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THE WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER June 2022

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Journal of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association

Supreme Court opens talks on juvenile records But court continues to advocate change despite broad objections Despite protests from a broad coalition of court clerks, judges, prosecutors and media representatives, the Washington Supreme Court is continuing to consider changes to court rules that would block public access to juvenile court records.

The court did, however, suspend implementation of the rule change last month to allow for a full discussion by those affected.

The issue is currently being discussed by the court’s Rules Committee.

The changes under consideration would eliminate names from juvenile court filings and use initials instead. The rules change would also limit access to juvenile court files online.

Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu is apparently the leading voice on the court in favor of the proposal, and Chief Justice Steve Gonzalez also supported the changes in an opinion piece in the Seattle Times.

While public access to names would not be allowed, law enforcment and other public agencies, presumably governments and schools, would continue to have access to the files for background checks.

“The court rule does not modify any state statute or limit information, including the full name that is available to criminal justice agencies in databases used nationally,” Gonzalez wrote. “The contents of this criminal person database is not affected by this rule.”

Gonzalez said he believes changes in court rules are necessary to allow juvenile offenders to move beyond early mistakes.

“We have learned that most children who do bad things can and will, if given a chance, rehabilitate themselves,” he said.

“Having the records of their worst days broadly available on the internet makes rehabilitation harder. It can limit their access to jobs, housing, credit and education. These harms are significant and long lasting.”

But court clerks and judges across the state say the issue is far more complicated than the Supreme Court is acknowledging.

Throughout the juvenile justice system, names are required to carry out hundreds of tasks, from charging documents to arrest warrants and more.

And files are shared, statewide See JUVENILES, Page 2

This photo by Hailey Hoffman at the Cascadia Daily News shows Ramon Torres telling managers with Washington Bulb Company that workers have unionized. It is one of the many entries in this year’s Better Newspaper Contest. Winners will be announced Oct. 8 at the annual WNPA convention in Bellingham.

Public has a right to see political ad records Newspapers are required to keep records of published political ads and make those records available for inspection if someone asks to see them.

This right is rarely invoked by the public, but every now and then issues arise and newspapers should be prepared to let the public inspect those records, which include who paid and how much they were charged.

Occasionally, newspapers will get requests from people who think this requirement is similar to what governments are

required to do under the Public Records Act, where non-compliance can result in fines.

Unlike the requirements under the Public Records Act, newspapers are not required to search the last five years of invoices and send people records.

Under RCW 42.17A.345, you are required only “to maintain current books of account and related materials … that shall be open for public inspection during normal business hours during the campaign and for a period of no less than five years after the date of the ap-

plicable election.”

There is no requirement that you copy and send records, only that the records shall be open for inspection during normal business hours.

This law is part of the Fair Campaign Practices Act and is enforced by the Public Disclosure Commission. So if an individual was hoping to collect fines from the newspaper, he or she would be out of luck.

Only the PDC can issue fines and only after a complaint is filed and an investigation takes place.

JUVENILES: Proposed FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR rule change protested Continued from Page 1 and nationally, to law enforcment agencies, schools and other government agencies. That would leave only the private sector unable to know about juvenile criminal histories.

Kathy George, the attorney for Allied Daily Newspapers, WNPA and the Washington State Association of Broadcasters, filed an objection to the court rule when it was proposed.

“The real purpose of the proposal is to make it too difficult for most people to learn about the existence of juvenile offender cases.

While it is important to protect former juvenile offenders from unfair denial of housing and employment, such protection cannot come at the expense of accountability in the entire juvenile justice system.”

George wrote that courts are already limiting the accessibility of juvenile cases on the internet, and she argued “existing laws and rules already provide the

necessary balance between public accountability and juvenile rehabilitation interests.”

Juvenile cases can be sealed and opened only if an adult crime is committed later.

In cases where the court decides a juvenile does not qualify for such protection, the juvenile’s case remains public. Many argue this is appropriate, especially in cases involving serious felonies.

And then there is the constitutional requirement that justice is done openly.

Allowing a closed juvenile justice system would “protect judges, public defenders, prosecutors and police from scrutiny of their actions,” George wrote. “Shielding cases from oversight is dangerous not only to public safety but to innocent juvenile defendants whose unfair prosecutions or convictions would escape the broader awareness that can bring about reforms.”

Officers: Steve Powell, President; Michelle Nedved, First Vice President; Donna Etchey, Second Vice President; Trustees: Roger Harnack, Heather Hernandez, Teresa Myers, Rudi Alcott, Sean Flaherty and Matt Winters and Bob Richardson.

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Fred Obee: Executive Director: 360-344-2938 Email: fredobee@wnpa.com Janay Collins, Member Services Director: 360-344-2938. Email: ads@wnpa.com 2 The Washington Newspaper June 2022

The theory of our constitution tested by silos of belief & the speed of lies

By Fred Obee Much is lamentable in our political discourse. It can be senselessly coarse, wildly inaccurate, insulting and cruel. But it also can be inspirational and move us to courageously confront the intractable and corrupt.

While calls to limit our right to speak freely are always with us, over centuries, Obee we have concluded that while abuses do occur, it is better to suffer them than to limit people who just might have something valuable to say.

This idea was first was given its due in colonial America when a printer named John Peter Zenger was hauled in the front of a magistrate in 1735 to answer for libels that appeared in his newspaper. In those days, simply criticizing the government was considered libelous, and Zenger was caught dead to rights. Anonymous writers had indeed accused the government of being corrupt and unfair.

The prosecution was delighted, then, when Andrew Hamilton, a leading colonial attorney, admitted Zenger had published the criticisms.

But then he did what no attorney in the colonies had ever done. He turned to the jury and argued that no person should be convicted of libel

if the words he spoke were the truth.

“The question before the court and you, gentlemen of the jury, is not of small or private concern,” Hamilton said. “It is not the cause of one poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every free man that lives under a British government on the main of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty.”

The jury decided in favor of Zenger, and although it would take decades before this idea was adopted as a matter of law, looking back, the Zenger decision is acknowledged as “the germ of American freedom,” the morning star of that liberty which subsequently revolutionized America.

For the next two centuries we built on the idea that free speech was central to our national character, not just in libel cases, but in speech generally, but we continued to struggle with the idea that even hateful speech should be protected.

It wasn’t until 1919, that Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes squarely addressed our discomfort in an opinion that today is widely heralded as one of the most important intellectual turning points in our nation’s history.

“The best test of truth,” Holmes wrote, “is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market.

“That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution. It is an experiment, as all life is an experiment.

Every year, if not every day, we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge. While that experiment is part of our system, I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.”

So far, we have marked the centuries balancing our right of free speech against all other rights, and we have fashioned some practical limits. Our belief has been, that only in the bright light of constant scrutiny, can the truth begin to emerge.

Embracing that belief today requires some real courage, when untruths and misinformation fly at the speed of light. One wonders if Holmes today would amend his analysis, or whether he, or any other justice, would support curbs on speech, judging them to be an “imminent threat” to the country.

Fred Obee is the Executive Director of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

Nominations sought for Bradley award Nominations are being sought for one of WNPA’s top awards, the Dixie Lee Bradley award.

Bradley tirelessly served the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and its members for 45 years.

The Bradley award recognizes newspaper staff members who work long and hard, often behind the scenes, to see that the best possible community newspaper

is produced and distributed each week. The selection criteria includes a demonstrated record over a considerable time period of consistent quality work in any facet of the community newspaper industry including production, circulation, or front office support. Professional positions, such as photographer and advertising sales, are not included due to ample opportunities for these

professionals to be recognized through WNPA’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.

To nominate someone, send us a short essay describing why your nominee should win. Send entries to Fred Obee at fredobee@ wnpa.com or mail to Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, PO Box 389, Port Townsend, WA 98368.

New book features the selected writings of journalist Jack Arends Before former Queen Anne & Magnolia News editor Jack Arends died after a long illness in July 2021, he asked his former publisher, Mike Dillon, to put together a selection of his newspaper writings.

Dillon, a past WNPA board member, has done so.

Arends, who won multiple WNPA awards for his writing, wanted the book to available to WNPA member papers for free.

The 80-page volume, privately printed, is titled Play Nice: Selected Newspaper Writings of Jack Arends. The book’s first half features his Sunday columns, “The Week in Review,” from the Journal-American — now Bellevue Reporter — in the 1980s, in

which he wrapped up the week’s news from the international scene to his own backyard, often delivered with wry humor.

In a roomy format that took up most of a Metro-sized page, “Jack exercised his writing chops,” Dillon writes in the Introduction, “with a quick, exacting glance at the week’s news. Some of the lighter re-runs,” he adds, “are just plain fun to read.”

The second half contains Arends’ columns and editorials from the 1990s at the Queen Anne & Magnolia News in Seattle. “Here you see an editor immersed in the community,” Dillon notes. “His weekly columns were not to be missed…His editorials, with their tactile sense of the issues and the

players, still have much to teach editorial writers.”

“Play Nice” is taken from the message emblazoned on the crown of Arends’s Kangol beret he wore when, as a presidential elector, he made a short, emotional speech on December 14, 2020 in Olympia informing the gathering in Senate Chambers that his time was short.

Arends’ speech sprinted digitally around the English-speaking world, which resulted in an outpouring of praise and support.

“It was the crowning moment in a life that had unfailingly spoken up for human decency,” Dillon writes.

To request a free copy, send requests to fredobee@wnpa.com.

Jack Arends, a long-time Northwest journalist, and a constant voice for human decency.

Photo courtesy of the Everett Herald.

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Courier Herald reaches out to readers to build trust, rapport

WNPA PEOPLE

WILLSON JOINS BEACON PUBLISHING Jasper Willson has joined Beacon Publishing this summer as an intern.

She will be writing articles and taking photos for its Edmonds and Mukilteo papers as well as its Mill Creek online publication.

“I’m excited to be able to write stories for local communities that I have grown up in,” she said.

Willson, from Shoreline, attended Shorecrest High School before heading to Pullman to attend Washington State University. She recently finished her sophomore year as a journalism student at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.

FRIEDRICH JOINS CHENEY FREE PRESS Michaela Friedrich is the newest addition to the Cheney Free Press. She is a junior in the Gonzaga journalism program and is looking forward to her new gig.

“I’m really excited to be here-this is my first job in journalism outside of the Gonzaga Bulletin,” Michaela said. “After I graduate, I plan on staying in the general area. I’m excited to start being a part of the Cheney community.”

Michaela was born and raised in Patterson, Calif., a small agricultural community in the Central Valley. She moved to Spokane three years ago after enrolling at GU as a journalism major.

“I’m not a city girleven Spokane is a bit big for me. I don’t like dealing with the traffic, cars, and stoplights,” Michaela said. “In smaller towns like where I am from, I could go anywhere and know someone. People would ask me about my dad, a third-generation farmer, or my grandpa or aunt. I like that feeling of being in touch with people and forming meaningful relationships.”

Michaela said she’d take small-town journalism over big-city journalism any day.

“I like small-town journalism better-not that I think I would be incapable of working at a daily-I’m a hard worker, so I’d be fine,” she said. “But for me- at least for right nowworking at the Free Press is great.

“I get the sense that the stigma against the media isn’t as prevalent at a smaller market newspaper-I don’t want to be a reporter who walks into a room and it’s like, ‘Oh, she’s with them, I don’t want to talk to her.’”

Michaela believes the only place to get hyperlocal news is your community newspaper.

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HIRES BIDS FAREWELL IN OMAK Brock Hires, the managing editor of the Omak Okanaogan County Chronicle, has left the paper to start his own buisness.

He started out at the newspaper at the front desk as a classified salesman before becoming a photographer, reporter and eventually managing editor.

In all, he spent eight years at the Chronicle.

In a farewell column, he detailed some of the memorable stories the paper covered and the people he met.

“I’ve met some incredible people while working for the newspaper.

From people who went above and beyond to serve their communities, to concerned residents and the occasional rock stars.

There were those, too, who were always willing to offer their constructive criticism of the newspaper. But overall, I’ve had a blast covering the news of Okanogan Country.”

Among the most memorable stories: The Carlton Complex wildfire in 2014; the Okanogan Complex wildfire in 2015; the worst flood in Okanogan County in a century in 2018; the pandemic; and the Cold Spring and Pearl Hill wildfires, too.

At the Courier Herald in Enumclaw, a story? Did we miss an angle we should Editor Ray Still is reaching out to readers have considered? We want to know — it’s monthly by inviting them to a local brew the best way for us to improve our craft. pub to discuss the issues of the day. The In these instances, we would highly apgoal is to meet readers face to face and preciate specific examples where our facts build trust. were incorrect so we can go back and Called “Have a brewski with a correct our work. newsie,” the program has been “Politics: We certainly running since the first of the expect some people would like year. to discuss politics, from city “The events have been rebusiness to national affairs. ally good, for the most part,” “We would enjoy hearing Still said. “June was slow for your opinions, and in some whatever reason, but most instances, might even provide gatherings see between seven our own (if asked). However, and 12 people. we will not engage in political “We’ve had conversations debate — again, we’re aimabout everything under the ing for an informal session Still sun, but we’ve also talked where thoughts and ideas are about the state of the media, obexchanged, not argued. jectivity in reporting, and various “Columnists: While our local issues that we’ve reported on; a few columnists are more than welcome to join folks have even pitched stories. No one us during these sessions, there’s no guarhas come in to complain about our cover- antee they will attend. If you’d like to get age yet, which is a little disappointing, a hold of one of them, we are more than but we’re still getting the word out.” happy to take down your contact informaThe meetings are on the first Wednes- tion and pass it along. day of every month, from 5 to 6 p.m., at “Beverages: Please, drink responsibly; the Cole Street Brewery. if you appear intoxicated, we will request In setting up the program, Still laid out you to disengage.” a few guidelines. Here’s how that went: Still also told readers he would not be “Story ideas: We are really hoping able to answer questions about circulasome of you will meet with us to pitch tion or ad sales, but he was willing to articles; after all, if we don’t know what’s give readers contact information for those happening in the community, we can’t questions. cover it. That said, this is an informal getNow that pandemic rules are softentogether, and we will not be prepared to ing in most places, it makes it possible conduct interviews, though we will gladly to meet with readers in public places, schedule one with you in the near future. and our experience here at WNPA “Fact checking: Did we get something is efforts like that are almost always wrong? Was something out of context in worthwhile.

TVW unearths 1998 video of WNPA Walt Woodward Freedom’s Light award WNPA oldtimers will recall how Walt Woodward, the former publisher of the Bainbridge Island Review, stood pretty much alone during World War II to oppose the imprisonment of people of Japanese descent.

In 1998, WNPA finally honored Woodward for his courage.The video of the ceremony is now available at: https://tvw.org/video/freedoms-lightaward-ceremony/?eventID=1998091050

To download the video, go to: https:// invintus-client-media.s3.amazonaws.co m/9375922947/80c7c53fea2a009b8a83f cac56ccc03bf087224c.mp4 David Guterson’s book Snow Falling on Cedars, was based in part on Woodward’s actions. Guterson reads from his book at the ceremony, and well wishes were extended from every corner, including Gov. Gary Locke and President Bill Clinton.

Statewide ad network has been updated!

New ad prices, & state regions

Take note! Your WNPA co-op ad network has just two regions, Western and Eastern Washington, and ad pricing has been adjusted accordingly. Now it is simpler than ever to use the network to bring in new revenue!

Now that the pandemic is receding and public health directives are relaxing, people will be itching to get out and mingle and community events will once again take to the streets.

But after two years of relative inactivity, how will people know your town is open for business and welcoming tourists?

Online advertising is an option, but with ad blocking software and distrust growing over social media, it isn’t the solution it used to be. In this changing environment, trusted community newspapers across the state serving a highly educated, affluent and involved readership are a perfect place to get a message out.

Every ad salesperson knows it is wise to identify the entities in your community with fat ad budgets. At this moment in time, don’t overlook the folks with hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend – your local governments!

Every city and county in the state has a pool of money generated by local lodging taxes, and that money is supposed to reach beyond local markets and bring people to town.

If you have not already, you should ask your city and county governments (each has separate Continued on Page 6 5 The Washington Newspaper June 2022

Ad network: Continued from Page 5 funds) for a report on where the lodging tax money is going (usually chambers of commerce and local non-profits) and then propose a marketing plan that reaches out across the region.

WNPA ads are a perfect match for boosting community events because you can choose to advertise regionally or statewide.

Here’s how the WNPA program works: • You sell the ad to a local organization.

• You charge your client for the full cost of the ad and send an insertion order to WNPA. WNPA then invoices you for half the cost of the ad, splitting the revenue on the ad sale. The advertising salesperson gets their regular commission on the sale and $50 direct from WNPA. • WNPA uses our share of the money to provide your legal hotline, professional services, Legislative Day, the Better Newspaper Contest and the annual convention.

• We keep the price to the client affordable by asking all member newspapers to publish the ads sold by other newspapers for free. The ads are small – just two columns wide by either two or four inches tall. One column by four or eight inches is also OK. They need to be produced in two different widths, to accommodate different column widths.

Potential customers include festivals, fairs, resorts, real estate offices, state agencies, statewide or regional political candidates – anyone who desires a cost effective regional or statewide campaign.

Because member newspapers publish these ads for free, we can only promise that they will run as black and white ads.

If you include a color version, many papers will use it instead, but there is no guarantee of this.

Need more information? Contact Janay at WNPA by emailing ads@wnpa.com or by calling 360-344-2938.

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JOB BOARD

COPY EDITOR Cascadia Daily News, a locally owned daily online/weekly print newspaper in Bellingham, Washington, seeks a copy editor/web producer for a full-time, temporary position from mid-to late April through July; possible extension.

Breaking story-editing experience and knowledge of AP Style required. Experience assigning stories and managing news staff preferred.

The job is based in the newspaper’s downtown Bellingham newsroom; hybrid scheduling will be considered. Salary DOE. Send resume, relevant work experience details and letter of interest to Executive Editor Ron Judd, ronjudd@cascadiadaily. com CREATIVE ARTIST Sound Publishing, Inc. has a Creative Artist position available in our Bainbridge Island, WA office.

The position is Fulltime and the schedule requires flexibility. Duties include performing conceptual design for ads, logos, page layout, marketing campaigns, and collateral. The position will require providing excellent customer service to both internal and external customers.

We offer competitive compensation and a benefits package that includes Medical/Vision, Dental, Life/AD&D/LTD insurance; paid time off (vacation, sick); a Wellness Program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP); and a 401k with employer match.

Job Requirements include experience with Adobe Creative Suite 6,

and basic understanding of Adobe effect and web layout preferred.

Excellent customer service, organization, and communication skills.

Ability to work independently, as well as part of a team, in a fast-paced environment.

Newspaper and agency experience is preferred but not required.

Please e-mail your cover letter, resume including wage requirement, and three or more non-returnable relevant work samples in PDF or Text format (and/or a link to them) to careers@soundpublishing. com and be sure to include “BIRCREATIVE” in the subject line.

REPORTER The Sunnyside Sun, a weekly paper with more than a century of hometown reporting tradition covering the beautiful Yakima Lower Valley, is seeking an enthusiastic general assignment reporter/photographer to immediately fill this vital role in our WNPA awardwinning newsroom.

Duties include assigned beat work of public meetings; police and fire

coverage, agriculture and community news and features, and sports coverage when needed.

The hourly wage starts at $13.69 and is a 40 hour per week position with an occasional weeknight and weekend assignment as part of the job.

Our successful applicant will be a motivated and deadline-driven team player able to work on multiple stories outside the newsroom, while producing daily online news content.

This is an excellent opportunity to expand your reporting credentials and grow with a familyowned media company that believes in the value of hyper-local community journalism. Candidates with the combination of news writing experience and education, along with new college graduates are encouraged to apply.

Email your cover letter, resume and three writing and photo samples in PDF format to Patrick Shelby, managing editor at pshelby@sunnysidesun.com. No phone calls, please.

The qualified candidate will need to possess a valid driver’s license, clean

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The Port Townsend Sound Publishing Inc. Leader is looking for a Maris looking for someone to keting Specialist to develop oversee the Kitsap News new advertising, as well as Group’s Bainbridge Island retain and grow existing key office, answer incoming accounts. We provide the phone calls and walk-in culture, tools and environinquiries, order office supment for you to succeed by plies, and process classified offering creative advertising advertising as needed. solutions for local busiHandle petty cash for the nesses. office and make deposits as We offer a competitive instructed. Assist with local compensation and benefits circulation issues. This posi- package including health tion is 40 hours per week, insurance, paid time off (vaMonday through Friday. cation, sick, and holidays), We offer a competitive and 401k (with an employer hourly wage and benefits match). package including paid Interested? Contact time off (vacation, sick, Donna Etchey at (360)385and holidays), and 401k 2900, email admin@ with employer match. ptleader.com, or by mail If you’re interested in to 226 Adams St., Port joining our team, please Townsend, WA 98368. email your cover letter and resume, including salary MULTIPLE PRESS JOBS requirements to: careers@ Come work with one soundpublishing.com and of the largest cold-set web be sure to include ATTN: printers in the five-state BIRADMIN in the subject region! Sound Publishing line. is expanding print operadriving record and vehicle insurance. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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What happens to your archives when newspapers consolidate?

Sometimes the selling publisher will retain ownership, sometimes the archives are passed on to the new owners. In either case, it is important that all parties agree and understand what is going to happen with the bound, loose or microfilm archives.

Historical stakeholders will continue your stewardship!

There’s no downside to scanning your newspaper's archive but there is a singular hurdle so daunting that most publishers simply cannot foresee any way to overcome it – cost. Luckily, there are organizations determined to help. ArchiveInABox works with historical societies and museums who can provide funding to digitize and index small-town newspapers, while publisher retains all ownership and rights.

ArchiveInABox can help you: Carry on Stewardship Mission Maintain Ownership of Copyrights Digitize Archives for Community Access

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Continued from Page 7 office. The primary coverage will be general assignment stories. The schedule may require evening and/or weekend work.

We offer a competitive hourly wage and benefits package including health insurance (med/dent/vision/life/ltd), paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), 401K with an employer match, EAP and Wellness plans.

We are looking for a team player willing to get involved in the local community through the publication of the weekly newspaper and daily web journalism. He or she will have a commitment to community journalism and everything from short, brief-type stories about people and events to examining issues facing the community; be able to spot emerging issues and trends; write clean, balanced, and accurate stories that dig deeper than simple features; develop and institute readership initiatives.

Candidates must have excellent communication and organizational skills, and be able to work effectively in a deadlinedriven environment. Must be proficient with AP style, layout, and design using Adobe InDesign; and use the publication’s website and online tools to gather information and reach the community.

Must be organized and self-motivated, exceptional with the public, and have the ability to establish a rapport with the community.

To apply write to careers@soundpublishiing.com and put reporter RR in the subject line and include a cover letter, resume, and five examples of your best work.