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Doctor in charge of health department should answer media questions
Send your questions to Steve Key, HSPA executive director and general counsel, skey@hspa.com or call (317) 624-4427.
The following questions were submitted by the North Vernon Sun and North Vernon Plain Dealer, Kokomo Tribune,…
Transparency is our best defense to defeat COVID-19
Secrecy is the best friend of COVID-19. It spreads like wildfire when no one knows it is present in your community or if you’ve been exposed to it through a family member or grocery store or at work.
Conversely, transparency is our best…
Annual ad contest postponed
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Hoosier State
Press Association Foundation is postponing its Better Newspaper Contest
and Advertising contest until 2021. Please inform you newsroom,
advertising and graphics personnel immediately.
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Better Newspaper Contest, Newsroom Seminar postponed
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Hoosier State
Press Association Foundation is postponing its Better Newspaper Contest
and Advertising contest until 2021. Please inform you newsroom,
advertising and graphics personnel immediately.
…
Newspapers rise to challenge, play vital role in times of crisis
In the worst of times, newspapers rise to the occasion.
While everyone struggles to understand “flattening the curve” and social distancing, who will provide them with the information about what is happening in their community?
Be…
Public notices prompt paper’s look at grain company suspensions
Ruth Witmer, Hoosier State Press Association
Public notices are important resources for keeping readers informed about groups and businesses in the community — even more so when they are developed into stories.
Earlier this month, a…
Publication requirement of school reports reduced in session’s final hours
In the final hours of the 2020 Indiana General Assembly, legislators reduced the amount of information about both school academic performance and financial performance. The vast majority of legislators probably had no clue that the annual…