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August 2025 Missouri Press News

Missouri Press Association's monthly magazine.

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In this issue

  • CORRECTION: Vote on MPA’s 2026 officers, directors during the 159th Annual Convention

    Wednesday, September 3, 2025

    Missouri Press Association’s Nominating Committee has made a small change to the finalized slate of MPA officers and directors for 2026, effective Jan. 1. The election of officers and directors …

  • Newspapers (and their staff) give back more than they get

    Friday, August 8, 2025

    Local newspapers have always embraced their role as a public service, informing readers of community events, supporting charitable causes and providing critical updates in times of emergency. …

  • Lessons learned interning at the News Tribune

    Wednesday, August 6, 2025

    This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to complete a 10-week reporting internship with the Jefferson City News Tribune , as a part of the Rural Missouri Newspaper Scholarship. I must …

  • Vote on MPA’s 2026 officers, directors during the 159th Annual Convention

    Tuesday, August 5, 2025

    Missouri Press Association’s Nominating Committee met last month and finalized a slate of MPA officers and directors for 2026, effective Jan. 1. The election of officers and directors is …

  • Steve Tinnen saves Plattsburg paper

    Monday, August 4, 2025

    Nothing is worse than a community losing its newspaper. That appeared to be the case in Plattsburg earlier this summer, when Honeycutt Media closed The Clinton County Leader after the June 19 issue. …

  • Court precedent doesn’t support MSHP redaction decision

    Saturday, August 2, 2025

    The more I dig into the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s decision to stop providing access to online crash reports, the more I believe its decision was a wrong turn. The Driver’s …

  • Lauren Ince receives Gierke Family scholarship

    Friday, August 1, 2025

    The 2025 recipient of the Gierke Family Memorial Scholarship is Lauren Ince, the daughter of Steven and Bryca Ince, of Louisiana, Missouri. Lauren will receive $2,000 toward her studies at …

  • Top 10 reasons you NEED to attend the 159th Annual Convention and Trade Show

    Friday, August 1, 2025

    Road Trip! Here’s your chance to travel the Mother Road, Route 66, visit an authentic roadhouse that has been operating along the route since the road went through Missouri, and hear …

  • Two Missouri editors awarded in ISWNE’s Golden Dozen

    Thursday, July 31, 2025

    Kyle Troutman and Geoffrey Woehlk were among the 12 recipients this year in the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ Golden Quill contest. The awards were presented July 12, at …

  • Four inductees will join Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame

    Monday, July 14, 2025

    The Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame’s ranks will grow by four when the 35th class of honorees are inducted during Missouri Press Association’s 159th Annual Convention and Trade Show in …

  • Barbara Sell

    Wednesday, July 2, 2025

    Barbara Ann Sell, 82, of Columbia died June 29, 2025, after a months-long battle with cancer. In 1968, Sell and her husband, Michael, moved to Columbia, where Michael attended the University of …