August 30, 2010Register now to attend this workshop on Web Solutions for Community Newspapers!

Two new training opportunities from MPF – coming to a side of the state near you!
 
Web Solutions for Community Newspapers
For all newspapers, but particularly weekly newspapers, developing a Web site that can generate moderate ad revenue is a struggle. For some, just developing a Web site that can be dynamic and robust with news is a struggle. Former publisher Gary Sosniecki, who developed a popular and profitable Web site for his small weekly newspaper in Missouri, will offer tips for newspapers that still aren’t online or those that are and haven’t figured out how to make money online. Topics will include why papers need to be online, how to get online, how to make money online, how to post news without hurting your print product and how to build online traffic.
Here are some comments from a recent training Gary did for the Oklahoma Press Association:

“Overall best web info workshop I’ve attended.”

“A small-town guy PERFECT speaker for small-town newspapers. He spoke our language, very ‘in tune.’”

 
Two workshops will be held to accommodate each side of the state, both from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

·        Thursday, Sept. 9 at Drury University in Springfield

·        Friday, Sept. 10 at Moberly Community College in Moberly

The cost to attend one of these trainings is just $20 and includes lunch!

 
Gary Sosniecki is general manager of Creative Services and a regional sales manager specializing in weekly newspapers for TownNews.com, which designs and hosts Web sites for more than 1,500 newspapers of all sizes. He joined TownNews in January 2008 after a 34-year newspaper career that included owning, with his wife, Helen, three weekly newspapers and publishing a small daily, all in Missouri. Gary also has worked for newspapers in Tennessee, Illinois and Kansas. He is a past president of the Missouri Press Association, the Ozark Press Association and the Missouri Press Service. He currently lives in Le Claire, Iowa.
 
For a registration form, CLICK HERE.

August 24, 2010Viers InDesign training is big hit, again!

Once again Missouri Press Foundation has employed the services of Adobe expert Russell Viers and once again the results have been incredible according to those who attended.
 
The lastest training seminar was held Aug. 20 in Columbia. "InDesign for Beginners"  was well attended adn here's what the trainee's had to say afterwards.

"Russell is very knowledgeable and does a great job at conveying the information to us. I would highly recommend him.quote"!
 
From Linda Geist, Lake Gazette publisher, based on feedback from her staff members who attended: … [they] were totally blown away by what they learned, and think Russell Viers is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
 
"Very useful information – easy to understand, well-explained and I feel confident doing what he showed us."


If you’ve never had adequate training on InDesign be sure to join Missouri Press for the next Viers training (Sept. 23 in Gallatin).

 
 This program is brought to you by the Missouri Press Foundation and Atomic News Tools.
 
For more information, contact Dawn Kitchell at (636) 932-4301 or kitchell@yhti.net.

Registration can be made to the Missouri Press Foundation by clicking HERE!

August 9, 20104 to be inducted into Photo HOF!

WASHINGTON, Mo. ‹ Two big-city photographers and two from rural communities will be inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in Washington, Mo., on Thursday, Oct. 21.
This will be the sixth annual induction ceremony. It will begin at 4 p.m. in the Hall of Fame building, with a reception to follow.
This year's inductees are Scott Dine, retired director of photography for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Bob Foos, editor and publisher of the Webb City Sentinel; Roy Inman, a longtime photographer for The Kansas City Star; and the late Tim Jaynes, photographer for the Sikeston Standard Democrat.
Examples of each inductee's work will be displayed in the Hall of Fame during the induction program. Inductees or their families or representatives will receive plaques.
Just inside the door of the Hall of Fame is a plaque that explains the purpose of the Hall. It reads:
"The Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame endeavors to recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to Missouri journalism, and to provide an exhibit venue to showcase these visual reporting pioneers."
More information about the Photojournalism Hall of Fame and previous inductees can be seen at http://www.mopress.com/Photojournalism_HOF.php.

Here is brief biographical information about this year's inductees:
Scott Dine
Scott Dine had a darkroom when he was 12 years old growing up in Amarillo, Texas. He worked on his high school yearbook and newspaper, and began working in the darkroom of the Amarillo Globe News in the early 1950s.
Dine attended the University of Texas, went to work for United Press in the Dallas bureau, then moved to the UP bureau in Austin.
After serving in the Army he worked briefly at the Times-Dispatch in Richmond, Va., the Denver Post and the Houston Chronicle. In 1964 he joined the staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he remained for 35 years.
He worked as a Sunday Pictures Magazine photographer, a photo editor and then director of photography before retiring in 1999.
He and his wife, Anne, have two children and two grandchildren.

Bob Foos
Only seven months after achieving his goal of becoming a photographer for a "good-sized daily newspaper" in 1977, Bob Foos realized that his heart longed for community journalism. He quit the Joliet Herald News in Illinois and enrolled in the Missouri School of Journalism.
Foos got his start with The Carthage Press. After a few months there he stopped in unannounced at the Topeka Capital-Journal to show his portfolio and inquire about a job. Instead, he got some advice ‹ attend Cliff Edom's Missouri Photojournalism Workshop at MU. He took the advice ‹ twice. He attended the 1975 and 1976 workshops.
Foos and his wife, Ann, had graduated from Wichita State University in 1972. Several years later, after his first semester at MU, Foos received the AP Ernie Pyle Scholarship. While in journalism school he worked at the Columbia Missourian and later for Charlie Hedberg at the Centralia Fireside Guard.
Upon graduation from MU in 1979, Foos bought into the flagging Webb City Sentinel. The revived weekly now has 2,000 subscribers, and both Foos and his partner, Merle Lortz, have been honored by being named Distinguished Citizens by the Webb City R-7 Schools Foundation.
The Sentinel is known for its excellent local photography and outstanding design.

Roy Inman
Roy Inman began what he calls his "checkered photography career" shooting freelance for the Kansas City Kansan while he was in junior high school. That work helped pay for a car, dates and his family's household expenses.
Later, freelance work for clients such as the AP, the Topeka Capital-Journal, The Kansas City Star and commercial accounts helped pay for his studies at the University of Kansas.
After graduation he went to work for The Star for a couple of years before realizing he needed more photojournalism training. He enrolled at the Missouri School of Journalism. Then came a 17-year stint at The Star as director of photography for "Star Magazine."
In the early 1980s, suffering from a midlife crisis, Inman, his wife and two children moved to Denver where he opened a bakery. After three years they returned to Kansas City and Inman began his full-time freelance photography business. His clients included The New York Times, AT&T, General Electric, Sprint and many others. He produced books and calendars.
In 1994, Inman began a six-year project to document the restoration of Union Station in Kansas City. He spent more than 20,000 hours and shot more than 70,000 pictures of that project, mostly as a volunteer.
His work today leans toward exhibitions and artistic photo illustrations.

Tim Jaynes
Timothy Jaynes died of a heart attack in 2008 at the age of 38. He had been a photographer since 1989 at the Sikeston Standard Democrat and owned Jaynes Photography.
Mr. Jaynes attended high school in Sikeston, graduated from Thayer High School and attended Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau.
Mr. Jaynes always strove to make his next photograph better than the last, and he eagerly shared his knowledge and experience with summer interns and new employees, said his managing editor, Jill Bock.
Mr. Jaynes had a close relationship with his community, including the Department of Public Safety. He carried one of the Department's pagers and was called out at all hours to photograph accidents, fires and special operations. "Every one of our officers considered Tim Jaynes one of us," said the director of the Department.
Community organizations that Mr. Jaynes devoted himself to were the Kenny Rogers Children's Center and the Sikeston Jaycees and their Bootheel Rodeo. He contributed countless hours of his time and all of his photographic talents to helping ensure the success of both organizations.
He also took over, revived and expanded the Standard Democrat's annual Community Christmas Campaign, bringing in many new partners and becoming Santa Claus to thousands of Sikeston families who otherwise would have had little to celebrate during the holidays.
Mr. Jaynes is survived by his wife, Christy, a daughter, a son, five brothers, a sister, and his stepmother.

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