CNPA Bulletin

Fire coverage and the posting of crucial community information continues, though the staff of the Malibu Times is still evacuated with the rest of the beach town amid the Woolsey Fire. …

Gerald A. “Jerry” Bean is this year’s recipient of the California Press Foundation’s Philip N. McCombs Achievement Award. Bean has been in the newspaper business since 1957. …

Nikki Moore will present the “Rights and Risks” workshop at these CNPA-member offices in coming weeks: Voice of OC, Santa Ana: 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19Black Voice News, Riverside: 1:30 p.m. …

In today’s newsrooms everyone is a photographer, videographer and reporter. Most of us use an iPhone to take and send pictures and video from the field. In this session you will learn to tell …

The California Press Foundation has named Erik Cushman, publisher of Monterey County Weekly, the recipient of its 2018 Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year award. The award’s …

Nikki Moore will present the “Rights and Risks” workshop at these CNPA-member offices in coming weeks: Visalia Times-Delta, 1:30 p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 8 Monterey County Weekly, …

On Thursday, Aug. 16, more than 350 news publications across the country joined in a united voice to support the rights afforded to us as journalists in the First Amendment. From Idyllwild to …

On Nov. 27 in Los Angeles, The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward will take part in a moderated conversation followed by questions from the audience. Woodward, author of the recent book …

Among the contest winners in SPJ NorCal’s 2018 Excellence in Journalism Awards are staffers from these CNPA-member newsrooms: CALmatters, Mercury News/East Bay Times, Metro Silicon Valley and …

Melissa Murphy will become editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel next week, said Jim Gleim, publisher of Digital First Media’s NorCal Community Newspapers. Murphy has been managing editor of The …

YubaNet.com has applied for Digital News Media membership in CNPA. Susan Levitz is publisher and Pascale Fusshoeller is digital editor of the Nevada City-based company, founded in 1999. Until …

The California Press Foundation will present its 2018 Mark Twain Award for Journalism Excellence to the family of David Lamb. Lamb (1941-2016) was a longtime Los Angeles Times foreign and national …

Pro speakers on the program this Saturday at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges’ NorCal Conference include: Clifford Oto, photographer, The Record, Stockton Don Blount, editor, …

Among the winners of the Associated Collegiate Press National Pacemaker Awards named last week in Louisville were CNPA Members El Don, Santa Ana College; and The Orion, CSU Chico. View all winners.…

Among the winners of the 2018 EPPY Awards, administered by Editor & Publisher to honor the best digital media websites, were the Mercury News/East Bay Times and CALMatters.…

A project created by the Kid Scoop creative team for the United States Golf Association Museum won a 2018 ISHY for excellence in educational programming. The ISHY Awards program was established by …

Davis Taylor, group publisher of Hanford-based Lee Central California Newspapers, adds its Napa-based group to his oversight, The Napa Valley Register reports. Taylor had been interim publisher in …

Tim Grieve, McClatchy’s VP/News since 2016, will depart following the midterm elections. McClatchy’s four regional editors will now report directly to President and CEO Craig Forman.…

The California Press Foundation will induct Frank McCulloch and James Joseph Ayers into the California Newspaper Hall of Fame this Dec. 7. McCulloch (1920-2018) was a former reporter and editor at …

Editor Jerry Bellune and I go w-a-y back. We’ve known each other since the mid-1990s, when we worked together to breathe new life into a group of newspapers in New Jersey. Jerry regularly …

Rob Galloway, publisher of the Tahoe Tribune, adds oversight of the Record-Courier in Minden-Garderville, NV. Both are Swift Communications properties.…

Matt DeRienzo, previously executive director of Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, becomes vice president of news and digital content for Hearst Connecticut Media.…

Jim Kirk, former executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, becomes publisher and executive editor of Crain’s Chicago Business.…

The informational sessions are all lined up for the 141st Annual Winter Meeting of the California Press Foundation, coming up Dec. 6-7 in San Francisco. Just added is the Thursday afternoon …

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism invites applications from California journalists for its all-expenses-paid California Fellowship next March. Fellows will learn about how race, …

Legal Counsel Nikki Moore will take CNPA’s “Rights and Risks” seminar to several California newsrooms in coming weeks: Sacramento Valley Mirror, Willows: 1 p.m. this Wednesday, Oct. …

The CNPA Board of Directors approved five applications for membership at its Quarterly Meeting on Oct. 4 in Sacramento: ActiveKenwood Press (twice-monthly), Alec and Ann Peters, publishers Digital …

The CNPA Board of Directors received a briefing about the organization’s Governmental Affairs efforts and issues during the Oct. 4 Quarterly Meeting in Sacramento. Committee Chairman Jeff …

The new CNPA Morning Memo began landing in your email box starting this week. The Memo is an additional way for CNPA’s staff to reach out with occasional items of interest. The Memo is …

Julie Makinen began this week as executive editor of Gannett’s Desert Sun in Palm Springs. Makinen is a veteran manager of newsrooms in Beijing, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Most recently, she …

Ryan Mote, advertising director at The Sacramento Bee and for McClatchy’s Western region, in November becomes publisher of the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram and vice president of strategic …

Kevin Yamamura, assistant managing editor at The Sacramento Bee, will become California editor of Politico.…

In accordance with Article VI, Section 4. of the CNPA Bylaws, the following report of the Nominating Committee,headed by 2018/19 Secretary-Treasurer Chuck Champion, is submitted to all Active Members …

The First Amendment Coalition is soliciting nominees for the FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award, given each year for performance of exemplary work in the arena of open government. Qualifications …

University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck will lead a conversation with Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr., chairman of The New York Times Company, at noon Friday, Oct. 26 at the UOP campus in …

Editor & Publisher’s March 2019 issue will profile “10 Newspapers That Do It Right.” Never meant to be a “10 Best” list, instead it spotlights select newspapers that …

Bill Patterson, one of “The Bee Four” who did time rather than reveal their sources, died Sept. 23, 2018, The Fresno Bee reported. He was 91. Patterson and fellow reporter Joe Rosato, …

The Kenwood Press has applied for CNPA membership. Alec and Ann Peters are publishers of the twice-monthly newspaper in Sonoma County. It was founded in 1988 and calls itself “widely read, …

President Ron Hasse has appointed Emily Charrier and John Diaz to the CNPA Board of Directors. Charrier, publisher of Sonoma Media Investments’ Petaluma Argus-Courier and Sonoma Index-Tribune, …

How about a Survey on Audience Engagement? This survey is part of a research project being conducted at the Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, by Dr. …

Legal Counsel Nikki Moore will take CNPA’s “Rights and Risks” seminar to four California newsrooms in coming weeks: Sacramento Valley Mirror, Willows: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10 Lodi …

Jim and Lisa Rule, 2017 Newspaper Executives of the Year, wrote to readers last week to announce that their five Acorn Newspapers print papers (in Agoura Hills, Camarillo, Moorpark, Simi Valley, …

The Daily Aztec at San Diego State University, a CNPA Campus Member, is one of nine schools to receive College Media Project grants from the Poynter Institute. With the grant comes custom in-newsroom …

8:30 a.m. Pacific, Wednesday, Nov. 14 Presenters: Jim Brown, vice president, sales and marketing, Borrell Associates; Brian Monihan, vice president and publisher, Pamplin Media; and Mike Blinder, …

The educational program is set for the California Press Foundation’s 141st annual Winter Meeting, to be held Dec 6-7 at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel in San Francisco. The Thursday …

Media organizations are invited to bring in Dow Jones News Fund interns in digital media, data journalism, business reporting and multi-platform editing for Summer 2019. DJNF interns receive …

By Jim Pumarlo My hometown newspaper instituted a new policy requiring that readers “pay” for the First Amendment right to express, and explain why, who or what they support or oppose at …

ChicoSol.org has applied to be a Digital News Member of CNPA. Leslie Layton is its publisher and Dave Waddell is its news director. Until confirmation by the CNPA Board of Directors on Oct. 4, …

Delegates from the Guangdong Provincial Publishing Group in South China visited CNPA on Sept. 5. During the two-hour meeting, CNPA staffers Newton, Ewert and Joe Wirt explained to the group, via …

Western Web is an applicant for CNPA Allied membership. Steve Jackson is president and CEO. Western Web, founded in 2005, operates a full-service printing, packaging and delivery facility in Samoa, …