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  • Sign up for TPA's Sports Connection

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 08:51
    Texas Press Association has teamed up with several high school coaches associations to deliver high school sports information to your desktop. Subscribers to TPA’s Sports Connection receive coaches’ polls, all star and all state announcements, coach o...

  • TPA announces 2012-13 board of directors

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:10
    Texas Press Association is proud to announce the members of the 2012-13 TPA Board of Directors. Russel Skiles, publisher of the Lamesa Press-Reporter, was elected president of the board on June 23 at the 2012 TPA Newspaper Executives’ Retreat in San ...

  • Q&A with Glenn Rea, TPA's newest officer and treasurer

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 11:44
    Give us some details about yourself. (Where are you from? How long have you worked in the industry? Where did you get your start?)I grew up in Andrews graduating from high school there in 1967.Started out throwing the Andrews County News as a youngster an...

  • Citizens’ comment vs. response periods

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 11:36
    "TPA Hotline" by Ed Sterling, TPA Member Services Director  Q: At the city council meeting last night, a former mayor spoke during the citizens’ comment period and asked the standing mayor confrontational questions meant to elicit an instant respons...

  • New summer convention format is a success

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 11:31
    "Rambling" by Russel Skiles, TPA President 2012-13 Major changes always make all of us a bit nervous, whether it involves putting together a new special section or trying something different on the newspaper’s website. Such was the case when the Texas...

  • TPA elects Russel Skiles as 2012-13 president

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 24 July 2012 11:17
    Russel Skiles, publisher of the Lamesa Press-Reporter, was elected the 135th president of Texas Press Association on June 23 at the 2012 TPA Newspaper Executives’ Retreat in San Antonio. He succeeds Chad Ferguson, editor and publisher of The Banner Pres...

  • The Robert Burns Classic raises $1,500 for TNF

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:14
    Back row (from left): Jim Bardwell, Glenn Rea, Phil Major, Ted Rickenbacher, Mike Graxiola, Mark Henry and Bob Brincefield. Front row (from left): Dwight McKenzie, Duy Nguyen, Stephen Ables, Greg Shrader, Chad Engbrock, Bill Crist and Jim Moser. The Ro...

  • A fond farewell from President Chad Ferguson

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:10
    "PRESSing MATTERS"  |  By Chad Ferguson It hardly seems possible a year has come and gone since I was elected by you, the members, to serve as Texas Press Association’s 134th president. What an honor and privilege it was to represent the finest pr...

  • TPA recognizes Lolly Nichols at Newspaper Retreat

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 10:06
    A plaque, donated by The Lufkin Daily News, was presented in Lolly Nichols’ honor at the TPA Newspaper Executives’ Retreat in San Antonio in June and will soon be hung in the TPA office. Nichols was a longtime employee and friend to Texas Press Asso...

  • Thanks, Tennessee Press Association!

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 09:36
    Tennessee Press Association judge Eric Miller, Robertson County Times, Springfield, Tenn., hard at work. Photo by Robyn Gentile, Tennessee Press Association. Now that all the awards have found a home, Texas Press Association would like to thank the mem...

  • Jeff Wick named 'Best Sportswriter of the Year in Texas'

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 09:26
    Fred B. Hartman (left) presents the Fred Hartman Excellence in Sportswriting Award to Jeff Wick. Jeff Wick, sports editor and managing editor at The Fayette County Record in La Grange, took home $1,000 and the title of “Best Sportswriter in Texas” ...

  • Sweeping up

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 11 July 2012 09:15
    From left: Robb Krecklow, Alvarado Star; Dolores Hamilton, Iowa Park Leader; Cyndy Slovak-Barton, Hays Free Press; Amber Weems, The River Cities Sunday Tribune; Jason Jarrett, Round Rock Leader; Ben Trollinger, The Williamson County Sun; and Marivel Resen...

  • How to identify opponents of public notice in newspaper

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 15:48
    "TPA Hotline" by Ed Sterling, TPA Member Services Director Q: Exactly who is pressuring my state representative and state senator to repeal laws requiring hardcopy publication of public notices?A: Here are two things you can do to find out who they are: ...

  • A powerful story becomes a teachable moment

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 15:39
    "PRESSing MATTERS" by Chad Ferguson, TPA President 2011-12 We all need words of encouragement … even in our profession.  As I stated previously in an early release of “PRESSing MATTERS,” we don’t often receive those kind words when something wi...

  • Granite announces management changes

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 15:27
    Granite Publications President Rick Reynolds has announced his retirement, effective June 1, and Dennis C. Wade has been named his successor. Granite Founder Jim Chionsini made the announcement May 8. “I wish to thank Jim and his family for the grace ...

  • Publisher or Entrepreneur?

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 14:36
    Can you identify unrealized business opportunities in your town? Bill Harris, a speaker at the upcoming TPA Newspaper Executives’ Retreat, wants to know. Brimming with ideas to share. Entrepreneur. Business incubation consultant. People connector. Such...

  • April 2012 Newsmakers

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 09 May 2012 09:07
    (In order of appearance) James W. RaineyNew Braunfels Herald-Zeitung James W. Rainey was named editor and publisher of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung. Rainey was most recently the publisher of the Opelika-Auburn News in Alabama. His career in publishi...

  • Bingo ads, home rule cities, and the history of public notice

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 09 May 2012 08:49
    "TPA Hotline" by Ed Sterling, TPA Member Services Director Q: Can a nonprofit that is giving away prizes in a bingo game advertise that bingo game? This nonprofit is not one of the groups for which this is a regular thing, so they do not have a license n...

  • Industry events reminiscent of family reunions

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Wednesday, 09 May 2012 08:30
    "PRESSing MATTERS" by Chad Ferguson, TPA President 2011-12 I recently attended a first-cousin family reunion in Louisiana. The primary purpose was to celebrate my Aunt Rene’s 90th birthday. My mother was the youngest of the 13 Lofton siblings, born ...

  • TPA past president Dick Richards dies at 74

    Texas Press Messenger
    Created: Tuesday, 10 April 2012 13:45
    Richard P. “Dick” Richards, the 117th president of Texas Press Association, died April 7 in Houston. He was 74. Richards has been a member of the association since 1963 and served as director, treasurer and vice president before being elected preside...