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BNC and Advertising contest deadline, May 26!

As you may know by now, the ­annual ­Better Newspapers Contest (BNC) and Excellence in ­Advertising Contest for 2017 began on May 1 and runs until ­tomorrow’s deadline, May 27.

If you have questions or need help ­contact ­Julie O’Keefe at ­j.okeefe@ananews.com or call her at (602) 261-7655, xt.110.

The contest packet, distributed to all publisher, editors and ad mangers, ­contains rules for eligibility, ­circulation ­divisions (automatically ­calculated by the ­system to take

out the guess work), which categories are for online ­entry, which should be entered by mail – and how to create labels for your mail-ins plus where to send them.

Here are some general items to keep in mind as you ­gather and prepare for the contests: Mail-in entries must be postmarked or ­received by May 26, 2017.

The contest ­period dates for entries/materials is ­between May 1, 2016 to April 30, 2017. Previous entries are not eligible.

Individual entry fees remain at a very reasonable rate of $10 per entry. So, to improve your chances, enter unlimited entries per allowable category with just a low fee for each.

Plaques will be awarded to First Place winners, and ­certificates to Second and Third Place winners.

New this year, ANA Fall Convention, one-day only Planned Workshops Earlier this year we sent a survey to ANA members asking for their input on the convention.

Your responses were helpful in ­planning a new change to the convention—this year will be a ONE-DAY only event on September 30.

We will still have workshops and training sessions held throughout the day that cover topics to help make your newsroom and design team a competing force in today’s media savvy world.

The Excellence in Advertising Awards will go on at the afternoon luncheon. The (BNC) Better Newspapers Contest Awards will be presented during the evening reception.

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Newsroom/Editorial

ADVERTISING / SALES

Operating a strong newsroom on a limited budget

Digital Summit. How to ­successfully educate your audience

Confronting the “Fake News” ­phenomenon

Content Marketing. Content that works

Legislative Update, Open Records, Public Notice

Selling Packages/Integrating products

Enhancing Engagement using ­Social Media, Building digital traffic

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Member News

In memoriam: AJ news editor Ed Barker dies at 72 Charles Edward (Ed) Barker, 72, was part owner and editor of the Apache Junction/ Gold Canyon News since its first edition on July, 1997. He was looking forward to celebrating its 20year anniversary in two months.

He peacefully passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2017. He left this life with a smile on his face surrounded by his family and friends.

His civic contributions on city commissions and boards; generous donations to local organizations; and reasoning voice—ex-

Reboot your skills, recharge your watchdog batteries and reconnect with the world’s largest network of investigative journalists during this year’s gathering in Phoenix.

Choose from more than 150 ­panels, hands-on classes and special presentations.

Learn how to improve reporting and storytelling across all platforms. Celebrate the best of investigative reporting during our 2016 IRE Awards luncheon.

Be inspired by luncheon keynote speaker Nikole Hannah-Jones of The New York Times Magazine. Mix and mingle with the best in the business.

Learn. Share. Connect.

Want to learn how to scrape a website using code? We’ve got a three-hour class for you. No previous ­experience is required! Pre-register ­online.

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pressed in the pages of the Apache Junction/Gold Canyon News—has left a hole in the heart of a community that he loved.

To read an encompassing tribute of Barker’s life, remembrances and commitment to local newspapers, click this link for the complete story.

Courtesy: Apache Junction/Gold Canyon News.

A partnership with the National Press Photographers Association will bring you beginner and advanced ­photojournalism classes.

A hands-on drawing class taught by journalist-turned-artist Leah Kohlenberg will help tell better stories by tapping into your visual side.

Panels on timely topics including covering Muslim America, investigating the media, and battling fake news.

Hands-on classes to help you gather, analyze, clean and visualize data. We’ll have classes that start with the very basics (Excel 1: Getting started with spreadsheets) and get more advanced (Intermediate Python).

Want more conference news? Follow #IRE17 on Twitter and bookmark our IRE Conference Blog.

Early bird registration ends June 2.

ANAgrams is a quarterly e-publication produced by the Arizona Newspapers Association 1001 N. Central Ave., Suite 670 Phoenix, AZ 85004-1947 Office (602) 261-7655 Fax (602) 261-7525 www.ananews.com ANA Staff Paula Casey Executive Director / ext. 102 p.casey@ananews.com Julie O’Keefe Communications Manager / ext. 110 j.okeefe@ananews.com Cindy London Ad Placement Manager / ext. 112 c.meaux@ananews.com

The Arizona Newspapers Association (ANA) was established in 1930 and incorporated in 1956. It is the successor to the ­Arizona Press ­Association of 1905, and the ­Arizona Daily Newspaper ­Association of 1922. The ­Association is governed by an 11-member board of directors elected by the member newspapers. The ANA is a ­nonprofit trade association representing more than 115 A ­ rizona newspapers.

ANA Board of Directors President Manuel ­Coppola, ­Publisher – Sierra Vista ­Herald Secretary / Treasurer Rebecca Bradner, Publisher – Green Valley News, Sahuarita Sun Kyle Larson, General Manager – Larson Newspapers (Sedona) Brian Kramer, Publisher – White Mountain Independent, Payson Roundup Colleen Brady, Advertising D ­ irector – Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff) Chase Rankin, VP Advertising – Arizona Republic/Republic Media (Phoenix) Kent Johnson, Publisher – Arizona Capitol Times (Phoenix) Past President Donovan Kramer Jr., ­Co-Publisher – Casa Grande ­Dispatch

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The 78th Annual Meeting and Fall Convention New this year – Now a one-day only event

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Workshops and Training Sessions are still planned through out the day with the Excellence in Advertising Awards presented at the afternoon luncheon, and the (BNC) Better Newspapers Contest Awards presented during the evening reception.

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What Can You Believe?

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don’t know about you, but my life s e em s t o g et bu sier w it h each passing Kevin Slimp day. I just fi nThe News Guru ished publishing my second book in a month, began work on a major project to help raise funds for a press association, conducted more webinars than I can remember over the past few weeks, and summer convention season kicks in tomorrow in Winnipeg, even though summer is still a few weeks away.

My email is fi lled with messages each day from publishers and other newspaper colleagues who want advice about something going on at their papers. The questions come from the tiniest papers with just one or two folks, including the publisher, on staff, to folks running large regional and national groups.

If you think it sounds a little overwhelming, you’re right. I recently read a biography of George Washington and learned, not surprisingly, he often felt as if he was in over his head. I know the feeling, George. I’m sure many of us share the same emotion.

Like a lot of people in our business, I sometimes want to throw my hands in the air and ask, “Am I really making any difference at all?”

Then someone like Joey Young, comes along. You’ve probably heard of Joey, the “whiz kid” from Kansas who keeps creating successful community newspapers in defiance of the choruses of “You can’t do that.” Joey has a habit of reminding me how well things are going out in Kansas Then there are the publishers, editors and ad managers lining up at conventions to tell me how well their papers are doing, while

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everyone seems to be telling them they should be dying.

I remember hearing from the CEO of Adobe Software several years ago. He wrote to thank me for the work I had done to make Acrobat a viable product. He told me, “What you did may have saved our company.”

I was looking for an email yesterday and was surprised to fi nd a five year-old message from a business leader in New Orleans who was excited about a plan I had created, at his group’s request, to lure a new daily newspaper to the city after their long-standing daily newspaper moved to a digital-fi rst format, abandoning their traditional daily model.

I felt a rush of adrenaline as I read the words he wrote five years ago, “I love it!”

Those of you who know me well know that one of my degrees is in theology, and I love keeping up with what various groups believe. I often say I have a little Quaker in me, even though I’m not Quaker, because I love the Quaker belief that a single individual, even when standing alone against great opposition, has a significant chance of being right.

When I was being told no one would ever print a newspaper ad or page from a PDF fi le, by the very people I thought would be most excited about the possibility, those voices didn’t sway me.

That’s one of the things the head of Adobe thanked me for all those years ago.

When I read, as we all do, that newspapers are dying, it doesn’t slow me down, because I know the truth.

Two months ago, a friend told me he attended a civic club meeting and the guest speaker was the daily newspaper editor from his town.

My friend told me he was shocked when the editor told the group that newspa-

Kevin keeps this story from 1995 on his office wall to remind him of a time when “everyone” said no newspaper would ever print a page from a PDF file. pers were near death and they would be better off to fi nd alternative sources, primarily online news sites, to get their information.

My friend was surprised that I wasn’t surprised. It’s enough to get a guy down, but not me. At least not for long.

I just think about Roger Holmes and those papers in Western Canada and his work to move them back into local hands. And I think about Victor Parkins in Tennessee, who I just got off the phone with, and his papers.

He told me they are doing really well, increasingly better each year.

I think about some of the biggest names in the business who contact me to let me know they read my columns and agree with my thoughts that local management of newspapers is the only way to keep them successful.

Last night, I was on the phone with legendary newspaper consultant Ed Henninger. We talk almost every day. The conversation moved toward the topic of newspapers, as it always does, and

our concern for groups that continually press the “newspaper is dying” message.

Then Ed told me about one of the national newspaper groups he works with as a consultant. He said, “You know what the difference is with them, and why I like working with their group?”

Obviously I asked.

“The difference is, they leave the management of their papers in the hands of the publishers and staffs, and they have good newspapers because they do.”

I know I’m preaching to the choir, but sometimes the choir needs to be reminded they sound good.

The printed word isn’t dying. You can find the books I publish in bookstores and all the usual online retailers. The printed versions outsell the digital versions by a long-shot. Most of the studies I fi nd show a 4 percent drop in digital book sales over the past year.

Why have some of our brethren fallen for the “print is dead” line? Well, that’s another column for another day. My 800 words were used up 90 words ago.

Payson Roundup newspaper uses book festival to engage readers

“Community newspapers are always looking for innovative ways to engage readers. The Payson Book Festival brings a variety of noted Arizona authors to our town in July and gets people of all ages excited about reading and writing,” says Brian Kramer, publisher of the Payson Roundup. Last year’s one-day event attracted more than 600 visitors.

He adds, “It is important to support community literacy projects that encourage young readers to seek information and entertainment from newspapers, magazines and books.” Research shows that children who can read well by third grade generally perform better in school, develop a healthy selfimage, and enjoy more success in their careers.

Unfortunately, many Arizona children lack motivation to read. Often there are no books, magazines or newspapers in their home. Education studies reveal that children are more apt to engage in voluntary reading when they see their parents or older siblings reading at home. Family literacy increases when parents and children share comics, discuss movie reviews or research vacation spots together by reading articles.

Recognized in 2016 by ANA as the best non-daily newspaper in Arizona, and named as the national Local Media Association newspaper of the year

among non-dailies with less than 10,000 circulation, the Payson Roundup supplies local schools with 150 papers per edition. Studies show that newspapers, read at home or used as a learning tool at schools, help readers of all ages improve language skills.

For the third year, the Roundup is the primary media sponsor of the Payson Book Festival, a free family-friendly event that will take place on July 22, 2017 in the ballroom of the Mazatzal Hotel and Casino. This literacy project is presented by Arizona Professional Writers with partial funding from Arizona Humanities. It features more than 70 Arizona authors including: Marshal Trimble, Stella Pope Duarte, Roger Naylor and Jan Cleere.

Connie Cockrell, festival director, says “Our goal is to promote literacy and showcase Arizona Authors. We want to foster a love of reading by providing a friendly environment that encourages interaction between authors and readers of all ages. Kids can enjoy story time sessions, meet authors and participate in a “Young People’s Writing Workshop.” More information is available at the website: www.paysonbookfestival.org . Proceeds will benefit local scholarship funds.

Kramer adds, “We believe programs such as this book festival have longterm benefits of improving community literacy, thus increasing our future base of subscribers via print, digital and mobile platforms.”

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The power of repetition. The power of repetition. The power of …

Catherine climbed the ranks from sales person to sales manager at her paper. “Although I’ve been in the

By John Foust business for a long time,” she told me, Newspaper “there’s always a Consultant and new way to look Trainer at advertising.”

She mentioned a recent trip to a fast food restaurant. “I was between meetings in a nearby town and needed a quick lunch.

So I dropped by McDonalds. It had been over a year since my last trip to a McDonalds, and I was trying to choose between two of their trademark products, a Big Mac and a Quarter Pounder. I was planning to ask the cashier about the ingredients in the Big Mac, then all of a sudden I remembered their famous television jingle from my childhood. ‘Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.’

I hadn’t thought about that in years, but it was in my memory bank. I did an online search later and was proud that had I remembered every ingredient in the proper order.”

That McDonalds campaign ran for about a year and a half in the midSeventies. And 40 years later, Catherine still remembered. That’s the power of repetition.

Would she have remembered the jingle if it had run only one time? Not a chance.

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tables by going through them one time?

What about the alphabet? Can you hear a new song one time and sing along the next time you hear it on the radio?

Catherine’s experience reinforced her belief in the importance of repetition in advertising. “I remember one advertiser – an apartment developer – who wanted to run a splashy grand opening ad. But he didn’t want to run anything at all after that. He figured the grand opening would create so much buzz in the market that he wouldn’t need to advertise any more for a long time. In the short run, it would have been nice for my paper to have that full-page, full color ad, but we knew it would have been a waste of his budget. We worked hard to talk him into turning that fullpage budget into a mini-campaign that stretched over several weeks. We felt if we could demonstrate the value of repeating his message – with measurable results – then we could talk about extending the campaign. Our strategy worked, and he became a consistent advertiser.”

Catherine explained that her team tells advertisers about two key principles of advertising: reach and frequency. How many people will they reach? And how frequently will they reach them? Yes, a business can run one ad one time and reach all the readers in her paper’s distribution base. But without frequency, there’s little chance for success.

“Most of the time, it’s a simple concept for advertisers to understand,” she said. “Once they realize that repetition is a solid strategy, they are willing to hear how to make it work. Everybody wins.

They get better results and we increase our ad count.”(c) Copyright 2016 by John Foust. All rights reserved.

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60 inches? No visual? Unacceptable Catherine climbed the ranks from sales person to sales manager at her paper. “Although I’ve been in the

By Ed Henninger business for a long time,” she told me, Independen “there’s always a Newspaper new way to look Consultant at advertising.”

Poll after study after survey tells us readers will not read a story that’s more than 15-20 inches long. They just won’t.

So, what do you think they’ll do with a story that’s 60 inches long? With no visual.

This is what a 60-inch story with no visual looks like. Unacceptable. Inexcusable.

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draw attention to the story or to break up that 60 inches. Just a dull, gray sea of type.

There was no need to rush the story into print. It’s just a backgrounder on the city’s plans to build a new office complex.

So, if this happened at a small daily where I was, say, the owner and editor, what would I do about it?

Graphic representation of 60-inch newspaper page This is what a 60-inch story with no visual looks like. Unacceptable. Inexcusable.

Let’s say I’ve been out of town at a press association convention for the past three or four days. And when I stop by the office on my way home, I go through the latest issue of my paper and I see that 60-inch story…with no visual.

It would be a major understatement to say I would be unhappy. I’d be furious!

During the past few years, I’ve trained my staff that visuals are critical to good reporting. I have a managing editor, a news editor/designer, a sports editor and his assistant, two features writers and two reporters. And all eight of them have been taught the value of good visual elements.

I’ve even made sure the importance of visuals is a key part of our design style guide. There are six pages in that 30-page style guide that talk about the value of visuals and how to use them!

But there I am. In my office. Fuming.

And now, I have to consider what I’m going to say to the staffers involved in letting that 60-inch story get into my newspaper with no visual.

When it comes to moments like this, I try to get through the burn and then find a way to solve the problem. But I do want my staff to know that this is inexcusable.

Here’s what I’d do: I would say not-very-nice things (and maybe throw out a planned epithet or

two) to the writers and editors who let this happen. I would say those things loudly and forcefully, in the newsroom so everyone else can hear me. I would do this with a purpose and I would probably rehearse what I’m going to say before assembling my staff.

I would make it clear that this is NOT the way we are EVER to do things.

And then I would have them write a very strongly worded memo setting up steps to guarantee that this never happens again. I would edit that memo as needed and have them rewrite it and then make sure it goes on the bulletin board and in emails or system memos to everyone in the newsroom.

I would have everyone on my staff initial a printed copy of the memo as proof that they have read it. And I would keep that initialed copy in my files.

I would also make sure that a copy of that memo goes into the personnel file of every editor and reporter involved.

This is one of those pivotal, important moments in the history of how we do things in a newsroom.

A 60-inch story with no art is unacceptable, and the fact that some in the newsroom let it happen is inexcusable.

Is this just too much? Am I indulging in overkill? Perhaps.

But I’ll bet it will be a long, long time before I see a story that long without a visual again.

WANT A FREE evaluation of your newspaper’s ­design? Just contact Ed: edh@henningerconsulting.com (803) 327-3322 IF THIS COLUMN has been ­helpful, you may be interested in Ed’s books: ­Henninger on Design and 101 ­Henninger Helpful Hints. With the help of Ed’s books, you’ll immediately have a better idea how to design for your ­readers. Find out more about ­Henninger on Design and 101 Henninger ­Helpful Hints by visiting Ed’s web site: www.henningerconsulting.com

With newspapers back in the game, how can publishers hold on to new readers?

How can newspapers lose when Fact check. Fact checking the president’s statements is they have John Oliver, Meryl Streep right, and it made us relevant. Continue this on the local and Ali Robyn Petersen on their level. Hold the statements of local leaders up to the truth side? meter.

The erudite TV host and the talDig in. Readers savor investigative reporting that makes a ented actress buoyed our spirits by difference. Forgive some family pride, but my brother just defending the importance of journal- finished a series for the Albuquerque Journal on Mexican

By Tim Gallagher ists. And Ali, a sublime office manager drug cartels that generated debate from Santa Fe to Washand treatment coordinator at an oral ington. The Journal’s reporters set the agenda by incising President, surgery and dental implant center, rhetoric and reporting. And that’s how it ought to be.

20/20 Network subscribed to the New York Times.

Bring back compelling photojournalism. Yes, in an age She had not been a newspaper sub- when photo staffs are dwindling, this is a Sisyphean wish. scriber for two years since quitting the Sacramento Bee, But photojournalism moves us. We cannot let this die. but when she heard President Trump repeatedly declare Pay attention to your readers who elected President the Times “a failing newspaTrump. His supporters thought per,” she subscribed because he understood their issues “I felt the (Times) journalism could relate to their strugExplain. Explain. Explain. Many and was honest.” gles. Whether you agree is imAmericans aren’t sure how a bill material, but their struggles Other newspapers can thank President Trump for a bump in becomes law, how a ­Supreme aren’t. Dig into those reasons circulation. Although audited why people voted for him and Court justice is approved … print numbers will not be availyou will find a trove of stories: able for five months, national frustrations with government; newspapers are reporting an layoffs; banks and lenders who increase in digital subscriptions and many local papers ex- don’t care about the little guy; school districts that seem to pect to report an increase in both print and electronic eye- be fair to everyone except the middle of the road kid. balls. These trends reverse decades of declining circulation Hold ourselves to the highest standards. If you don’t and household penetration. think the president has a point about “fake news” allow So now that we have them back, how do we hold onto me to introduce you to Brian Williams, Stephen Glass, Bill them? This is like that one time when your boyfriend/girl- O’Reilly, Jayson Blair, et al. The public remembers those friend gave you another chance because you promised and a host of other errors made in the rush to be first. to change. Now how will you change? How will you keep Good journalism demands relentless fact-checking. That them when the daily news out of Washington is no longer is how we separate ourselves from the actual fake news as compelling as it is today? sites. We demonstrate though continuous practice that we Here are eight ideas: check the facts before we print.

Appoint a “bias” editor. Many readers think we are deExplain. Explain. Explain. Many Americans aren’t sure liberately biased. Make it the job of one editor each day to how a bill becomes law, how a Supreme Court justice is proof that newspaper for instances of bias, loaded words, approved or even whether city council can deal with aborstories that are written with the angle decided before the tion laws. That lack of knowledge about government does facts are gathered. Make your daily report public and make not mean they are ignorant. They’re interested in how laws eliminating bias your newsroom’s key goal. and regulations affect their lives. We need to break through Invite engagement. The Women’s March spurred people our arrogance and explain government and how it runs. to participate in government by writing letters to elected Tim Gallagher is president of The 20/20 Network, a officials. Make it easy for them to continue this. Add the public relations and strategic communications firm. He physical and email addresses and telephone numbers of is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and publisher at elected to every story about the council, the county board The Albuquerque Tribune and the Ventura County Star of supervisors, the state legislature and so on. Invite them newspapers. Reach him at tim@the2020network.com. to copy your newspaper when sending such letters and http://www.the2020network.com/ print them in a special place on your website.

Reprinted with permission: Editor&Publisher.

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Calendar • Calendar • Calendar Webinars • Webinars • Webinars Information, insights and sales possibilities Why would anyone choose not to attend a webinar that could add revenue to their newspapers and sales products?

ANA partners with industry leaders that offer training to our members at low-cost or sometimes free registration.

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• June 1, 2017– Slimp’s Newspaperacademy.com Sales Webinar: Selling Print in a Digital World – Tim Smith 3 - 4 PM ET ANA Member Discount: $39 / Regularly: $49 Fortunately, the “print is dead” ­headlines seem to be behind us and advertisers are turning toward print to meet their needs. Some ad reps still feel like they’re fighting a losing battle against digital when trying to sell print advertising.

• June 1, 2017– Slimp’s Newspaperacademy.com 10 Surefire Ways to Improve Newspaper Design – Ed Henninger 11 - 11:40 AM ET ANA Member Discount: $39 / Regularly: $49 This webinar was a huge success in January, so we are repeating it again for those who weren’t with us. Join us as Ed shares his ten favorite methods to improve a newspaper’s design.

• June 7, 2017 – Online Media Campus Building a Strong Service Directory to Increase Revenue 2 - 3 PM ET Every size newspaper can grow consistent core revenue by having a strong Service Directory.

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• June 22, 2017– Slimp’s Newspaperacademy.com 10 Legal Questions Newspapers Ask – Richard Hollow 2 - 3 PM ET ANA Member Discount: $39 / Regularly: $59 Attorney Rick Hollow has represented some of the biggest media companies and newspapers in America as they’ve dealt with concerns related to media rights and first amendment issues. We will poll registrants for questions beforehand and open the lines for questions, making sure to cover concerns of most interest.

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Happenings & Events

Sept. 29, In conjunction with the ANA Fall Convention, 6 p.m.

Dec. 7, via conference call, 1 p.m.

Save the Date!

September 30 Where: Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, Chandler, AZ. Make your plans now.

Earlier this year we sent a survey to ANA members asking for their input on the convention.

Your responses were helpful in planning a new change to the convention—this year will be a ONE-DAY only event on ­September 30.

We will still have workshops and training sessions held throughout the day that cover topics to help make your newsroom and design team a competing force in today’s media savvy world.

The Excellence in Advertising Awards will go on at the afternoon luncheon. The (BNC) Better Newspapers Contest Awards will be presented during the evening reception.