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ANA’s new president: Priorities this year, and the future of newspapers When Manuel C. Coppola decided on his journalism major at Northern Arizona University back in the 1980s, he was as “starryeyed” as most other budding journalists in that day, still riding high on the Woodward and Manuel Bernstein legacy. Coppola Idealism aside, ANA President: he had the 2016-17 fortune of enPublisher: rolling in some Nogales classes taught by International, Ray Newton, who Sierra Vista Herald was a professor at the time. Ray had run a newspaper and planted a seed in Coppola that the business could be quite rewarding. That was before the Internet turned the newspaper business on its head and reporters were still banging out stories on IBM Selectric typewriters. No course at NAU or elsewhere could
have prepared him for what was to come. Immediately after college, Coppola joined Wick Communications Co. at his hometown newspaper, the Nogales International. He came in as an intern under publisher Brendan FitzSimons, a seasoned ex-AP guy from Northern Ireland. FitzSimons, a 2006 inductee into the ANA’s Hall of Fame, mentored him through the ranks until he became managing editor. Coppola left the industry to run his own small business for a while, but his calling was back at the NI where he returned in 2004 to resume the managing editor’s role. Five months later, he was named publisher of his hometown paper. This year, after serving as interim publisher at the Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review for about four months, he was hired in July as publisher of that daily with the caveat that he could remain at the helm of the Nogales International. Almost since he joined Wick, Coppola has actively participated in ANA’s annual battle in the Legislature in favor of government transparency through published legal/public notices. “Newspapers are best positioned See ANA 2016-17 President, page 2
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2016-2017 ANA board The new 2016-2017 Officers for the ANA board were nominated and selected on Saturday afternoon, September 24. • President, Manuel C oppola, Publisher – Nogales International, Sierra Vista Herald • Secretary / Treasurer, Rebecca Bradner, Publisher – Green Valley News, Sahuarita Sun • Kit Atwell, Executive VP – Western News&Info, Inc. (Prescott) • Marc Marin, Publisher – Arizona Silver Belt, Copper Country News (Globe-Miami) • Kyle Larson, General Manager – Larson Newspapers (Sedona) • Brian Kramer, Publisher – White Mountain Independent, Payson Roundup • Alisha Owens, VP Advertising Sales and Marketing – Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) • Colleen Brady, Advertising Director – Arizona Daily Sun (Flagstaff) • Chase Rankin, Arizona Republic /Republic Media (Phoenix) • Open Seat – AZ Local Media • Past President, Donovan Kramer Jr., Co-Publisher – Casa Grande Dispatch Read more, here, about the newsest members to join the board. Annual publisher’s statement: and ANA Advertising Agreements due ������������������ page
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