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Directory information for TPA member newspapers may be found under "Newspapers Online" or by calling to order your copy of the Tennessee Newspaper Directory today. ($40 cover price waived for members and clients.)

Ads for newspaper promotion campaign available
Every TPA member publisher should have received a CD with ads promoting the newspaper industry. This campaign is titled, “Tennessee Newspapers: Turning the Page on the Future.”

Please continue to run these ads as you have space available.

Download/view the promotional ads

If you need a disk with all of the ads or want the ads designed for a billboard, please contact the TPA office at (865) 584-5761 or send an e-mail to Angelique Dunn at adunn@tnpress.com.

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Notice of Job Opening:
Executive Director, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
DEADLINE: Dec. 15, 2011

Tennessee Coalition for Open Government (TCOG) is seeking candidates who are interested in joining our organization as its Executive Director.

TCOG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and non-partisan alliance of media, citizen and professional groups working to educate Tennesseans about their right to know about the affairs of their government as set out in the Tennessee constitution and Tennessee’s “sunshine” laws, including the open meetings and public records laws. more information
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Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame inducts J. Zollie Howard and Richard F. Knight

Walter Pulliam, left, and Heather Howard pose with the portrait of J. Zollie Howard. Pulliam worked with J. Zollie Howard at the Knoxville News-Sentinel. Heather Howard is the granddaughter of J. Zollie Howard.

Two newspapermen were posthumously inducted into the Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame on Nov. 4, 2011.

J. Zollie Howard had a 46-year career as a Tennessee journalist. He began work in newspapers as a printer’s devil and worked in the roles of reporter, Sunday editor, city editor and news editor for the News Sentinel, Knoxville. Later he worked for the Memphis Press Scimitar as managing editor, associate editor and editorial page editor. bio

•Richard F. Knight owned and published the Livingston Enterprise and Jackson County Sentinel, Gainesboro. He was active in TPA for more than 40 years and was a long-serving member of the Tennessee Press Service Board of Directors. bio The Knight family poses with the portrait of Richard F. Knight.

The Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame was established in 1966 as a joint project of the Tennessee Press Association and the University of Tennessee. The Hall of Fame honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to Tennessee Newspaper journalism or, through Tennessee journalism, to newspaper journalism generally, or who have made an extraordinary contribution to their communities and region, or the state, through newspaper journalism. The program recognizes and memorializes "extraordinary and clearly outstanding" contributions to newspaper journalism and the newspaper industry.

The program's criteria and procedures were established in 1966, based on policies set jointly by the Tennessee Press Association and the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees.

The Hall of Fame is physically located on the third floor of the Communications Building at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Portraits of all Hall of Fame inductees are displayed there.Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame

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TPA Member Publishers and Editors: You have permission to reprint the following story with proper credit to The Murfreesboro Post.

Pulling the shades on Sunshine Law
By Jonathon Fagan
The Murfreesboro Post
Nov. 6, 2011

Tennessee’s Sunshine Law ensures government meetings are open to the public, but a move by the Tennessee County Commissioners Association threatens to significantly change that law.

Sponsored by former state Rep. John Bragg in 1972, the law requires the public to be notified of any meeting of two or more elected officials in which public business is discussed.

Jerry Gaither, founding president of the Tennessee County Commissioners Association, and Murfreesboro Mayor Tommy Bragg are voicing opposition to the proposed changes. full story

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TPA hires Gibson as public policy director
Frank Gibson TPA Public Policy Director Frank Gibson, former executive director of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government (TCOG), has been hired to fill the newly created position of TPA public policy director.

Gibson is no stranger to TPA and its membership. While at The Tennessean, Gibson chaired TPA’s Freedom of Information Committee from 1994-2005 and continued to serve as a coordinator for the Government Affairs Committee.

The public policy director’s position is the product of the work of the TPA Futures Committee. A recommendation was made to the Board of Directors in June that TPA’s public policy efforts be year-around with a full time person to head up the effort.

Gibson is a veteran Nashville Journalist. He retired from the Tennessean in 2005, after a 40-year career as a reporter and editor, to become the TCOG executive director.

He is a former president of the national Society of Professional Journalists and a former president of the National Freedom of Information Coalition.

Gibson is a native of Gleason, Tenn. He wrote for The McKenzie Banner and the Dresden Enterprise while in High School. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Gibson and his wife, Kathy, a litigation paralegal, reside in Nashville.

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TPA Foundation launches capital campaign:
Do you believe in the future of newspapers?
The Tennessee Press Association Foundation (TPAF) Board of Trustees has embarked on a capital campaign that will help set the tone for the future of newspapers across our state.

A lofty goal to raise $1,000,000 over the next five years has been set, and TPAF leaders have already received pledges of more than $100,000 toward the goal.

“I Believe” is the theme of our campaign to generate funds to advance our newspapers through the years to come. By being a part of this effort, you are showing that you believe in the future of newspapers.

As newspaper editors, publishers and owners, we should not only lead the charge in letting the nation know that newspapers aren’t dying, but also put our money where our mouths are by showing our dedication to the industry we all love.

For more information about the “I Believe” campaign, visit our website at www.tpafoundation.org, or contact the TPA office at (865) 584-5761.

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State Press Contests winners announced
The 2011 University of Tennessee - Tennessee Press Association State Press Contests Awards were presented on Friday, July 15, at a noon luncheon ceremony at the Embassy Suites Nashville Airport Hotel. Press release and list of winners
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Fishman, Tullahoma publisher, elected TPA president
Jeffrey (Jeff) D. Fishman, publisher of The Tullahoma News and vice president of Lakeway Publishers, is the new president of the Tennessee Press Association (TPA). photo

Fishman succeeds Arthur (Art) S. Powers, publisher of the Johnson City Press. continuation

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Ideas Contest winners announced
Quentin Anthony and Linda Bible from The Daily Times advertising department accept the 2011 Ideas Contest Best of Show Award.

Awards in the 2011 Tennessee Press Association Ideas Contest were presented on Friday, April 29, in conjunction with the Advertising/Circulation Conference in Nashville. PDF list of winners

The Daily Times, Maryville, won the top prize—the Jack Freeland Memorial Award Best of Show—for its ad, “Lots of Sweet Deals,” entered in the Self Promotion of a Newspaper category. continuation

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Series of Public Notice Ads reinforces the importance of printed notice
The following public notice ads were adapted by Chattanooga Times Free Press from concept ads created by Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, and are available for all TPA members to use. All ads are half page ads.
Link to ads

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Have a job opening?
Post your open positions and search for resumes in TPA's employment area at http://www.tnpress.com/employment.html.
Only authorized personnel from member newspapers can post jobs or review résumés. First time users will need to register with a user name and password. Once you complete your online registration, please contact Robyn Gentile, member services manager, for access—(865) 584-5761, ext. 105 or via e-mail to .
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2011
Press credentials
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