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From Missouri Press Staff
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10/1/26
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Winners of the 2026 Missouri Press Better Newspaper Contest were announced Saturday morning, Sept. 26, in Columbia as Missouri Press Association’s 160 th Annual Convention concluded.
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From Missouri Press Staff
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9/26/26
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Congratulations to the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame Class of 2026. Inductees include Linda Geist, Ken Newton, Mará Rose Williams, Mark Maassen and Jean Maneke.
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From Missouri Press Staff
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9/25/26
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We’ve had a great start to Missouri Press Association’s 160 th Annual Convention and Trade Show. There’s more learning opportunities to come this afternoon, as well as honoring five very …
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From Missouri Press Staff
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9/25/26
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The 160th annual Missouri Press Association convention convenes in Columbia in a few short weeks. Let’s take a moment to reflect on the future of reading the news.
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By Chris Peck
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9/5/26
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I have always preferred the broadsheet newspaper format. Early in my career, I never had much use for tabloids, thinking they weren’t “real” newspapers. Blame the National Enquirer , if you …
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By Chad Stebbins
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9/3/26
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With students returning to classes at the end of August and National Literacy Day approaching on Sept. 8, now is a great time to remind teachers within your districts that you use the Newspapers in …
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By Roxie Murphy/NIE Coordinator
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8/25/26
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Six acclaimed photojournalists will expand the ranks of the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame during a Thursday, Nov. 12 induction ceremony at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s …
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From Missouri Press Staff
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8/10/26
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The 2026 recipient of the Gierke Family Memorial Scholarship is Alyssa Christensen, daughter of Sean and Kristen Christensen, of Louisiana, Missouri.
Alyssa will receive $2,000 toward her …
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From Missouri Press Staff
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8/4/26
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Michael Bushnell, along with his wife, Christine Adams, bought The Northeast News in 1998. They converted it from a weekly tabloid shopper into a viable community news source serving the historic …
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From Missouri Press Staff
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8/3/26
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Newspaper ownership today comes in all sorts of varieties and structures. There are family-owned papers, papers owned by corporations and hedge funds, cooperative models ( see my column about the …
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By Chad Stebbins
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8/3/26
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Not long ago I sat at a ballroom table with kindred spirits. I had traveled from Columbia to a big convention hotel in Philadelphia to be with like-minded people dedicated to the task of ensuring …
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By Chris Peck
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7/8/26
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Ideal weather for this year’s Kevin Jones 1st Amendment Golf Classic, combined with player enthusiasm and sponsorships from newspaper supporters resulted in more than $1,400 raised for the Missouri …
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From Missouri Press Staff
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7/4/26
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Missouri Press Association’s 160th Annual Convention and Trade Show is coming up in September, and to help mark this milestone, MPA members are being offered the chance to send even more staff to …
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By Matthew Barba
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7/1/26
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Buy a T-shirt! Save local news! That phrase isn’t likely to be added anytime soon to the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
But it’s a reality for some local news outlets looking for …
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By Chris Peck
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6/10/26
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Katelyn Mary Skaggs was the recipient of this year's traveling trophy presented at the end of the annual Kevin Jones First Amendment Golf Classic. Skaggs will keep the trophy for one year, displaying …
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From Missouri Press Staff
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6/5/26
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From Missouri Press Staff
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6/4/26
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MPA Legislative Director Doug Crews began the 2026 legislative session by tracking 30 House bills and nine Senate bills of interest to the Missouri Press Association and its member newspapers. By the …
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By Chad Stebbins
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6/3/26
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According to the MPA Constitution and Bylaws, every active print or specialty publication must send digital copies (PDFs) of every issue to MPA’s designee for archiving – the State Historical …
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By Chad Stebbins
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5/3/26
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Some tasks in life — updating your will or canceling underutilized digital subscriptions — often end up in the “Get Around To It” file.
So it is with modernizing an organization’s …
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By Chris Peck
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4/7/26
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