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Ad contest deadline looming The Arizona Newspapers Association Excellence in Advertising competition deadline is Feb. 15. New year, new ANA Web site ANA has redesigned our Web site for better usability. Visit www.ananews.com and give us your feedback. UA student receives Hearst Journalism Award Jennifer Tramm, a journalism student at the University of Arizona placed second in the Hearst Journalism Awards program for a piece she wrote about deadbeat dads. She will receive a $1,500 scholarship and qualifies for the National Writing Championship in June. Tramm is a reporter for The Arizona Daily Wildcat, a UA student newspaper. NAU professor passes away Donna W. Henrichs, 43, passed away Dec. 8 at Flagstaff Medical Center. As a faculty member at the School of Communication, Henrichs taught communication, advertising and public relations to Northern Arizona University students. She is survived by her husband Joel and their children Bailey, Spencer, Alyssa and Haley. Top newspaper exec at Gannett to retire in May The president of Gannett Co. Inc.’s newspaper division said that she plans to retire in May, after 40 years with the company. Sue Clark-Johnson, as head of the McLean, Va.-based publishing giant’s newspaper operations since 2005, has overseen the country’s largest newspaper, USA Today, one of 85 daily newspapers that Gannett owns, along with hundreds of nondaily publications. A successor has not yet been named. Before her promotion to president, Clark-Johnson was CEO of Phoenix Newspapers Inc., which publishes the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, and senior group president of Gannett’s Pacific Newspaper Group. Craigslist donates $1.6 mil to UC Craigslist is donating $1.6 million to the University of California, Berkeley to create the first endowed faculty chair in “new media.” FCC reverses cross-ownership restrictions The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to reverse the 32-year-old prohibition upon daily newspapers owning broadcast stations within their market. This change was limited to newspapers in the top 20 markets in the U.S.
ANA and the Arizona Capitol Times will co-sponsor and host a day at the Capitol on Monday, January 28, 2008. The entire Legislature has been formally invited to lunch with publishers and editors from across the state. Please save this date on your calendars! This is a great opportunity for publishers and editors to share a few minutes with the legislators,
and make an impact on issues which could affect legislation in your part of the state. Individual appointments can be made if you have special issues to discuss with your legislator. An informal luncheon, catered by Alexi’s, will be held at the Arizona Capitol Times building from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is your chance to personalize your relationship with your local
and state representatives. We hope you will join us. ANA is the official voice of Arizona newspapers in state government. If you want your voice to be heard, come make an appearance and take an opportunity to hum in your legislator’s ear. To R.S.V.P., contact Bobby Blatchley at (602) 889-7127.
Schatt Lecture to focus on pioneer women in journalism Join Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Valley of the Sun chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in presenting a fascinating panel discussion, “Breaking Barriers: Women Leaders in News,” 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Katzin Hall in ASU’s Music Building. Admission is free. Athia Hardt, a one-time Arizona Republic colleague of Paul Schatt’s and first female president of the Valley of the Sun SPJ chapter will introduce a panel of distinguished female journalists: Julia Wallace is the first female editor of The Atlanta Journal Constitution, the paper she interned for nearly 25 years ago. She was managing editor of The Arizona Republic from 1999-2001. Wallace also served as editor of The States-
man Journal newspaper in Salem, Ore., and worked as a reporter and editor at the Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star, USA Today and the Chicago Sun-Times. Ellen Soeteber is an awardwinning journalist and former top editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who is now the Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism at the Cronkite School. She is the only woman to hold the top editing position at the Post-Dispatch in its 129-year history and one of a small number of women ever to lead a Top 30 major metropolitan newspaper. Catherine Anaya is a threetime Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchors the nightly newscasts at KPHO, the CBS affiliate in Phoenix. She is a regular contributor to Latino Perspectives Magazine and previously wrote an awardwinning monthly parenting column
for Los Angeles Magazine. She also anchored a morning news show and co-hosted an afternoon women’s talk show at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. Susan Green is the broadcast director of the Cronkite News Service in the Cronkite School. She was previously managing editor at KNXV-TV in Phoenix and held executive producer positions at KPNX-TV in Phoenix, at WUSA in Washington, D.C., and WABC-TV in New York City. She wrote and produced a Telly Award-nominated A&E documentary and is the recipient of a Peabody Award for WABC’s coverage of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. More information is available on the Valley of the Sun chapter Web site, www.spj.org/arizona.
Arizona Newspapers Foundation launches fundraising campaign The Arizona Newspapers Foundation is excited to announce the launch of our 2008 3for3 program. With the partnership of member newspapers, ANF hopes to raise money to fund scholarships and provide financial assistance to the journalism departments of Arizona’s three state universities. A special thank you to the Arizona Capitol Times, Sierra Vista Herald and Inside Tucson Business for being the first to donate three percent (or more) of their circulation to help support the three journalism schools at Arizona’s public universities. Tuition is rising at a rapid pace; almost 14 percent in the last year alone. Make certain journalism students have the money they need to
continue their impact on Arizona news. Consider donation three percent of your circulation. If you have not received a pledge card or have questions regarding this fundraiser please contact Sharon Schwartz at (602) 261-7655 ext. 108 or s.schwartz@ananews.com. ANAgrams Arizona Newspapers Association 1001 N. Central Avenue, Suite 670 Phoenix, AZ 85004 - 1947
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