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Plan on Chattanooga June 14-16 for Summer Convention
Plan to be in Chattanooga June 14-16, for the TPA Summer Convention, "Scenic City Summit." The convention coincides with the popular Riverbend music festival and our host, the Chattanooga Times Free Press, will treat you to a Riverbend VIP Experience. Convention details and online registration.

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State Press Contests Award notifications will be mailed May 18
TPA member newspapers that have won awards in the University of Tennessee-Tennessee Press Association State Press Contests will be notified by letter to be mailed on May 18.

The Awards Luncheon will take place Friday, July 13 at the Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Hotel.

The hotel is offering a rate of $115 plus tax per night. The deadline to reserve a room at that rate is June 15. Hotel reservations may be made at (615) 871-0033.
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Liberty Mutual offers discount to newspaper employees
Liberty Mutual joined TPA as an associate member in February. Stephen Dorris, agent for Liberty Mutual, has worked with TPA to offer a group discount to any member newspaper employee. The group discount is in addition to Liberty’s standard discounts. So far, he has managed to save five individuals nearly 20 percent on their premiums.

For more information, visit the specially created web page at http://www.libertymutual.com/tennesseepress or contact Mr. Dorris at (615) 822-7196 x57755 or Stephen.Dorris@LibertyMutual.com.

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Associated Press introduces new content package for weekly newspapers, websites
Free trial offer for Tennessee newspapers

The Associated Press has introduced a new package of text news aimed at weekly newspapers and their websites that emphasizes the ability to select the content that most closely meets their local and real-time needs.

Called AP News Choice, the new product brings together AP’s strengths in breaking news, editorial curation and news judgment to a segment of the U.S. newspaper market that has shown increasing resilience amid economic challenges facing the wider industry.

AP News Choice will enable weeklies to keep their print and online editions fresh with news content that enhances their already strong franchises, tailored to the needs of their readers. The service will be available on a subscription basis priced for weekly newspapers.

AP is offering a free trial to Tennessee weekly newspapers. Interested newspapers should contact AP Bureau Chief Adam Yeomans at ayeomans@ap.org or 615-373-9988.

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Ideas Contest Winners announced, The Greeneville Sun takes Best of Show
PDF list of winners

Awards in the 2012 Tennessee Press Association Ideas Contest were presented on Friday, May 4, in conjunction with the Advertising/Circulation Conference in Nashville.

The Greeneville Sun won the top prize—the Jack Freeland Memorial Award Best of Show—for its Guidebook, entered in the Best Special Issue or Section category. continue reading

Artie Wehenkel, advertising director of The Greeneville Sun, accepts the Best of Show award presented by Roger Wells, TPA Advertising Committee Chairman.

Wells is advertising director of The Lebanon Democrat.

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Newspaper Institute registration is $95 with scholarship for TPA members
Registrations for the October 11-13 session of the Institute of Newspaper Technology are coming in fast. Half of the scholarships provided by the Tennessee Press Association Foundation have already been used. Don't miss out on this opportunity to save $500 off your Institute registration (available to TPA members only). To register using a scholarship, go to: newspaperinstitute.com/tpa.html
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LMU adds historic Walter T. Pulliam newspaper collection to archives
Retired newspaper publisher and editor Walter T. Pulliam has given his extensive historical newspaper collection to Lincoln Memorial University (LMU). The collection includes over 700 newspapers dating back to the 1600s.

pulliam This extraordinary collection is highlighted by the largest newspaper ever published - George Roberts' Constellation. Published in New York in 1859, the eight pages are three feet by four feet, opened the sheet is six feet by eight feet. The paper had a circulation of 28,000 and was 50 cents. Giant newspapers in page size began in England when they were taxed by the page. Eventually, papers in the U.S. in the 1840s began copying the style. The collection also includes the world's smallest daily, The Tryon Daily Bulletin, which was published at Tryon, N.C., in the 1950s by Seth Vining and his wife.

Also included in the collection is the July 8, 1776, edition of Dunlap's Pennsylvania Packet which included a printing of the Declaration of Independence on the front page. On the back page is the announcement, "On this day at twelve o'clock, the Declaration of Independence will be proclaimed at the state house." The item is followed by orders for safety of the country signed by John Hancock. There are several newspapers published during the Civil War. Confederate and Union papers published during this time provide a remarkable contrast on the reporting of the same newsworthy events. Also included is a collection of 20th century local Tennessee newspapers that, to Pulliam's knowledge, are not archived anywhere else. The expansive collection also includes early English and American papers, extensive coverage of British Royalty, papers from Europe, coverage of every major world conflict from across the country, coverage of disasters and terrorism and newspapers of interest in journalism history. newspapercollection

Pulliam, a Knoxville native, came of age in the Great Depression. His career in the newspaper business actually began in 1925 when he worked as a carrier for the Knoxville Dispatch and later the Knoxville Free Press while attending grade and high school. His first reporting assignment came in the summer following his high school graduation for The Knoxville Times. He later enrolled at the University of Tennessee where he earned a degree in English and history. In college Pulliam earned extra money as a stringer for papers across the state, covering University events. He also served as editor for the Orange and White, then the UT student newspaper. Following graduation he worked at The Knoxville Journal and then The Knoxville News-Sentinel. The attack on Pearl Harbor inspired Pulliam to enlist in the Army where he reported for the Stars & Stripes. After the war, he returned to The Knoxville News-Sentinel before moving on to The Washington Post where he worked first as a reporter and then assistant city editor.

Pulliam purchased and sold several community papers during his career including The Harriman Record, The LaFollette Press, the Jellico Advance-Sentinel and The Lake City Town Crier. He served as president for the Tennessee Press Association (1965-66) and was integral in establishing the Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame at the University of Tennessee. In 1966 he was awarded the Tennessee Press Association's Award for service to the newspaper industry. Pulliam has been a member of the Society of Professional Journalists since the beginning of its Knoxville chapter, was a long-time member of the National Press Club of Washington, D.C. and the Washing ton Post E-Street Club. He is the author of the 700-page, coffee table book on the history of Harriman, Tenn., The Town That Temperance Built. Pulliam is married to the former Julia Hill Brownlow of Columbia, Tenn. The pair has one daughter, three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. They reside in Knoxville.

LMU's Sigmon Communications Center has already recorded one lengthy interview with Pulliam about the collection. LMU Archivist Michelle Ganz is in the process of cataloging the entire collection. The ultimate goal is to record several interviews with Pulliam to include with the collection as an oral history. The Walter T. And Julia Pulliam Historic Newspaper Collection joins the Bert Vincent Papers which includes correspondence and other memorabilia from the career of beloved local writer and long-time Knoxville News Sentinel columnist. In fact, Pulliam gave the dedication speech in 1974 when LMU's library became the Carnegie-Vincent Library in Vincent's honor.

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Wells is new TPS advertising director
Tennessee Press Service is excited to welcome David S. Wells as our new director of advertising. David joined the staff on April 9 and has been busy learning about our three organizations and the member newspapers we serve.

Wells will oversee the display advertising (ROP) department, which provides a one-stop shop where agencies and direct customers can handle an ad placement of any size with just one contact.

Wells comes to us with broad newspaper, media, and agency experience. He brings a new understanding of the vital mix of print, online, and non-traditional media needed to build a campaign that can deliver results.

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Free Online Computer-Assisted Reporting Minicourse
Newly updated and expanded, this free, online course created by MTSU School of Journalism professor Dr. Ken Blake uses YouTube-hosted videos and downloadable practice datasets show how journalists can use Excel, Access, Google Fusion Tables and Excel's Data Analysis ToolPak to quickly find news in databases they can download from the Internet or create themselves. http://mtweb.mtsu.edu/kblake/CAR.htm

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Public Notice Week was January 22-28
Public Notice Week kit We encourage you to use the materials, and to produce your own editorials, during the designated week and throughout the year.
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Ads for newspaper promotion campaign available
Every TPA member publisher should have received a CD with ads promoting the newspaper industry. This campaign is titled, “Tennessee Newspapers: Turning the Page on the Future.”

Please continue to run these ads as you have space available.

Download/view the promotional ads

If you need a disk with all of the ads or want the ads designed for a billboard, please contact the TPA office at (865) 584-5761 or send an e-mail to Angelique Dunn at adunn@tnpress.com.

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TPA Foundation launches capital campaign:
Do you believe in the future of newspapers?
The Tennessee Press Association Foundation (TPAF) Board of Trustees has embarked on a capital campaign that will help set the tone for the future of newspapers across our state.

A lofty goal to raise $1,000,000 over the next five years has been set, and TPAF leaders have already received pledges of more than $100,000 toward the goal.

“I Believe” is the theme of our campaign to generate funds to advance our newspapers through the years to come. By being a part of this effort, you are showing that you believe in the future of newspapers.

As newspaper editors, publishers and owners, we should not only lead the charge in letting the nation know that newspapers aren’t dying, but also put our money where our mouths are by showing our dedication to the industry we all love.

For more information about the “I Believe” campaign, visit our website at www.tpafoundation.org, or contact the TPA office at (865) 584-5761.

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Series of Public Notice Ads reinforces the importance of printed notice
The following public notice ads were adapted by Chattanooga Times Free Press from concept ads created by Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, and are available for all TPA members to use. All ads are half page ads.
Link to ads

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Have a job opening?
Post your open positions and search for resumes in TPA's employment area at http://www.tnpress.com/employment.html.
Only authorized personnel from member newspapers can post jobs or review résumés. First time users will need to register with a user name and password. Once you complete your online registration, please contact Robyn Gentile, member services manager, for access—(865) 584-5761, ext. 105 or via e-mail.
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