McElroy, Knoxville editor, becomes TPA president at Summer Convention

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1 Volume 79 August 2015 No. 2 INSIDE President s letter We live in interesting times Page 2 Feature on new TPA President: celroy s work not done yet Page 3 OwnLocal named new associate member of TPA Page 4 Industry News Page Directors & Districts Guide Pages 6-7 Obituaries ichael Joseph ike Pigott, William B. Bill Wellborn, Gladys. cloud Page 8 Tracks Page 9 celroy, noxville editor, becomes TPA president at Summer onvention By ROBN GENTILE TPA ember Services anager Jack celroy, editor of the noxville News Sentinel, is the new president of the Tennessee Press Association (TPA). TPA is the trade association of the state s daily and non-daily newspapers. It is composed of 26 daily newspapers and 95 non-daily newspapers. celroy succeeds Joel Washburn, publisher of The cenzie Banner. Other officers elected at TPA s Business Session during the annual Summer onvention, July 16-17, in noxville were Jesse Lindsey, publisher with the Lebanon Publishing ompany, elected vice president for non-daily newspapers; Eric Barnes, publisher of The Daily News, emphis, elected vice president for daily newspapers; and John Finney, vice president of the Buffalo River Review, Linden, re-elected treasurer. Directors elected for two-year terms are eith Wilson, publisher of The ingsport Times-News, director of District 1; hris Vass, public editor of the hattanooga Times Free Press, director of District 3; William itchell, general manager of the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, director of District 5; ark Palmer, publisher of The Daily Herald, olumbia, director of District 7; and Scott ritchlow, general manager of the Union ity Daily essenger, director of District 9. Elected for a one-year term is Daniel Richardson, regional manager of agic Valley Publishing, director of District 10. ontinuing their terms as directors are arl Esposito, publisher of The Daily Times, aryville, director of District 2; Scott Winfree, publisher of the arthage ourier, director of District 4; Richard V. Stevens, publisher of The Leaf-hronicle, larksville, director of District 6; and Joe Hurd, publisher of The ourier, Savannah, director of District 8. Joel Washburn will continue on the board for one year as immediate past president. The TPA Board of Directors Photo by Elenora E. Edwards of linton, Tennessee. New TPA President Jack celroy, editor of the noxville News Sentinel, left, accepts the gavel from Immediate Past President Joel Washburn, publisher of The cenzie Banner at the 2015 TPA Summer onvention in noxville July 17. elected trustees to serve on the Tennessee Press Association Foundation (TPAF) Board of Trustees for three-year terms. Re-elected trustees are: Bob Atkins, American Hometown Publishing; Eric Barnes, The Daily News, emphis; David ritchlow, Jr., Union ity Daily essenger; R. Jack Fishman, Lakeway Publishers Inc.; W.R. (Ron) Fryar, annon ourier, Woodbury; Dale Gentry, The Standard Banner, Jefferson ity; Gregg. Jones, Jones edia Inc.; John. Jones, Jr., The Greeneville Sun; Lynn J. Richardson, Elizabethton Star; Pauline Sherrer, rossville hronicle; Jason P. Taylor, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Joel Washburn; Bill Williams, Paris; and eith Wilson, The ingsport Times-News. hris Vass, hattanooga Times Free Press, is a newly appointed trustee. TPAF officers elected at the July 16 TPAF Board of Trustees meeting are: Gregg. Jones, president of Jones edia Inc., Greeneville, re-elected president, and Victor Parkins, editor of The ilan irror-exchange, re-elected vice president. Officers and directors of the Tennessee Press Service (TPS), business affiliate of TPA, are Victor Parkins, publisher of The irror Exchange, ilan, president; and Jana Thomasson, publisher of The ountain Press, Sevierville, vice president. Ralph Baldwin, OO of Jones edia Inc., was re-elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors during the TPS Stockholders eeting on July 16. W. R. (Ron) Fryar, publisher of the annon ourier, was elected to a three-year term. Fryar is a past member of the TPS Board. ontinu- See OFFIERS, Page 2

2 Page 2 The Tennessee Press August 2015 We live in interesting times (USPS ) Published monthly by the TENNESSEE PRESS ASSOIATION, IN. 625 arket Street, Suite 1100 noxville, Tennessee Telephone (865) /Fax (865) / Subscriptions: $6 annually Periodicals Postage Paid At noxville, TN POSTASTER: Send address changes to The Tennessee Press, 625 arket Street, Suite 1100, noxville, TN The Tennessee Press is printed by The Standard Banner in Jefferson ity, Tenn. Greg. Sherrill... Editor Amelia orrison Hipps... anaging Editor Robyn Gentile... Production oordinator The Tennessee Press is printed on recycled paper and is recyclable. The Tennessee Press can be read on OFFIIAL WEBSITE OF THE TENNESSEE PRESS ASSOIATION TENNESSEE PRESS ASSOIATION Jack celroy, noxville News Sentinel... President Jesse Lindsey, Lebanon Publishing ompany... Vice President Eric Barnes, The Daily News, emphis... Vice President John Finney, Buffalo River Review, Linden...Treasurer Greg. Sherrill, noxville... Executive Director DIRETORS eith Wilson, ingsport Times-News... District 1 arl Esposito, The Daily Times, aryville... District 2 hris Vass, hattanooga Times Free Press... District 3 Scott Winfree, arthage ourier... District 4 William itchell, Shelbyville Times-Gazette... District 5 Richard V. Stevens, The Leaf-hronicle, larksville... District 6 ark Palmer, The Daily Herald, olumbia... District 7 Joe Hurd, The ourier, Savannah... District 8 Scott ritchlow, Union ity Daily essenger... District 9 Daniel Richardson, rockett ounty Times Alamo...District 10 Joel Washburn, The cenzie Banner...Immediate Past President TENNESSEE PRESS SERVIE Victor Parkins, The ilan irror-exchange... President Jana Thomasson, The ountain Press, Sevierville... Vice President Ralph. Baldwin, Jones edia Inc., Greeneville... Director David ritchlow Jr., Union ity Daily essenger... Director W. R. (Ron) Fryar, annon ourier, Woodbury... Director Vacant... Director Greg. Sherrill... Executive Vice President TENNESSEE PRESS ASSOIATION FOUNDATION Gregg. Jones, The Greeneville Sun... President Victor Parkins, The ilan irror-exchange... Vice President Richard L. Hollow, noxville... General ounsel Greg. Sherrill... Secretary-Treasurer ONTAT THE ANAGING EDITOR TPAers with suggestions, questions or comments about items in The Tennessee Press are welcome to contact the managing editor. all ike Towle, (615) or editor@tnpress.com. The deadline for the September issue is onday, Aug. 3. We ve all heard of the old hinese curse: ay you live in interesting times. The quotation was popularized by Robert F. ennedy in a 1966 speech to the National Union of South African Students. Like it or not, ennedy went on to say, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative of any time in the history of mankind. It turns out that ennedy, and everyone who has cited the curse since then, was wrong. According to the ale Book of Quotations, No authentic hinese saying to this effect has ever been found. The first occurrence of the expression was in 1939 in the American Society of International Law Proceedings. So we can t blame the hinese after all. The sentiment is purely American. But that doesn t make the times any less interesting, especially for the newspaper business. Our industry is in an era of rapid change. The digital revolution has created a vast array of ways to connect with readers and advertisers, through apps, videos, podcasts, web tools and social media. The new methods of storytelling and engagement are powerful and exciting, but they also are available to a multitude of competitors eager to build their own relationships with our traditional customers. As corporate structures evolve to keep up with the shifting industry, ownership changes are affecting many of our businesses. Just a few days ago, Gannett, the nation s largest newspaper company and the owner of several Tennessee properties, split into two corporations, one comprised of newspapers and another of broadcasters. The change followed by just a few months a similar split that ended more than a century of Tennessee newspaper ownership by the E.W. Scripps o. In the statehouse and in county courthouses, politicians who see newspapers in flux are emboldened, willing to use the power of government to retaliate against journalists or to constrain them from performing their watchdog duties. The number of bills limiting public access to information has mushroomed, and an interim study to set fees for the inspection of records threatens to morph into a broad attack on the Public Records Act. Public notice advertising continues to be an issue as well, as bureaucrats look for ways to trim their budgets at the expense of the public awareness of the doings of OFFIERS, from Page 1 ing to serve on the six-member TPS Board is David ritchlow Jr. One board position remains vacant. TPS will elect officers in November. About Jack celroy Jack celroy grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where he attended the University of Arizona, earning a bachelor s degree in English in His first newspaper job was as a reporter in the small exican border town of Douglas, Arizona. In 1977 he joined The Albuquerque Tribune, an E.W. Scripps o. newspaper in New exico, as a reporter. He worked there 14 years, ultimately as managing editor. government. Each year, despite fierce lobbying by TPA and its members, OUR another bit of public-notice advertising seems to be chipped away. PRESIDING Naturally, interesting times for the REPORTER newspaper business mean interesting times for our Press Association, JA ELRO too. Under the leadership of Joel Washburn, as TPA president, Greg Sherrill our executive director, and Victor Parkins, the chair of our cross-company sustainability committee, many organizational changes already have been made. The summer convention has been restructured to include the annual TPA awards luncheon, and the winter convention has been pared down to business meetings and the legislative reception. TPA and its sister organizations have undergone painful staff cutbacks, but the groups also have moved into spectacular new headquarters in the midst of revitalized downtown noxville. ore changes certainly lie ahead for our business and our organization. But I am confident we will find ways to adapt to change and continue to build a strong newspaper industry in Tennessee. The cornerstone of our strategy will be the same as it has been since newspapering began in this state. That is through a commitment to the betterment of our communities. No other business is woven into the fabric of the community like we are. If we continue to cling to that core value, our future, though uncertain, will be bright. While the famous hinese curse turns out not to be hinese at all, another, similar expression that really did originate in hina is worth contemplating at this time. It is: Pin-yin:shi shi zao ying xiong which translates as: Leaders are made over turbulent times. Although I am very grateful to have the honor of moving into the TPA presidency, I confess that I find the prospect daunting. This organization has seen many outstanding leaders through the years, and I don t feel especially equipped to lead in this unquestionably turbulent time. But from my time on the board, I ve come to know that I will not be alone in this task. The Tennessee Press Association is a collection of leaders, and I know that I will be able to call on many for help. I thank you in advance for that assistance. Jack celroy is the editor of the noxville News Sentinel. While in Albuquerque, he earned a master s degree in management at the University of New exico. In 1991, celroy moved to another Scripps paper, the Rocky ountain News in Denver, olorado. He worked there 10 years and was managing editor when the olumbine High School shootings occurred. The newspaper was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its photo coverage of the event. celroy was appointed editor of the noxville News Sentinel in November His wife, Debra, is a biologist and instructor at Pellissippi State ommunity ollege. They have three grown children. About TPA The TPA was founded in for the purpose of creating a unified voice for the newspaper industry in Tennessee. Today, TPA continues to provide assistance to its 121 member newspapers by monitoring legislative activities, providing training programs, issuing press credentials, maintaining a website and providing regular meetings and forums to foster the exchange of information and ideas. The TPA presidency rotates among TPA s three divisions of Tennessee, east, middle and west, and alternates each year between a daily and non-daily publication. It is customary that, when a person is elected a vice president, he or she will serve two terms as vice president before being elected president.

3 August 2015 The Tennessee Press Page 3 celroy s work not done yet By IE BLAERB For The Tennessee Press That great American novel is still on hold. After 40 years as a reporter and editor during some of the most tumultuous and rapidly changing times in the history of the newspaper industry, Jack celroy s work is not done yet. The longtime editor of the News Sentinel in noxville, celroy was installed as the Tennessee Press Association president at the July TPA summer convention in noxville. If not for a chance meeting with one of his former professors at the University of Arizona, celroy s career path would likely have taken a much different direction. When I was going to college I was interested in writing, but I wanted to write fiction and write the great American novel, said celroy. celroy, who grew up in Tucson, earned a bachelor s degree in English from Arizona in When I got out of school, I went to work for a print shop. I was waiting to be inspired to write a novel when one of my college journalism professors stopped by the print shop and said, What are you doing here? I said, This is where I work. He said, Why don t you get a job at a newspaper? celroy said he applied to every daily newspaper in Arizona. The newspaper in Douglas was the only one that gave me an interview, said celroy. That interview provided the gateway for his journalism career as he landed his first newspaper job at the 3,700-circulation Douglas Daily Dispatch, located on the exican border. celroy admits he often wonders what trajectory his career path would have taken if the newspaper at Douglas hadn t taken a chance with the unproven reporter. es, of course you wonder about stuff like that. Lord only knows, he said. In 1977, celroy joined the Albuquerque Tribune, an E.W. Scripps o. newspaper in New exico. He was there 14 years, working his way up to managing editor and earning a master s degree in management at the University of New exico. In 1991, celroy landed a job at the Rocky ountain News in Denver. He worked there 10 years, and was managing editor when the olumbine High School shootings occurred. The newspaper won a Pulitzer Photo by Paul Efird News Sentinel Photographer Jack celroy was inducted as the TPA President at the Summer onvention on July 17. Prize for its photo coverage of the event. celroy was appointed editor of the News Sentinel in noxville in November celroy said there have been many seminal events along the way that piqued his interest in reporting and forged his journalistic principals. Nixon (former U.S. president Richard Nixon) resigned when I was in college, so I had a peek at the golden age of journalism with the Watergate investigation. On June 2, 1976, Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles was killed when a remote-controlled bomb exploded under his car in a downtown Phoenix parking lot. The killing of Bolles, who had spent years reporting about land fraud and organized crime in Arizona, galvanized American journalists as never before. Following the bombing, nearly 40 reporters and editors from 23 newspapers across the country convened in Arizona in the summer of 1976 to continue the investigative work of Bolles. The Arizona Project, the largest collaborative journalism effort in American journalism history, resulted in a 23-part series exposing corruption in Arizona politics. As a cub reporter, celroy said the chain of events affected him deeply. Here I am, in my first month or two as a reporter, and you have this big investigation, he said. It instilled in me a real passion for investigative reporting and accountability reporting in this business. celroy also had a front-row seat to the way that newspapers would present news to readers. That began to change in the mid- 1990s with the advent of online content to augment print. That delicate and difficult transition was one of the deciding factors as celroy s Rocky ountain News and the Denver Post battled for survival. It was a chance to be involved in what was called the last great newspaper war. The Rocky ountain News and the Denver Post were going head-to-head. Both were published in the morning and both had circulations of about 400,000. It was a wonderful time to be a journalist. Of course, change in the newspaper has continued at a frenetic pace since celroy became editor at the News Sentinel in That s sort of when I entered about my third phase (in the business), said celroy. Blogging became a big thing, and you started to see more and more digital innovation. celroy said that the newspaper industry continues to struggle with myriad issues, but he scoffs at notions that the print side is on life-support with the increasing emphasis on digital media. A lot of the focus has been on re-inventing the local news product as a digital product, but print still has a long run ahead, said celroy. There will be a re-invention of print at some point, but I don t know exactly what form they re going to take. One model we re having conversations about is different types of subscription packages based on areas of interest. For example, somebody might have a sports subscription through the News Sentinel that might include tickets to the Ice Bears (noxville s hockey team) and the Tennessee Smokies (minor league baseball team) and offer discounts. celroy said that newspapers continue to struggle with other issues, such as staff reductions and competition from an ever-growing availability of other news sources. Today, there are many more ways to reach people with the news, and there is much more of a back-and-forth flow of information. 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4 Page 4 The Tennessee Press August 2015 Selling the Networks from a newspaper s perspective This year newspaper reps have stepped up and are actively selling the TnSAN- Statewide lassified and TnDAN- Small Display ads. I thought it would be interesting for you to read what your peers are doing to promote the Networks. Dennis Richardson, president of agic Valley Publishing o., Inc. graciously gave his time to share what he is doing at his newspapers. The staff members at agic Valley Publishing enjoy upselling classified and display advertising to the various networks offered through the Tennessee Press Service. The names of those that sell the advertising are put into the hat for periodical drawings for prizes, and when one wins, the excitement NETWORS ADVERTISING ANAGER BETH ELLIOTT builds, said Richardson. agic Valley Publishing is based in amden and that is where most of the network ads originate. Benton ounty is one of the counties that receives funds through the Tennessee River Resort District (TRRD) that funds festivals like the Old Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Jamboree each April in Holladay, Tennessee; the Thirty ile ard Sale and Bargain Highway on the long Labor Day Weekend, and the Waterfowl Festival and Duck Blind Drawing in Big Sandy, Tennessee. uch of the funding is allocated to promotion of the events, and that is a perfect fit for the statewide networks. Richardson said the amden newspaper marks its calendar for these three annual events, and all eight newspapers in the agic Valley Publishing family run weekly house ads promoting the networks. Why wouldn t we want to offer the best coverage for our advertisers? Richardson said. I see it as added value, when we are able to offer broad-range coverage with one call. Richardson said many times it is a matter of simply making the offer. Once the advertiser is in the door and in the mood to reach a large audience, it is a natural service to offer. All agic Valley publications, with four publications in Tennessee, are happy to offer network advertising that reaches most newspapers in one or all of the three regions of the state. It is a valuable tool. The amden hronicle is the only newspaper in the agic Valley Publishing group that is located in the TRRD. Other newspapers along the Tennessee River that receive funds through the TRRD are natural vehicles for network advertising. A member newspaper is allowed to offer a 25-word classified ad all across the state for only $275. There are also the display ad networks like the 2x2, 2x4, 2x6 and the quarter page (TnQPN). We have better luck selling the 2x2 and 2x4 networks, Richardson said, but we always keep our eyes open for the quarter page. A more typical sale would be a 2x2 in a particular region. In the western region the advertiser pays only $360. We also try for multiple runs, said Richardson. If you would like to learn more about how the Networks can benefit your newspaper and existing clients, please contact TPS today at ext OwnLocal named new associate member of TPA Submitted to TTP our media partners We can automatically generate with our database of small business and we leverage your high local every year. this kind of revenue for you, too, photos and text templates to create pagerank in Google to make the OwnLocal was accepted as Tennessee Press Association s newest For example, said Burris. responsive websites. And we can entire platform work, Burris said. associate member during the Board the Observer-Reporter in al print advertisement. First, they API, including mobile coupons and where everything comes with so- OwnLocal starts with a tradition- do almost anything else via our The proof is in the reporting, of Directors meeting on July 16 in noxville. 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Her phone number is The company s website is ELRO, from Page 3 A lot more effort is having to be put into innovating. It s a difficult balance. I use the analogy of rebuilding an airplane that you re flying. Even with all of the dramatic changes that celroy has witnessed in his career that has spanned five decades, he still espouses to those core beliefs that he tapped in to as a young journalist in Arizona. About six years ago we were looking at our first serious cutbacks. We had shrunk the size of the newspaper and made staff reductions, but at the same time we were continuing to aggressively cover county government and our watchdog reporting remained our top priority. celroy said he was flooded with complaints, but one message stood out. I played one voice message where this woman said, I really hated what you guys did cutting back on this, or making a reduction here but when I see stories like the one I did today on Page 1, I remember why I continue to get the newspaper every day. The woman was referring to a News Sentinel story that held a public official accountability for malfeasance. I held onto that message for a while, said celroy. I thought, if we could just hold onto that mission to serve as a watchdog for the community, what we re doing would still matter. Now 62, celroy said he is fortunate to continue to be able to work at something he is still passionate about. I m not retiring any time soon, but at this stage of your career you sort of find yourself reflecting back, he said. It has been a really good run, and I ve been very blessed to be in this business. Please share this copy of The Tennessee Press with your colleagues! Pass it on!

5 August 2015 The Tennessee Press Page 5 INDUSTR NEWS Newspaper publisher forms own brokerage company After 10 years working with a national media brokerage company, newspaper publisher Dennis Richardson started his own newspaper and media brokerage company, Richardson mergers acquisitions valuations. There are no Richardson media brokerage companies located in Tennessee, Richardson said, noting that once there had been a broker with his own business in the mid-state area, but he has long-since passed away. Tennessee is geographically centered. The anadian border, the Atlantic and the Gulf are within a 500 mile radius and a day s drive. Shortly after starting brokerage work, Richardson orchestrated the biggest deal in the company s history in terms of the number of newspaper properties and owners. He said he worked with a new company that formed that was looking for a cluster of weekly newspapers. He put together a deal including three owners and 12 publications crossing two state lines. Richardson works from both the buyer and seller ends, often being engaged by those seeking a particular property as the buyer s broker. He has also represented a large number of sellers. Noting that he is beginning to see an uptick in newspaper valuations and activity among buyers and sellers, he said that he strives to work tirelessly with newspaper owners large and small to fill their needs. I just like to put deals together, Richardson said. Each deal is unique. One had a midnight deadline, and we must have gone back and forth a dozen times that evening. any long-time newspaper publishers are reaching retirement age, and some do not have family members to carry on the business. Richardson works with those owners to help plan an exit strategy and aid in valuations. His brokerage work originates from his home in amden, located just minutes from the Interstate 40 corridor. While formerly designated as a senior affiliate for the South and Southeast, he represented clients in all three regions of Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, entucky, ississippi, Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and even a niche publication in the San Diego area. I look forward to working with owners in the other states as well. Richardson said. Being an owner for more than 30 years and working as editor of small to medium sized weeklies, a twice-weekly and small and mid-sized dailies gives me a realistic, hands-on working knowledge of the newspaper business, Richardson said. Richardson has also represented radio stations. He owns two Fs and an A in amden. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in ommunications, a Rotarian. He and his wife Lisa celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in July. They have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Two sons also work in the newspaper business. He may be reached at dennis@ usit.net or by a phone call to (731) July 10, 2015 Submitted to TTP ain Street edia of Tennessee buys The urfreesboro Post Gallatin-based ain Street edia of Tennessee, a publisher of weekly newspapers, magazines and websites, has acquired The urfreesboro Post and murfreesboropost. com, ain Street edia of Tennessee owner Dave Gould announced recently. The urfreesboro Post, which began publishing in 2006, covers local news in urfreesboro and Rutherford ounty. We are thankful for the opportunity to expand into Rutherford ounty, Gould said. The Post is a strong weekly paper, and we look forward to continuing its focus on local news news that is important to the people of urfreesboro and Rutherford ounty. The Post recently moved its offices to 307 N. Walnut St. in urfreesboro and can be reached at ain Street edia of Tennessee publishes seven other weekly newspapers and websites in Wilson, Sumner and Robertson counties as well as ature Lifestyles of Tennessee and other weekly magazines and annual publications. July 2, 2015 The urfreesboro Post Tennessean wins top honors in SFJ awards The Tennessean racked up top honors recently for supreme storytelling and content presentation in the Society for Features Journalism Excellence-in-Features Awards. The news organization won first place in three categories: integrated storytelling, video storytelling and A&E commentary portfolio. The print edition also won best section for its Portfolio and Ticket sections. Former columnist Peter oooper snagged first place in the A&E commentary portfolio category for his collection of works, ranging from Taylor Swift to celebrity obituaries. Judges said ooper uses a variety of styles and approaches that draw readers into his work. He plays with language, giving us well-paced pieces that make us both smile and think. The body of work is extremely approachable yet it remains smart. Photographer Nate Rau and photojournalists Sam Simpkins and aren raft won first place in integrated storytelling for Band on the Brink. This collection of articles, blogs and audio files, as well as documentary, which aired at the Belcourt Theatre, follows the band The New Dylans as they document what it takes to make it in usic ity. Judges said, A story about musicians and the music they make, of course, cries out for sound, and this project doesn t disappoint. Additionally, photojournalist Shelley ays short video Recovering from eth Addiction gained first place in video story telling. June 24, 2015 The Tennessean, Nashville News Sentinel series tops area journalism awards Save the date A News Sentinel series on poverty won the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists Golden Press ard Award for work done in Last fall s Struggling to Get By, a multi-day series by photographers Amy Smotherman Burgess and ichael Patrick and reporter risti L. Nelson, won the best-in-show award at the society s annual Golden Press ard Awards in June at the University of Tennessee Visitors enter. The series, which also won an Award of Excellence, or first place, in the General Reporting category for newspapers, was chosen for the award from among all of the first place winners in the contest, which was judged by journalists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The journalists spent several months working on the series, which profiled various nox ounty residents in difficult financial situations and examined the circumstances surrounding them. So many of us live a paycheck or two away from facing difficult circumstances, Burgess said. It was important to me to show that there are many people in our community who deal with this struggle on a daily basis. The series also placed second in the Series/Package/Project Reporting category. Jamie Satterfield s ostly laims series took Awards of Excellence, or first place, in the categories of Investigative Reporting and Series/Package/Project Reporting. Satterfield spent more than a year on the series, requesting hundreds of pubic records that revealed millions of dollars in government payoffs to residents harmed by public employees. News Sentinel photographer Paul Efird won an Award of Excellence in Deadline Photography for his South nox ar rash photo, showing the aftermath of a car hitting a house. artoonist harlie Daniel won an Award of Excellence for Editorial artoons, and News Sentinel Staff won an Award of Excellence in Deadline/Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of the December crash involving two school buses that killed two students and a teacher s aide; in ontinuing overage, Online, for its coverage of Howard Baker s funeral, and in Online Use of Video for Fragments of Hate. News Sentinel staffers who won Awards of erit, or second place, were Ben Frederickson in Sports Reporting for End of NAA Run; Scott Barker in Editorial Writing; Adam Lau in Online Use of Video for Getting Home to Hadley; and Frank unger in Best Blog for Atomic ity Underground. noxnews.com placed second in Overall Internet Site. Third-place News Sentinel winners were Lydia X. coy in General Reporting for Shrinking Pay Gap; risti L. Nelson in Feature Writing for Getting Home to Hadley; Sam Venable in Series/ Package/Project Reporting for Fragments of Hate: columnist Greg Johnson for Personal olumns; Sarah Frazier for Headline Writing; and Amy Smotherman Burgess for Online Use of Video for Rescued Dachshunds. Honorable mentions went to risti L. Nelson in Series/Package/ Project Reporting for AA Update: Reforming Health are and columnist ark Harmon for Personal olumns. The annual contest is open to print and broadcast media throughout the East Tennessee region. June 14, 2015 noxville News Sentinel Times Free Press wins journalism awards The hattanooga Times Free Press has been honored with several journalism awards. for the Third Annual Border War Golf Tournament, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, at Fairvue Plantation in Gallatin See INDUSTR, Page 11 Proceeds from the Tournament benefit the Tennessee Press Association Foundation and the entucky Journalism Foundation. Last year, the Tennessee portion of the proceeds totaled $12,000 and have been earmarked for the renovation of the Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame. The Tournament is a ton of fun, with good fellowship, good food, prizes, and more. In 2014, with a small additional donation, you could even arrange for Greg Sherrill to take a swing for the foursome behind you. And if that isn t scary enough, he was using his hockey stick! Please mark your calendars now, and commit at least one player or foursome from your newspaper to help make this the most successful Border War Tournament yet. 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7 Page 8 The Tennessee Press August 2015 OBITUARIES ichael Joseph ike Pigott ichael Joseph ike Pigott, 61, one of the founding partners of the public relations firm cneely, Pigott & Fox, died onday, June 29, 2015 in Nashville due to cardiac arrest. r. Pigott joined forces in 1988 with ark Pigott cneely and, later, David Fox, to create the firm, which now employs more than 70, and has satellite offices in Texas and Washington, D. Prior to his career in public relations, Pigott was an award-winning investigative and political reporter for the now-defunct Nashville Banner. The leveland, Ohio, native moved to Nashville after graduating from Purdue University in It was at Purdue that he met his wife, local architect Sharon credmond Pigott. r. Pigott covered several presidential and other campaigns while at the afternoon newspaper. He was the recipient of many awards, including the alcolm Law emorial Award for Investigative Reporting in 1977 and 1979, the United Press International Award for Investigative Reporting in 1978, and another for Public Service Reporting in He had a wonderful sense of humor and was always ready with a quip. His investigative stories about politicians were tough, but he remained friends with almost all his subjects. After 12 years with the Banner, r. Pigott moved to public relations, where his clients included the Tennessee Titans, Nashville Electric Service, Skanska onstruction and the Southeast U.S./Japan Association. onsistently ranked as one of the most influential public relations professionals in Nashville by various publications, r. Pigott also took time out from his career to provide communications counsel to former governor and Nashville ayor Phil Bredesen and current ayor arl Dean. He also worked on a state Supreme ourt re-election race as well as other legislative races. ike Pigott made a tremendous impact on the city of Nashville and the state of Tennessee, first as an award-winning journalist whose source network was the envy of every one of his competitors, and since 1988 as the partner of what would become one of the Southeast s best PR firms, said cneely. His projects included the downtown arena, the Tennessee Titans, Nissan Stadium, the ountry usic Hall of Fame, work for mayors and governors, and scores of other high-profile successful projects. He was just as proud of his work with pro bono, not-for-profit clients like Hands On Nashville and Safe Haven. He was truly one-of-a-kind, talented, witty, a loving father, world traveler and ballroom dancer extraordinaire. We will all miss his many contributions. Active in the Nashville community, he served on the boards of the iddle Tennessee A, Hands On Nashville and Safe Haven. He remained a proud and loyal alumnus of his high school, athedral Latin School in leveland, and kept in frequent contact with fellow alumni and friends through Facebook. He was one of the founders of the Nashville Swine Ball, which raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for the American ancer Society. In recent years, r. Pigott and his wife, Sharon, had taken up ballroom dancing, and the couple competed in numerous dancing events. He also indulged a passion for international travel and photography, delighting in taking pictures of his world travels and grandson, onnor. He was an accomplished cook and loved turning out big meals for family and friends. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Daniel Pigott, in 2001, and mother, ary Byrne Pigott, in Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Sharon; three daughters, ary Byrne (hris) Dailey, onnolly (hris) Behr and Ellen Pigott; grandson, onnor Joseph Dailey; sisters, argie (Danny) Flynn and arybeth (Don) Glasier; and brothers, Steve Pigott and Dan (Susan) Pigott. Funeral ass was celebrated at the athedral of the Incarnation on Friday, July 3, 2015 at 2 p.m. Interment in alvary emetery. Following the burial, there was an Irish wake at The Fleming enter. June 30, 2015 The Tennessean, Nashville William B. Bill Wellborn William B. Bill Wellborn, 62, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died Sunday, ay 24, 2015 in Bentonville. He was born July 21, 1952 in Helena, the son of Barton G. Wellborn and Elizabeth Shepperson Wellborn Wellborn. He was an award-winning journalist during his 35-yearlong career, which started at the Arkansas Sun Newspaper in Heber Springs, as a reporter and then on to his retirement as editor of emphis Business Journal in emphis, Tennessee. Wellborn, who retired in 2014, long entertained BJ readers with his weekly humor column that covered everything from the travails of his beloved Arkansas Razorbacks football team, to his wife s love of hockey, and, of course, his dogs. He was also a highly respected member of the emphis business community, emphasizing fair and accurate coverage from his entire staff. Wellborn began his BJ career in 1986, starting out as a reporter. He worked his way up to managing editor and was promoted to editor in 1997, after BJ was acquired by American ity Business Journals. The publication was founded in 1979 by Ward Archer Sr. During Wellborn s time as editor, the Tennessee Press Association consistently awarded BJ, including a first place for General Excellence (TPA s top award) in The TPA also awarded Wellborn with Best olumn multiple times from 2004 to Wellborn started his journalism career in 1978 as a general assignment reporter at the Arkansas Sun. He also served as sports editor for the alvern Daily Record in alvern, Arkansas, and the Helena World from 1980 to From 1983 to 1986, he was managing editor of Associations Publications in ollierville, where he oversaw three national trade magazines. At BJ, Wellborn led a staff that constantly strived to meet the highest standards of business journalism, and he would accept nothing less on a week-to-week basis. His insistence on having the most detailed, accurate and well-researched information is a standard BJ still carries to this day. In late 2014, Wellborn received the harles E. Thornton Award from the University of emphis Journalism Alumni lub, the final award he received in a long and distinguished career. Survivors include: his wife of 35 years, harisse Bliss Wellborn of the home; two children, Brandon Wellborn of Arvada, olorado, and Haley Wellborn of Fayetteville; his mother, Elizabeth Wellborn of emphis; sisters, Barbara Blair of emphis, and Betty ardwell of Houston, Texas; and a grandson, Thomas Bottoms of Fayetteville. Interment was at 9:30 a.m., on Friday, ay 29, at Pinnacle emetery in Rogers, with a memorial service to be held at 10 a.m. in Hunt hapel at Pinnacle emetery under the direction of Nelson-Berna Funeral Home. ay 25, 2015 emphis Business Journal ay 27, 2015 The Helena (Arkansas) Daily World Gladys. cloud Gladys arie cloud, 73, of ountain ity, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was born on April 1, 1942 to the late Ray and Venia Loggins Icenhour. cloud rs. cloud graduated from Johnson ounty High School in 1960, attended Gardner-Webb ollege from , and then later received a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from arson-newman ollege in She was an active 4-H member and a member of both her high school and college debate teams. rs. cloud and her husband, Derl, published The Tomahawk newspaper until 1986, and she wrote a weekly column, Gabbing with Gladys. After they sold the newspaper, she returned to college and finished her degree, and Derl took seminary classes and entered the ministry. In 1990, rs. cloud began working as a teacher with Johnson ounty Public Schools. She taught second grade at both Neva School and Roan reek School, and after retiring from the classroom in 2007, she continued to work as a certified reading tutor through December of During this time, she also worked alongside Derl as pastor s wife in four churches: State Line Baptist hurch, Roan reek Baptist hurch, Shady Valley Baptist hurch and Bethel Baptist hurch. Raised in Rainbow Baptist hurch, rs. cloud was a devout hristian woman who read her Bible every morning and night. After she and Derl were married, they became members of Roan reek Baptist hurch. Then, when their daughters were teenagers, they joined Pleasant Grove Baptist hurch where rs. cloud and Jean Wilson began an Acteens program. They rejoined Roan s reek Baptist hurch after Derl retired from the ministry. In every church home, rs. cloud was involved in WU, Vacation Bible School and a host of other church and Watauga Baptist Association activities. Over the years, she and Derl also organized and participated in over 25 mission trips across the United States, including trips to Florida, issouri, Indiana, ichigan and Pennsylvania. In addition to church related activities and spending time with family, rs. cloud enjoyed quilting, reading and being outside. She and Derl also loved to travel and visited 47 states, as well as England and Scotland. In 2012, they shared a special trip to Alaska in honor of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Survivors include: her husband of 54 years, Derl H. cloud; daughters: Alesia arie cloud-han and husband Paul H. han of Denver, olorado; and Teresa Pearl c- loud haplain of Zionville, North arolina; sister, Laura Ann Davis and husband harles of ountain ity, Tennessee, and her two daughters, Anita Perry and Dianne Wilson; grandchildren, Johnathon Dwight haplain, Jessica Lauren haplain, David cloud han and Andrew cloud han and many other special nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on Sunday, ay 3, 2015 at Roan reek Baptist hurch with Pastor David Hankal officiating. Graveside Service and interment followed the funeral at Pleasant Grove Baptist hurch emetery. Pallbearers were Willie Arnold, Roy Hodges, Larry cloud, Van Neely, Tom Nelson, Wade Thomas, Bill Wilson and Tom Wallace. ay 6, 2015 The Tomahawk (ountain ity) oming in the September Issue of The Tennessee Press overage of the 2015 Summer onvention & the TPA Ideas ontest Awards

8 August 2015 The Tennessee Press Page 9 TRAS Byrne Dunn retires from publisher post Byrne. Dunn announced this week her retirement as editor and publisher of the Lewis ounty Herald. rs. Dunn became publisher and editor in June 1987 following the passing of her husband, Hulon O. Dunn. She has served on various committees and organizations in support of the community since moving to Hohenwald. Among those are the Lewis ounty Historical Society, Pilot lub of Hohenwald, Lewis ounty Hospital Board and the Hohenwald/Lewis ounty hamber of ommerce, to name a few. It has been a pleasure to serve the community of Hohenwald and Lewis ounty, rs. Dunn said in making her announcement. r. and rs. Dunn took ownership of the Lewis ounty Herald in arch They operated the newspaper from 28 Park Ave. N. with a small staff covering local news and events. In 1978, the office was moved to 31 E. Linden Ave., its present location, with the purchase of an offset newspaper press and a growth in business. Among her staff Glenda Atkinson and Julie Reeves are current, long-time employees. Other current employees are arne arroll hired in 2011 as data entry and customer service, and ichael Hinson hired in 2013 as pressman, circulation, and finishing. rs. Dunn served as society editor from 1956 to 1987 and handled bookkeeping, reporting, subscription management, and various tasks for the family operation. She has not been active in the business since Hulon O. Dunn Jr., principal stockholder, was named publisher and will continue as managing editor. r. Dunn worked for the Lewis ounty Herald for a brief time following his attainment of a bachelor of science degree from Tennessee Tech in ookeville. He returned to the newspaper in 1987 at the passing of his father. He has been an active member of the community serving as a volunteer fireman, soccer coach and as a steadfast fixture on the sidelines of Panther football games, taking his father s place with the camera. r. Dunn has served as photographer, reporter and the principal press operator for the family owned newspaper since He was named managing editor in Another son of r. and rs. Dunn s, Walton rejoined the business in 2009 as a staff writer and photographer. In 2011 he assumed the position of associate editor. He has been appointed by the Board of Directors as president of the Submitted to TTP Retiring publisher/editor, Byrne. Dunn, pictured with her sons, new publisher/editor, Hulon O. Dunn Jr., and Walton Dunn, associate editor. corporation. July 22, 2015 Lewis ounty Herald, Hohenwald Nolte named editor of The arshall ounty Tribune Rick Nolte, a veteran of more than 30 years as a newspaper writer, editor and columnist, has been named Editor of The arshall ounty Tribune, Publisher Hugh Jones announced recently. Having worked with Rick Nolte before, I welcome his enthusiasm for community news, events and people, Jones said. Rick s experience with community newspapers brings our readers the thoughtful news reporting they expect. Rick will lead our young news team with his experience and training and grow the Tribune s quality, content and readership. Nolte joins The Tribune after working at newspapers in West Virginia, Ohio, Louisiana, Georgia and most recently as News Editor at The Record in St. Augustine, Florida. The native of Huntington, West Virginia, and graduate of arshall University, has been a writer, editor and columnist in both news and sports roles during his career. I m very excited for the opportunity Hugh has given me with The Tribune, Nolte said. This takes me back to my newspaper roots, which took hold when I was a news and sports reporter at the weekly paper in my home county in West Virginia while in college. I m looking forward to helping bring Lewisburg and the communities of arshall ounty a newspaper that reflects their daily life and interests. I m eager to meet the residents of the area who will help make that happen. Nolte has won numerous awards for writing and editing from The Associated Press, the state press and sportswriters associations in West Virginia, Ohio, Louisiana and Georgia as well as the Gannett ompany. He also is a co-author and editor of three books on arshall University s football program, the most recent The arshall Story: ollege Football s Greatest omeback in 2006, which was reflected in the movie We Are arshall. In addition to newspapers, Nolte also has been a partner in a book publishing company where he managed the firm s editing and production. It was there that he and Jones established a relationship while working on two newspaper-related book projects. Nolte and his wife, laudia, a former resident of Lewisburg, have four adult children and three grandchildren. They will soon be relocating to the area from their current residence in acon, Georgia. July 16, 2015 The arshall ounty Tribune, Lewisburg Hurst named editor of anchester Times anchester native Rebekah Hurst has been named the editor of the anchester Times, announced publisher Josh Peterson. Hurst takes over the position from Peterson, who served as editor from June 2010 through June 2015 before being promoted to publisher. Hurst has previous experience at the Times, serving as lifestyles and news editor from 2003 through It was really an easy decision for me to bring Rebekah back to take over our editorial department, said Pe- Hurst terson. She has deep roots in our community, and we share the same vision for anchester s community newspaper. Peterson added that one of Hurst s biggest strengths is her ability to tell a good story. A good community newspaper serves many purposes, but one of the primary purposes is to tell good stories about the people who make up the community, explained Peterson. Rebekah has a knack for finding good, positive stories about the great things happening in our community and she will tell those stories in a way that makes readers want more. We will focus on publishing more feature stories and highlighting the good people of this anchester community, added Peterson. Hurst is a graduate of offee ounty entral High School and the University of ississippi and also has a master s degree from iddle Tennessee State University. Prior to her stint as lifestyles editor with the Times, she published the Parent Paper for seven years. In addition to writing locally, throughout her career she has had occasion to write for national magazines. Hurst and her husband, David, have been married for 30 years this August and live in anchester. They have two daughters, atelyn Hurst and Allison (hris) Wilkinson. Josh and his entire staff at the Times are so kind in their demeanor and diligent in their work ethic in striving to produce and distribute an excellent publication, said Hurst. I am excited for the opportunity to work with them in showcasing our community. anchester and offee ounty are filled with many hard working people of all ages, doing great things. I am looking forward to sharing their stories with our readers. Aside from Hurst, the editorial department consists of Jake reulen (sports) and John offelt (lifestyles / news). June 30, 2015 anchester Times Roy Heatherly named publisher in Wichita Roy Heatherly, president and publisher of The Jackson Sun, has been named president and publisher of The Wichita Eagle in ansas. Heatherly has served in his current role at The Jackson Sun since January His last day at The Jackson Sun will Heatherly be July 6. Heatherly, 59, grew up in Wichita and graduated from the University of ansas. He said his departure from Jackson is bittersweet. I m excited about the opportunity to go home and work with the great staff at The Wichita Eagle, he said. But my wife Beth, my mother Rosabelle, and I will deeply miss our friends in Jackson. It has been a blessing and an honor to serve as president and publisher of The Jackson Sun, Heatherly said. Our time here has been special, and I will cherish the relationships that have grown with people in Jackson and West Tennessee. Heatherly has served two stints in Jackson, the first from 1980 until 1990 as a sales representative, then promotions manager and then as advertising director. He served as the advertising director at The News-Star in onroe, Louisiana, from 1990 until January of 2008, when he assumed his role as president and publisher in Jackson. Both newspapers are owned by Gannett o. Inc. The Wichita Eagle is owned by The clatchy o. Heatherly began his career as a sales representative at O-QS A/F in hanute, ansas. Laura L. Hollingsworth, president and publisher of The Tennessean in Nashville and president of Gannett s entral Group, said Heatherly has had a distinguished 35-year career with Gannett. I, along with many others, can attest to the fact that he has served every one of those years with passion and brought progression and success wherever he s been, Hollingsworth said. Hollingsworth also characterized the news of Heatherly s departure as bittersweet. While we all hate to see him leave, with this move Roy is able to return to his home and take the helm at a place that is near to his roots and dear to his heart, she said. As president and publisher, Heatherly led The Jackson Sun through a transformation in the delivery of news and advertising through digital platforms. Early on, he recognized the importance of engaging audiences on The Jackson See TRAS, Page 10

9 Page 10 The Tennessee Press August 2015 TPA members support key to study of charging to see records PUBLI POLI OUTLOO FRAN GIBSON TPA members will have an important role to play as the Office of Open Records ounsel moves forward with a study dealing with a precedent-setting proposal to charge to inspect records in Tennessee. Open Records ounsel Ann Butterworth informed the state Advisory ommittee on Open Government June 29 of plans to hold public hearings across the state in September. They are planned for Nashville, noxville and Jackson, but a schedule of actual dates, locations and times has not been announced. Butterworth explained those hearings, as well as a set of targeted surveys, will help her gather information for recommendations to the General Assembly in January on SB328/HB325. The study was sparked by legislation from the Tennessee School Boards Association, which sought to allow records custodians to recoup the cost of providing records for inspection. State Sen. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, and Rep. Steve cdaniel, R-Parkers rossroads, sponsored the bill. It would be the first time such charges would be allowed. The Public Records Act says a citizen has a right to a copy of any record that is public, but allows the government to charge for making copies. The government can charge only if it has properly adopted and reasonable rules for doing so. Butterworth is working with the Advisory ommittee, which is a very broad group of 14 representatives of local government, press and citizen groups. TPA s representative is Rick Hollow, longtime First Amendment attorney and TPA general counsel. TPA member support is needed to ensure that the collection of data by the OR is balanced, that all anecdotal horror stories about public records requests are not one-sided. The study cannot be truly balanced without broad participation by citizens. That, in large part, will be on the shoulders of TPA members. One extremely critical task each TPA member can do is to determine where the heads of your local government entities town and city, county and school boards and your respective state representative and senator stand on the issue of charging to inspect records. Please tell us what you learn. Among the things TPA newspapers should do is provide coverage in advance of the hearings so readers get public notice. TPA members should participate themselves if they have stories to tell either through testimony, written comments (if those are allowed) and editorials or other commentary. One goal of the study is to see if frequent and maybe voluminous records requests are creating problems for government agencies. The local government associations will have no problem collecting that information from their members, but it will be a greater challenge to gather information from citizens. Don Long, a former Sumner ounty school board chairman and assistant to the mayor of Hendersonville, represents the TSBA on the Advisory ommittee. He has repeatedly complained about problems in his city and county and wanted one of the surveys to gather specific information from local governments about any large requests they are getting. While this survey won t be scientific by any stretch of the imagination, it would at least provide us some talking points to go from, said Long. Long began soliciting stories about public records problems from local government clerks and recorders in arch long after the TSBA legislation was filed. Other local government associations could do the same. Rick Hollow, a 40-year-veteran of media law practice, reminded AOG members of the importance of protecting access to records and warned against basing changes in the law on anecdotal evidence in one or two of Tennessee s 95 counties. I think everybody on this group would say we sign on to the idea that a citizen has a right to know. How in the world do you have an informed citizenry if they don t know what their government is doing? Hollow said. But we all know that there are many mechanisms that can be used to suppress participation. Whether it is intimidation. Or whether it is economic. Or whether it s just access, the physical barriers to access. Those are just tiny examples of ways that can be used to discourage citizen access, he continued. Hollow said while the law is important to journalists there may be other persons who have a legitimate concern about some part of their government who can be discouraged just by the cost of something. So when we think about [allowing] local governmental entities to assess charges for inspection and when someone comes in and they are greeted with, ou ll have to leave a credit card so that we can make our inspection and assess any changes that we may have to make. Or they can say, Well that s going to cost you $15 for our inspection. And the person doesn t really have $15 to spend, but it s an important question to them. Frank Gibson is TPA s public policy director. Reach him at fgibson@ tnpress.com or at TRAS, from Page 9 Sun s website and social media. I am proud of what The Jackson Sun and its staff have accomplished, Heatherly said. I could not have asked to work with a better group of people. Heatherly has been heavily involved in the community, serving on the boards of the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation, the arl Perkins enter for the Prevention of hild Abuse, the Star enter, the Jackson hamber of ommerce, the Jackson Downtown Development orp. and the United Way of West Tennessee. He is a past chairman of the hamber of ommerce, the United Way and the Blue Suede Dinner and Auction. Heatherly said he is encouraged and optimistic about the future of The Jackson Sun. The Jackson Sun is positioned for great things, he said. The best days are ahead. Heatherly is similarly optimistic about the future of Jackson-adison ounty. We have great leadership in place in our community and are poised for exciting growth and development, he said. June 24, 2015 The Jackson Sun Owens named publisher of Herald hronicle Veteran newspaperman Jack Owens Jr. has been named publisher of the Herald hronicle, Winchester, announced Harry Hill, assistant VP iddle Tennessee Operations of Lakeway Publishers Inc., which is the parent company of the hronicle. Owens will oversee operations of the hronicle after serving as publisher for hronicle sister paper anchester Times since February We are fortunate to have Jack accept this position, explained Hill. He has Owens done a phenomenal job with the anchester Times, and we are confident that he will do the same in Winchester. Jack has a real sense of community. He has 37 combined years of newspaper and commercial print experience and has served the city of anchester and offee ounty through Rotary lub, Lions lub, offee ounty Leadership Board and Partner s for Healing Board. Owens is looking forward to embracing the Winchester community and delivering a quality, hometown newspaper that residents can be proud of and look forward to picking up twice each week. I appreciate the confidence that Harry Hill, Jeff Fishman and Jack Fishman have in me to meet the challenges ahead, Owens said. I ve been here a couple of weeks just getting a feel for things, and can t wait to get out into the community. I m excited about some of the changes we have planned and look forward to listening to the community in order to make these changes even better. June 23, 2015 The Herald-hronicle (Winchester) Times-Gazette editor named Relay Volunteer of the ear Shelbyville Times-Gazette ity Editor John J. arney received the artha Dean Award during the recent American ancer Society s Relay for Life of Bedford ounty. The award recognizes the local Relay for Life volunteer of the year. arney serves on the Relay for Life organizing committee as publicity chair and online chair. June 12, 2015 Shelbyville Times-Gazette Veteran sports writer Adams honored at Follies It s a night of laughter, awards and helping the next generation. John Adams, a sports writer with the noxville News Sentinel for nearly 30 years, was honored July 18 at the 37th annual Front Page Follies dinner. The evening will include a roast of Adams and present a musical satire of the year s biggest events in East Tennessee with help from other reporters, public relations professionals and members of the See TRAS, Page 11

10 August 2015 The Tennessee Press Page 11 TRAS, from Page 10 community. For 17 of his 28 years at the News Sentinel, Adams has been named Best Sports olumnist in Tennessee by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association and Tennessee Sports Writer of the ear six times. He s a member of the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame and of the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame. We re pleased that this year s Follies-funded scholarships will be named for John Adams, said Jean Ash, president of the Front Page Foundation. For nearly 30 years, he s brought his own style, insight and humor to sports coverage and commentary in East Tennessee. Adams said he s humbled by the attention. I m excited at the prospect of being roasted on behalf of such a worthy cause, Adams said. Although I m sure many people have helped the way to such an honor, I can t recall their names at the moment. So thanks to all of them. The dinner was from 6-10 p.m. at the noxville onvention enter. The Front Page Foundation is a charitable organization providing scholarships to journalism students at the University of Tennessee and Pellissippi State ommunity ollege and educational programs for professional journalists in East Tennessee. June 11, 2015 noxville News Sentinel organ ounty News welcomes new reporter Zach Selby is the new sports and news reporter for the organ ounty News. A recent graduate of aryville ollege with a Bachelor of Arts in Writing/ommunications, Selby said writing has always been one of his passions along with sports. I have been around sports all of my life and played football at the collegiate level, capping off a 12-year career playing the sport, he said. This is my first job outside of college, and I m very excited to be working for the organ ounty News. I hope the readers of this distinguished newspaper enjoy reading my material as much as I enjoy writing it for them. June 10, 2015 organ ounty News, Wartburg Tribune welcomes newest reporter Although she s no stranger to people of Lewisburg, the Tribune would like to introduce its newest reporting intern, adeline Lewis. adeline Rose Lewis is the daughter of Tammy and Steve Lewis and was born and raised in the quaint, small town of Lewisburg. She is a recent graduate of arshall ounty High School where she stayed busy by participating in clubs such as Interact, Leo, outh Alive and Beta. I loved being involved in my school, but I wanted to take my passion of writing and the arts and turn it into something more, Lewis said. Lewis decided to take her skills to a different level and create a blog (madelinemusings.com), which is focused on spreading happiness and creating a positive mindset for readers around the world. Soon after seeing the success of her blog, Lewis took on a new challenge of interviewing musicians on tour who stopped through Nashville. She then took her love for music and turned it into usic and Theatre Insider, which in turn has gained her thousands of views and the opportunity to host the Red arpet for the International usic and Entertainment Association. Although she enjoyed traveling around Tennessee with her interview channel and blog, she took her skills more local by applying for the Tribune. Lewis was hired as an intern with the Tribune through the Summer outh Program at the areer enter. I first came to know adeline when I wrote a column about her. Fifteen minutes into talking to her, I could tell she would be a great asset to the Tribune, Ivory Riner, staff writer for the Tribune, said. adeline has ambitions and will succeed in anything she puts her mind to. Starting in the fall, she is to pursue a degree in journalism with a focus in entertainment broadcasting from the University of Tennessee at noxville. Lewis said her ultimate goal upon graduating is to work for E! News interviewing celebrities on the red carpet and change the journalism world. June 5, 2015 arshall ounty Tribune, Lewisburg INDUSTR, from Page 5 The newspaper received four awards from the Tennessee Sports Writers Association. Sports Editor Stephen Hargis received first-place awards in two categories Writer of the ear and Best Prep Writer. hallenging subjects plus soulful, insightful writing and solid reporting made this writer an easy winner, judges stated in the Writer of the ear citation. olumnist ark Wiedmer placed second in the Best olumnist category. Designer Ian Scot oung received first place in the Best Individual Layout category and Jamie Poole placed second in that category. In another contest, multimedia reporter aura Friedman received a Green Eyeshade Best of Division award for her photography in a project on suicides. In all, the Times Free Press received nine Green Eyeshade awards, including five first-place awards. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, also owned by WEHO edia Inc., received the Green Eyeshade Award, the contest s top recognition. In another contest, columnist David ook received a national award for his columns on standardized testing. ook received the Education Writers Association award for opinion writing. ook s writing goes far beyond just harping on testing and its shortcomings [to] show who is benefitting from it and what is being sacrificed, comments from the judges stated. This is writing with heart, for the regular reader as well as the educator. The Society for News Design recognized the newspaper with an Award of Excellence in its World s Best Designed competition. The newspaper won in the category of ombination Print and Digital for its print and web design of The ruelest Equation, about a child with a rare disease called IPEX. The awards recognized staff members att clane, Alaina Akens, Doug Strickland, ary Helen iller, en Barrett and Friedman. June 10, 2015 hattanooga Times Free Press Tribune debuts redesigned website; expanded online content onday, June 1, marked an important day for the itizen Tribune s online resources with a dual pronged launch of new technologies and services. First, the mobile-friendly responsive redesign of the Tribune s website, The responsive web design allows readers to get their community news with ease, using the device of their choice, itizen Tribune Editor/Publisher R. ichael Fishman said. From desktop to laptop, from ipad to iphone to a Droid, the site is designed to adapt and deliver content appropriately scaled to fit any platform. The redesign, which went live on the afternoon of June 1, also improves site use for easier navigation putting stories and videos at the readers fingertips with multiple story links at a glance for quicker viewing. In addition, Lakeway Publishers Digital edia Director Seth Horn said his team worked to ensure the site puts content front and center. We accommodated this new redesign with a flat, grey site design to accentuate our content the site really favors video and pictures, he said. Basically, we wanted to have a unified, responsive site that showcases our stories, photos and ads in a clean, user friendly manner. Seth and his team did a great job with our new site, Fishman said. It is visually appealing and easy to use. Our new site is the result of long hours of design and implementation. In my opinion, they hit a home run. The changing times necessitated the changes, Horn said. It has been several years since our last site redesign, and since then, a myriad of new devices have come on the market with a myriad of different screen sizes, Horn said. To make our sites better accommodate these new devices, we are making our website responsive. The responsive design is built to fit with the times, giving readers quick and easy access to community news wherever they travel as long as they have Internet access. It s a challenging time to be in the news delivery business, Fishman said. But it s also an exciting time. Even 20 years ago, delivering news was basically the same as it had been for the previous 100 years. In the years since, the technology has grown by leaps and bounds, and our industry has fought to keep up with the times. The new website is the result of that effort, he continued. It used to be that you had to make the effort to come to the news, whether it was a 6 p.m. television broadcast or making the decision to purchase the newspaper. Now we can send the news you want, when you want it and send it to basically wherever you are. It s really kind of amazing. The second prong of the online rollout also went live on June 1 and benefits the Tribune s subscribers. The Tribune Triple E edition, also known as the Expanded Electronic Edition, was part of onday s paper and will be part of each paper moving forward. Available online through the Electronic Edition option on the website, the Tribune Triple E edition offers expanded content for subscribers, all of whom have access to the online edition included as part of their subscription price. The idea is fairly simple, said Tribune anging Editor John Gullion. We subscribe to a myriad of content services, including the Associated Press, which is the most powerful news gathering agency in the world. We have access to a seemingly endless supply of information, stories, graphics and pictures, only a small fraction of which can choose for each day s edition. However, our electronic edition and the Tribune Triple E give us a little more room to provide quality news and information to our readers. Each day the Tribune publishes, the Tribune Triple E will provide an additional four pages of content available through the electronic edition. Each day there will be an additional page of national news and a page of world news, plus two pages of scheduled content to fit each day. For example, onday s pages will include deeper sports coverage, Gullion said. oming off the weekend, especially during football season, it s hard to get in all of the weekend sports news in the onday paper. This will allow us to get more coverage of the national sports that we don t typicaly get to focus on and deeper coverage of the sports that we do. Other days expanded themes include food, home and garden, entertainment, finance and more. Daily and Sunday print subscribers (office pay only) are eligible for Full Access, which includes the print and electronic editions at no additional cost. See INDUSTR, Page 11

11 Page 12 The Tennessee Press August 2015 Applying the scientific method to newspaper training THE NEWS GURU EVIN SLIP This week ends the great experiment. I wondered how many newspapers, if presented with any easy and affordable method of getting on-site training, would take the bait and make a financial investment to bring an expert in to train and motivate their staffs. ou may feel like you re back in middle school chemistry class by the time I finish this column, but stick with me while I explain the method, the group and the results. I decided to begin with the papers in innesota and Iowa. I suppose I could have picked any states, but name recognition is important, and most newspaper folks in those states have known me for a long time. Plus, I hadn t traveled much to those areas, other than to speak at conventions, in a few years. Another reason I selected those states is they have a lot of community newspapers. ost papers, it seems, are either independent or part of local newspaper groups. When compared to newspapers in my home state of Tennessee, community papers in these states are much smaller in circulation. I was surprised to find many papers with a distribution less than 1,000. So I began the experiment in January, offering to cut my fees in exchange for combining multiple newspapers during individual trips. For instance, I would visit a paper in Southwest innesota on Thursday, another in Northwest Iowa on Friday and still another a few hours away on Saturday. I figured, at Attention TPA members - only! Here s your opportunity to attend the highly coveted and popular Institute of Newspaper Technology for only $145 provided you register by Sept. 15!!! That s a discount of $450!! For more information or to register now go to: Submitted to TTP evin s visit to Slayton grew as area newspapers learned he was visiting a site there. There ended up being more than 70 folks in attendance. worst, I would do a lot of traveling and break-even. But I hoped that I could get enough newspapers to schedule two or three trips to the area, making it profitable, plus giving these papers an opportunity to have on-site training that they normally couldn t fit into their budgets. Back to the experiment. In middle school chemistry, I learned that there are five parts to an experiment. We ve discussed the first part, usually referred to as the question. y question was, Will community newspapers invest in training if it s affordable and helpful? Which brings us to the second part of the experiment, the hypothesis. y hypothesis was that some papers would make that investment. Probably not dozens, but possibly six or eight. I ve already discussed the third area of scientific method: the experiment. In this experiment, newspaper publishers were offered a significantly discounted rate, in return for their willingness to schedule visits that worked well with other area papers. On to the fourth area of the scientific method. In science, analysis is the record of what happened in an experiment, often referred to as data. In this case, I was surprised by the results. In all, I made 19 trips to the area. ost of these trips involved training groups of newspapers on-site. Wade Webber s papers in innesota was Submitted to TTP evin used the scientific method to determine if community papers in the Upper idwest would respond to on-site training. a good example. The staffs of his four (maybe there were five) community papers met together in one location, on a Friday, for training. There were approximately 25 folks in attendance. About one-third of my visits were to individual newspapers, not groups. The others varied in sizes of two newspaper staffs to more than 30 staffs at one stop. es, I was surprised. In all, I trained more than 100 newspaper staffs in innesota in Iowa between January and June. Originally, I planned to complete these visits in February and arch. I still have a few that are trying to work out dates. (I extended my offer after it became clear that I couldn t fit all the requests in during the allotted period). And finally, what you ve been waiting for, the sixth area of scientific method: the conclusion. It seems my original hypothesis, that community newspapers would invest in staff training if it were offered in ways that made it affordable and easy to arrange, was partially correct. What I didn t expect was the sheer number of responses. Nowhere in my wildest dreams would I have expected so many community papers, in two states, to get so excited about staff training. A funny twist was that innesota Newspaper Association asked me to do a day of training on ay 29 for their members. I honestly worried that no one would show up. After visiting so many papers on-site over the previous four months, I didn t expect there were many left. Probably the nicest part of this experiment was walking into a packed room, in a town just south of the Twin ities, on ay 29. I still get daily from publishers and others that I met during my experiment in innesota and Iowa. ost write to say how much their products have improved or how their staffs are still talking about the training days. I m thinking about trying this experiment again in other states in late 2015 or early 2016, if my schedule allows. ou ll be the first to know how it goes. evin Slimp is the Technology Director for TPS. INDUSTR, from Page 11 They sky is the limit for the project, Gullion said. We have a deep well of information from which we can draw and the electronic edition allows us as much space as we can feasibly fit. We feel like this is a winwin for the reader and the electronic edition itself. June 1, 2015 itizen Tribune, orristown