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Recent news events have shown that, sadly, juvenile courts do not hear only cases involving minor offenses commit-ted by “good kids.” While those types of cases are certainly part of a juvenile court’s docket, all too often juvenile court judges must hear cases involving offenses such as assault, battery, sex-ual assault, intoxication manslaughter, and even murder. These cases involve criminal conduct but juvenile courts in Texas are considered civil courts and, as in many other states, public access to juvenile court proceedings in Texas has historically been more limited than access rights to criminal court pro-ceedings involving adult defendants. Two recent appellate court decisions, however, should serve to limit a juve-nile court’s ability to exclude the press and public from hearings and trials and ensure greater public access rights to these courts. The Texas Family Code provides that in a case in which the accused juvenile is at least 14 years old the proceed-ings “shall” be open unless the court “for good cause shown” determines that the public should be excluded. In a case decided this summer, In re Fort Worth Star-Telegram, et al., the Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that before a juvenile court judge may close a pro-ceeding to the press and public, there must be “some evidence in the record supportive of a good cause finding that the public should be excluded.” In Star-Telegram, a group of two newspapers and four television stations challenged
a juvenile court judge’s orders in a mur-der case closing to the press and pub-lic, without prior notice or public hear-ing, an adult certification hearing and a subsequent hearing to approve a plea bargain agreement made by the ac-cused juvenile and the prosecutor. Shortly before the Star-Telegram case was decided, the El Paso Court of Appeals held in In Re A.J.S. that an accused juvenile has a constitutional right to an open hearing (similar to the right long recognized for defendants in adult criminal cases) and that before a juvenile court trial may be closed to the public, the party seeking closure must establish an overriding interest that would be prejudiced if the trial were open and that no reasonable alterna-tive to closing the hearing will protect that interest. The combined effect of these two cases should mean that first, a juvenile court proceeding may be closed to the press and public over the objection of the accused juvenile only in the most extraordinary circumstances, if ever; and, second, that even if the accused juvenile wants the proceedings to be closed, there must be evidence offered on the record showing the good cause for doing so.
-- Thomas J. Williams is a partner in the Fort Worth office of Haynes and Boone. He represented the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and television stations KXAS-TV, KTVT-TV, and KDFW FOX 4 in In re Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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Ask an AttorneyRecent decisions affect access to juvenile courtsBY THOMAS J. WILLIAMSHaynes and Boone, LLP
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Don R. Richards
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TEXAS SUPER LAWYERADMINISTRATIVE LAWAS RECOGNIZED BYTEXAS MONTHLY 2005
Dulan D. Elder
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TEXAS SUPER LAWYERREAL ESTATE: COMMERCIAL,RESIDENTIAL, FARM & RANCHAS RECOGNIZED BYTEXAS MONTHLY 2003
Robin M. Green
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Don R. Richards
BOARD CERTIFIED:ADMINISTRATIVE LAWTEXAS BOARD OFLEGAL SPECIALIZATION
TEXAS SUPER LAWYERADMINISTRATIVE LAWAS RECOGNIZED BYTEXAS MONTHLY 2005
Dulan D. Elder
BOARD CERTIFIED:REAL ESTATE LAWTEXAS BOARD OFLEGAL SPECIALIZATION
TEXAS SUPER LAWYERREAL ESTATE: COMMERCIAL,RESIDENTIAL, FARM & RANCHAS RECOGNIZED BYTEXAS MONTHLY 2003
Robin M. Green
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2014 Texas Newspaper Directory
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2014-2015TPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERSPresident Randy Mankin, The Eldorado
Success; First Vice President Glenn Rea, The Cuero Record; Second Vice President Randy
Keck, The Community News; Treasurer Pat Canty, Odessa American; Chairman Greg
Shrader, The Lufkin News
BOARD MEMBERSElected: Jeff Berger, Hondo Anvil Herald; Neice Bell, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung; Sue Brown,
Pleasanton Express; Bill Crist, Snyder Daily News; Mike Winter, The Bowie News
Appointed: Laurie Ezzell Brown, The Canadian Record; J.D. Davidson, Paris News; Brenda
Miller-Fergerson, The Pasadena Citizen; Hank Hargrave, The Normangee Star; Bret McCormick, The Vernon Daily Record; Jim
Moser, Jackson County Herald-Tribune; Melissa Perner, Ozona Stockman; Danny Reneau,
Silsbee BeeRegional Presidents: Don Treul, Tri County Leader, NETPA; Jeff Blackmon, County Star-News, PPA; Tania French, Port Lavaca Wave,
TGCPA; Mindi Kimbro, Olney Enterprise, WTPA Regional Vice Presidents: Jessica Woodall, Kilgore News Herald, NETPA; Ashlee Estlack,
Clarendon Enterprise, PPA; Kathy Cooke, Rockdale Reporter, STPA; Sue Brown,
Pleasanton Express, TGCPA; Carlina Villalpando, Kerrville Daily Times, WTPA
TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATIONJoel Allis, Periodicals Consultant
Fred Anders, Information Technology DirectorDonnis Baggett, Executive Vice President
Diane Byram, Advertising ManagerStephanie Hearne, Controller / Office ManagerShawn Jones, Network Advertising Coordinator
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Allison Rentfro, Publications EditorDonna Shaw, Administrative AssistantEd Sterling, Member Services Director
The U.S. Postal Service should evalu-ate the impact of slower service to news-paper subscribers before proceeding with 2015 closings of mail processing plants, National Newspaper Association President John Edgecombe Jr., said last week. Edgecombe is the publisher of The Nebraska Signal in Geneva, NE. NNA seconded the concern expressed by the USPS Office of the Inspector General that the Postal Service has not completed service impact evaluations on the planned closings of 82 more mail processing plants starting in January 2015. The evaluations should include public notice and comment. The OIG strongly recommended that USPS com-plete these evaluations and requested confirmation that they are being com-pleted. NNA has previously reminded the Post-al Service that the impact of moving mail processing operations into urban areas creates mail delivery problems for its subscribers, who may judge the effec-tiveness of the mail by the on-time ar-rival of their newspapers. “As I look at the list of plants on the closing list and see cities like Salina, Kansas; Grand Island, Nebraska; Eu-reka, California, and Elko, Nevada, I worry that small-town America is gradu-ally losing reliable mail service,” Edge-combe said. “Affordable, dependable service links us to our subscribers. More importantly, it is the bedrock of local small-town economies. It is essential that USPS understand and grapple with these impacts before it makes a deci-sion to close any mail sorting plant.”
NNA Postal Committee Chair Max Heath in Shelbyville, KY, said a partic-ular problem is that USPS has no uni-versal system for measuring newspaper on-time delivery. Even with strong im-pact studies, it may not always capture the full effect of slower newspaper deliv-ery, he said. “USPS rests its service studies upon electronic scanning equipment on its au-tomated mail sorters. But many newspa-pers are not sorted on these machines. So our mail drops out of the visibil-ity measurements that USPS depends upon to report its success in reaching delivery times. Certainly we are con-cerned whether a plant closing creates a slower standard. We are equally con-cerned that if newspapers are not deliv-ered on time with today’s delivery stan-dards, USPS has no systematic way of detecting it.” Newspapers are gradually adopting the Full Service Intelligent Mail bar-codes that could be scanned by the sort-ing equipment. But unless the machines are used to sort the newspaper mail, us-able information will still elude the Postal Service, he said. “We are working diligently with USPS to develop a better measurement sys-tem,” Heath said. “But adoption of a bet-ter system for us is months, if not years away. What is important now is for USPS and publishers to recognize that news-paper subscribers want their issues on time, and any changes in service stan-dards or actual service that puts their trust in jeopardy is bad for newspapers.
*Originally ran in the NNA PubAux
Newspaper subscribers may be the unseen victims in USPS plant closings
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CALENDAROct. 15, 2014: Texas Newspaper Foundation Hall of Fame Nomination deadline | www.tnf.net
Oct. 16, 2014: National Press Photographers Association - Right to Photograph in Public, Dallas, TXwww.righttophotographinpub-lic.com
Oct. 17, 2014: Directory Cover Contest deadline
Oct. 17, 2014: The Friends of The Daily Texan Luncheon Honoring Griff Singer, University of Texas, Austin
Oct. 21-29, 2014: Judging for the Directory Cover Contest
Oct. 24, 2014: Texas Center for Community Journalism: Advertising Sales Boot Camp at TCU
Oct. 31, 2014: Deadline for publishing PS Form 3526 for non-dailies
Nov. 19, 2014: Entries due for the Lone Star Journalism Writing Contest
Dec. 30, 2014: Hotel registration deadline for the Texas Press Midwinter Conference - Texas Press room rate is $119 per night.Call 888-388-8484 for accommodations
Jan. 15, 2015: Deadling for the Barbara Jordan Media Awards
Jan. 22-24, 2015: Texas Press Midwinter Conference & Trade Show, Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa & Convention Center, Galveston
Open letter to U.S. Postmaster General Donahoe Dear Postmaster General Donahoe: I do hope this let-ter arrives at your office in reason-able time. Sarcasm aside, there was a time when I put a First Class stamp on a letter and mailed it, I had confi-dence, depending on its destination, it would get there
overnight or within two or three days. There was a time when newspaper pub-lishers could expect their latest edition would reach mail subscribers in a reason-able time frame as well. Today, that confidence doesn’t exist.And your latest plan to close more than 80 mail processing plants around the country – including the Dakota Central facility in Huron – will erase any shreds of remaining confidence. You have a difficult job. Mail trends have not been kind to your business the past several years, thanks in large part to the internet and 9-11. First Class mail – still the biggest generator of revenue for you – has dropped more than 35 percent the last dozen years or so. So how do you clear a path for the sur-vival of the Postal Service in the face of some mighty strong headwinds? Obvi-ously, you need to reduce expenditures and tighten the belt to fit new realities. But I believe your latest plan goes too far. From the 30,000-foot view at USPS headquarters, your latest plant consolida-tion plan may look good on the spread-sheet. But looking at it from here on Main Street and the mailbox-dotted gravel roads of South Dakota, it’s a clunker. The newspaper publishers of South Dakota who belong to the trade associa-tion I work for, know it’s a clunker as well. They have been fighting desperately now for several years to find ways to get their newspapers delivered to customers in a timely manner. Fighting desperately de-spite the roadblocks and hurdles put up by your organization. Closing more mail processing plants will only contribute to the sclerosis of the mail network in this country. Your plan doesn’t save the Postal Service; it just makes
things worse. The degradation and decline don’t hap-pen all it once, but they happen. Newspa-per subscribers become frustrated they can’t get their hometown paper delivered to them in a reasonable time, so they stop paying for it when the subscription comes due. Advertisers become frustrated when their promotions and marketing spe-cials can’t reach the marketplace soon enough. But it is not just newspapers. It is all businesses that rely on the mail for deliv-ery of invoices, checks, correspondence and so much more. It’s people who live so far from town that they must rely on the mail for delivery of their medical pre-scriptions. It’s the delivery of farm parts and legal documents. The list goes on. Mail service always has been and re-mains a vital part of the infrastructure serving rural America. For that matter, our entire country. Good, reliable mail service supports a strong economy and a connected, engaged society. Let’s not degrade and destroy that net-work. Instead, we should be working to protect and provide for a strong, reliable mail service that serves all of our country. If you won’t do it (and your latest plant consolidation announcement suggests you won’t), then we call on Congress to step in and put a halt to it. Congress should freeze any further plant consoli-dations and closings until it can agree upon meaningful reform legislation for the Postal Service. Postal reform legislation has been per-colating in Congress for some time now. Congress needs to act. Congress needs to remove the onerous, overly aggressive provisions that require the Postal Service to greatly accelerate set-asides for postal retirees’ health ben-efits. Doing so would help the Postal Ser-vice’s balance sheet and remove some of the pressures that lead to policies and actions that have hurt, not helped, your organization. Postal reform legislation is not a head-lines-grabbing, popularity-poll issue that Congress rallies around. Nevertheless, Congress needs to act now, before your organization, Mr. Postmaster General, re-gresses into a shell of its former self from which it cannot recover. I thank you for your consideration.
David BordewykGeneral Manager, South
Dakota Newspaper Association
BY MELISSA REEVESNewz Group Client Representative
As content that was once confined to the printed page becomes digital, newspaper publishers are searching for ways to protect and store their content. Luckily there is a solution – The Newz Group Publisher Portal. Provided in conjunction with the Texas Press Association, this complimentary Publisher Portal may be the missing piece publishers have been waiting for. It is a secure, off-site, digital archive, provided at no charge, by virtue of be-ing a member of TPA. Using the Publisher Portal is simple. Contact Micheal Hodges at 512-477-6755 to receive your username and password. Then log into the site located at: http://archive.texaspress.com. The next step is to select the issue date that corresponds to the issue you are up-loading and upload the PDF files from your computer. Three clicks and you’re done! With its intuitive functionality, you can quickly and easily upload your con-tent. Once content is uploaded in a PDF format, it is archived and stored in a text-searchable database that makes the preservation of your content simpler than ever. Your publications are secure on Newz Group’s servers and cannot be picked up through an online search engine, helping to protect your content from misappropriation. The powerful search and browsing features of the Publisher Portal make it easy to use your archive. Your report-ers can leverage it as a research tool for
writing stories. Advertising personnel can easily locate past ads. Editors can quickly find old content when compos-ing editorials. It can also be used to fill requests for content from past editions. For a nominal monthly fee, your ar-chives can be made available exter-nally to researchers, historians, gene-alogists, and the general public through your own online newspaper database, set up through Newz Group. This allows you to capitalize on the revenue poten-tial of selling access to your archives. Historical newspaper content is valu-able, and Newz Group’s Publisher Por-tal gives you the leverage to monetize your archives. In addition to the possibility of creatingnew revenue streams, content upload-ed through the Publisher Portal helps protect public and legal notice revenue by keeping TPA’s public notice web site as timely as possible, which in turn helps deflect legislative challenges to remove public and legal notices from newspapers. Sending files digitally helps TPA avoid
the hassle of manually tearing pages that must be sent to statewide advertis-ers, whereby you will also save time and postage since you will no longer have to mail physical copies of your publication to the press association. Uploaded content gives Newz Group the ability to offer low cost, high quality E-Edition services as an added benefit of your membership with TPA. Starting as low as $50 per month for weekly pub-lications, your publication can appear online exactly as it appeared in print. A pay wall is included so your publication cannot be accessed without a subscrip-tion, preventing misappropriation by un-authorized users. With NewzGroup, you only have to upload each edition once to realize any or all of these benefits through TPA: complimentary off-site archiving with revenue potential, defense of public and legal notices in your paper, trade as-sociation efficiencies, and inexpensive E-Edition services. Take advantage of these great TPA member benefits with just a few clicks of your mouse.
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Luncheon scheduled honoring Singer
As the University of Texas Journalism School celebrates its 100th birthday, the Friends of the Daily Texan will honor Griff Singer at a luncheon on Oct. 17 at 11:30 a.m. on UT campus.
Singer, who has been involved with the journalism school for more than half his life, will also be moderating a panel prior to the luncheon. “Making a Difference: Community Journalism in Texas” will begin at 10 a.m. in the Belo Center for New Media, BMC
5.201 and will feature Libby Averyt, Corpus Christi Caller Times; Diana Fuentes, the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas; Yvonne Mintz, The Facts (Clute); and Jim Moser, Moser Community Media. There is a charge to attend the luncheon, but the panel is free with no RSVP required.
The luncheon is currently sold out, but to be added to the waiting list, visit http://tinyurl.com/GriffSinger.
JOB BANK The TPA Job Bank is updated as posi-tions become available. The Job Bank is a free service for all TPA members and job seekers. Listings will remain on the Job Bank for 30 days or until notified to remove. E-mail job listings to: [email protected] or fax to 512-477-6759. Questions? Call 512-477-6755.
ADVERTISING/SALES, Waco, TX - Digital/Mobile Sales Leader Responsible for the planning and exe-cution of sales tactics and strategies that lead to achieving our operating revenue budget for digital. Key respon-sibilities include daily sales calls, sales call presentation advice and training to core staff, working with VP Digital Sales to develop solid selling tactics and strategies, mobile revenue devel-opment, and more. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experi-ence, solid knowledge of social, mobile and digital media, thorough knowledge of digital language and platforms, and understanding and experience in sell-ing media and a solid love of working outside the office selling. We are look-ing for someone who not only loves to drive sales but loves making oth-ers successful. Compensation: Base + Commission, bonus. Send resume to : Jim Wilson at [email protected]. No calls, please. 10/14/2014
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR, Waco, TX - Are you a dynamic leader? Do you love leading edge technology? Are you driven and competitive? We are seek-ing the right leader to take our team to the next level by hiring, training, and developing great team members. Qualified candidates will have sales and management experience with a love of training and teaching. Solid experience in classified and digital is required. Position will be responsible for all advertising revenue including magazine, print, digital and mobile. Creativity and expertise in billing, sys-tems and forecasting keys to success. Experience working with the business-es and customers in Texas a real plus! Send resume and cover letter via e-mail (no calls please) to: Jim Wilson Publisher Waco Tribune Herald [email protected]. 10/14/2014
ADVERTISING CONSULTANT, Austin, TX - Multi-task position requires excellent computer skills, data entry, research, ad placement and client development. Our representatives work directly with other press associations, newspapers and ad agencies. Excellent benefits, competitive salary. Send resume to Diane Byram, Advertising Manager, Texas Press Association, 305 South Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78704 or email: [email protected]. 10/14/2014
EDITORIAL, Trinity, TX - Editorial posi-tion open immediately at the Trinity Standard newspaper in Trinity, Texas. Meetings, photography, writing, edit-ing and page layout at this small weekly paper. Contact Kelli Barnes via email: [email protected]. 10/13/2014
SPORTS EDITOR, Gatesville, TX - A semi-weekly, 3,300 circulation cen-tral Texas county seat newspaper is seeking a full time sports editor. Area of coverage includes four school dis-tricts--one 4A and three 1A. Must be knowledgeable in pagination, photog-raphy and all sports. Must have good transportation. Benefits include paid vacation, Christmas club plan, health insurance and a great staff. Contact publisher Marshall Day at [email protected] with resume, samples of work and references. 10/10/2014
STAFF WRITER, Collin County, TX - C&S Media Publications is accepting applications for a staff writer for their community newspaper group in Collin County. The ideal candidate should have newspaper experience including coverage of municipal, school and com-munity events. This position requires evenings and weekend assignments. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite a plus. Candidate should possess an understanding and working knowledge of current and emerging social media platforms. Will be responsible for taking digital photographs of various events. Proficient in AP style. Possess strong proofreading skills. Ability to provide content on both a print and digital platform. Candidates should be non-
smokers. Please send your resume and clips to: [email protected]. 10/10/2014
GRAPHIC ARTIST/DESIGNER, Wylie, TX - C&S Media Publications, Wylie, Texas office (northeast of Dallas), is accepting applications for a graphic artist and designer in their production department. The ideal candidate should have newspaper and/or magazine design experience. Must be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, including the use of Photoshop and Illustrator using a Mac platform. Candidate should have the ability to work with page layout budgets and have strong organiza-tional skills. Ability to work in a team environment is essential. Knowledge of web design implementation is a plus. Ability to provide content on both a print and digital platform. Candidates should be non-smokers. Please send your resume and creative work to: [email protected]. 10/10/2014
PAGE DESIGNER/REPORTER, Odessa, TX - The Odessa American is an award-winning daily newspaper in the booming West Texas land of Odessa, Texas. Get the opportunity to work on both feature and news pages and learn in a friendly and challenging news envi-ronment. Successful applicant should have page design experience and Quark knowledge is a plus. There can also be some opportunity for reporting as well as page design and copy edit-ing. Great benefits including insurance and 401K. Applicants must pass a drug screening and background check. Send resume to [email protected]. 10/09/2014
PAGE DESIGNER, Mount Pleasant, TX - Full-time page designer needed for The Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune, a five-day daily newspaper in Northeast Texas. Evening shift, Monday through Friday. Knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop essential. This is an excel-lent opportunity to work for a solid com-pany at a high-quality small newspaper. Email a resume and letter of interest to Publisher Gary Borders at [email protected]. 10/09/2014
Honor our state’s fallen Vietnam
heroes and help preserve their
memoriesHelp collect missing photos of
Texas soldiers killed in VietnamThe Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation (VVMF) project “Faces Never Forgotten” is in need of help obtaining missing photos of fallen Vietnam veterans across Texas and the nation. To see a list of Texan soldiers whose photos are still missing, go to http://tinyurl.com/TXForgottenFaces. If you can provide a photo, please contact this newspaper as soon as possible. The goal is to locate all missing pictures by Nov. 11, 2014.
www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces
There will be two free seminars spon-sored by the National Press Photogra-phers Association and the SDX Foun-dation of the Society of Professional Journalists on Thurs., Oct. 16 from 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and an open panel dis-cussion from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in Dallas at the Bill J. Priest Campus of El Centro College. The events are hosted by the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Sher-iff’s Office with local support provided by Vinson & Elkins, LLP. The morning program, geared for law enforcement officers and organizations, will address First and Fourth amend-
ment rights, search and seizure, exi-gent circumstances, federal civil rights lawsuits against police agencies as well as an analysis and update on the most recent cases and court rulings with these issues. Mickey H. Osterreicher, general coun-sel for the NPPA, will discuss the “co-extensive” right of both the press and the public to photograph and record as well as provide practical advice regard-ing the best ways to handle these situ-ations. The evening open panel discussion will cover:- What are the rights of the people and
the press to photograph and record in public?- Can police seize and view those im-ages or order them to be deleted?- What is some of the most recent case law regarding these issues?- How an we foster a better understand-ing of our respective rights and respon-sibilities in order to have a greater re-spect for the roles that everyone plays in newsgathering and free speech? Journalists, bloggers, lawyers, law enforcement officers as well as journal-ism, criminal justice and law students are encouraged to attend. Click here for more details.
Free panel discussion: The Right to Photograph & Record in Public
Brought to you by the National Press Photographers Association and the Society of Professional JournalistsHosted by the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Sheriff’s Office
Sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP
Fraudulent alertNotice to Austin American-Statesman and
Fort Worth Star-Telegram subscribers regarding fraudulent renewal notices
This is a notice of a nationwide scam that has affected sub-scribers to many publications, including the Austin American-Statesman and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A company that is not affili-ated with either the Statesman nor the Star-Telegram, and that is not authorized to solicit sub-scriptions or accept payments, has been mailing unauthorized notices to customers urging them to renew their subscrip-tions. The company may operate un-der many different names, some of which include: “Associated Publishers Network,” “Readers Payment Service,” “publisher-payment.com,” and “unitedpu-bex.com,” “Associated Pub-lishers Subscription Services,” “Magazine Billing Network,” “Or-bital Publishing Group,” “Pub-lishers Billing Exchange,” and
“United Publishers Service.” Notices may reference a Re-newal Notice, Notice of Renew-al, or New Order and include a request to make checks payable to a company other than the Statesman and Star-Telegram. The company typically asks subscribers to pay up to $569.95 for one year’s subscription - about double the actual cost to either newspaper. The unauthorized renewal of-fer directs checks to be deliv-ered to a PO Box on Lemmon Drive in Reno, Nevada, a PO Box in White City, Oregon or 850 S Boulder Hwy in Henderson, Nevada. Credit-card customers are directed to one of the afore-mentioned websites. Be aware that this is an in-dustry wide problem that has affected many publishers and is not isolated to the Statesman or Star-Telegram.
So How Are You Doing?An inside look at how newspapers are doing
Kevin SlimpThe News Guru
This column is dedicated to anyone who publishes, writes, edits, designs, sells ads for, delivers or does anything else in the newspaper industry. You might remember that last month I mentioned a survey I’ve been doing of newspaper publishers in the United States and Canada. It’s been three weeks and, so far, more than 600 publishers have taken part in the survey. Requests to complete the survey were sent out by most newspaper associations in both countries. In addition, I sent out requests to publishers in areas where associations didn’t send out a request, so we could get an accurate idea of how things are going in our industry.
My guess, knowing that many pub-lishers manage multiple titles, is that somewhere around 20 percent of the publishers in these countries completed the in-depth survey. That’s a pretty amazing response.
To assist in keeping the results valid, I set up the survey in such a way that only one submission would be accepted from a particular IP address. This meant that answers from only one respon-dent at each location would be accepted, keeping the results from being skewed.
We’re nowhere near ready to release the results, but later in this column, I’d like to share some interesting responses to the survey. I’ve gathered a group of industry and non-industry experts to sift through the results. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be digging through the responses to learn what is really going on in newspapers.
A little about the respondents: • 17 percent report their primary
product is a free paper• Coincidentally, 17 percent of
responses came from daily newspaper publishers and 83 percent from non-daily newspapers.
• Not surprisingly, since most news-papers are situated in small towns and
rural communities, 63 percent of survey participants come from those areas. Most of the remaining respondents came from large and mid-size metro areas.
Over the next few weeks, our group will be sifting through the responses and making notes about answers we nd particularly interesting or helpful. Once we’ve had a chance to go through the answers from the 600 plus surveys thor-oughly, I will begin sharing the informa-
tion in this column and at conferences. I’m already sched-uled to speak on this topic at conventions throughout Canada and the U.S. in early 2015, so chances are I will be near you at some point.
Over the past two weeks, I was able to share a couple of ndings from the survey at conferences in Arizona and Indiana. Audience members were enthu-siastic about the information, and many caught me afterwards or wrote me later to discuss the survey.
Some ndings related to income at newspapers are simple enough to report, since they came in the form of answers to multiple choice questions. Take this one:
“For those whose primary product is paid, what percentage of your total revenue is derived from your digital/online version(s) of your primary product (through subscriptions and advertising revenue)?”
While 21 percent of publishers an-swered “zero” to that question, another 49 percent answered “between one and ve percent” of their revenue came from these sources. Most of the remaining respondents reported between ve and ten percent of their total revenue came from digital sources.
That indicates that 70 percent of newspapers receive very little, if any, revenue from the digital side of things. Contrast that with the number of papers that invest in social and digital media, which is relatively high (86 percent), and you begin to notice some interesting phenomena.
In future columns, I hope to ex-amine in detail responses to questions about how newspapers foresee the future. A quick glance at the survey tells me that 64 percent of publishers, when answering the question, “How true is the following statement of your newspaper: My newspaper is pro table and will be for years to come,” responded that the statement is true. Another 25 percent answered that their paper is pro table, but they can’t predict the future. Ten percent report that they are having a tough year this year.
Well, there you have it. My rst column related to my survey of 600 plus newspaper publishers. To be honest, it’s a bit overwhelming to look over the all the responses, many of which were essay questions, and not feel a responsibility to get the information out as quickly as possible. Still, it’s going to take some time to sift through all the answers and learn what is really on the minds of our industry leaders.
I can’t wait to share comments from publishers who were given an open forum to share their thoughts about our industry and their advice for the future. This is going to be an interesting ride.
“ That indicates that 70 percent of newspapers
receive very little, if any, revenue from the
digital side of things.”
In September,more than 600 newspaper executives completed surveys related to their publications.
Find Kevin in early 2015 in these cities:Louisville (KPA), Jan 22-23Minneapolis (MNA), Jan 30Nashville (TPA), Feb 5-6Columbus (ONA), Feb 12Edmonton (AWNA), Feb 13-14
