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Friday, October 22, 2010
Registration: Noon
Shotgun Start 1:00 p.m.

Reception and Awards - Immediately following

To benefit the Georgia Press Educational Foundation

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NNA
2010 Annual Convention
& Trade Show
Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2010
Omaha Hilton and Qwest Center, Omaha, NE

For more information visit
http://www.nnaweb.org



PRESS RELEASES
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State Bar of Georgia Retires Debt on Bar Center Headquarters Building
Posted 8-31-10
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Committee To Elect Justice
David Nahmias Launches New Campaign Website
Posted 8-27-10
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Paul Painter Jr. to chair Davis campaign for Court of Appeals Judge
Posted 8-16-10
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Witness to History: An insider's view of Georgia politics when Tom Murphy was at the center of power
Posted 8-11-10
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The Green Communities Fund
Posted 7-30-10
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Free Prescription Drug Card Launched In Georgia
Posted 7-14-10
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Davis takes fund-raising lead in race for Court of Appeals Judge
Posted 7-9-10
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GEORGIA Magazine celebrates 65th anniversary
Posted 7-2-10
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Georgia Peanuts named
best in America
Posted 7-1-10
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HEADLINES

Publisher's Forum
Thursday, October 7th
Rome, Ga
10 a.m. -3:00 p.m.
Cost is FREE (includes lunch)
To RSVP, Contact
Ashley Holt at GPA



Circulation Manager's Meeting
Thursday October 21
Macon Telegraph
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost is FREE
... more details in the coming weeks

To RSVP, Contact Ashley Holt at GPA
or
Dan Montgomery at dmontgomery@npco.com



SEC Media Credential Guidelines and Restrictions

In early August, the Southeastern Conference issued its media credential guidelines and restrictions for newspapers covering college football games and other athletic events.

Last year, the SEC drew heated criticism from The Associated Press, the newspaper industry and press advocacy groups for their restrictions on real-time coverage of scores and usage of game photos in news archives or online photo galleries. Meanwhile, the league and its schools were given free reign to use the newspaper's copyrighted images for any purpose free of charge.

"The SEC and some other big college conferences want to become publishing and broadcasting businesses now," said David Tomlin, The Associated Press' associate general counsel, last year. "They see the pro leagues doing it, and they think it's the way to go. So the strategy is to push independent news coverage into a corner to make room for their own information services and programming. That's what these new rules are about. We don't believe they serve the fans or even the real interests of the schools themselves."

The SEC also seems to forget that its members are taxpayer-supported institutions playing games at campuses and stadiums built with taxpayer dollars.

GPA General Counsel David E. Hudson has analyzed the new set of credential restrictions issued by the league in early August. "They are based largely on what came out in August of last year," Hudson said. "Last year Georgia Southern [University] had something like these restrictions as well but then backed off. We'll have to wait and see if that becomes a problem. Some of our members cover Georgia Tech, and they need to be alert to what the Atlantic Coast Conference might try to do."

Hudson has a written a sample letter that newspapers seeking credentials for covering the University of Georgia may send to Dr. Michael Adams, UGA president, and Erroll Davis, chancellor of the University System of Georgia.




Postal service puts Saturday delivery on the chopping block
NNA fighting proposal, Congress has final say

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Easy money: Newspapers missing statewide dollars

GNS networks offer a great opportunity not only to local advertisers who need to reach wider audiences, but to the newspaper staff itself. Read the story by Sean Ireland about how a GPA member to advantage...









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