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Page 6 March 17, 2016 2016 Fall Schedule of Classes October 5-8 • Knoxville, Tennessee University of Tennessee College of Communication and Information WEDNESDAY, OCT 5 THURSDAY, OCT 6 FRIDAY, OCT 7 SATURDAY, OCT 8 Photo Field Trip: Shoot, Edit, Critique Rob Heller, Univ. of Tennessee Design Between the Ears Ed Henninger, Rock Hill SC Print First: Lessons from Newspapers who Focus on Print John Hatcher, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth MN InDesign Tips for Designers & Editors Kevin Slimp, Institute Director Reporting New(s) Style: Using Drones Tracey Trumbull, WRCB, Chattanooga TN Selling Print Advertising in a Digital World, Plus Tips on Bundling Digital Advertising Tim Smith, Allentown PA Introduction to Ad Design with Illustrator Lisa Griffi n, Boone Newspapers, Selma AL Photoshop & Photo Editing Basics Kevin Slimp, Institute Director Design Between the Ears Ed Henninger, Rock Hill SC Combining Photography and Videography in the Newsroom Tracey Trumbull, WRCB, Chattanooga TN Latest Overview on Technology: Hardware, software, cloud technology, servers, tips & tools Lisa Griffi n, Boone Newspapers, Selma AL Time and Territory Management PLUS Prospecting that Pays Tim Smith, Allentown, Pennsylvania InDesign Tips for Designers & Editors Kevin Slimp, Institute Director Understanding Color and Color Management Photoshop Guru Series Karl Kuntz, Columbus (OH) Dispatch Storytelling on deadline: Stories you want to write and readers want to read John Hatcher, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth MN Ed's Top Ten Design Hints and Maybe More Ed Henninger, Rock Hill SC Sales: Personality & the Art of Communication Tim Smith, Allentown PA 4:30 Hour Bonus Session: Getting a Handle on Camera Raw & Bridge Lisa Griffi n, Boone Newspapers (Alabama) 5:30 Hour Bonus Session: InCopy Basics Kevin Slimp, Institute Director 6:30 Institute Eve Dinner on the Square Dinner on the Market Square Kevin Lisa Marc Tracey Ed Karl John Rob Tim When "Write" is Wrong Ed Henninger, Rock Hill SC Advance Photo Editing: Be the Guru Karl Kuntz, Columbus (OH) Dispatch Sales: Handling Objections and Developing Closing Skills Tim Smith, Allentown PA Cloud Management for the IT Director Marc Lighter, Paxis Technologies, Knoxville TN Engaging audiences: Ways to create a citizen-centric news organization John Hatcher, Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth MN Time and Territory Management PLUS Prospecting that Pays How to organize, prioritize and create more face time rather than windshield time with customers using the GOALS setting process. How to prospect for new business, what to say, what to leave behind and what to say on the phone when following up with customers. Selling Print Advertising in a Digital World, Plus Tips on Bundling Digital Advertising Print being our bread and butter, specifi c questions and skills on how to sell print in a digital world. PLUS, Bundling together your products, based on your customer's needs, using the eight steps presentation process. Design Between the Ears This is THE Ed Henninger Class that is a MUST for any newspaper editor or designer. All the basics of constructing a well-designed publication. When "Write" is "Wrong" Writers need to keep design when writing a story. Editors and writers should fi nd a way to attend this class. Personality and the Art of Communication Understanding different selling and buying styles and how to adapt our selling style to match their buying their style CLASS DESCRIPTIONS AFTERNOON CLASSES MORNING CLASSES BONUS EARLY-BIRD CLASSES MORNING CLASSES MORNING CLASSES AFTERNOON CLASSES newspaperinstitute.com The following questions were submitted by The Indianapolis Star, Churubusco News, North Vernon Sun and North Vernon Plain Dealer: I'm covering Ivy Tech's presidential search. In an executive session, the univer- sity's presidential search committee cre- ated a list of 10 finalists for the position. They tell me that list is not a releasable public record. Is that correct? They also plan to whittle the list to three finalists at a later date, but they also tell me that will not be public either. They basically said the first time I will get a name is when they actually select their recom- mended candidate to take to the Ivy Tech board. Can you provide advice? The search committee does not have to release the lists of finalists to you, but they can if they choose to be more trans- parent. The position of Ivy Tech president is an employee position, not an appointive position, under the state's Open Door Law and Access to Public Records Act. (An appointive position would be the city coun- cil making an appointment to a board of zoning appeals, for example.) This means the search committee could have an executive session to "receive information about and interview prospective employees." See IC 5-14-1.5- 6.1(b)(5). The lists you referenced are public records as defined by the Access to Public Records Act, but that doesn't mean they must be released. State law presumes that public records are dis- closable, but depending on the subject matter offi- cials may keep them confidential at their discretion or be required to be kept confidential. In this case, the search committee can protect the lists as "records specifically prepared for discussion or developed during discussion in an executive ses- sion …" See IC 5-14-3-4(b)(12). And based on Baker v. Middlebury, they could reach a decision as to who they would like to hire in an executive session, but they would be required to take the final action (vote) on the recommendation in a public meeting. (I'm assuming this committee was created by the board of trustees, so it would be subject to the Open Door Law.) The Whitley County Sheriff's Department refuses to make available its traffic accident report. The sheriff says they can be purchased at www.buycrash. com. I don't want to purchase copies, just look at the reports and make notes. Can I no longer do this? You should be allowed to inspect the accident reports for free. Following is my examination of the rel- evant statute concerning accident reports that you can share with the sheriff's department. I've looked over IC 9-29-11-1 for evidence of legis- lative permission to charge individuals to "inspect" an accident report. My analysis determined the law does not allow you to be charged to view a report. Following would be the argument: • Subsection (a) clearly allows a fiscal body by ordinance to charge a fee of no less than $5 "for each report." • Subsection (b) directs where the money collected shall be deposited, but note that in (1), (2), and (3), the repeated language is "the department supplying a copy of the accident report." There is no reference to any cost to inspect records. • Subsection (c) addresses the state police and allows it to charge a fee not less than $5 "for each report" and the "inspection and copying of other related data maintained by the department." I read that as authorization for the Indiana State Police to charge a fee not less than $5 to copy docu- ments/data derived from the accident reports. For example, a father going to a police depart- ment to take a look at his teen son's official accident report should be allowed to inspect it at no cost, but if he wants to take a copy home with him, he'll have to pay the fee. And a person trying to extract some information from the ISP database of accidents could be charged a fee to inspect a report created by ISP from that data. The county council wants us to publish the "Summary of Federal Findings from the Supplemental Compliance Report of the State Board of Accounts." Apparently, this summary is done every year and is on the State Board of Accounts website. The report is critical of certain officeholders of the opposite party of the county council majority, and the council wants it published "like an ordinance," which I take to mean as a legal ad. Is this indeed a legal ad? No, it's not. The county council is not required by law to publish this report, so it doesn't fall under the Public Notice Advertising Law's cap on your advertising rate. You're free to set or negotiate the price to publish the report just as you can with any regular advertiser. Contact Steve Key, HSPA executive director and general counsel, with media law questions at skey@ hspa.com or (317) 624-4427. HSPA Hotline A A A Q Q Q

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