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Pick your career: Investigative Reporter, Multi-Media Ad Sales, Publisher/GM, Editor, Press Operator

There are job openings in Kentucky and with related corporations Check out these positions at kypress.com/jobs     MULTI-MEDIA SALES CONSULTANT – Maysville Ledger Independent The Ledger Independent is seeking a full-time Multi-Media Sales Consultant who is highly motivated, energetic, goal oriented, and ready to achieve success! This position sells our full range of products including digital, print and special […]

Win a week at a beachfront condo in Pensacola; just share your ideas with NNA

As you can see from the email below, the NNA Foundation is putting out a survey with the added incentive of a chance to win a week’s stay at a beachfront condo in Pensacola. NNA is having a targeted legislative fly-in in May to discuss a rate cap and service measurement with legislators as well as discussing our federal advertising […]

Gannett, McClatchy to stop using Associated Press

BY DAVID BAUDER NEW YORK (AP) — The Gannett and McClatchy news chains, publishers of more than 230 outlets including USA Today and the Miami Herald, have said they will stop using journalism from The Associated Press amid continued financial pressures for the news industry. The decision by Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, severs a century-old partnership. It “enables us to invest further in our newsrooms,” […]

KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME (KHSBHF) CLASS OF 2024

The Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame (KHSBHF) is honored to announce its 2024 Class of Inductees. These twelve represent the great wealth of achievement by players and coaches over the decades. Biographies for the inductees can be found on the KHSBHF websiteat khsbhf.com. The Induction Celebration will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the Historic State Theater […]

For Jobe Publishing graphic designer, it was ‘The Best Gig Ever!’

By Renee Daffron, regional graphic designer for Jobe Publishing/Russell Springs Times Journal What started as a hobby has led to the best side-gig ever. This past weekend one of Kentucky’s biggest events was held, Lexington Comic and Toy Convention (LCTC). While most of these conventions are labeled as “comic con” LCTC is more of a celebration of all things pop […]

Kentucky’s oldest newspaper has provided over 200 years of coverage

‘The paper we put out today is tomorrow’s history’ This story by Teri Saylor, formerly executive director of the North Carolina Press Association, was published two weeks ago on the KPA Facebook Page and is lead story in the March 2024, Publishers’ Auxiliary, published by the National Newspaper Association. By Teri Saylor, Special to Publishers’ Auxiliary At The Bourbon County […]

As ’24 session winds down, legislature changes the calendar

One thing is certain. When April 15 gets here, the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly will be in its final day. That’s not open to discussion or change by the legislature. It’s stated in the Kentucky Constitution that the session must end on April 15. But it gives them a chance to adjust the calendar until then and that’s what has […]

A newspaper is always significant if it has made a difference

By Chip Hutcheson, KPA Past President Local. local, local. When the subject focuses on content, that word “local” is crucial to every community newspaper. Every year about this time Pub Aux focuses on ideas related to content. We’ll delve into that, but a few caveats need to precede the conversation. Reduced staffing is often blamed for a decrease in locally-produced […]

Revised HB 509 passes committee, heads to full House; still cause for concern

House Bill 509, legislation that as introduced would have turned Kentucky’s Open Records law upside down, is starting to make a move through the 2024 Kentucky General Assembly. After so much backlash from the public and the media, the sponsor, Rep. James Hodgson, R-Fisherville, announced he would be making some changes before it got to a committee. On Thursday, the […]

Its Natonial Prooofreding Da!y!,

U.S. National Proofreading Day, celebrated each year on March 8, is a day to promote error-free writing. We all make typos, grammar mistakes, and spelling errors when we write, especially if we are moving too fast! Editor’s Note: One of the best lessons I’ve learned doing newspapering came from a professional proofreader. Actually, many newspapers used to have a staff […]


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