News from our members

  • Writer points out traps to avoid

    May 14, 2014

    The article below was originally published at Inc.com.By Jeff HadenWhile I like to think I know a little about business writing, I often fall into a few word traps. For example, who and whom. I...

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  • Digital numbers trend wrong way for newspapers

    April 28, 2014

    By Ken Doctor, Nieman Labs, Harvard UniversityAt a few smart legacy news companies, there’s digital advertising growth and smart strategy. But most newspaper companies are finding the important...

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  • Brown resigns as Sunshine Coalition executive director

    April 26, 2014

    Randy Brown, a career journalist and, most recently, a Wichita State University journalism instructor, has resigned his position as executive director of the Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open...

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  • Are you in compliance with the 75 percent rule?

    April 26, 2014

    There’s been an uptick in recent years of newspapers found in violation of the 75 percent advertising rule, which prohibits periodicals from running more than 75 percent advertising percentage in...

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  • SPJ opposes latest restriction on free speech

    April 22, 2014

    INDIANAPOLIS – The Society of Professional Journalists is outraged at the federal government’s latest restriction on the free flow of information to the public: prohibiting U.S. intelligence...

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  • Two named to Hall of Fame; other journalists honored

    April 12, 2014

    MANHATTAN — Two professional journalists — a former Harris Enterprises executive and a former newspaper publisher/Wichita State University educator — were inducted into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of...

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  • It's KPA convention week: see you in Manhattan

    April 9, 2014

    The 2014 Kansas Press Association annual convention in Manhattan begins Friday. Convention headquarters is the Hilton Garden Inn."Livin' It Up in the Little Apple" is the theme of this year's...

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  • Two Kansans included in '25 under 35' E&P honors

    April 7, 2014

    Tommy Felts of the Ottawa Herald and Matt Tait of the Lawrence Journal-World are among those being honored this year by Editor & Publisher magazine as recipients of the "25 under 35" awards.Felts...

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  • Long-time Journal-World editor dead at 88

    April 5, 2014

    Bill Mayer, longtime member of the Journal-World news staff, died Thursday. He was 88.Mayer, born Billy Francis Mayer on April 11, 1925, in Kansas City, Kan., worked at the newspaper for 60 years,...

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  • HB 2555 appeared dead but rises again

    April 2, 2014

    While the Kansas Senate failed to advance House Bill 2555 that would have presumed probable cause affidavits used to support arrest warrants as open records, sending the bill to an early grave, the...

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