Sign up by Wednesday, May 30 to save money on registration.

The workshop June 21 in Indianapolis will emphasize the theme “Elections, Budgets and Other Stormy Assign­ments.”

Road Show for Reporters workshop

What: “Elections, Budgets & Other Stormy Assignments,” a daylong workshop for beginning reporters and those who want to brush up on the basics

When: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 21

Where: The Indianapolis Star’s Pulliam Production Center, 8278 N. Georgetown Road, Indianapolis (not the downtown office)

Cost: $30 by May 30; $40 after that date; includes breakfast, lunch and a 2012 AP Stylebook

Registration: HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow

Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors and HSPA Foundation sponsor the annual seminar for beginning journalists and those who want to brush up on skills.

This year’s event will take place at The Indianapolis Star’s Pulliam Production Center, 8278 N. Georgetown Road, Indianapolis. Please note: This location is not the newspaper’s downtown Indianapolis office.

The 2012 Road Show will include sessions featuring:

• A panel discussion with journalists who covered the deadly tornadoes that struck the state this year

• Covering government budgets

• Public access to information

• Tips on reporting and writing election stories

• Avoiding editing errors, especially in election coverage

• AP style and updates in the 2012 Stylebook.

The cost is $30 per person by the early-bird deadline of May 30. After that, registration is $40 per person. Break­fast, lunch and a 2012 AP Stylebook are included.

Journalists can register by filling out the online form at www.HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow. Other information and the brochure that newsrooms received by mail in April also are available on that website.

To download a brochure, visit www.HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow.

The annual workshop provides excellent training at a low cost for HSPA members. Road Show speakers have a variety of experiences to share with attendees.

The panel of journalists who covered the tornadoes in their communities includes Chuck Branham, chief photographer for the News and Tribune (Jeffersonville), where he has been on staff for 10 years; Stephanie Taylor Ferriell, who has been editor of The Salem Leader and The Salem Democrat since 2000 and has 19 years of news experience; and Braden Lammers, the Clark County reporter for the News and Tribune (Jeffersonville) since 2009.

Pam Coleman, Steuben County auditor since 2007, will discuss coverage of county tax figures, budget hearings and other financial stories.

Steve Key, HSPA’s executive director and general counsel, will present a session on the Open Door Law and Access to Public Records Act during lunch.

A panel of experts on election coverage will include Tom LoBianco, the Indiana political reporter at The Associ­­ated Press; Brian Vargus, Ph.D., a professor of political science at IUPUI; and Lesley Stedman Weiden­bener, assistant bureau chief for The Statehouse File, a Franklin College news bureau, who has covered four Indiana governors and 16 sessions of the state General Assembly for two newspapers.

Tracy Warner, editorial page editor at The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) and a 28-year journalism veteran, will address how to avoid irksome reporting errors.

Patrick McDowell, The AP’s assistant chief of bureau for Illinois and Indiana, will cover AP style.

For more information, visit www.HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow or call (317) 803-4772.

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The HSPA Foundation and the Indiana Newspaper Advertising Executives Association sponsor the annual contest to recognize the best in the state in 24 categories and three overall awards of excellence.

The Foundation must receive all electronically submitted and mail-in entries by 5 p.m. Friday, June 8. For more information on entering, click here.

The contest period covers ads designed from June 1, 2011, to May 31, 2012.

Awards will be presented Friday, Sept. 28 during “Don’t Stop Believin’: A Totally Awesome ’80s Advertising Conference & Awards Gala.”

More information on the advertising conference and awards gala will follow this summer.

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The workshop June 21 in Indianapolis will emphasize the theme “Elections, Budgets and Other Stormy Assign­ments.”

Road Show for Reporters workshop

What: “Elections, Budgets & Other Stormy Assignments,” a daylong workshop for beginning reporters and those who want to brush up on the basics

When: 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 21

Where: The Indianapolis Star’s Pulliam Production Center, 8278 N. Georgetown Road, Indianapolis (not the downtown office)

Cost: $30 by May 30; $40 after that date; includes breakfast, lunch and a 2012 AP Stylebook

Registration: HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow

Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors and HSPA Foundation sponsor the annual seminar for beginning journalists and those who want to brush up on skills. 

This year’s event will take place at The Indianapolis Star’s Pulliam Production Center, 8278 N. Georgetown Road, Indianapolis. Please note: This location is not the newspaper’s downtown Indianapolis office.

The 2012 Road Show will include sessions featuring:

• A panel discussion with journalists who covered the deadly tornadoes that struck the state this year

• Covering government budgets

• Public access to information

• Tips on reporting and writing election stories

• Avoiding editing errors, especially in election coverage

• AP style and updates in the 2012 Stylebook.

The cost is $30 per person by the early-bird deadline of May 30. After that, registration is $40 per person. Break­fast, lunch and a 2012 AP Stylebook are included.

Journalists can register by filling out the online form at www.HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow. Other information and the brochure that newsrooms received by mail in April also are available on that website.

To download a brochure, visit www.HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow.

The annual workshop provides excellent training at a low cost for HSPA members. Road Show speakers have a variety of experiences to share with attendees.

The panel of journalists who covered the tornadoes in their communities includes Chuck Branham, chief photographer for the News and Tribune (Jeffersonville), where he has been on staff for 10 years; Stephanie Taylor Ferriell, who has been editor of The Salem Leader and The Salem Democrat since 2000 and has 19 years of news experience; and Braden Lammers, the Clark County reporter for the News and Tribune (Jeffersonville) since 2009.

Pam Coleman, Steuben County auditor since 2007, will discuss coverage of county tax figures, budget hearings and other financial stories.

Steve Key, HSPA’s executive director and general counsel, will present a session on the Open Door Law and Access to Public Records Act during lunch.

A panel of experts on election coverage will include Tom LoBianco, the Indiana political reporter at The Associ­­ated Press; Brian Vargus, Ph.D., a professor of political science at IUPUI; and Lesley Stedman Weiden­bener, assistant bureau chief for The Statehouse File, a Franklin College news bureau, who has covered four Indiana governors and 16 sessions of the state General Assembly for two newspapers.

Tracy Warner, editorial page editor at The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) and a 28-year journalism veteran, will address how to avoid irksome reporting errors.

Patrick McDowell, The AP’s assistant chief of bureau for Illinois and Indiana, will cover AP style.

For more information, visit www.HSPAfoundation.org/roadshow or call (317) 803-4772.

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North vs South Challenge

We’re looking for a few brave recruits to join both sides of the skirmish for the Freedom Cannon on Thursday, June 7 at Southern Dunes Golf Course in Indianapolis.

Leave the muskets at home. This battle begins with clubs.

Join the Yankees as they try to quiet that Rebel Yell, or team up with the Southerners as they plot an ambush.

A blind draw will determine which North and South foursomes face each other in match play scored after all teams finish the scramble. The side with the most victories wins the Cannon.

Join in the fun for more surprises (of a friendly nature). The annual golf fundraiser benefits programming of HSPA Foundation.

The Mason-Dixie line will remain flexible until all teams and individuals register.

For more information or to register online, visit www.HSPAfoundation.org/golf-outing.

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The HSPA Foundation and the Indiana Newspaper Advertising Executives Association will sponsor the annual ad contest to recognize the best in the state in 24 categories and three overall awards of excellence.

Don’t Stop Believin’

What: A totally awesome ’80s advertising conference with seminars, networking, prizes, awards & retro fun

When: Friday, Sept. 28

Where: Indianapolis Marriott North, 3645 River Crossing Park­way, Indianapolis

Registration: Watch for details in the coming months.

A save-the-date card included in the mailing asks ad directors and staff to mark their calendars for Friday, Sept. 28 for “Don’t Stop Believin’: A Totally Awesome ’80s Advertising Conference & Awards Gala.”

The training sessions will feature consultant Tim Smith and publishing guru Kevin Slimp at the Indianapolis Marriott North.

Contestants may begin entering digital files and printing labels for mail-in entries Monday, April 16. The rules brochure includes detailed explanations for entering the contest through www.betterbnc.com.

“This will be our third year for the digital version of the advertising contest,” said Karen T. Braeckel, HSPA Foundation director. “Our members say it is much easier to submit entries now than in the old format. We hope more newspapers participate this year to reward employees for their outstanding work.”

The HSPA Foundation must receive all electronically submitted and mail-in entries by 5 p.m. Friday, June 8. The contest period covers ads designed from June 1, 2011, to May 31, 2012.

More information on the conference will follow this summer.

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“Smartphones – Smart Journalism” comes to Indianapolis on Thursday, May 3 to help reporters extend the capabilities of their smartphones through multimedia, editing, note-taking, location and live-streaming apps.

Smartphones – Smart Journalism

What: Learn how apps, live streaming and other mobile journalism tech tools can improve your reporting

When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 3

Where: The Indian­apolis Star, 307 N. Pennsylvania St., downtown Indianapolis

Cost: $25 if registered by April 20 (checks may follow); $35 after that date. Lunch and parking are included.

Speaker: Val Hoep­pner, director of education for The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, established to recruit, train, mentor and retain a diverse workforce in U.S. newsrooms

Equipment: Attendees will use their own smartphones or provided iPod Touch 4Gs loaded with multimedia, editing, live-streaming and note-taking apps.

Registration: Fax the forms newsrooms received by mail or visit www.hspafoundation.org/smartphones-workshop to register online.

Val Hoeppner, director of education for The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute and former multimedia director at The Star, will present the session.

Journalists have to be comfortable with video, cell phones and social media to tell the stories in a multimedia world, said Mike Fender, The Indianapolis Star’s director of photography.

“You have to think someday they will dig up an old reporter clutching a pen and notebook and sit him in a museum right next to a T-Rex and a Beanie Baby,” Fender said.

“Smartphones – Smart Journalism” attendees who do not have their own smartphones to use during the hands-on workshop will utilize iPod Touch 4Gs loaded with apps and provided for training by The Freedom Forum.

Hoeppner oversees multimedia and mobile media instruction and a number of other academic initiatives at The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute.

The AP Photo Managers board member also previously served as The Star’s deputy director of photography and spent 10 years as photo editor and staff photographer at the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, S.D.

During the session, participants will explore some of the best multimedia apps on the market and improve their storytelling with photos, videos, audio blogs and more.

They will learn about apps and equipment to help them publish faster on both iPhone and Android platforms.

The mobile journalism workshop begins at 10 a.m. May 3 at The Indianapolis Star, 307 N. Pennsylvania St., downtown Indianapolis. The session ends at 4 p.m.

Register by Friday, April 20 for the $25 early-bird fee. After that date registration costs $35.

The fee includes lunch and parking.

To register, return the form newspapers received by mail or sign up online at www.hspafoundation.org/smartphones-workshop.

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Seven seniors, one junior and two sophomores make up the class of 2012. The Foundation pays the students for 10 weeks of work.

2012 class of Eugene S. Pulliam interns

Nana Aduba-Amoah of Chicago: The DePauw senior will intern at the Journal Review (Crawfordsville).

Kirsten Clark of Dayton, Ohio: The IU senior will work at The Republic (Columbus).

Robby Howard of Munster: The junior from IU will work in his hometown at The Times (Munster).

Victoria Ison of Bloomington: The Ball State sophomore also will work at her hometown paper, The Herald-Times (Bloomington).

Ellen Kobe of Indianapolis: The DePauw senior will intern in her hometown at the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Michael Majchrowicz of Dyer: The IU sophomore will work at The Rochester Sentinel.

Jillian McCarter of Evansville: The senior from Butler will intern at her hometown paper, the Evansville Courier & Press.

Samantha Quinn of Franklin: The senior from Franklin College will work at The Star-Press (Muncie).

Chet Strange of Jasper: The IU senior will intern at The Indianapolis Star.

Claire Wiseman of Liberty: The senior from IU will spend the summer with the Connersville News-Examiner.

Five of the students attend Indiana University, two go to Depauw, and the other three represent Ball State, Butler, Franklin College.

“We have another great class of interns,” said Karen T. Braeckel, HSPA Foundation director. “They have amazing portfolios. All have experience on their campus newspaper staffs, and eight previously interned or worked at commercial newspapers, magazines or agencies.”

Rising juniors or seniors fill most of the Pulliam internships over the years.

The selection committee, made up of editors who mentored last year’s interns, chose two sophomores this year.

Rising sophomore Victoria Ison won the Journalism Education Association’s National High School Jour­nalist of the Year award last spring.

Fellow rising sophomore Michael Majchrowicz is campus editor of IU’s Indiana Daily Student, the only freshman among the 28 staff editors.

More than 80 students began the internship application process this year, and 37 completed it.

Students must have at least one semester of coursework remaining after their internships and hold residency in Indiana or attend a college or university in the state.

Newspapers and students apply each year before the late February deadline. Next year the application process will be online.

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The lessons target beginning ad managers and sales reps and experienced sales reps from other fields – anytime, anywhere they can access the Internet.

Media $ales Basics

HSPA members can use the online advertising training program at www.mediasalesbasics.com for free in 2012. 

Training questions: Dave Blakeslee, dblakeslee@admall.com or 614-794-0500 Ext. 110

Questions about use of the program: Karen Braeckel, HSPA Foundation director, kbraeckel@hspa.com or (317) 624-4426

Request a resend of login information: Shawn Goldsby, sgoldsby@hspa.com or (317) 803-4772

To sign up for training, go to www.mediasalesbasics.com and use the log-in information HSPA members received by email.

To request a resend, contact Shawn Goldsby at sgoldsby@hspa.com or (317) 803-4772.

After successfully entering the HSPA login, each user will be asked to set up an individual account with name, email and company. Employees then no longer will use the generic code.

The training program focuses on three fundamentals: advertising, prospecting and consultative media sales.

A panel of Indiana newspaper advertising directors selected Media $ales Basics from other training program available.

Through an agreement with AdMall, HSPA members may use the program for their Indiana newspapers as often as they like in 2012. Each newspaper can name an administrator who can view all activity for the paper.

Newspaper staffs can watch a video about the program at www.mediasalesbasics.com.

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The Indiana Newspaper Advertising Executives Association board of directors met recently in Columbus to install new officers and plan this year’s Advertising Conference with HSPA Foundation. Outgoing INAEA president Laurie Ragle, advertising director at The Herald-Times (Bloomington), left, passes the gavel to incoming president Mark Sheridan, retail advertising manager at The Star Press (Muncie). Other members of the board include Mike Rossetti, vice president and program chairman and ad director at The Republic (Columbus), and Chris Cosner, secretary/treasurer and ad director at the Daily Journal (Franklin).

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Katie Kutsko

Beatriz Costa-Lima

The Hoosier State Press Association Foundation awarded two $1,500 scholarships to high school seniors planning to major in print journalism.

Beatriz Costa-Lima from Munster High School won the Foundation’s small-division scholarship (under 2,000 enrollment) and the Indiana High School Journalist of the Year award. She will represent Indiana in the Journalism Education Association’s National Journalist of the Year contest.

The Munster High School Crier editor says she is undeniably a journalism nerd and that four years of high school journalism altered her view of the world.

Columbus North High School’s Katie Kutsko received the large-division scholarship.

The students received certificates for their awards at the Indiana High School Press Association’s First Amendment Symposium at the Statehouse on March 7.

They may use the scholarship for tuition, books, fees, housing or any other legitimate expense related to their college education.

Students submitting port­folios for the IHSPA’s Jour­nalist of the Year competition and who plan to major in print journalism are eligible for the scholarship. Applica­tions are due annually around mid-February.

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