Would you like for your newspaper photos to be more engaging and perhaps tell more of a story? If you missed the “Visual Storytelling for Newspaper Photography” session at the TPA summer convention, presented by Russell Viers, you have another opportunity to see it. Or maybe you saw it and you want your staff sit in.

By KEN ESTEN COOKE, 2023-24 TPA President

“Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America. Rich, poor, Panhandle, Gulf, city, country, Texas is the obsession, the proper study, and the passionate possession of all Texans.”

– John Steinbeck

With nearly two years until the next legislative session, opponents of Texas’ anti-SLAPP statute have already announced they will try again in 2025 to roll back important protections in the law.

Attracting and keeping top talent can be difficult today. AffinityChoice, a new employee benefit group insurance program, is designed to help TPA members meet that challenge.

Eligible employees of participating members are offered a menu of voluntary group employee benefit coverages including life, dental, vision and short-term disability insurance.

The 114th annual meeting of the Panhandle Press Association was held July 14-15 in Canyon.

The convention opened with a luncheon on Friday during which Jim Steiert of the Hereford Brand and the late Carroll Koch of the Quanah Tribune-Chief were inducted into the PPA Hall of Fame.

Portal to Texas History Director Ana Krahmer shows Phil Major some of the older newspaper editions preserved at the University of North Texas Library. Major joined members of the Mineola Landmark Commission to Denton when they delivered historic documents retrieved from a 1936 time capsule.

By PHIL MAJOR, Publisher, Wood County Monitor