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  • TCCJ’s second fall advertising boot camp to offer training in design and copywriting

    Front Page News
    Created: Wednesday, 03 October 2012 08:41
    From the Texas Center for Community Journalism: The Texas Center for Community Journalism will offer its second fall advertising boot camp on Nov. 2 to train community newspaper advertising professionals in advertising design and copywriting. The worksh...

  • Better digital design = better engagement, retention

    Front Page News
    Created: Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:43
    From the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute: COLUMBIA, MO – The results of a national media study revealed that adults who are motivated to seek out rewards rather than avoid threats are more likely to use mobile media platforms to access local an...

  • Statement of Ownership due Oct. 1

    Front Page News
    Created: Wednesday, 19 September 2012 14:42
    If you are claiming e-subscriptions you must complete an additional worksheet The deadline for filing your Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (PS Form 3526) with the United States Postal Service is Oct. 1. The filing and publication ...

  • Find your new hire this fall at UT's job fair

    Front Page News
    Created: Tuesday, 18 September 2012 07:55
    Texas newspapers are hiring (as evidenced by TPA's Job Bank). So what better opportunity to find a new addition to your staff than a job fair? The University of Texas at Austin will hold its Fall 2012 Communication Job & Internship Fair on Tuesday, Oct. ...

  • Newsmakers: September 2012

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:54
    See who made the news this month! (Top row, left to right) Jane WilliamsCox Media Group Jane Williams, publisher of the Austin American-Statesman, was named senior vice president for parent company Cox Media Group’s television markets. A native of A...

  • National Newspaper Week is right around the corner

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 10:58
                Newspapers are the cornerstone of a community, and it’s time to remind your readers! Let your community know that the local newspaper is there for them by promoting National Newspaper Week, Oct. 7-13. NNW materials, including l...

  • FOIFT to offer e-filing service for AG’s open records rulings

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 10:52
    The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas has introduced a pilot program to help newspapers save money on requesting open records rulings, related materials and written arguments from the Texas Attorney General’s office. The new program is a ...

  • News Briefs: September 2012

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 10:48
    Postal ruling favors direct mailer over newspapers The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved a three-year contract between the U.S. Postal Service and one of the largest advertising mailers in the country, Valassis Communications Inc. The agreement, ...

  • Digital vs. Dinosaur

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:34
    "Rambling" by Russel Skiles, TPA President 2012-13 Earlier this year I was looking through a filing cabinet in the old photo darkroom when I came across the memory card for our first digital camera. Labeled as a Digital Camera Storage Adapter, it was an...

  • When tragedy hits home

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 15:14
    A Midland County Sheriff’s Office armored personnel carrier approaches Madison’s home early Thursday morning (Aug. 2) in a continued attempt to have Madison surrender on his own. Snipers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers kept aim on Madis...

  • Welcome Ye Editors (to 1908)

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 17 August 2012 15:06
    This picture of the arch in Mineral Wells, erected to welcome members of the Texas Press Association (who held a meeting in the nearby Chautauqua auditorium), was taken from East Hubbard Street looking north on Mesquite in 1908. The Texas Press Associatio...

  • -30-: August 2012

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 17 August 2012 14:51
    Lonnie Rankin(1927 — 2012)From the Miles MessengerLonnie Rankin, co-owner and operator of the Miles Messenger, died June 20 after a short courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his family and friends.Lonnie, along with his wife Oleta, came to Miles...

  • Congratulations to TPA's 2012 NNA contest winners!

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 17 August 2012 14:29
    NNA Better Newspaper Contest WinnersThe Azle News1st Place: Best Serious Column, Daily & Non-daily Division (circulation 3,000-5,999) 3rd Place: Best Sports Column, Daily & Non-daily Division (circulation less than 6,000)The Clarendon EnterpriseHonorab...

  • Castroville paper awarded attorney fees in anti-SLAPP case

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 17 August 2012 14:15
    Tom Williams | Haynes and Boone LLPIn one of the first tests of the new anti-SLAPP statute, a Texas newspaper was awarded attorney fees after the plaintiffs had already dismissed the lawsuit against the newspaper. Hest Technologies, a computer firm, and ...

  • Members of all ages can benefit from TPA training

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 17 August 2012 14:04
    Rambling | Russel Skiles, TPA President 2012-13 I hate to admit it but my first stab at journalism was nothing short of a failure. Failure as in a great big F, boldly written and underlined in red ink, on the first news story I ever wrote. It came my s...

  • Requirements for election notices

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Friday, 17 August 2012 14:00
    TPA Hotline | Ed Sterling, TPA Member Services Director Q: My county clerk did not submit an election notice for publication in my newspaper. Should she have? A: Texas Election Code does not require a public/legal notice of a runoff election to be publi...

  • E-subs count on Statement of Ownership

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:21
    Joel Allis | TPA Periodicals ConsultantEffective May 9, the U.S. Postal Service will allow electronic paid/requester subscriptions to be included on the Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation, PS Form 3526. The deadline to file is Oct. 1. Th...

  • Terry Young elected a TNF trustee

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 09:14
    Terry Young, a former reporter for United Press International and a longtime supporter of the Texas Press Association, has been elected as a trustee of the Texas Newspaper Foundation. An Austin advertising and public relations executive, Young has served...

  • Invest in your future

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 09:02
    Support Texas Newspaper Foundation fundraisers   By Bob BrincefieldTPA President 2010-11At The Robert Burns Classic several weeks ago, while taking in the magnificent view of the hills around San Antonio, I reflected on the journey this TPA event has...

  • Reporters honored for government watchdog efforts

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 08:57
    The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas’ prestigious Monson FOI Awards were presented at the Texas Press Association’s annual summer convention at the Westin Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio on June 23. The Monson FOI Award recognizes journali...