2006

2006 Archive

January 2006

Hood County increases NIE participation

AG offers open government videos to help compliance

Texas papers cover wildfires in harm's way

Midwinter meeting dates to 1948
Lagniappe, TPA President Judy Johnson

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

February 2006

Austin daily nets 3.6 million page views after UT championship

Conference attracts special guests
Judy Johnson TPA President's Column

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

March 2006

Reader Blogs
Texas dailies add citizen journals to Web sites

Dallas M-News to dump statewide same-day delivery

Fish frys mean it's election season
Judy Johnson, TPA President

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

April 2006

Fire destroys Tyler County Booster office

Lamesa semiweekly travels the world with readers

NNA Government Affairs Conference:

Texan gets mention in president's Q&A
Bush speaks at NNA conference

NNA pushes postal reform, Katrina notices

Bush fields questions from newspaper publishers

Texans meet reps on Capitol Hill
TPA President Judy Johnson

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

May 2006

194 enter Better Newspaper Contest

TPA Newsboy find home
Statue installed at Austin headquarters

Dallas Morning News wins photo Pulitzer

Board discusses our biz
TPA President Judy Johnson

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

June 2006

Azle district sues AG over News' record request

NIE teaches Kerrville students life-long reading habits

Wild weather winds up wonderful year
TPA President Judy Johnson

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

July 2006

251 attend Summer Convention in Woodlands

Cash named UT J-school 1st Griff Singer fellow

Herald-Zeitung wins NIE award for comics contest

Marshall Day elected 2006-07 TPA president

Thirty-dash traces roots to hot type era
TPA President Marshall Day

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

August 2006

Front-page ads run in 32 percent of dailies
Trend also increasing in weeklies, survey shows

Port Arthur NIE encourages students to write about Rita

Show Jerry some love!
Attend NNA convention Oct. 11-14 -- TPA president Marshall Day

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

September 2006

Dallas Morning News expects 85 to take buyouts

Weeklies hold 62% market penetration
Report shows good news in spite of circulation declines

TPA chairman sells newspaper to Silsbee publisher

Members throw money away with ad mess-ups
TPA President Marshall Day

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Obituaries

October 2006

Hood County publisher to lead National Newspaper Association

Advertising Outside the Box
New layouts stand traditional square ads out its head

Refugio sheriff complains Press broke SPJ rules

3 dailies help high schools start newspapers with ASNE grants

Committees steer TPA's important work
TPA President Marshall Day

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

November 2006

Set Your Course for Houston Jan. 18-20 for TPA 60th Midwinter Conference & Trade Show

Newspaper Next report shows industry's potential
Speaker to cover details at TPA Midwinter Conference

NNA continues strong ceremonial traditions
TPA President Marshall Day

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Newsmakers
Obituaries

December 2006

Semiweeklies gain ground in circulation
Dailies, weeklies drop

Judge upholds open meetings law in Alpine case

TPA Mobile Lab trains 282

Shield law could help journalists' reporting
TPA President Marshall Day

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News Briefs
Newsmakers
Obituaries