Hoosier State Press Association - The Indiana Publisher
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��December 20, 2012 Page 2 HSPA calendar Now Media $ales Basics advertising training available FREE in 2012 for HSPA members Feb. 2 APME/HSPA Foundation Job Fair, Franklin College Feb. 7-8 HSPA & HSPA Foundation Annual Meetings, Indianapolis March 1 Eugene S. Pulliam Internship Application Deadline (students & newspapers) March 7 Pulliam Internship Selection Committee Meeting, Indianapolis Dec. 7 Newsroom Seminar and Better Newspaper Contest Awards Luncheon, Indianapolis HSPA Board of Directors HSPA Officers President: Greg Morris, IBJ Corp. Vice President: Robyn McCloskey, Pharos-Tribune (Logansport), Kokomo Tribune Secretary: Jon O���Bannon, The Corydon Democrat Treasurer: Tina West, The Courier-Times (New Castle) HSPA Board Members Dailies Bill Masterson Jr., The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster) Randall Shields, Daily Reporter (Greenfield) Tim Timmons, The Paper of Montgomery County (Crawfordsville), The Times (Noblesville) Kim Wilson, South Bend Tribune 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: John Rumbach, The Herald (Jasper) Vice President: Pat Lanman, Vevay Newspapers Inc. Secretary: Jack Pate, Evansville Courier & Press Treasurer: Jeff Rogers, Home News Enterprises HSPA Foundation Board of Directors Henry Bird, The Herald Bulletin (Anderson) Linda Chandler, Ripley Publishing Nancy Grossman, Leader Publishing Curt Jacobs, The Madison Courier Barbara King, North Vernon Plain Dealer & Sun Mayer Maloney, Hoosier Times Inc. Neal Ronquist, Paxton Media Group Gary Suisman, Journal and Courier (Lafayette) 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 Veteran journalist hailed as area���s ���voice of conscience��� By Bill Dolan The Times (Munster) Mark Kiesling, longtime staff writer and columnist for The Times (Munster), died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The 56-year-old journalist informed and amused Northwest Indiana for nearly three decades with solid reporting and incisive observations about the region���s pageantry ��� from its most exalted government officials down to the axle grease of its motorcycle clubs. ���Northwest Indiana has lost its voice of conscience,��� Times Executive Editor William Nangle said. ���Mark always told it as it was, favoring no one, but holding up those who did good.��� A friend who was with Kiesling on Dec. 13 said he suffered a seizure. He was rushed to St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago, where he was pronounced dead. Kiesling���s peers in the Hoo- 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. Lake Superior Juvenile Court system in 1990 uncovered evidence that then-Judge Darlene Wanda Mears routinely forced personal staff to do her personal errands. His stories triggered a state police investigation, and voters removed her from the bench during a 1992 referendum. A decade later, his investigation about delayed justice caused by then-Criminal Court Judge Joan Kouros��� disorganized paperwork eventually led to her departure from the bench, too. Kiesling took up the columnist���s pen in the summer of 2004, moving from his objective role to a position of subjectivity, and his colorful narration made the area���s more pedestrian events sing. Kiesling also volunteered as a baseball and softball coach in youth leagues. He is survived by sons David and Nicholas, a daughter, Abigail, and a sister, Nancy. Supervisor started career in 1974 Jack L. ���Captain Jack��� Ulery Jr., 56, of Madison, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. He was born July 15, 1956, in Peru, Ind., the son of Jack L. Sr. and Joyce Schmidt Ulery. He was raised in Peru and was a 1974 graduate of Peru High School. He began his career in the newspaper business with the Peru Daily Tribune from 1974 to 1998. He also worked for M & M Towing as a fork lift driver for several years. The family moved to Madison in 1998, and he worked for The Madison Courier as production supervisor until his sudden death. He was spiritual and enjoyed nature and music. He enjoyed playing music and was known as the Percussion Man. He also enjoyed golf and played as often as possible with his family and friends. He was always busy, either at work, play, on the Sunrise Golf Course, the Peru Circus Band or with Andra Bladen and the Two Buck Chucks. He enjoyed watching the Purdue Boilermakers and the Miami Dolphins. He was awaiting the birth of his second granddaughter. He is survived by his wife, Melissa Jo Bacon Ulery, whom he married Jan. 26, 1980; one daughter, Brooke Nice of Peru; three sons, Kristopher Ulery of Madison, and Scott Ulery and Eric Ulery, both of Hanover; two sisters, Kim Ahlfeld of Kendallville and Anita Ulery of Sumter, S.C.; one brother, Jeff Ulery of Mexico, Ind.; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and his grandmother, Ethel Schmidt. Business leaders honor publisher Bill Masterson Jr., left, publisher of The Times (Munster) and member of the HSPA board of dir�� ctors, was recognized e for being named Publisher of the Year by Editor & Publisher maga�������� zine at a recent business reception sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Forum. Yvonne Yeadon, office manager yyeadon@hspa.com ��� (317) 624-4433 Shawn Goldsby, advertising coordinator sgoldsby@hspa.com ��� (317) 803-4772 sier State Press Association judged him the state���s best general columnist in 2004 and 2008. He was regularly honored over the years for feature writing, community service and investigative reporting. Kiesling graduated from Munster High School in 1974 and Indiana University in 1978. He worked for the Lansing-based Sun Journal newspaper and the Daily Calumet in South Chicago before being hired by The Times in June 1985 as a staff writer. He was a prolific writer of the events of the local courts, police stations and the halls of civil government. Kiesling remembered everything, said Bill Bero, who was a co-worker of Kiesling for more than 30 years, said. ���He used to keep a journal of crazy quotes from Chicago politicians who obliterated the English language,��� Bero said. ���He wasn���t afraid to tackle tough stories.��� His investigation of the Photo by John J. Watkins/The Times (Munster) Member notices Employees sought Reporter ��� The Commercial Review (Portland, Ind.), an award-winning daily newspaper in northeast Indiana, is seeking its next star reporter. The main area of focus will be coverage of county government. The job also includes photography, layout/design, proofreading and feature writing. Send resume and three examples of your work to assistant managing editor Ray Cooney at cr.sports@ comcast.net. (1) Sports editor ��� The Standard, a weekly newspaper in southern Indiana, seeks a versatile reporter for sports coverage and various feature writing for Warrick County. This is a full-time posi- tion. Responsibilities include writing game previews, post-game write-ups, features on high school athletes and photography of sporting events. Warrick County has three high schools, with competitive teams at each school. Strong writing skills and photography skills are required, as well as experience with pagination using InDesign. The sports editor also will be responsible for features in our special sections and miscellaneous editorial assignments. The sports editor will also be responsible for the upkeep of Warrick County���s sports website, www.warricksports.com. Send cover letter, resume and writing samples to Tim Young, managing editor, at tyoung@warricknews.com or 204 W. Locust Street, P.O. Box 266, Boonville, IN 47601. (1) Night general assignment/ cops reporter ��� The Times (Munster), Indiana���s secondlargest newspaper, headquartered 30 miles from downtown Chicago, seeks a night general assignment/cops reporter. Applicants should be a highly motivated self-starters with daily newspaper experience and the ability to report breaking news for multiple platforms. Candidates can send a letter, resume and clips to Kerry Erickson, Night Editor, The Times, 601 W. 45th St., Munster, IN��46321, or Kerry.Erickson@ nwi.com. (2) Send member notices to mtuley@hspa.com. Postings will be listed as space permits in print and in full at www.hspa.com.