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  • Newsmakers: June 2011

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 01 July 2011 09:37
    Bill CloughBeeville Bee-PicayuneBill Clough joined the Beeville Bee-Picayune. Clough is a veteran journalist who has worked for seven daily newspapers in Texas, three weeklies, one magazine, two photo agencies, two radio stations, three radio networks and...

  • News Briefs: June 2011

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 01 July 2011 09:32
    DeKalb News merges with Citizens TribuneDEKALB — The DeKalb News and the Bowie County Citizens Tribune merged into a single weekly newspaper  during the first week of June. The paper is published on Wednesdays. The DeKalb News will retain its publicati...

  • Reflections of a Paper Man

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 01 July 2011 09:26
    Bob Brincefield looks back on his 50 years in the newspaper industry Interview by Laura King, Messenger Editor It’s the end of an era for Bob Brincefield. His term as 2010-2011 TPA president is coming to a close, along with his 50th and final year i...

  • Conflicts of interest, school district 'runs' and more

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 01 July 2011 09:21
    Q: One of our city council members has a sister who owns an office supply in town and I am curious about what and how much the city is ordering before I spend time putting together the rest of the story. Any suggestions on how to proceed?A: Ask the city m...

  • Paper Man:

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 01 July 2011 09:15
    A fond farewell from TPA's 2010-11 president Bob Brincefield, Brownwood Bulletin I began this exercise for the TPA Messenger eleven months ago with a personal background column and I thought it would be appropriate to end the assignment in a similar man...

  • Making history with Amazon

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 01 July 2011 09:06
    Dublin newspaper delves into the book business Laura King, Messenger EditorTwo years ago the Dublin Citizen embarked on a new adventure. The paper published its first book through CreateSpace, the self-publishing arm of the Amazon group. The book is a...

  • Bravo! 60 TPA members to judge Washington's contest

    Front Page News
    Created: Thursday, 30 June 2011 14:16
    Thank you, thank you to the 60 TPA members who volunteered to judge the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest! Your time and expertise is greatly appreciated. Mae Waldron at WNPA will be sending out instructions next week...

  • Only 6 more WNPA judges needed!

    Front Page News
    Created: Thursday, 30 June 2011 08:30
    We're almost there! We currently have 54 TPA members registered to judge the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest. We need six more! If you're interested in judging, please sign up by Friday, July 1. Thank you to those of...

  • Register now for these Online Media Campus webinars:

    Front Page News
    Created: Wednesday, 29 June 2011 13:41
    Creating Better Black & White PhotosPresenter: Adobe Certified Instructor Russell ViersDate: Friday, July 8, 1-2 p.m.Cost: $35 for TPA members Registration Deadline: July 5(Registrations submitted after the deadline are subject to a $10 late fee)   Re...

  • SB 1 passes with governor's bad amendment attached

    Front Page News
    Created: Wednesday, 29 June 2011 08:46
    By Ken Whalen, executive vice president, Texas Daily Newspaper Association Yesterday evening (June 28) the Texas House of Representatives voted in favor of the conference committee report for SB 1 containing a version of the travel voucher language the...

  • Relive summer convention fun!

    Front Page News
    Created: Tuesday, 28 June 2011 14:44
    Photos of TPA's 132nd Annual Summer Convention are now available for your viewing pleasure. Visit TPA's Facebook page and Photobucket album to relive the fun! Feel free to tag yourself or someone else!...

  • School finance amendment a cynical display

    Front Page News
    Created: Friday, 24 June 2011 12:11
    New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Publisher Doug Toney (chair of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association and Texas Press Association Legislative Advisory Committee) has granted reprint permission for the editorial below, which was published June 22. Please ...

  • Sign up now to judge WNPA's contest!

    Front Page News
    Created: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 10:12
    The 2011 Texas Better Newspaper Contest has come to a close. The results have been posted online, and TPA would like to thank the judges, the members of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, for all of their hard work. Now it's time to return ...

  • Better Newspaper Contest results are now online

    Front Page News
    Created: Tuesday, 21 June 2011 07:36
    The 2011 Texas Better Newspaper Contest results are now online! Go to http://texaspress.com/index.php/services/2011-better-newspaper-contest to view the results and download the Winners' Circle publication. You can also find the results by scrolling over ...

  • Governor signs 'anti-SLAPP' law

    Front Page News
    Created: Monday, 20 June 2011 09:39
    Gov. Rick Perry on June 17 signed into law House Bill 2973, the Texas Citizen Participation Act. Austin attorney Laura Lee Prather, who spearheaded a coalition that worked in support of the bill, said HB 2973 took effect when the governor wrote his signa...

  • 'The Time is Now': Help Joplin rebuild its schools

    Front Page News
    Created: Monday, 20 June 2011 08:00
    The Joplin Globe has identified a real need to help recent tornado victims, and there is no better way to get the word out than newspapers! This featured ad is for the Globe’s favored Joplin rebuilding project. Any help Texas newspapers can provide ...

  • Room reservation rate EXTENDED!

    Front Page News
    Created: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 15:19
    Members, if you haven't made a hotel room reservation for the Texas Press Association 132nd Annual Summer Convention, here's good news: The room reservation deadline was June 1, but our Hilton Bella Harbor Group Coordinator Melissa Knight has been auth...

  • Regular session ends, special session begins

    Front Page News
    Created: Monday, 30 May 2011 20:43
    On May 30, the last day of the 140-day regular session of the 82nd Texas Legislature, plenty of unfinished business remained on the table. Gov. Rick Perry called a special session to begin at 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 31. As stated in the governor's proclamati...

  • How Texas newspapers can help Joplin journalists

    Front Page News
    Created: Monday, 23 May 2011 15:00
    Recently, The Joplin Globe generously donated a 10-part series on the Civil War (in honor of the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War) to the Missouri Press Foundation, which in turn, offered to share the series with newspape...

  • Missouri newspaper survives killer tornado

    Front Page News
    Created: Monday, 23 May 2011 09:32
    On Sunday evening, a tornado ripped through the town of Joplin, Mo., leveling buildings and homes. At least 116 people have been reported dead and the death toll is expected to climb. Amid the devastation stands The Joplin Globe newspaper office, located...