Reporter Michael Duck says he and other Easton reporters are still dedicated to covering the city and surrounding area, despite the fact that the Easton bureau is closed. The Morning Call also has bureaus in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C.

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Applicant must have strong interpersonal, communication and customer service skills. A background in marketing and promotional sales is a plus. Primary responsibilities include promotion, distribution and selling of the newspapers. Duties will include managing newspaper carriers, route drivers and mail room personnel, along with newsstand and single copy sales. Some newspaper circulation experience is preferred. Mail resume, along with references, to The Bradford Era, Attn: Rick Kautz, P.O. Box 365, Bradford, PA 16701.

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The PNA is pleased to welcome Marie Elena Howe as its new Communications Manager. Marie Elena graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in journalism. She then worked for two years at the York Daily Record/Sunday News as the Weekly/Web copy editor where she helped to update, maintain and create parts of the newspaper’s Web site. She also assisted in producing FlipSide, the newspaper’s weekly entertainment magazine. She left YDR and worked for eight months as an assignment editor at WHP CBS 21 News. As communications manager, Marie Elena will be responsible for putting together Headlines & Deadlines, reporting on and photographing PNA events, updating and maintaining the PNA Web site and other communications-related tasks.

We encourage you to send Marie Elena items of interest from your newspaper that you would like to see in Headlines & Deadlines. You can reach her at marieelenah@pa-news.org or (717) 703-3071.

The PA Newspaper Association is now on Twitter! Communications manager Marie Elena Howe will be tweeting about what’s going on at the association and foundation, as well as linking you to articles of interest in the industry. Think of it as a shortened version of Headlines & Deadlines, updated constantly, in 140 characters or less! If you are tweeting already, you can follow us @PNAnews.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Marie Elena at marieelenah@pa-news.org.

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Find an internship with the PNA Foundation’s Internship Guide

This year’s guide is updated with internship positions available in editorial, advertising, photography and more at PNA member newspapers across the state.

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Call for entries: 2009 Newspaper of the Year

Showcase the efforts of your entire newspaper staff by entering the 2009 Newspaper of the Year contest. The award recognizes outstanding work with an emphasis on overall excellence. The presentation of the award is during the PNA Annual Convention. Entries are due July 31.

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The Reader Initiative Award honors the efforts by Pennsylvania member newspapers that accept the challenge to create a community of readers through innovative initiatives. The deadline to enter is Friday, August 14, 2009.
 
Click here for more information or to download a copy of this year's entry form with guidelines.

Non-members will have access to basic member information (company name, city, county, zip code, phone and Web site), while PNA members and paid subscribers will have access to the premium edition, which provides all of the information included in our printed directory.

Members can access the premium edition by entering their user name and password. If you haven’t accessed the Web site before and aren’t sure if you have an account, click on “Find Me” and enter the information requested. Your user name and password will be sent to you. If you get a message indicating the system can’t find your information, you will need to create a new account.

For more information about the online membership directory, click here.

2009 Press parking tags are here. To get your hang tags, e-mail membership@pa-news.org. Please be sure to include your name, mailing address and how many tags you need. The hang tags are free to all members.

After a Republican-Herald reporter was removed from the graduation ceremony, the paper filed an open records request for copies of the school’s graduation attendance policy. No written policy exists, which is, in PNA Lawyer Melissa Melewsky’s view, what lead to the problem.

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With the budget debate continuing, public notice legislation may take a back seat, according to Sen. Chuck McIlhinney (R-Bucks and Mont.).  Just this week, however, Rep. Tom Creighton (R-Lanc.) introduced HB1757, which would take public notices out of newspapers and put them on a government Web site.

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Read HB1757 (and related bill HB1756)

Two days after the paper filed an appeal with the state Office of Open records, the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority provided the complete copy of the contract. The authority had previously provided a copy, but the dollar amounts and percentages were blacked out.

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The subpoena seeks information about two online readers who commented on a story about a federal tax fraud case against business owner Robert Kahre. Prosecutors consider the two comments threats, but the ACLU says they are not serious.

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Are you looking to learn more about the latest trends in the newspaper industry? Could your newspaper use a boost in advertising sales or circulation growth? Does the idea of implementing social networking on your Web site send your heart racing?

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, the PNA Foundation might have just what you need! Be sure to check out the list of our upcoming training workshops and seminars. It is our goal to provide affordably priced and easily accessible training opportunities that are focused on issues and topics relevant to the success of newspapers today.

Putting Stories, Sales in Motion Via Video – Tues., July 14
Social Networking: The New Content Model – Wed., July 15
How Does a Newspaper Cultivate and Profit From a Vibrant ‘Local Marketplace Directory’? – Wed., July 15
Legal Issues and Your Online Product – Thurs., July 16
Is Your Newspaper Structured for Online Growth? – Wed., July 22
Mobile: From Content to Ads – Wed., July 29
Negotiating Skills for the Newspaper Sales Professional – Wed., July 29
From Wall Street to Main Street: Covering Business and Personal Finance in a Down Economy – Thurs., July 30
It Is Possible to Grow Home Delivery in Today’s Marketplace – Thurs., July 30

Click here for details about any of these training workshops and seminars. For details on training from the PNA Foundation, please e-mail foundation@pa-news.org or call (717) 703-3003.

Wolfram|Alpha and Bing will likely not end Google's market dominance, but each offers features that could be useful for both newsrooms and advertisers.

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Seventeen of the top 30 newspaper Web sites saw significant falloff through the month, although there were some bright spots.

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Martin Langeveld comments on Nielsen data

More newspapers are experimenting with Twitter as a way to get news to readers faster, and to get story tips from followers. Many editors say it is a learning process.

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