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In This Issue:
The Character Issue in Political
Coverage
Distinguished Journalist to Speak at DPA Contest Awards
Banquet
by Allan Loudell
 Whether
the subject is Gary Hart, Bill Clinton, Jim McGreevey or Eliot Spitzer,
journalists have long had a tough time reporting political figures' moral
indiscretions. Questions arise: What does the public want to know?
What does the public need to know? How much is too much? And,
especially, in the age of the Internet, blogs and even the old-style
tabloids, if traditional journalism eschews such reporting in covering these
sensitive and often sensational stories, do we make ourselves irrelevant?
Ronald Smothers, Distinguished Journalist in Residence at the
University of Delaware, will be putting all of this in perspective for us
when he speaks about "The Character Issue in Political Coverage" at Delaware
Press Association's Annual Meeting and Contest Awards Banquet at the
University & Whist Club on Tuesday, April 29.
 Smothers
arrived at UD last September after a 35-year career as a
reporter at The New York Times, where he often focused on the
political scene. He covered national political campaigns, served as City
Hall Bureau Chief in New York, covered state houses in Trenton and Albany
and served as national correspondent and southern bureau chief in charge of
covering eight states in the Deep South.
Before working at the Times, Smothers served as editor of the
now-defunct, foundation-supported Community News Service, which focused on
the African-American and Puerto Rican communities in New York City. He also
spent time as a reporter at the Long Island-based Newsday and at the
Washington Post. A native of Washington, D.C., Smothers earned
a degree in English literature from Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y., and did
graduate work at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In addition to
teaching at the University of Georgia, he has been adjunct professor at
Rutgers University-Newark and at Brooklyn College of the City University of
New York.
Read more about Ronald Smothers
We hope you will join us in the ballroom at the elegant University & Whist
Club, 805 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, on Tuesday, April 29, to help honor
those who entered the 2008 DPA Communications Contest and to enjoy a display
of the award-winning contest entries. Social hour with cash bar begins at
5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. Following dinner and our speaker, the
communications contest awards will be announced, certificates will be
presented to the contest award winners and cash prizes will be given to the
contest sweepstakes winners.
There is a parking lot at the club (to the left and to the
rear), as well as free on-street parking on adjacent streets should the lot
be full. Valet parking is available at the front door, and there is a
handicap access ramp into the club from the parking area at the rear of the
building.
Directions to the University & Whist Club: From
Pennsylvania Avenue (Route 52) heading south into Wilmington, turn right
onto Broom Street (if heading north out of the city, turn left onto Broom).
Landmark: The Church of the Holy City is on the SW corner of Pennsylvania
Avenue and Broom Street. After the turn onto Broom, go past Padua Academy
(on right) to the next stop sign. Cross through the intersection and turn
right into the University & Whist driveway (on the corner of Ninth & Broom).
Cost: members $35; non-members $40.
For more information: contact Katherine Ward at
DelawarePress@aol.com.
– Make a reservation –
Allan Loudell is the DPA Programs Vice President. For more information,
contact Allan at 302-478-2700 or
aloudell@wdel.com.
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From the President: Do Not Take for
Granted the Blessings of Freedom
Determination, Strength, Courage Needed to Support the
Cause
by Beth Miller
 The
words of Thomas Paine, written 230 years ago in The American Crisis, seem
fresh to me today: “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom
must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”
Paine, who knew a bit about struggle and conflict and confrontation,
front-loaded his statement with the payoff — the blessings of freedom. Good
stuff, yes — and who doesn’t want that for their kids and their community?
Then he brings it back from the starry-eyed idealism with which many of us
start our work. He had to do that. Reality was drawing down the ranks,
eroding hope and optimism. Noble goals and ideas don’t get far on happy
talk. They can be squelched by ordinary stuff like “fatigue” and the
housekeeping duties implied by the word “support.”
Supporters are seldom the heroes of Hollywood, though even the Academy has
the good sense to hand out trophies for those who do it best. Supporters
don’t get the headlines and glory, they don’t wear Superman’s cape, and they
don’t have any guarantee that their work will pay off or be acknowledged
with a spotlight.
Those who fight for justice and freedom do it because they recognize that
those God-given rights need allies. They believe in that cause.
And that cause, as Paine reminds us, sometimes calls for muscle —
determination, strength, courage. But fatigue can beat muscle, as any
Olympic athlete can tell you.
The cause sometimes calls for an apt word, spoken with the right tone at the
right time in the right place. But frustration can unplug the best
reasoning, as any of us mere mortals can tell you.
Paine didn’t talk money, but we must add it. There is often a
dollars-and-cents price to pay for open government, open records and open
discussion.
To have an effective, respected voice in a court debate over freedom of
information requests or sealed court documents, a trained attorney is
indispensable, but not cheap. Where there are lawyers there are billable
hours. There are invoices. And those who pay the bills must count that cost
and weigh it against other worthy priorities.
Fatigue and frustration may seem like constant companions, but don’t give
them the last word and don’t relinquish your hope to them.
When they threaten to overwhelm you, call in reinforcements. Get together
with allies, like your pals at DPA. We all need regular reminders of why we
do what we do — and why we should do it with integrity and honor.
You remember the old saying that “many hands make light work.” To that I
offer this amendment: Many friends make even hard work fun!
If you value good, honest, respectful communication, I count you among my
friends. I hope we will find many ways to work together for things that
really matter.
Now, go get ‘em! We’re with you.
Thoughts on Fighting the Good Fight
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Do not take for granted, Gentle Reader, that the costs
of fighting for our freedoms can be met or will be judged money well
spent.
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Do not take for granted the liberties we enjoy.
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Do not assume that “desk-drawer vetoes” are limited to
one portion of the General Assembly or to the back corners of
smoke-filled rooms.
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Do your best to be informed about challenges to our
freedoms and find out where the doors and drawers are closed.
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Do support the work of such groups as the Delaware
Coalition for Open Government, the First
Amendment efforts of DPA and those of other associations. By doing so,
you support those who back up noble words with action.
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Do keep up the good fight. Consider the cost of
ignorance, apathy, self-absorption and silence.
Beth Miller is a reporter for The News Journal. Contact Beth at
bmiller@delawareonline.com.
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First Amendment Matters
The U.S. Constitution: Safeguarding a National Treasure
 by Mary Leah Christmas
Movie-goers in November 2004 thrilled to the exploits of Benjamin Franklin
Gates, portrayed by Nicholas Cage, as he sought to protect — as well as to
access — the Declaration of Independence and a secret that lay hidden for
more than 200 years. In late 2007, viewers were again on the edges of their
seats when "Gates" in National Treasure: Book of Secrets launched
another modern-day adventure into our national past. The movie includes a
pivotal scene at Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, Va. Thanks to the film, the
staffers at George Washington's historic estate on the Potomac River have
been reporting that attendance in 2008 has been up as much as 300%.
People like mysteries. People like to feel connected. They
also like to be reminded of the ideals encapsulated in our nation's symbols.
As with the Declaration of Independence in which the colonists claimed many
rights, the United States Constitution is the document, belonging to all
U.S. citizens, that guarantees those rights under the law. The originals of
both documents are on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
In the original National Treasure, as well as in real
life, the trick in remaining connected to our all-important chartering
documents, is how to balance access with security, how to inspire people by
allowing them to be connected with the power and meaning of these documents
while at the same time preserving the documents' integrity.
The story of "The Miracle at Philadelphia" — the nearly
unsuccessful struggle to agree on how to "secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity" through a new Constitution and subsequent Bill
of Rights — is just as exciting as any fictional adventure. Through a
multimedia presentation, exhibits, lectures and interactive displays, that
story is told at the groundbreaking National Constitution Center, which
opened to the public in Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park
on July 4, 2003. According to its Web site at
www.constitutioncenter.org, "The Center is an independent, nonpartisan,
nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of the
U.S. Constitution and the ideas and values it represents. The Center serves
as a museum, an education center, and a forum for debate on constitutional
issues."
DPA member Roxane Ferguson, Director of Marketing for
Diamond Technologies, Inc., an information technology consulting firm, communicates the role her employer has played in developing an
Intranet Management System for the benefit of the National Constitution
Center. A recent Diamond Technologies press release states, "Showcasing our
country's heritage through prominent documents such as rare printings of the
U.S. Constitution and the Emancipation Proclamation requires the use of
state-of-the-art technologies." The cutting-edge solution provided by
Diamond Technologies is a system that helps the NCC staff communicate more
effectively among themselves as well as with the public. Serving as a
secure-access central repository for data, documents and discussion forums,
the system provides the staff with easy access to human resources documents,
policy and procedures manuals, and blog capability.
Roxane is delighted that Diamond Technologies has had the
opportunity to assist the National Constitution Center in this way. The
feeling is mutual. "Diamond helped us implement an idea we have had for
years but were never able to do on our own. . . . Productivity is up,
administrative overhead is down — it's a win all the way around" says John
DiFelice, Director of Information Technology for the National Constitution
Center.
Delaware Press Association and the National Federation of
Press Women have been, and remain, tireless advocates for freedom of
information and for open government. In this spirit, the founders of our
nation formalized these ideals in the First Amendment to the Constitution:
"Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the
press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
government for a redress of grievances."
The Constitution itself may reside at the National Archives,
behind many layers of high-tech security — just as depicted in National
Treasure — but it is, nevertheless, the lamp by which journalists write,
the nation reads and all of us are inspired by our freedoms.
Contact Mary Leah Christmas at
dpanewsletter@yahoo.com.
Some further resources:
National Constitution Center
www.constitutioncenter.org
Diamond Technologies, Inc.
www.diamondtechnologies.com
George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens
www.mountvernon.org
U.S. National Archives - U.S. Constitution
www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
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Listen Up!
More Than a Sound Bite from Margaret Aitken
 DPA
members and guests at our February meeting were fascinated by Margaret
Aitken's behind-the-scenes look at her role as Press Secretary to U.S.
Senator Joe Biden over the last ten years. Because Senator Biden has been
the chairman or ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
the Senate Judicial Committee, Aitken spoke about how she handled thousands
of media inquiries for the Senator on topics ranging from Iraq and
Afghanistan, to judicial nominees as well as on crime and drug control,
domestic violence and purely Delaware issues.
A number of people were disappointed to have missed the
meeting because of the less-than-ideal weather conditions. If you were one
of them, you're in luck.
Beth Miller taped the entire session, including the Q & A.
She gave the tape to WDEL 1150 AM news director Chris Carl, who had it
converted into the MP3 link below that is now available on WDEL’s server.
Those who didn’t go to the meeting will enjoy listening to Margaret talk
about serving as press secretary to one of the highest ranking United States
Senators as well as how she helped book and prepare Senator Biden for his
various interviews and TV appearances.
LISTEN
to the panel discussion on “Behind the Scenes with Biden’s (former) Press
Secretary”
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Spotlight: Keeping an Unflinching
Eye on the First State
Delaware Today Editors See Communication at the Heart of
Collaboration
by Andréa Miller
 Whether
it takes an hour, or half the day, the Delaware Today editorial team
starts every week sequestered to brainstorm novel story ideas for the
monthly magazine, and to invent interesting new ways to cover the standard
stories their readers have come to value and expect.
Together, DT Executive Editor Mark Nardone, Senior Editor Maria Hess,
Managing Editor Drew Ostroski and Assistant Editor Matt Amis, all Delaware
Press Association members, work hard to keep the annual Top Docs, Best of
Delaware, and the Real Estate, School and Beach guides fresh and relevant.
 A
longtime Delaware resident, Maria has written for just about every
publication in the state. When asked what sets DT apart, she says,
“Mark Nardone. I’m free to do my job because my boss is also a journalist,
and that makes a huge difference.” He understands how each writer needs
freedom to scope out leads, explore ideas and talk to as many people as it
takes to fully research a topic. Maria gets that with Mark.
A Delaware native, Mark first joined the magazine 12 years ago. He worked
his way up from staff writer to managing editor before leaving for sister
publication Mainline Today in 2001. When he returned in 2005
as executive editor, he came with a clear vision for making DT more
relevant — even essential — to a broader demographic than its typically
mature, affluent readership.
Doing so with a mainly “Sandwich Generation” staff — connected to “Gen
X-ers” through their children and to “Baby Boomers” through aging parents —
provided a foundation of shared experience to tap into a broad range of
issues. “Older staffers bring life experience to the table,” Maria says,
“but younger staffers have a viewpoint that’s critical to the mix.”
Even so, DT’s collaborative spirit is no accident. Mark put this team
together specifically playing to each colleague’s strengths and experience,
Drew says, and over time, they have come to trust and rely on one another.
While 40-somethings Mark, Maria and Drew’s collective experience brings
depth to issues, a developed sense of what matters to Delaware readers and a
well-populated contact list of sources, Matt’s style, wit and youth bring an
edgy hipness that makes even serious service pieces like Top Docs a better
read.
“We respect each other and each other’s opinions,” Drew adds. “We’re also
all open-minded enough to seek constructive criticism in the interest of
self-improvement and in making the magazine better.”
At the heart of such collaboration is communication.
Matt describes the constant communication necessary to put together a
magazine that aims to reach readers in rural Sussex County and in urban
Wilmington, those fresh out of college and those starting their “second
life” after retirement, as both “vital” and “nebulous.”
Sometimes it means teaming up to cover a topic like ethnic dining. Others,
it’s “divide and conquer” for the diverse material needed for issues like
the The Ultimate Guide to Delaware. Sometimes it means informally bouncing ideas
off each other throughout the week. Others, it’s critiquing each other’s
work in progress when someone’s stuck. A friendly competition keeps everyone
honest and working hard.
“Writing is solitary, but what takes place before and after it is very much
a team effort — to publish a quality magazine that we all can be proud of.
Sounds a bit hokey, but that’s what it’s all about,” Drew says. “When we put
our heads together, we cover a lot of ground . . . and still manage to have
a good time. Not a bad formula.”
Meet the DT team
Mark Nardone, Executive Editor
On writing:
 “My
heart was always in long-form journalism, because it is total immersion in a
subject matter, and it allows you to fully develop a story and its
characters.”
Mark is rumored to be one of only three Delawareans to have worked at all
three of the state’s daily newspapers: Lewes’ Daily Whale, The
News Journal and The Delaware State News, which he calls his
“alma mater” for the rigorous education he got as a new political reporter
during an election year.
The Delaware native joined DT 12 years ago as a staff writer and
worked his way up to managing editor before leaving to help launch sister
publication Mainline Today in 2001. He returned to DT in 2005
with a vision to broaden readership and fill the magazine with must-read
content.
Maria Hess, Senior Editor
On the tension between writing and collaborating:
“It’s not really a paradox for me. Writing is and always will be a solitary
endeavor. But we decide what stories to write as a team, and come crunch
time when we proof the magazine, it’s all about team effort.”
Maria, a Berklee College graduate, started a career as a professional singer
and composer, performing and recording numerous commercials. While on tour
to “become a star, I woke up one morning in a cold sweat, after dreaming I
was a 90-year-old lounge lizard still singing ‘Celebration’ by Kool & the
Gang.”
She gave up the dream of fame as a musician, earned a master’s in business,
worked in television at WVPT (a Virginia PBS station) and Channel 2 (now
CN8) and settled in Delaware to write. In 15 years, she’s written for almost
every Delaware-based publication.
Drew Ostroski, Managing Editor
On the thrill of journalism:
 Drew
instantly became hooked on journalism while sports freelancing for his
hometown paper, The Daily Whale. He hates to admit it,
but as a UD college student, he loved seeing his byline in the Lewes paper
and receiving the accolades of folks who read his stories. It was also the
“excitement, color, strategy and emotion of sports, the challenge of trying
to draw good quotes out of people and presenting information in an organized
and entertaining fashion.”
When Drew had his fill of standing on the sidelines in the rain and cold, he
turned to the business of editing, joining the copy desk at The Delaware
State News, then becoming The Daily Whale assistant
editor, State News copy desk chief, a DT assistant editor,
then managing editor.
Matt Amis, Assistant Editor
On collaboration:
“I think we’ve all been around each other enough that we’re approaching one
harmonious, amalgamated Delaware Today voice and style — which is a
good thing.”
Matt, the youngest DT editorial team member at 25, is also a Delaware
native. He began freelancing with DT in 2004 while a UD student.
Before that, he was a News Journal sports stringer, and wrote for
Pitchfork Media and Hoopville,
online publications that cover indie
rock and college basketball, respectively.
Contact Andréa Miller, staff reporter for Community Publications, at
andrea.miller@hotmail.com.
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WordPlay . . . for Wordsmiths
by Bob Yearick
 For
Want of a Word
Funny how people get one little word wrong in common expressions, and the
result is a bit jarring. A few that jarred me recently:
“The powers TO be” instead of “the powers that be” — from a radio
talk show host.
“All of THE sudden,” instead of “all of a sudden” — from another talk
show host. “One IN the same,” instead of “one and the same” —
from a freelancer’s manuscript that came across this desk.
As If . . .
Now to one of my many pet peeves: the use of “as” to mean because.
E.g., “As it was a hot day, we did not wear jackets.” Such usage has always
struck me as weak and amateurish. And it seems the
University of Minnesota
Style Manual, a respected online style guide, agrees. Under the heading “Because,
since, as,” the manual states: “Because is the most specific of
the conjunctions used to express reason or cause. It always indicates an
unequivocal causal relationship. Since is often a weak form of
because. It also contains a notion of duration over time that because
does not. Use since when the meaning of what follows it is implied by
what precedes it. Using as to mean since or because is always
feeble. It makes whatever follows sound trivial. Avoid this misuse.”
On the Horns of “Dilemma”
From the same manual, I picked up this bit of knowledge: A dilemma is
a situation that requires one to choose between two equally balanced
alternatives. If no suggestion of alternatives is involved, use
predicament or problem.
And Finally . . .
Although we’re obviously fond of the word, don’t use “wordsmith” as a verb,
as in, “I’m going to wordsmith this column.” It’s one of 19 words or phrases
that appear in Lake Superior State University’s 33rd annual List of Words
Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-Use, Over-Use and General
Uselessness. My favorite from the list: “It is what it is.”
Meanwhile, send your pet peeves, suggestions and questions for
WordPlay to: allwriter@comcast.net.
And remember: Always write right — and tight.
Contact WordPlay columnist Bob Yearick at
allwriter@comcast.net.
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Spanish-language Media in
Delaware
A Few Minutes with El Tiempo Hispano
by Kay Wood Bailey
Editor’s note: This is the first article of a series on
the Spanish-language media in Delaware.
 At
the time of the failed coup d’etat against President Hugo Chavez in 2002,
Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco, his wife and two teenage children moved from a
small town in Venezuela to the United States. A graduate of La Universidad
de Los Andes, Merida, Pilonieta-Blanco was a historian and photographer, and
he ran a print photographic gallery. His family still runs the biggest
photography business in town.
When Pilonieta-Blanco’s wife, MariaNelly Vera, who holds a
master’s degree from Emerson College in Boston, received several job offers
in the U.S. following the “nightmare coup,” they chose to move to Delaware,
where she began work as the only bilingual speech therapist in New Castle
County’s Christina School District.
Pilonieta-Blanco speaks tenderly about his wife. Because her
last name is different from his, I had him explain the Latino method of
surnames.
 First,
he clarified, “‘Hispanic’ refers to people from countries where
‘Spanish-only’ is spoken, while ‘Latinos’ include people from countries such
as Italy, France or Spain whose languages descend from Latin.” In all
Hispanic countries of the Americas, one uses the father’s last name followed
by the mother’s last name. Therefore, Gabriel is addressed as Señor
Pilonieta-Blanco. Blanco is his mother’s last name. Only in Brazil is the
mother’s name listed first, followed by the father’s name.
During their first year in the United States, while awaiting
a work visa, Pilonieta-Blanco remained at home. He did the housekeeping and
continued his labor of fourteen years — assembling photographs and writing a
book about American stereoview photographer Camillus Farrand, who had gone
from Parsippany, N.J., to Venezuela and other Latin American countries in
1857. But during the second and third years, Pilonieta-Blanco worked as a
reporter for a Spanish newspaper in Philadelphia.
In February 2006, he started up and hand-delivered the free,
weekly, bilingual newspaper El Tiempo Hispano to serve the rapidly
growing Hispanic population in Delaware* by connecting them “with what is
going on in their community as well as to inform non-Hispanics about the
Hispanic community at large.”
Part of El Tiempo’s mission is to “choose content
with the intention of creating a community with responsibility and a
 vision
for the future. We look to build bridges for new immigrants by providing
essential information for their adaptation to life in the United States.”
Coverage often includes special sections on Hispanic contributions and role
models while offering a mix of community events and local and national news.
Topics range from health and education to business, sports, the family and
the performing arts.
Although he loves his paper, Pilonieta-Blanco says, “The
slowing economy has tightened the ad sales, and, in order to survive, I
changed it from a weekly to a bi-weekly paper and have cut costs by sixty
percent.”
El Tiempo now reaches more than 25,000 bi-weekly
readers and is the largest bilingual newspaper distributed throughout
Delaware. Circulation has expanded to include deliveries to 450 grocery
stores, libraries and community sites statewide as well as in Chester
County, Pa., and Wicomico and Cecil counties in Md.
*According to
United States Immigration Support, an independent publisher of legal
books and immigration guides, the Hispanic population in Delaware “has been
increasing steadily for almost two decades. There was a 44.4 percent surge
in the state's Hispanic population from 2000 to 2006 . . . represent[ing]
about 24 percent of all growth in Delaware.”
Directory of Spanish-language Publications in Delaware
El Tiempo Hispano – Web and print
Bilingual newspaper
Published twice a month
Gabriel Pilonieta-Blanco, Editor
Phone: 302-588-9584
E-mail:
editor@eltiempohispano.com
On the Web: El
Tiempo Hispano
Hoy en Delaware – Web and print
Bilingual newspaper
Published monthly
Jose Somalo, Editor
Phone: 302-856-1555
E-mail: news@hoyindelaware.com
On the Web:
Hoy en Delaware
Vecinos – Delaware
Spanish-language newspaper
Published Monthly
Echo Media, Publisher
Phone: 770-955-3535
On the Web: Vecinos –
Delaware
delawarehispanic.com
Hispanic Internet magazine
Nancy Bastidas-Lopez, President and CEO
Phone: 302-229-9681
E-mail:
delaware@delawarehispanic.com
On the Web:
delawarehispanic.com
Kay Wood Bailey, President of A.B.C. Consulting
Services, Inc., is a former president of Delaware Press Association and was
the DPA and NFPW 2002 Communicator of Achievement. Contact Kay at
KWBailey@harringtonera.com.
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DPA Welcomes New Members
 DPA
extends a warm welcome to each of our new members. Any new members whose
contact information has not been included in the online DPA Membership
Directory, please click here and ask for directions:
DelawarePress@aol.com.
Anne Colwell – colwell@UDel.Edu
Associate Professor, University of Delaware, Georgetown
Fay Jacobs –
fayjacobsrb@aol.com
Publisher / Author
Terence E. (Terry) Nesbit –
terrykidd@att.net
Author
Catherine (Cathy) Rossi –
crossi@aaamidatlantic.com
Manager, Public and Government Affairs, AAA Mid-Atlantic
Ela Voluck –
evoluck@aaamidatlantic.com
Public Affairs Specialist, AAA Mid-Atlantic
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DPA Media Mavens & Mavericks
The DPA Media Mavens column contains information about the
personal and professional achievements of our members. Names of new DPA
members featured in this column are starred.
Please send any information about your honors, achievements and awards to
delawarepress@aol.com by the 1st of any month for
publication in the next issue.
DPA members featured in this issue:
Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt
Jamie Brown / Maria Keane / Billie Travalini
Anne Colwell *
Pamela Smith Finkelman
Sara Garrison
Jean Hull Herman / Maria Keane / Erica Mears / Sandra Michel
Fay Jacobs *
Bill Lindsey
Sharon Moore
Terence Nesbit * / Vanessa Nesbit
Marion Rechsteiner
Catherine L. Rossi *
Michele Sands
Rob Tornoe
• Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt has been invited back to sign copies of her
children's picture book You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? at
three more Lord & Taylor stores in the New York City area this spring as
part of its popular Benefit Bashes. She will sign 150 complimentary copies
of the book at each venue, just one way that Lord & Taylor rewards shoppers
during the Bashes. Having sold 10,300 copies since its August 2007
publication, Tooth currently is being reprinted. An additional 6,000
copies became available in early March. Sheri's newest project is three
activity books for Capstone Press. The books will be available by year's
end. For more info, see
www.Bell-Rehwoldt.com.
Contact Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt at
Sheri@Bell-Rehwoldt.com.
• DPA poets Jamie Brown, Maria Keane
and Billie Travalini will be participants in the fifth annual
"Art and Poetry" reception on April 2 at the Biggs Museum of American Art,
Dover, in celebration of National Poetry Month. At the event, "poets and the
objects of inspiration join together for a recital of original poetry." For
example, Billie Travalini says, "My poem is a prose poem inspired by the
painting Compensation. Because I am a Civil War buff, this painting
inspired me in ways too numerous to count." Intrigued? See the
Calendar of Events for further details.
Contact Jamie Brown at
the_broadkill_review@earthlink.net.
Contact Maria Keane at
mariakeane@comcast.net.
Contact Billie Travalini at
btravalini@aol.com.
• New member Anne Colwell, of Milton, is a
poet, fiction writer and an Associate Professor of English at the University
of Delaware in Georgetown. In 2007, she received an Emerging Artist Award in
Fiction from the Delaware State Arts Council. She also received the Dogfish
Head Poetry Prize for 2007, which included publication of her book Father’s
Occupation, Mother’s Maiden Name. Her work has appeared in several
journals, including: California Quarterly, Mudlark,
Evansville Review, Eclectic Literary Forum,
Southern Poetry Review, Stickman Review,
Poetry Bay and Octavo. An online chapbook of her poems
appears in The Alsop Review. Her first book of poems,
Believing Their Shadows, has been a finalist for the University of
Wisconsin’s Brittingham Prize, the Anhinga Prize, New Issues Poetry Prize
and the Quarterly Review of Literature. She received the Delaware
State Arts Council’s Experienced Artist in Poetry Award in 1999. Her
critical book, Inscrutable Houses: Metaphors of the Body in the Poems of
Elizabeth Bishop, was published by the University of Alabama Press.
Contact Anne Colwell at
colwell@udel.edu.
• Delaware went smokeless in 2002 under the Clean Indoor Air
Act. What have been the results? Freelance writer Pamela Smith
Finkelman's cover story, "Up in Smoke," for the February issue of Out
& About Magazine, presented a "look inside the tobacco habit, from
the smokers trying to quit to the law-enforcement agents looking to bust
delinquent retailers, and the counselors and scientists trying to understand
it all." Much has been reported in the media over the years about smoking
cessation and the intersection of public health and personal choice; so, did
Pam learn anything new as a result of her research for this article? She
says, "The Clean Indoor Air act is popular in Delaware, and I get the
feeling that many people think the state can take tobacco use off the 'to
do' list of public health problems. However, I did find that the cigarette
companies are not going away and that there is concern that the Delaware
Health Fund will be redirected toward what are considered more pressing
needs. Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of death in
Delaware and the nation. Be reassured, however that our state has a
dedicated group of smart and savvy people working on keeping us smoke free."
Contact Pam Finkelman at
psfink@comcast.net.
• DPA member Sara Garrison, Managing Director,
Freelance Writing for Business, is handling media relations and marketing
for the release of a new book, Vietnam Mailbag: Voices from the War, 1968
– 1972, by Nancy E. Lynch. Vietnam Mailbag tells the story of
Delaware's Vietnam veterans in their own words — through letters written
from the combat zone and through moving interviews with servicemen who
reconnected with the author decades after the last letter was written.
During peak years of the conflict, from May 1968 through December 1972,
Lynch relayed the hopes and fears, the joy and tears of hundreds of these
soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines through the "Vietnam Mailbag"
column she wrote for the Wilmington Morning News. "This book is not
about the column," says Lynch. "It's not my story. It's their story — the
story of the brave men and women from Delaware who risked their lives for
their country in this unpopular war. The book is my way of recognizing and
thanking them for their many sacrifices."
For further information, see
www.vietnammailbag.com. Veterans interested in talking with Lynch may
contact her through the Web site. Lynch plans to donate a portion of the
proceeds from the book to an organization that provides services to
Delaware's Vietnam veterans.
Tentative release of Vietnam Mailbag is Veterans Day, November 11,
2008. Autographed copies of the book may be ordered prior to September 1
for a special pre-publication price of $35, including shipping, at
www.vietnammailbag.com or by sending a check or money order to Vietnam
Mailbag, P.O. Box 68, Bethel, DE 19931.
Contact Sara Garrison at
garrison@freelancewritingde.com.
• National Poetry Month is so big that the month of April
cannot contain it all. Join DPA poets Jean Hull Herman,
Maria Keane, Erica Mears and Sandra Michel,
participants in "An Exhibition of Art and Poetry" at Grace Gallery, Grace
United Methodist Church, at an opening reception during the May 2 Wilmington
Art Loop, 5 to 8 p.m. They were invited to photograph artwork and, in the
tradition of ekphrastic poetry, write and submit poems about the art they
selected. See Calendar of Events for
further details.
Contact Jean Hull Herman at
JHerman007@aol.com.
Contact Maria Keane at
mariakeane@comcast.net.
Contact Erica Mears at
efmwrite@kennett.net.
Contact Sandra Michel at
sandramichel@verizon.net.
• New member Fay Jacobs, a native New Yorker, spent
30 years in the Washington, D.C., area working in journalism, theater and
public relations before relocating to Rehoboth Beach in 1999. She is the
author of As I Lay Frying - a Rehoboth Beach Memoir and the recently
released Fried & True - Tales from Rehoboth Beach. Fay has
contributed feature stories and both humor and political columns to such
publications as The Advocate, OutTraveler, The Baltimore Sun, Chesapeake
Bay Magazine, The Washington Blade, The Wilmington News Journal, Delaware
Beach Life and more. Since 1995 she has been a regular columnist for
Letters from CAMP Rehoboth and won the national 1997 Vice Versa Award
for excellence. She is currently the Executive Director of Rehoboth Beach
Main Street, Inc. See her Web page at
www.fayjacobs.com.
Contact Fay Jacobs at
AandMPublishers@aol.com.
• Bill Lindsey reports, "My latest adventure is
photographing high school sports for the Newark Post. I shoot all
sports at Middletown, Newark, Glasgow, Saint Mark’s and sometimes Christiana
and William Penn high schools. Most of the season, I shoot football, hockey,
swimming, wrestling and basketball for inclusion on the sports page at the
Post. During the spring and summer, I shoot baseball and track. This
has kept me busy almost every week of the year. I have been doing this for a
year and a half, and I really enjoy it. I had done a lot of sports
photography way back when I lived in San Diego, Calif., while working for
the Union-Tribune. I gained a great deal of respect for the power of
a 300-pound running-back, coming at me with no intention of stopping. I
quickly learned to look for an escape route at all times while shooting the
action!
"The other exciting news is, I have started making panoramic
photographs of the so-called hot spots in Delaware such as: Rockford Park,
Hoopes Reservoir and Dolle's salt water taffy shop in Rehoboth Beach — you
know, all the favorite places that Delawareans are proud of — and offering
them as fine art works on my new Web site:
www.photozoner.com.”
Contact Bill Lindsey at
lindseystudio@verizon.net.
• During Black History Month in February and on into April,
Sharon Moore has been presenting "Inspired to Fly: A View of
Bessie Coleman." Through song, poetry and a PowerPoint display, the audience
is given a glimpse of the challenges Coleman rose above to become the first,
licensed, female African American aviator. For further information, see the
Calendar of Events.
Contact Sharon Moore at
jaynshaye@comcast.net.
• New member Terence Nesbit has big news to
report: "My novel, Heaven Help Me Talk to Strangers, officially was
released in March. This is my first published novel, although I have had
poetry published in anthologies a few times over the past twelve years."
Autographed copies of Terry's new novel can be ordered from his personal Web
page at
home.att.net/~terrykidd, or the book can be ordered from Publish
America. He is working on several other manuscripts, and, yes, he is former
DPA communications contest director Vanessa Nesbit's brother.
Contact Terry Nesbit at
terrykidd@att.net.
Contact Vanessa Nesbit at
vnesbit@yahoo.com.
• Whether on a cover or in the centerfold, are pictures a
girl's best friend? Much to her surprise, 85-year-young attorney Marion
Rechsteiner recently appeared on the cover of the 2007 Chester
County Elder Law Handbook and Resource Guide with husband Conrad. Marion
was editor and proofreader for the handbook, which is the second elder-law
volume published by the Chester County Bar Association. Marion, who also has
worked on several editions of the Legal Handbook for Older Delawareans,
says, "The Delaware guide is so popular, public library editions must be
chained to the desk."
Contact Marion Rechsteiner at
Mrechs@aol.com.
• New member Catherine L. Rossi is Manager of Public
and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic and is an adjunct faculty member
at Wilmington University, where she teaches graduate communications. Prior
to AAA, Cathy was director of communications for the Archdiocese of
Philadelphia for seven years. She also worked as an anchor, reporter, writer
and producer at FOX-Philadelphia on the Ten O'Clock News and was a
field reporter for their live morning program, Good Day Philadelphia.
She says you may remember her as a reporter and anchor of the 6 p.m. local
cable television news program First State News in her native
Wilmington about 15 years ago. She also worked at WILM NewsRadio and at two
other Delaware radio stations.
Contact Cathy Rossi at
crossi@aaamidatlantic.com.
• In January, Michele Sands left
her position as Director of Communications at the Delaware Community
Foundation, where she worked for ten years, to become Communications
Specialist at the Center for Disabilities Studies (CDS) at the University of
Delaware. The CDS mission is to enhance the lives of individuals and
families in Delaware through education, prevention, service and research
related to disabilities. The CDS promotes independence and productivity so
individuals and families can fully participate in the life of the community.
Michele is part of the "Dissemination and Advocacy" team, and some of her
duties include overseeing creation of publications, managing the Web site,
working with the Community Advisory Council, assisting with grant writing
and a variety of other public relations activities.
Contact Michele Sands at
sands28@comcast.net.
• Rob Tornoe has left the Community News to
become the staff editorial cartoonist for The Politicker, described in
a recent New York Times article as a series of "intensely local"
political websites that provide state sources "for political articles,
speculation and scandal." The Politicker is part of the Observer Media
Group, which also owns the New York Observer, and will "pull together
50 web sites, one for each state, into [the] political hub [at]
www.politicker.com."
Rob will be providing cartoons on national topics as well as covering local
politics for states throughout the country. His new blog can be found at
www.politicker.com/tornoe. News flash: Rob has just been given
the "star treatment" in the April 1 edition of
Editor & Publisher. Way to go, Rob!
Contact Rob Tornoe at
rob@boltcomics.com.
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"Kickin' Back in Idaho"
Idaho Media Network to Host 2008 NFPW Conference
by Karen Galanaugh, APR
 Mark
your calendar right now and plan to be “Kickin' Back in Idaho” with the
members of Media Network Idaho (MNI) in September as they host a dynamic
National Federation of Press Women Communications Conference, featuring a
variety of top-notch speakers and topics. The speakers, workshops,
activities and tours will fulfill your expectations for professional
development, networking with colleagues from across the U.S. and
historical/cultural enrichment.
The conference will be held September 11–13 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The Shilo Inn, located on the scenic Snake River near the falls, will be
the full-service site for most of the conference activities. The hotel has
non-smoking guest rooms available, and the room rate, single or double, will
be $89 for a street view room, $99 for a river view room. Call 208-523-0088 for your reservation and ask for the NFPW
room rate. Such a deal!
When you prepare to attend the 2008 conference, plan to take a big notebook,
an appetite for new ideas, an item to contribute to the NFPW Silent Auction
and comfortable shoes.
There will be a three-day pre-conference trip, September 7–9, to Sun Valley,
Idaho, Jackpot, Wyoming, Shoshone Falls and the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation. Plan to enjoy a post-conference tour of Yellowstone National
Park (overnight at the Old Faithful Inn) and take a leisurely float trip
down the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park (overnight in Jackson
Hole, Wyoming), September 14–16. My three sisters are joining me for the
pre-tour and will enjoy local excursions while I’m attending workshops and
acting as mistress of ceremonies at the National Communications Contest
Awards Banquet.
Whether you’ve been to numerous NFPW conferences or never have attended an
NFPW national event, plan to join your DPA friends and colleagues as we
travel to Idaho for the opportunity to hear and talk with exciting and
thought-provoking authors, journalists and communications specialists;
receive awards in the national communications contest; and cheer for our
2008 Communicator of Achievement, Barbara Roewe, as she participates in the
national COA competition.
We’ll send notices over the summer to keep you abreast of speakers,
workshops, travel plans and room arrangements, but make the commitment and
put the dates on your calendar now.
Get schedule of conference speakers, workshops and activities.
Click
here for pre-conference tour details.
Click
this link for post-conference tour details.
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Report from the Blog Bureau
DPA's Blog Bureau is Open for Business
“Report from the Blog Bureau” highlights the
media-related blogs of DPA members and provides a forum for the diversity of
voices within our ranks. If you write a blog — or are aware of another DPA
member's blog — on some aspect of the field of communications, let us know.
We will continue adding members' blogs to the list, and some of them — with
the author’s permission, of course — will be featured in this column in
future issues of NewsBreak.
Editor's note: This entry marks the wrap-up of Annie Nefosky's WILM
blog. However, "Report from the Blog Bureau" seemed an appropriate place for
this farewell tribute to appear. We all wish Annie well as she makes this
transition from radio to television. She recently began working as a
producer at WBOC-TV in
Salisbury, Md.
Annie Nefosky’s WILM Personality Page — Tuesday, February 26,
2008
The end of this chapter
 How lucky
I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
–
Carol Sobieski and Thomas Meehan, from the musical Annie –
It's
a bittersweet time in my life.
My journey at WILM NewsRadio will come to an end on March 6, as I have
accepted a position at a TV station in a different market, outside of
Delaware.
Looking back at the past four and a half years . . . whew! I got to cover a
tornado, plane crashes, political races, the visit of Sweden’s Crown
Princess Victoria to Delaware, and I could go on and on and on. I even got
to take a ride in a C-130. I'm a lucky girl. And I owe so much to WILM.
But I know that it's time to go. I've embraced so many new opportunities
this past year — teaching classes at Wilmington University, acting as
advocacy coordinator with PanCAN (the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network),
buying my first home — and it's time to embrace this new opportunity as
well.
I'm so excited for what the future holds. I don't think I've been able to
wipe this smile off my face for about a week now. But it saddens me to think
about what I'm leaving behind — some of my best friends.
My time as a reporter/anchor has been an amazing learning experience, and
WILM has introduced me to some friendships that will forever hold a special
place in my heart. These people are not just my co-workers, but I consider
some of them my best friends, like family. They've shown me compassion,
supported me through difficult times, helped me along the way, and, man, I'm
going to miss them: Mark Eichmann, Mark Fowser, John Watson (my J-Watt), Ted
Efaw, Joe LeCompte, Johnnie LaMonica. Leaving these people is the hardest
part.
And there are a number of others who have made my time at WILM so special —
too many to name. Thank you one and all.
Contact Annie Nefosky at
annienefosky@yahoo.com.
Chris Carl:
On The Tee - WDEL
Chris Carl:
About the WDEL News
Mark Fowser:
WILM
Personality Page
Tara Lynn Johnson:
Freelancing Blog
Allan Krakower:
WILM
Personality Page
Allan Loudell:
Eclectic Hobbies - WDEL
Allan Loudell:
WDEL Blog
Larry Mendte:
The Back Room
(Politics) - CBS3
Crabmeat Thompson:
Never Eat More
Than You Can Lift
Rob Tornoe:
The world of an
editorial cartoonist
John Watson:
WILM
Personality Page
Send your blog link recommendations to:
news@delawarepressassociation.org.
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L’Envoi
by Mary Leah Christmas
 This
April NewsBreak is not a bearer of goodbyes, but of beginnings: Out
with the current Board means in with the new. Several members, as noted in
this issue, recently have seen changes in their professional duties. And I
am passing the NewsBreak editorship to another individual so that I
can concentrate on finishing a Legal Studies degree at Wilmington
University-Dover. (Into the home stretch!) While change can bring stresses,
all of these things are working together for good and are indicative of a
thriving, active membership.
It has been a fast two years. During this time, the electronic version of
NewsBreak has mentioned, at least once, 156 of our members —
including those in this issue. Based on the Every-Last-Member Challenge
benchmark of 150 members, as detailed in the
September 2007 issue, that's a participation level of 104% as our ranks
continue to swell past the 150 mark.
NewsBreak's state and national first-place awards for e-newsletters
in 2007 were gratifying, but there is always room for improvement. Please
let us know what you like about NewsBreak, those things you might
want to see changed and any other comments for the consideration of the new
editorial team. Send your thoughts to
news@delawarepressassociation.org.
I have been honored to serve as the editor of this fine e-newsletter for the
past two years, with the able assistance of Katherine Ward, copy
editor/layout; Steve Medoff, Web master; and Mary E. Loewenstein-Anderson,
photo editor. I am certain the next individual to whom the editor's torch is
entrusted will be bringing his or her own particular flavor and vision to
this newsletter.
So, keep reading, and keep letting us know how we are doing! And remember:
Current and past issues of NewsBreak can be accessed, as always, on
the
newsletter page of the DPA Web site.
Contact Mary Leah Christmas, DPA NewsBreak Editor at
news@delawarepressassociation.org.
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Calendar of Events
APRIL
April is National Poetry Month! Founded in 1996 by
the Academy of American Poets,
National Poetry Month is described as "now the largest literary
celebration in the world." The Academy is holding an April 1
kickoff gala at Lincoln Center in New York with special guest readers
including Candace Bushnell, Robert Caro, Katie Couric, Philippe de
Montebello, Jonathan Demme, John Guare, Liz Smith, Meryl Streep and others;
and is offering a month-long
Poem-A-Day e-mail distribution list; the first national
"Poem in Your Pocket" Day on April 17; the
Life/Lines project; and a
National Poetry Map of news/events of local interest.
02 Fifth Annual Art and Poetry Reception.
Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal Street, Dover. 5:30 – 7:30
p.m. $10, $8 for members. This Art and Poetry event, held annually in April,
was designed to "bring Delaware poets and regional art together in
celebration of National Poetry Month. Poets throughout Delaware have chosen
an object from the museum's collection for inspiration to create an original
poem." Participants include Jamie Brown, Maria Keane and Billie
Travalini. "At the reception, the poets and the objects of inspiration
join together for a recital of original poetry." Light refreshments. RSVP by
calling 302-674-2111 or by visiting
www.biggsmuseum.org.
04/09 – 05/15 Nominations are being sought for the
March 2009 Women's Day Celebration, and must be submitted between
April 9 and May 15, 2008. The annual event, presented by Delaware Technical
& Community College, recognizes Delaware women who have overcome personal or
professional obstacles and have made a positive impact on their communities
or on the state of Delaware. The
nomination form lists all eligibility criteria. For more information,
contact Alison Buckley at 302-855-1607 or
abuckley@dtcc.edu.
11–13 37th Annual Writers Conference, "Moving on Up!
Writing Better and Smarter in Today's Market." American Society of
Journalists and Authors. Grand Hyatt Hotel, 42nd and Grand Central
Station, New York, N.Y. Keynote speaker: Melissa Fay Greene, award-winning
journalist and author of nonfiction books, including Last Man Out and
There Is No Me Without You. Panelists from major magazines,
publishing houses, Web sites and literary agencies will tell what gets their
attention and will give insights into the nuts and bolts of navigating
cyberspace as a nonfiction writer. For conference registration form and
complete schedule of workshops and fees, visit the
ASJA Web site.
12 Delaware Authors Day. 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Delaware
Agricultural Museum and Village, Route 13, Dover. Authors will be in
attendance from all over the Delmarva Peninsula. Free admission. Light
refreshments will be served. Space for participants is limited and will be
allocated on a first come, first served basis. Contact the Delaware Heritage
Commission for further information: 302-577-5044 (New Castle), 302-744-5077
(Kent and Sussex), or on the Web at
www.state.de.us/heritage.
12 Second Saturday Poets – Poetry reading by Wendy
Ingersoll, author of River, Farm. 5 p.m., Genelle's, 8th & Market
streets, Wilmington. For more info: contact Joe Allen
jopollen@hotmail.com or see the group’s Web site at
www.2ndsaturdaypoets.com/sched2008.htm.
14 Inspired to Fly: A View of Bessie Coleman
presented by DPA member Sharon Moore. Selbyville (De.) Library, 6:30
p.m. The event is a reminder of the power of the human spirit as embodied by
Bessie Coleman, who made a remarkable accomplishment in spite of difficult
circumstances. Through song, poetry and a PowerPoint display, the 45
minute program offers a glimpse of the challenges Coleman rose above to
become the first, licensed, female African American aviator. A
question-and-answer segment concludes the presentation. The event is made
available through the
Speakers Bureau of the Delaware Humanities Forum. Please contact Sharon
Moore for more details: <jaynshaye@comcast.net>
or phone 302-762-7926.
18–19 Third Annual Delaware Christian Writers
Conference. Word of Life Christian Center, Newark. Price for the two day
event is $229. Conference Director John Riddle says, "Once again, we
are holding our Writers Contest with over $1,000 in cash prizes being
awarded on Friday evening after dinner. Also, we have a Young Writers
Program that will take place on Sat., April 19. Please see the
DCWC Web site for more info." This year, Steven James, acclaimed author
and one of the nation's most innovative storytellers, will be the keynote
speaker.
19 Reading Wonderland, featuring Amelia Bedelia, for
children of all ages. Pike Creek Christian School, 199 Polly Drummond
Hill Road, Newark, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. In addition to face painting, games and
costumes at the outdoor festival, there will be a number of children's book
authors who will be reading from and signing copies of their books as well
as answering questions. DPA member Lynn Glaze will be promoting her
book, Seasons of the Trail, a middle grade historical novel based on her
great-grandmother's journey to California in a covered wagon in 1860. Free
and open to the public. For more info:
www.pikecreekchristianschool.org.
29 DPA Communications Contest Awards Banquet & Annual
Meeting. Speaker: Ronald Smothers, UD Distinguished Professor of
Journalism on “The Character Issue in Political Coverage.” 5:30 p.m. social
gathering; 6:30 p.m. dinner, awards presentations and annual meeting.
University & Whist Club, 805 N. Broom Street, Wilmington. For more info:
call 302-655-2175 or e-mail
delawarepress@aol.com. Members $35; non-members $40.
MAY
02 Opening Reception - An Exhibition of Art and Poetry
by Cynthia Kauffman and her students. Grace Gallery, Grace United Methodist
Church, Ninth and Washington streets, Wilmington, during the Art Loop, 5 to
8 p.m. Participating poets include Jean Hull Herman, Maria Keane, Erica
Mears and Sandra Michel. They were invited to photograph artwork
and, in the tradition of ekphrastic poetry, write and submit poems about the
art they selected. For further information, contact Cynthia Kaufmann at
mainship101@aol.com.
09-10 National Freedom of Information Coalition FOI
Summit, hosted by the
Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition and NFOIC. Loews
Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. Two full days of
information sharing—and even some fun—are being planned. Check back often at
www.nfoic.org for
updates
SEPTEMBER
09–13 NFPW/MNI Communications Conference. Idaho Falls,
Idaho, doorway to Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Pre-tour
registration deadline is June 15. A formal registration form will soon be
available on Media Network Idaho's Web page
www.medianetworkidaho.com. Updates also will be posted at
www.nfpw.org/conference.htm.
Send information for the Calendar of Events to
news@delawarepressassociation.org.
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NewsBreak is the official newsletter of Delaware
Press Association.
Mary Leah Christmas, Editor
Katherine Ward, Copy Editor/Layout
Mary E. Loewenstein-Anderson, Photo Editor
Submit editorial content to:
news@delawarepressassociation.org
Copy deadline for next newsletter: August 1, 2008
Contact Us:
Katherine Ward, Executive Director
Delaware Press Association
email: delawarepress@aol.com
phone: 302-655-2175
web:
www.delawarepressassociation.org
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