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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Michele Day retiring at Northern Kentucky University; NKU posts job opening

Michele Day, adviser to The Northerner at Northern Kentucky University, recently announced that she would be retiring at the end of the semester. With that taking place soon, Northern has now posted the job opening....

WLEX features Keith Taylor as Kentucky’s first COVID case happened four years ago this week

BEREA, Ky. (LEX 18) — On March 6, 2020, Governor Andy Beshear announced the first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Kentucky. Since then, COVID-19 has contributed to the deaths of more than 19,650 Kentuckians,...

Hancock Clarion celebrated 131 years this week; Donn Wimmer honored in several ways

My weekly request for news about a newspaper, its staff and the publisher paid off this week. I received the following from Hancock Clarion publisher Donn Wimmer. As he notes, on March 4, 1893, the...

Courier Journal earns APSE ‘Grand Slam,’ one of top national awards for sports journalism

From the Louisville Courier Journal   The Courier Journal sports department was honored by the Associated Press Sports Editors for its 2023 print portfolio and preview section for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby....

News Democrat & Leader switching to once a week

From Mike Alexieff, Publisher Changes are coming to the News Democrat & Leader, changes designed to put the newspaper on a more secure financial footing. But more about that later. First, let me tell you...

Solutions Journalism Network building cohort with rural-serving newspapers, including KPA members

If you attended the 2024 KPA Winter Convention, perhaps you heard Leigh Wright from the Murray State News talk about Solutions Journalism. The SJ Network is now offering more training and mentorship on integrating Solutions...

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

And best of all you don't have to be a member of the National Newspaper Association to participate. As you can see from the email below, the NNA Foundation is putting out a survey with...

Obituary: David Hayes, former Breckinridge County Herald News editor

David Wallace Hayes, 76, formerly of Hardinsburg, passed away Monday, February 26, 2024, at Autumn Trace in Seymour, IN. Born on October 7, 1947, in Glasgow, KY, David was the loving son of David Lee...

When it comes to NCAA trademarks, tell advertisers ‘You can’t use that’

Just a month ago, we warned newspapers about using specific terms related to the Super Bowl. So many terms used are copyrighted by the National Football League that using any one of them in advertising...

Put a stop to workplace silos

By John Foust, Advertising Trainer, Greensboro, NC   Jim, who used to work with a local volunteer fire department, told me about the technique they used to keep everyone on the right roads to arrive...

7 to be inducted into Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame April 9

Inductees are Peter Baniak, Betty Baye, Deborah Givens, Paul Prather, Scoobie Ryan, Sheldon Shafer, Kyle Vance By Duane Bonifer, president, University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media alumni board A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who...

Legislative Updates: House Bill 509’s future could be determined Thursday

To catch you up on some legislation we're watching/working on.   House Bill 509 -- the one that would turn Open Records upside down has been assigned to the House State Government Committee. That committee...

2024 session has highest number of bills (1,220) since 2000

The dealers, otherwise known as the 138 members of the Kentucky General Assembly, have dealt their hands for the 2024 session and now we mostly know what's going to be considered. Monday of this week...

Estill County Historical Society receives donations of three old county newspapers

By Jerry Eltzroth, Estill County Tribune Contributor Reprinted from the Estill County Tribune  Teresa Hatfield Barger, former owner of the Citizen Voice & Times in Irvine, recently donated a couple framed copies of old front...