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  • Donnita Fisher selected as a 'self-improver' in 2012 Society of News Design experiment

    Front Page News
    Created: Thursday, 09 February 2012 08:20
    TPA's Donnita Nesbit Fisher didn't just jot down a few New Year's resolutions this year (and promptly forget about them, as so many of us already have), she boldly volunteered to share her goals with the world and publicly document her progress. Fisher, ...

  • PitchIt Challenge: Got a big idea?

    Front Page News
    Created: Thursday, 09 February 2012 08:15
    From We Media: The 2012 We Media PitchIt Challenge is open to entries. PitchIt helps would-be entrepreneurs turn their bold ideas for innovative digital media startups into something real.  PitchIt offers $25,000 in seed funding to each of two winner...

  • Columbia University accepting submissions for two journalism awards

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    Created: Wednesday, 08 February 2012 16:06
    From Columbia University: The Columbia Graduate School of Journalism is seeking submissions for two major reporting prizes that will recognize professional achievement during its Journalism Day graduation ceremony on May 15. Deadline for the annual Me...

  • Texas Gavel Awards submissions due April 2

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    Created: Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:28
    Monday, April 2 at 5 p.m. is the submission deadline for the Texas Gavel Awards honoring journalistic excellence in legal reporting. The Texas Gavel Awards program is coordinated by the State Bar of Texas Public Affairs Committee and judged by an independ...

  • American Consolidated Media launches second phase of Digital Reporter Project

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    Created: Tuesday, 24 January 2012 15:42
    Recently, American Consolidated Media, home to more than 80 print and digital publications in nine states, launched the second class of journalists involved in its Digital Reporter Project. ACM is headquartered in Irving, Texas. The Digital Reporter Pro...

  • Annual recycled newsprint survey due Jan. 31

    Front Page News
    Created: Friday, 13 January 2012 14:48
    Every year the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality collects data on recycled newsprint. Texas law requires that newspaper publishers submit their 2011 report to TCEQ by Jan. 31. More information about the reporting requirement is available in the Te...

  • Submit your 2012 Monson Award nominations

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    Created: Friday, 06 January 2012 16:05
    April 6 is the deadline for Monson Award nominations. Sponsored by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press Association, the Monson FOI Award recognizes journalists and/or newspapers for outstanding efforts that uphold First Ame...

  • It's time to step up your game – Sign up now for TPA's 'Sports Writing for Community Newspapers' course

    Front Page News
    Created: Friday, 06 January 2012 15:05
    Learn how to make your newspaper's sports pages more objective, more accurate, and, of course, more interesting! Join us for another great TPA online training opportunity, "Sports Writing for Community Newspapers," Jan. 25 to March 9, with instructor G...

  • Learn new techniques that will save you time and money at the Texas Press Midwinter Conference

    Front Page News
    Created: Thursday, 05 January 2012 14:42
    By Laura King | TPA Of all the expenses associated with newspaper layout/production, perhaps the costliest is time. You’re already spending 20 or 30 hours a week designing pages and building ads. Who has time to learn InDesign CS5.5? So what if yo...

  • Hotel Deadline Today - Reserve Your Texas Press Midwinter Conference Hotel Room Now!

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    Created: Wednesday, 04 January 2012 11:52
    The Texas Press 2012 Midwinter Conference & Trade Show is just two weeks away! But today, Jan. 5 at 5 p.m. is the deadline to reserve a room at the discounted rate of $124 per night (call reservations at 972-453-1234). If your newspaper is a qualified T...

  • NNA/Mizzou survey: Public wants governments to publish public notices in newspapers

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    Created: Tuesday, 20 December 2011 12:49
    According to an annual survey of towns represented by community newspapers conducted by the National Newspaper Association and the research division of the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism, 80 percent of the public believ...

  • Newspaper Thanksgiving Day editions set records

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    Created: Tuesday, 13 December 2011 10:36
    2011 Thanksgiving Day shopping inserts break records for heft and number Consumers pay premium prices for newspapers’ Thanksgiving editions, while single-copy sales increase By Cheryl Sadowski | NAA Vice President Arlington, Va. – Advertisers an...

  • ‘Free to Tweet’ to encourage young people to celebrate First Amendment

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    Created: Monday, 12 December 2011 15:32
    A note from the American Society of Newspaper Editors President Ken Paulson: There’s an important date coming up this week, and it has nothing to do with gift-giving. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, will be the 220th birthday of the First Amendment and ...

  • Important message from NNA on postal reform

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    Created: Friday, 09 December 2011 09:59
    The National Newspaper Association is working to preserve essential postal delivery, so that its member newspapers may continue distributing their publications in a timely manner through the U.S. Postal Service. NNA sent the letter below to its membe...

  • Two ways TPA helps member newspaper publishers save money

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 23 November 2011 12:33
    By TPA President Chad Ferguson | "PRESSing MATTERS," Texas Press Messenger Making, as well as saving, money is something that is dear to everyone’s heart. And TPA has a couple of ways that will help us do just that. First and foremost, the TPA Cent...

  • 'The Journalism Blues: What happened to the news?'

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    Created: Tuesday, 22 November 2011 13:38
    From the Texas Center for Community Journalism: Normally, the Texas Center for Community Journalism at TCU specializes in workshops for community journalism, consulting and research on the latest developments in the field. But they’ve branched out...

  • See who made the news in the Texas newspaper industry this month!

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 18 November 2011 08:47
    November Newsmakers (From left to right) DONNI BRYANTStephenville Empire-Tribune Donni Bryant joined the editorial staff of the Stephenville Empire-Tribune in October. She handles anniversary, wedding and birth announcements as well as items for the co...

  • Dwight McKenzie on selling print in the digital age

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Thursday, 17 November 2011 15:13
    By Dwight McKenzie | TPA Advertising Director I read a good friend’s column recently, “Has the Newspaper Industry Turned the Corner?”, and it got me curious about the one thing we seem to have forgotten. The industry is so wrapped up with all the n...

  • TNF announces 2012 Hall of Fame inductees

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Thursday, 17 November 2011 14:47
    Texas Newspaper Foundation is proud to announce Arthur H. “Art” Kowert, Roy Robinson, William Dean Singleton and Carmage Walls as the 2012 inductees in the Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on Friday e...

  • NNA recognizes 9 TPA member newspapers

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Thursday, 17 November 2011 14:15
    Congratulations to the winners of the National Newspaper Association 2011 Better Newspaper Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest. To see other examples of excellence in community journalism and advertising, check out the NNA BNC/BNAC winners sl...