February deadline. Next year the application process will be online. Ellen Kobe of Indianapolis: The DePauw senior will intern in her hometown at the Indianapolis Business Journal. Michael Majchrowicz of Dyer: The IU sophomore will work at The Rochester Sentinel. Jillian McCarter of Evansville: The senior from Butler will intern at her hometown paper, the Evansville Courier & Press. Samantha Quinn of Franklin: The senior from Franklin College will work at The Star-Press (Muncie). Chet Strange of Jasper: The IU senior will intern at The Indianapolis Star. Claire Wiseman of Liberty: The senior from IU will spend the summer with the Connersville News-Examiner. site, www.HSPAInfo.net, now ex ports every story, photo and caption into an ftp directory where the content is available to extract. The text files are ASCII, and the photos are jpg for- mat. it hourly, and the process keeps the past three days' content in the active fold- er. Stories are dropped into State content available via ftp HSPA's content-sharing Content via ftp To receive HSPAInfo.net stories via ftp, send an email requesting a user account to deps@hbmediagroup.com. HNE has been pulling content and importing it into the front-end system it uses for a few months successfully. Any newspaper with a HSPA and partner 1Up! worked with Home News Enterprises to develop the ftp capability. front-end system capable of getting the material via ftp need only request a user account by emailing Info Net editor John DePrez Jr. at deps@ hbmediagroup.com. ment received an A- rat- ing for its online trans- parency efforts from a leading public interest organization. The state was recog- Online data garners good grades Indiana state govern- nized for its government transparency portal available at www.in.gov/ itp. The grade from U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, is in addition to the A grade the state govern- ment received from the a nonprofit organization dedicated to state and local government trans- parency. U.S. PIRG is a non- Sunshine Review in December. The Sunshine Review is profit, non-partisan public interest advocacy organization. It's ratings focus on how well states provide online access to spending data. Indiana is among three states to received an A or A- grade from both agen- cies in 2011. Stay ahead of your Iowa City, Iowa, is the newest member of the pho- tojournal- ism staff at The Herald (Jasper). Mum- Photog has range of experiences Rachel Mummey of at The Herald from January 2011 to June 2011. She also has interned mey is a graduate of the University of Iowa and is working 800.245.9278 | create@multiad.com multiad.com CreativeOutlet.com | Recas® | Creator Professional Rachel Mummey on her master's degree from the School of Visual Communication at Ohio University. Mummey was an intern at The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.), The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post and National Geographic Magazine. Send promotions, announcements, staff changes and other corporate news to mtuley@hspa.com.