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Monday, 27 February 2012 12:05 |
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 The 2012 North and East Texas Press Association Convention is just around the corner. It is time to make your plans to join the fun and learn a few things along the way. The event will be March 29-31 at the Purley Gates Retreat in Mount Vernon. Download the registration packet here. Please note that room reservations and fees will be paid through NETPA.
Jim Pumarlo will be the featured speaker for the NETPA convention. He spent 27 years working at small daily newspapers in International Falls and Red Wing, Minn. His publication won first place in Best of the States competition as the best daily newspaper under 10,000 circulation in the nation by the National Newspaper Association in 1998 and won the General Excellence Award as the best nonmetropolitan newspaper under 10,000 circulation by the Minnesota Newspaper Association in 1998 and 2003.
He resigned in December 2003 and currently is director of communications at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Since then, he has written several books about covering community news and remains active in the newspaper industry through his consulting, speaking and custom training. He was given the Al McIntosh Distinguished Service to Journalism Award in 2005 and was recognized as a “Friend of Minnesota Newspapers” in 2007 by the Minnesota Newspaper Association.
Pumarlo understands that energized newspapers are at the foundation of energized communities. His message is straightforward: Community newspapers - whether delivering information in the print or on the Web - must focus on local news if they are to remain relevant to their readers and advertisers. His topics will cover writing vigorous editorials and reporting on sensitive issues in a small town newspaper. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 27 February 2012 12:18 )
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