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July 2025 Missouri Press News

Missouri Press Association's monthly magazine.

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In this issue

  • Missouri Press Insider: Jamila Khalil

    Friday, July 4

    What is your favorite journalism accomplishment? Surviving in this industry for 44 years while still keeping my passion for newspapers. I was lucky enough to have Ray Hartmann hire a very green Mizzou J-School grad to work at the Riverfront Times for my first job.

  • July 2025 Notebook

    Friday, July 4

    Missourian Publishing Co. was purchased by Hoffmann Family of Companies in early June as part of that company’s Hoffmann Media Group (HMG). AJ Fahr has been named regional editor for the Branson Tri-Lakes News.

  • Thankful to be part of ‘Redden Era’

    Thursday, July 3

    There are several broadcasters and sports directors in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, but few print journalists. ₁ That was remedied a bit on May 21 with the induction of Joplin Globe …

  • MSHP redaction policy is on a crash course with the Sunshine Law

    Wednesday, July 2

    Litigation is a terrible form of problem-solving, and yet more and more, it seems necessary in these times. When the Missouri State Highway Patrol issued its statement on November 1, 2024, …

  • Arrest made in reporter’s death

    Tuesday, July 1

    Ruslan Huseynov has been charged with four felonies related to the death of Dennis Sharkey, Liberty, a reporter killed near the intersection of southbound Interstate 29 at Northwest 72nd Street on …

  • Should newspapers hold a readers’ choice contest?

    Tuesday, July 1

    Pardon me. Leader Publications is very late to this game, but I wanted to share how exciting our first Best of Jefferson County contest has been and to encourage every media company who isn’t …

  • Susan Thomson

    Friday, June 27

    Susan Carmichael Thomson, 86, died June 8, 2025, in hospice care in University City. A Missouri transplant by way of New York state, Thomson joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after moving to …