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  • Newsmakers February 2002

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 11 February 2002 00:00
    Catherine Austin is the newest member staff writer of the Uvalde Leader News. She worked for seven years as lifestyles editor for the Pleasanton Express and was a high school language teacher. The Austi...

  • Obituaries February 2002

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 11 February 2002 00:00
    Johnathan Capps Johnathan Capps, 61, died Dec. 24, 2001 from a heart attack. He was a columnist for the Ellis County Press in Ferris during the 1990s and 2000. He also collected police reports from local authorities. ...

  • Covering election polls requires caution

    TPA eBulletin
    Created: Friday, 01 February 2002 00:00
    Ask the Attorney -- TPA Legal Column Q: Where can reporters and photographers be on election day and what can they cover? Texas election laws go to some lengths to protect the integrity of the actual vote-casting process and to protect the voters partic...

  • Newsmakers January 2002

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 14 January 2002 00:00
    Dan Bell is the new criminal justice, police and courts reporter for The Huntsville Item. He came from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Bruce Castelberry joined Van Zandt Newspapers as sports editor. He came from cor...

  • Obituaries January 2002

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 14 January 2002 00:00
    Clifford Acker Clifford Leon Acker, 61, died Dec. 12, 2001 at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont. He was a reporter for The Liberty Vindicator and other newspapers for many years. Beatrice Brown ...

  • Newsmakers December 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 17 December 2001 00:00
    The Alpine Avalanche announced two staff changes.Talitha Jo Raby was hired as staff writer and Ann-Mary Rodriguez was named bookkeeper. Raby is an Alpine native and Rodriguez formerly worked for the Sul Ross St...

  • Obituaries December 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 17 December 2001 00:00
    Julius Mathan Carter Julius Mathan Carter, 47, died Oct. 24, 2001. He was the son of the late Julius P. Carter, founder of the Houston Forward Times, and Lenora Carter. Taylor Lee Gillespie Taylor Lee Gillespie...

  • Joe Cook, oldest TPA, NNA, president dies at 91

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 12 November 2001 00:00
    Joe T. Cook made quite a name for himself during his career as a fourth generation newspaperman. Cook, who died Nov. 3, 2001 at his Corpus Christi home at age 91, was the oldest living TPA past president, leading the associatio...

  • News Briefs November 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 12 November 2001 00:00
    ACM adds weekly to holdings MIDLOTHIAN — Midlothian Newspapers Inc., a new arm of American Consolidated Media, bought The Midlothian Mirror on Oct. 31. Debbie Garvin had been the owner and publisher of...

  • Newsmakers November 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 12 November 2001 00:00
    The Associated Press Managing Editors met last month in Milwaukee and named new officers. Texans on the board include Houston Chronicle assistant managing editor Walter Johns as treasurer and Stuart Wilk, manag...

  • Obituaries November 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 12 November 2001 00:00
    William Barry William Patrick Barry, 45, died suddenly of cardiac arrest on Oct. 20, 2001. Barry worked at the Williamson County Sun in the editorial department before moving to Washington, D.C., to work for the Li...

  • News Briefs October 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00
    Morton changes hands MORTON — Leroy Wilson sold the Morton Tribune to Danny and Chris Woolam effective Oct. 1. Wilson, who owned the newspaper for the last seven years, retained ownership of the Sudan Beacon an...

  • Newsmakers October 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00
    David Arkin was appointed managing editor of The Huntsville Item. He joined the staff in March. As managing editor he replaced Robbie Magness who left to become sports editor at The Beaumont Enterprise. The ...

  • Obituaries October 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 15 October 2001 00:00
    Doris Askins Doris Askins, 76, died Sept. 11 at her Blair home. She wrote the Blair news for the Timpson & Tenaha News. James Curry James E. Curry, 63, died Sept. 28 of complications from diabetes and heart di...

  • News Briefs September 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 17 September 2001 00:00
    Castro County News changes ownership DIMMITT — The Castro County News changed hands Sept. 1 after being in the same family for 58 years. Chris and Joye Bradford leased the newspaper from longtime publisher Don N...

  • Newsmakers September 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 17 September 2001 00:00
    Austin American-Statesman announced three staff promotions and changes.Sandra Kleinsasser was named news editor/features. She has worked at the newspaper for 21 years. Jim Phillips returned to the main newsroom as assistant ...

  • Obituaries September 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 17 September 2001 00:00
    Tom Gladding Tom Gladding, 89, died July 20 of cirrhosis of the liver at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Dallas. His disease was not related to alcohol consumption. He worked in the circulation department of The ...

  • News Briefs August 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00
    Lubbock attorney adds publisher to job title LUBBOCK — Don Richards, an open government attorney, and Ron and Jamey Phillips purchased the Hale Center American from Tommy and Claudia Rambo. The new owners took ove...

  • Newsmakers August 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00
    Maurice Barcomb has been named circulation manager of The Paris News. He was zone manager for The Dallas Morning News and has 28 years experience in circulation including jobs at The (Rosenberg) Herald Coaster, ...

  • Obituaries August 2001

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Monday, 13 August 2001 00:00
    C. Albert Altwegg Jr. C. Albert “Al” Altwegg Jr., 85, died July 5 of complications of a stroke and pneumonia at an Arlington nursing home facility. He was among the first editors to cover business news for The Dallas M...