Resort making activities available at no charge CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va. — Timberline Four Seasons Resort welcomes the West Virginia Press Association and its family of newspapers—and their families — to Wild and Wonderful Canaan Valley. Tracy Herz, vice president of Timberline Four Seasons Resort, invites all convention attendees to partake of the resort’s summer activities[Read More…]
West Virginia Press Convention
Freedom of Information Act letter form available
EDITOR’S NOTE — As a member service and as part of the WVPA Freedom of Information Act effort, the WVPA offers this sample design for your FOIA requests. If you have questions, contact the WVPA. Downloadable: FOIA Form Public Official Public Official’s Office address Town, WV, zip Date: xx/xx/xx [Read More…]
AARP, WVONGA, AP and WVU participating in Convention 2014
CHARLESTON, W.Va — The West Virginia Press Association has added two new organizations to the list of organizations and individuals participating in Convention 2014 at Canaan Valley Resort, Aug. 7-9. “The WVPA works to make each convention an outstanding partnership, networking opportunity and educational experience, for both our membership and our guests,” said[Read More…]
Newspaper veteran Timothy M. Kelly representing AARP at Convention 2014
CANAAN VALLEY, W.Va — Timothy M. Kelly, a retired newspaper executive and member of AARP’s Board of Directors, will participate in the editorial board discussion at WVPA Convention 2014. The editorial board program — part newspaper industry training exercise and part AARP policy review — brings AARP representatives and West Virginia[Read More…]
You can follow WV Press Convention 2014 activity
CANAAN RESORT, W.Va. — For those attending the West Virginia Press Association’s Convention 2014, the easiest ways to follow the activities are on Twitter at #wvpress2014 or on wvpress.org on the Convention 2014 Page.
Blog: wvpress extra — Always stand for the public’s right to know
A blog by WVPA Executive Director Don Smith: March 28, 2014: The Freedom of Information Act battle brewing between the The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register newspapers and the Ohio County Sheriff is one every newspaper editor in the nation should watch. Look at the Columbia Journalism Review’s story on the situation[Read More…]
Blog: wvpress extra — The 2014 Hoops Challenge
A blog by WVPA Executive Director Don Smith Posted March 16, 2014: The West Virginia girls’ basketball state tournament was an exciting challenge for the WVPA staff. Our plans called for providing a few photos, but when we realized The Associated Press was not covering any games on Wednesday, Thursday[Read More…]
Do we undervalue our editors and copy desk staff?
A blog by Don Smith, WVPA Executive Director: Posted on Feb. 9, 2014. With newspapers competing for audience share in today’s 24-hour cycle, in newsrooms around the state, our editors and copy desk staffers are being challenged to maintain our journalist standards on multiple platforms: print editions, online editions and[Read More…]
Gallery: Newspaper photographers provide visions of winter
A blog by Don Smith, WVPA Executive Director: Posted on Feb. 8, 2014. Picture a cold, miserable winter with lots of snow, ice, freezing pipes and dangerous roads. You can almost see the people, bundled up in the bulky winter coats, hats and gloves with steamy breath escaping as they[Read More…]
Blog: wvpress extra — Viva La Charleston
Jan. 16, 2014: Viva La Charleston! We greatly appreciate the amazing number of calls and emails from concerned individuals checking on the staff during this water crisis. Water at the office has been flushed, but that has done little to eliminate the fears. Three of four employees still have no[Read More…]
