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THE WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER November 2021

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Journal of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association

It’s a rough ride for bill to aid journalism LJSA trimmed from reconciliation bill, then reinstated after outcry The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA), which would for five years provide a payroll tax credit to local news organizations to retain or hire local journalists, was dropped Oct. 28th from President Biden’s Build Back Better bill and then reinstated Nov. 3rd after journalism groups protested.

The LJSA was taken out of the reconciliation bill as the White House and Congress sought compromise language to reduce the cost of the Build Back Better bill. Taking the LJSA out of the bill, however, doesn’t do much to reduce the cost. The LJSA represents less that one tenth of 1 percent of the total spending in that legislation.

When the bill was dropped, journalism backers protested loudly and planned protests in print and online. Then, Nov. 3, word came that the LJSA was back in the bill, thanks to strong support from the bill’s sponsors and cosponsors, members of the Ways and Means Committee, and House and Senate leadership.

The bill was sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). Signing on to the bill were Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA), Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Joe See LJSA, Page 3

Chris Johnson of the East County Journal grabbed a first place in the sports action color photography category in this year’s Better Newspaper Contest with this shot of a runner and flags and their shadow images.

Contest tab, awards ceremony & gallery online at wnpa.com By now, most of you have logged on to watch the YouTube presentation of the Better Newspaper Contest awards for 2021.

But there are other ways to look over who won what. awards. The annaul awards tabloid, printed by the Wenatchee

World, is also online and available for download. And if you would rather have your own paper copy, just let us know and we will mail you one.

Most members should have received hard copies in the mail, but we have extras here in the office for people who want

more.

SmallTownPapers, which provides our contest platform, also has a winner’s gallery presenation which is available at wnpa.com.

The gallery presentation displays all the images of award winning entries, whereas the

YouTube presentation shows only first place images. Only a small number of images are shown in the awards tab.

So if you were wondering what the second and third place entries in a category look like, navigate to the gallery from the wnpa.com home page.

With any luck, we will be able to do all of this in person next year. The WNPA board negotiated with the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Bellingham to simply push the convention forward a year.

You can mark your calendars for Oct. 7-9, 2022.

In a legal emergency call WNPA first and we’ll get some help

By Fred Obee At WNPA, we are devoted to helping our member newspapers protect themselves from lawsuits, libel actions and other legal difficulties.

For years, we kept an attorney on retainer and members were allowed to call the attorney directly, but many of those calls were non-emergency questions concerning access to meetings and documents, questions about becoming a legal newspaper, copyright infringement and plenty of other issues.

Ultimately, the WNPA Board of Directors decided that keeping an attorney on retainer to answer these non-emergency legal questions was veering pretty far from the original purpose of our legal hotline.

Our policy today is

this: If someone serves you with a subpoena, presents you with an order to turn over files, or takes some other legal action against you that requires an immediate response, you should call WNPA first to get clearance to talk to our hotline attorney.

This consultation is limited to one hour and is paid for by WNPA. The reality is that most of the questions our members face can be answered by the WNPA staff and we have a lot of resources we can tap if your question is something we’ve never heard before.

WNPA staff is available at almost any time of the day, any day of the week. Our office phone is 360-344-2938. If we are out of the office, you can call my cell phone at 360-301-6453.

Officers: Steve Powell, President; Michelle Nedved, First Vice President; Donna Etchey, Second Vice President; Caralyn Bess, Past President.

Trustees: Roger Harnack, Heather Hernandez, Teresa Myers, Rudi Alcott, Sean Flaherty and Matt Winters.

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

The task of covering elections remains essential work despite the challenges

By Steve Powell I used to love covering politics, especially elections. But that was a long time ago.

Candidates were more honest back then. They would talk about the issues and what they would do if elected to fix things.

Once elected they would try to do what they said they would. Things were a lot less partisan back then so often they were successful. Powell They would run for a few terms, usually be re-elected, and then move on because they had other aspirations in life. They were public servants so they weren’t making a bunch of money in office.

It’s a lot different today.

I can’t recall which race it was but I do recall that I really first started noticing how negative campaigns were in the early 1990s when I was editor of the Peninsula Daily News in Port Angeles.

I even recall writing an editorial urging candidates to stop with the negative campaigning and personal attacks and get to the issues - that’s what voters care about.

I’ve always enjoyed interviewing politicians prior to elections. At first, back at Green River Community College in Auburn, I took them at their word. I remember talking with Norm Dicks the first time he ran for office.

Later, I became more skeptical, not just about elections, but about everything. I especially enjoyed asking politicians tough questions - like when I knew they voted one way but during the campaigning they wanted to pretend they had a different, more-popular view. “Uh, Uh,” was often the first thing out of their mouths.

Covering election night in the old days was often a party. Everyone on the staff would be there, and we’d order pizzas and get stories out as soon as information was available. After a while we got smart and pre-wrote a lot of it.

And we quit calling everyone in the races and focused on the close ones.

One race is Port Angeles I remember only had a two-vote difference, leading to numerous recounts.

Back in those days journalists were Independents, at least they were supposed to be. I am old school so I still am. Sadly, over the years, many journalists became more biased, and it shows in their reporting.

After the Clinton-Lewinsky fiasco the tables really turned. It seems like almost every race now includes some form of negative campaigning. It’s the only way to attract attention. And frankly I actually like it now because sometimes it really does help me decide who to vote for.

I still don’t like letter-writing campaigns. Someone complained recently that I was only allowing two letters a week for each candi-

date. “That doesn’t show their true support,” the person said. “It looks like they’re equal.” I came right back at them. “I’m not an idiot.

I know about letter-writing campaigns. They don’t show a candidates’ true support.”

I also don’t like folks who come to me right before the election with some juicy gossip. “You’ve known about this for how long, and you’re just now telling me? It doesn’t give the opponent any time to respond.”

I’d rather have these hotly contested races over the boring ones any day, though. When both candidates say they are running “so they can give back to the community” I just want to puke. How are we supposed to decide who we want to vote for based on that?

The biggest thing I don’t like about politics right now is partisanship. It seems to keep us from accomplishing anything. I’m not a fan of using presidential executive orders to get things done. That’s not really supposed to be the American way.

As for this year’s election, I am having fun. Bainbridge Island has a couple of pretty hot City Council races. And they have so many issues - probably too many, I don’t know how they think they can juggle so many big ones at once.

But it has got me interested in covering elections again.

Don’t forget to vote.

Steve Powell is the editor of the Bainbridge Island Review and this year’s WNPA President.

Listserv links publishers across WNPA WNPA members wanting to ask peers a question can use a listserv provided by WNPA. To use the service, simply email your question to wnpapublisher@ listeron.com and your email will go out to publishers at WNPA member papers.

The service can be used to

ask questions about any aspect of newspaper operations. You can get ideas for a circulation campaign, or poll members to find out what kinds of software they use. It takes just a minute to reach out to fellow members of WNPA and get some valuable insight on the problems you face.

The more we interact, the stronger we all get.

If you don’t think you are on the listserv and you want to be, just go to https://app.listeron.com/wnpapublisher@listeron.com and signup.

It’s that simple to be in touch with others who are facing the same issues and challenges.

Foundation boosts intern stipends

The 2021 WNPA Foundation auction was a big success, thanks to those who bid and those who donated – many did both!

In total, the auction pulled in about $3,800 which will go toward WNPA Foundation stipends for legislative and summer internships at WNPA member newspapers.

The Foundation board, meeting in October, agreed to increase the scholarship stipends for both programs.

Summer internship stipends will now be $2,500 and Legislative internship stipends will be $3,500 for students from colleges on the quarter system and $5,000 for students on the semester system. The legis-

lative internship stipend is higher because interns are expected to live in Olympia during the session. Also, students from schools on the semester system get a higher stipend because they are on the job much longer than students who come from universities on the quarter system. Summer interns serve for eight weeks and arrange for internships near their home.

Three intern positions were approved for the Legislative internship and four interns were approved for summer internships.

To qualify for the Legislative internship, students must get a faculty recommendation and should be a junior or senior with lots of

prior experience on student or professional publications. Summer internships are open to any student, but selection is competitive and those with the most experience tend to be the students chosen.

In all, the Foundation will spend nearly $24,000 in 2022 giving students the opportunity to gain real world experience working for WNPA members.

The budget for the Foundation is supported by interest earned in an investment account established by community newspaper publishers in years past, our annual auction conducted each year at the WNPA convention and other contributions.

LJSA: Proposal is reinstated in the Build Back Better bill Continued from Page 1

Sen. Manchin (D-WV), Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (DNV), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (DAZ), Sen. Tammy Baldwin, (DWI), Sen. Ben Lujan (D-NM), Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT).

Advocates point out that when local press institutions are weakened, communities become filled with harmful disinformation, partisan hyperbole, and unverified, often bogus, social media posts. Communities need accurate, independent news and information to guide their decision making.

The LJSA in its current form has already dropped some of its

inital tax breaks for subscriptions and advertisers to reduce the cost of the measure. Now, only a tax break for retaining journalists remains.

The LJSA is by no means assured of remaining in the bill, so it is wise, advocates say, for anyone who wants to see local journalism survive and thrive to contact their representatives.

Alan Fisco, immediate past president of America’s Newspapers and President and CFO of the Seattle Times, said that “the membership has been very proactive in advancing this bill, and we’re just beginning to see the strength of our advocacy as we work together.”

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How much lodging tax revenue do you get?

Every year, cities and counties hand out hundreds of thousands of dollars to nonprofit organizations to help promote tourism and community events.

How much of that money are you getting?

Are they helping pay for the visitor guide you produce and distribute? if not, why not?

The law that allows cities and counties to collect lodging taxes supposdly favors expenditures that reach outside your market to bring new business in.

Putting heads in beds, as they say in the hotel business, is supposed to be the main goal, but every year cities and counties spend those tax revenues on playgrounds and parks, because the law allows expenditures on “tourist related” facilities.

Some of these expenditures are justified, but others stretch the purpose of lodging tax collections to the limit and you need to be part of that discusssion.

If you have not already, you should ask your city and county governments (each has separate funds) for a report on where the loding tax money is going, and then propose a marketing plan that benefits newspapers.

WNPA ads should be a

part of that marketing plan.

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

We know cities and counties rely heavily on web traffic to promote events, but WNPA ads can play a role there too, directing affluent and well-educated newspaper readers to tourism websites. We have a million readers. That’s some pretty nice exposure.

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

• 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 sales person 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.

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.

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 accom-

modate different column widths.

Need more information on how you can get your share of the lodging tax dollars? Contact Janay at WNPA by emailing ads@ wnpa.com or by calling 360-344-2938.

Earn $50 plus your usual commission by selling WNPA ImpactAds • ImpactAds are 8 column inches max.

• They run in WNPA papers statewide or by region.

• Great for events, real estate, recruitment, festivals, fairs, golf courses, wine tours, casinos, car shows, whale watching boats, tourism activities.

• Sell as a stand alone ad buy, or as an upsell for an ad you are selling locally.

• Sell any time. Commission is paid when the ad runs.

• Full price of the ad is split between your paper & WNPA. • See wnpa.com under Advertise Statewide for full details.

Questions? Call 360-344-2938 or email ads@wnpa.com

The map above shows the regions for Impact Ads. Sell the whole state, or choose a region.

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JOB BOARD

REPORTER Lewis Publishing Company, publisher of the award-winning community newspapers Lynden Tribune and Ferndale Record, has an immediate opening for a full-time news reporter.

The successful applicant will be responsible for covering community news and features in north Whatcom County.

You will be responsible for meeting coverage, human interest, recreation, investigative/ explorative pieces, and more.

Applicant will work closely with the editor and other staff members in a deadline-driven environment for both print editions and our websites.

The ideal candidate will be curious in nature, bring a good command of English and AP style, a journalism degree, a willingness to immerse into civic, cultural, business, education, and agriculture.

Applicant must be familiar with photography, InDesign and social media. You will have plenty to do in your 40hour week. You also will have the opportunity to become a well-versed, skilled journalist capable of advancing your career in most any direction.

Lewis Publishing offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including health insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick, and holidays), and 401K Profit Sharing Plan.

If you are interested in joining our team please send your cover letter, resume and a variety of published clips (3-5) to: Publisher Michael Lewis at P.O. Box 153, Lynden, WA, 98264.

REPORTER The Daily Herald is seeking a reporter to cover local politics and/or general assignment stories in Snohomish County.

The beat is flexible for a reason. If you’re a newshound eager to do meaningful journalism, we’ll play to your strengths.

Ideally, this reporter will cover a healthy slice of our municipal governments. You won’t be churning out mundane meeting coverage or clickbait. This is a position for someone who can sift through the noise to unearth powerful stories that resonate here and beyond.

We’re looking for a clear writer with strong storytelling skills. If you’ve worked much with alternative story forms, that’s a big plus. You should also be comfortable taking photos and videos.

News often requires quick turnarounds. It’s news. That said, this newspaper values depth above quantity. No quotas.

Editors trust reporters to give each story the time it deserves. You’ll work alongside about a dozen reporters who will go out of their way to help you succeed. Our staff is encouraged to share bylines and bounce ideas off of one another.

Daily newspaper experience is preferred for this position, but entry-level reporters may apply, too.

The Daily Herald, with the website HeraldNet. com, has been the leading news and information source in Snohomish County, Washington, for more than a century.

We are in Everett, a vibrant and growing community 30 miles north of

downtown Seattle, framed by breathtaking views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains to the west and the Cascade Range to the east.

The position is fulltime.

We offer benefits, including medical/vision/ dental/life/long-term disability insurance, wellness and employee assistance programs, 401k with an employer match, and paid leave (vacation/sick).

Please email an introductory letter and a resume to: careers@soundpublishing. com and include “Everett Reporter” in the subject line.

campgrounds allow over- editor, Dave Burgess, at night visits. In the winter dburgess@columbiabasinmonths, snow often falls herald.com. The Columbia and folks rediscover how Basin Herald is an equal to recreate outdoors or opportunity employer. simply find a warm place We are a part of Hagainside to read. done, a family-owned Are you a talented writer company with news orgaand photographer? Join nizations also in northern our news team and excel Idaho and Montana. at daily local coverage, as well as enterprise REPORTER stories and features for The Nisqually Valley special sections. We are News in Yelm, Washlooking for 3-5 years of ington, is looking for a experience, but are also reporter to lead its local interested in a reporter news coverage. We’re who may have less looking for an energetic experience and is eager to self-starter who can take grow. ownership of the coverage Qualifications sought area, enterprise stories and include: maintain the position of - Ability to work indethe Nisqually Valley News pendently as well as take as the primary source of REPORTER directions news and information for The Columbia Basin - Understanding of the community.

Herald seeks a full-time journalistic ethics and the We cover the comreporter with experience importance of community munities of Yelm, covering a range of beats news Rainier, Roy, McKenna, to join an award-winning - Proficiency with gramthe Nisqually Tribe and news organization dedicat- mar and AP style Tenino in addition to ed to community journal- - Able to work some Mount Rainier National ism. evenings Park and surrounding arBring your drive to serve - Reliable transportation eas. The Nisqually Valley readers and passion for and a valid driver’s license News is a family-owned words and photos, and Send your letter of newspaper with 100 years you will find plenty of interest, resume and best of history. Experience opportunities to uncover stories to the managing with basic photography, news and write features of all kinds here. Be3.5” x 2.5” | Maximum Font Size: 30 pt sides online, we publish a broadsheet five days a week, a monthly ag and business tab, plus slick annual magazines.

Our office is in Moses Lake, in the center of Washington. Here in the Columbia Basin, the Tyler W Whitworth, weather is sunny and dry, Financial Advisor and outdoor recreation is in every direction.

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general assignment reporting and sports coverage is valued. Recent college graduates are encouraged to apply. We offer competitive pay, health insurance and additional benefits.

To be considered, please send a resume and at least three writing samples to CT Publishing Regional Editor Justyna Tomtas at justyna@yelmonline.com.

REPORTERS Free Press Publishing is looking for several journalists for different newspapers in Eastern Washington. We’re looking for journalists in Cheney, Colfax, Ritzville and Spokane Valley. The successful candidates will cover local news and sports, work with journalists in our other nearby newspapers, and keep tabs on public records including land transactions, court reports and the police blotter.

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JOB BOARD 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 5 crashes and shutdowns, to local government, festivals and sports. These are not remote positions.

From high plains desert to rolling hills, our newspapers cover five counties across Eastern Washington’s “wheat country,” where smalltown living is at its best.

Our readers are fiercely loyal, with more than 80% of homes getting the printed newspaper each week in most of our core markets.

If you think you have what it takes, we’d like to hear from you. Email a cover letter, resume and references to Publisher Roger Harnack at Roger@cheneyfreepress. com. No telephone calls.

REPORTER The Anacortes American is looking for an entry-level reporter to join its award-winning staff.

We are a small group that works hard to cover the important news relevant to the lives of Fidalgo Island residents.

First and foremost, we want to know how local governments spend our money, how schools teach our children and what decisions are made on behalf of the people and the beautiful place that is Anacortes.

We keep our finger on the pulse of our small but thriving business community, our working waterfront, our many community service organizations and the interesting people who live here. We print weekly, but we cover news every day. We post news online as it happens, share it on social media and then put together a Continued on Page 7

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JOB BOARD Continued from Page 5 print edition for community members mid-week.

We also take our own photos and video. In our world, entry-level means you have done these things at the college level and have studied media ethics and media law. If you are sharp, eager to learn more on the job and aren’t afraid of jumping in head-first, we invite you to send us a cover letter, resume and at least three samples or links to your published work. This will

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be full-time with benefits and accrued PTO. Send by Monday, Oct. 4, to Editor Colette Weeks at cweeks@skagitpublishing. com. Please put American in the subject line.

CREATIVE ARTIST The Peninsula Daily News, in Port Angeles, WA, is seeking a full-time Creative Artist. Duties include ad building; designing promotional materials; internal/external customer service. Requires strong communication skills

and an ability to work in a fast-paced, deadlineoriented environment.

Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat strongly preferred, as is media experience.

You will work independently as well as part of a team. We offer a great work environment, health benefits, 401k with company match, and paid days off. Please e-mail your resume, cover letter, and samples of your work to:

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careers@soundpublishing. com and put in the subject line “PA Creative”.

Affordable Port Angeles, gateway to Olympic National Park and Victoria, British Columbia, gets half the rainfall of Seattle, yet is close enough to enjoy Seattle as well as our rain forests, great fishing, and other outdoor activities and pleasant lifestyle.

The Peninsula Daily News is the leading news source on Washington’s North Olympic Peninsula and part of Sound Publishing, the largest community newsgroup in Washington state. (EOE) Learn more about us at www.soundpublishing.com.

benefits: medical, dental, life insurance, 401K, paid vacation, sick, and holidays. EOE. No calls, please.

This is a full-time position that includes excellent benefits: medical, dental, life insurance, 401K, paid vacation, sick, and holidays. EOE. No calls, please. EOE. No calls, please. To apply, please e-mail to careers@ soundpublishing.com and be sure to include GenRep Kitsap in the subject line; (1) a resume including at least three professional references; (2) three or more non-returnable relevant work samples in PDF or Text format (and/ or a link to them); and (3) a cover letter addressing the specific job requirements we’ve outlined.

Please also include your salary requirements.

Sound Publishing, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and strongly supports diversity in the workplace.

the web.

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, REPORTER and be able to work effecThe award-winning tively in a deadline-driven Kitsap News Group has environment. an opening for a general Must be proficient assignment reporter to with AP style, layout, and cover community news in design using Adobe InDeSouth and Central Kitsap sign; and use the publicaCounty, WA. tion’s website and online Applicants must be tools to gather information able to work in a teamand reach the community. oriented, deadline-driven REPORTER We offer a competitive environment, be selfSound Publishing Inc. hourly wage and benefits motivated and resourceful, is seeking a general assign- package including health possess excellent writing ment reporter with a miniinsurance, paid time skills, have knowledge of mum of 1-2 years of writing off (vacation, sick, and community news, and be experience and photography holidays), and 401K (curable to write about a wide skills. This position is based rently with an employer range of issues and cover out of our Federal Way ofmatch.) multiple beats. fice. The primary coverage Email us your cover The ideal candidate is will be general assignment letter, resume, and include comfortable covering gov- stories. The schedule may five examples of your best ernment issues and writing require evening and/or work showcasing your rehard news stories primar- weekend work. porting skills and writing ily for publication in the As a reporter for Sound chops to careers@soundPort Orchard IndepenPublishing, you will be publishing.com. Make dent and Central Kitsap expected to: sure to include RepFW in Reporter, and online in the • produce 5 by-line stories the subject line.

Kitsap Daily News. per week; Sound Publishing is an Weekly or daily • use a digital camera to Equal Opportunity Emnewspaper experience is take photographs of the ployer (EOE) and strongly preferred, although time stories you cover; supports diversity in the worked on student pub• post on the publication’s workplace. lications and internships website; Check out our website will be considered.

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