David Thompson


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776! That’s the number of winners we’ll be announcing Friday, January 26 at KPA Awards Banquet

Actually, it’s 782 when you add in the three Jon Fleischaker Freedom of Information Award winners and the three Journalists of the Year. Those will be one each from a Weekly, a Daily and a Student Publication winner. But for the advertising and news contests, we’ll be announcing 776 first, second, third and Certificates of Merit during the 2024 Kentucky... READ MORE >

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from your KPA Board of Directors and from Rachel, Bonnie, Holly and David T.

  HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all our members, Associate members and friends!! Your KPA Central Office staff will be off Friday, each of us taking a vacation day, and then Monday and Tuesday, December 25 and 26. We will be open Wednesday, December 27 and on Thursday, December 28. We will close again Friday, December 29 and Monday, January 1 and... READ MORE >

New Kentucky AG talks Oldham County roots, crime, 2A, abortion, transparency

By Christian Marnon, The Oldham Era Kentucky’s new Attorney General-Elect fell in love with Oldham County through prosecution. In the years leading up to his selection by former President Donald Trump—and unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate—to serve as U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Kentucky in 2017, Crestwood’s Russell Coleman prosecuted alongside 12th District Commonwealth’s Attorney Courtney Baxter... READ MORE >

Newspapers responding to call for front pages; please double-check the chart to make sure your newspaper name is listed properly

From Bruce Maples, Forward Kentucky, Project Coordinator for Newspaper Front Page Display Here is where we stand as of earlier this week. I think the table is fairly self-explanatory, but in case it isn’t: For each newspaper we will use the latest page we have, either last year’s (2023) or newly submitted (2024). As always, people need to check the... READ MORE >

Special election underway in District 13 North; nomination deadline is December 28

Mike Scogin’s election as Vice President of KPA for 2024 means another election has to be conducted. Mike will vacate his seat for District 13 North on the KPA Board when he takes office at the end of the Winter Convention. So we’ve started the process of filling the rest of the District 13 term. This term began in January,... READ MORE >

Who’s more likely to vote in local elections? State survey gives you the answers (but you already knew)

Candidates for next year’s elections are already starting to announce their intentions. And every newspaper gets requests to run those announcements but typically those same candidates seem to overlook that media when it comes time to advertise. With the state study just completed in mid-November and before the entire study will presented at the KPA Winter Convention, make use of... READ MORE >

Brechner FOI Project taking over Sunshine Week from News Leaders Association

Sunshine Week 2024 will be March 11-15   The Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information (FOI) Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications will educate Americans about the right to public records by coordinating national Sunshine Week, starting in March 2024. The News Leaders Association (NLA), which has led Sunshine Week since 2005, is transferring the public... READ MORE >

Learn from the ones that get away

By John Foust, Adevertising Trainer, Greensboro, NC   When I was a kid, my family took weekend trip to Atlantic Beach on the coast of North Carolina, which is a popular place for fishing in the fall. One night, Dad took me to the Triple-S fishing pier. After not catching anything for a couple of hours, we walked to the... READ MORE >

Mike Scogin elected Vice President of KPA for 2024

Mike Scogin, publisher of the Georgetown News-Graphic, has been elected Vice President of the Kentucky Press Association for 2024. Mike and Charles Myrick, publisher/general manager of the Mountain Advocate in Barbourville, were nominated by the KPA Board to serve as Vice President, resulting in an election by the members of the association. By policy, the KPA Nominating Committee must submit... READ MORE >

Presentation of Kentucky Survey kicks of 2024 KPA Winter Convention

KPA members can get their own specialized state study packet by county for $300, payable to Coda Ventures The results of a state survey of Consumer Insights, conducted in late October/early November by Coda Ventures LLC, will kick off the 2024 Kentucky Press Association Winter Convention, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 25-26 at the University Plaza Holiday Inn Convention... READ MORE >