NewsBreak September 2010 - Vol. 22, No. 1

In This Issue:

• When Radio, Television and Mass Communication Came of Age

• President’s Corner: Summer Doldrums? Not for DPA!

• DPA Members Score in NFPW Communications Contest

• First Amendment Matters: 1 for All

• Spotlight: Nancy Ryle Awarded Prestigious Scholarship – The Virtue of Persistence

• WordPlay . . . for Wordsmiths – Pet Peeves: The Dirty Dozen

• 2010 Common Wealth Awards

• We’re Updating the DPA Membership Directory – It’s not too late to be included

• DPA Welcomes New Members

• DPA Media Mavens & Mavericks

• Calendar of Events

When Radio, Television and Mass Communication Came of Age

by Walt Mateja

To kick off the DPA program year, three communications experts – award-winning author and historian Mike Dixon, WDEL’s director of news and programming Chris Carl, and Gene Donnelly, who has an extensive background in radio and television in both Baltimore and Wilmington – will participate in a lively panel discussion that will examine how mass media provided people with news and entertainment before the digital age.

Join us at the New Castle Public Library, in Old New Castle, on Thursday, September 16, at 7:15 p.m., as Mike, Chris and Gene talk about how our lives have been increasingly enriched, invaded, entertained, informed – and, to a great extent, shaped – by mass media. Newspapers and printed matter are part of the story, but the program also will take a look at the golden age of broadcasting when people turned to radios and televisions, and music and news from a distance battled static on the receiver.

Through old audio and video clips, you will see and hear bits of nostalgic radio dramas, tunes from long ago and urgent news flashes. But times have changed, and the panel also will discuss the changes that have occurred in mass communication for the present generation and how they are now shaping our lives.

An adjunct professor who teaches history courses at the University of Delaware, Wesley College, and Harford Community College Mike Dixon focuses on the mid-Atlantic’s regional and local history. His extensive fieldwork, archival research with primary documents, and oral history interviews have led to talks, workshops and articles as well as to classroom lectures. For more than 30 years he has encouraged public interest and participation in the preservation of the area’s past and has worked to reconcile understanding and increase awareness of earlier eras with the present. He has appeared on the Today Show, Maryland Public Television and TV news programs and in National Geographic, Southern Living and Chesapeake Life. His published works have appeared in Chesapeake Life, Delmarva Quarterly, Maryland Life and a number of other magazines, newspapers and historical society journals.

Chris Carl leads one of the more progressive radio newsrooms in the country with WDEL reporters producing daily radio, video and text reports. As a reporter, Chris has covered several national political conventions, hosted gubernatorial inauguration ceremonies and moderated political debates. He also has broadcast college and high school football and basketball games. Chris also serves as managing editor of WDEL.com. Under his direction, WDEL has received numerous state, regional and national awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association. A regional director on the RTDNA national board of directors, Chris has served as president of the Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association, Delaware Coalition for Open Government and Bar-Bench-Media Conference of Delaware. He also has served as DPA’s programs VP.

Gene Donnelly began broadcasting in 1955 at age 18 at a 250-watt station operated by Baltimore Junior College. Hired several months later into the news department at WFBR, a 5,000-watt station, he also hosted a 30-minute program on Thursday evenings – all while continuing his education. By the time he was 21, he was news director of WAQE. Television, still in its early years, soon beckoned, and Gene became the nightly news producer for WMAR-TV, Maryland’s first television station. When hired away for the WJZ-TV news department and to serve as weekend anchor for four news programs, he worked the street as a reporter and shot newsreel film. Gene left full-time broadcasting in 1963 to enter the non-profit sector and held several public relations director jobs before becoming director of communications for the Catholic Diocese of Delaware, a position he held for many years. His work in Delaware included broadcasting weekly programs on stations throughout the Delmarva Peninsula. He continues to do voice-over work and radio and cable television commercial work.

Directions to the New Castle Public Library, 424 Delaware Street, Old New Castle

Take Route 141 South (Basin Road) through Newport, past the New Castle County Airport and across Route 13 (DuPont Highway). Turn left at the light at Delaware Street/DE 273. In half a mile, make a slight right on Delaware Street. The library, at 424 Delaware Street, will be on your right in .2 mi., just past Fifth Street. There is a parking lot at the library. If the lot is full, you may park on adjacent streets.

Please Register

The panel discussion is free and open to the public. Join us at 6:30 p.m. for networking and light refreshments. The program will begin at 7:15 p.m. To ensure enough seating, please let us know by September 13 if you’ll be coming. Guests are welcome.

Please send: 1) your name, 2) guests’ names and 3) a phone number to DelawarePress@aol.com.

Other DPA Dates for your Calendar

October 21     Behind the Scenes: When “Breaking News” is Framed by Tragedy

On November 14, 1963, President John F. Kennedy came to Delaware to dedicate the JFK Highway on the Maryland/Delaware line. Eight days later, Ed Herbert, news director/anchorman for Channel 11 in Dallas-Ft. Worth, was one of the first to break the news that President Kennedy was dead of gunshot wounds. Early in Herbert’s career, television was in its infancy – 90 stations in the country versus 2,000 today – and journalists were constantly doing things that had never been done in broadcast production. In 1953, he began his news career at the CBS News Washington bureau working on network radio and TV news shows and writing for the local Esso News Reporter Walter Cronkite. He also edited, produced and researched for Eric Sevareid, Edward R. Murrow and other well-known TV news reporters. Don't miss this fascinating look into the early years of television, framed by an American tragedy. Time and place TBA.

December 4      Annual DPA Holiday Luncheon

You won’t want to miss this year’s annual Holiday Luncheon. Our speaker will be Mark Bowden, longtime Philadelphia Inquirer reporter, best-selling author of Black Hawk Down, and now UD adjunct journalism faculty member. Social gathering and book signing at 11:30 a.m.; luncheon, speaker, presentation of 2011 Communicator of Achievement at 12:30 p.m. Location and cost TBA.

I look forward to seeing you on September 16! Register now.

Walt Mateja is the DPA Programs Vice President. For more info, contact Walt at 302-377-1077 or wam@dca.net.

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President’s Corner: Summer Doldrums? Not for DPA!

by Mark Fowser

A long, hot summer is starting to wind down. As uncomfortable as it has been outside at times, I often have thought of those hot summers of years ago. They were care-free, filled with ball-playing, visits to the beach, the swimming pool, family gatherings and fun.

Then came those summers when I was expected to find work.

One of my more memorable experiences was at an umbrella and outdoor furniture factory in South Boston. Days were filled with measuring and cutting vinyl and other materials, attaching those pieces to umbrella frames, covering chair pads, unloading trucks and packing boxes.

The campus library at Boston University provided me with another summer job experience. Oh, I got close to the books all right. That job involved inserting magnetic strips into the bindings of books. Those devices, state-of-the-art at the time, were designed to foil attempted thefts of library materials. Think of all of the books in your nearby library. Then imagine removing each book, running a metal strip through the binding, and re-shelving it. We worked as a team, but those were long, tedious days.

Relief from that drudgery came with working at the campus radio station.

Nowadays, of course, summer vacations are a week, sometimes two. Summers fly by, with back-to-school sales starting around the 4th of July. And schools start up again in late August. Back in the day, it was never before Labor Day.

Now is about the time to shake out of the summer doldrums. Your Delaware Press Association board has been working on several interesting fall programs. It soon will be time to get material together for the annual Communications Contest. Membership renewal time is approaching. Come October, be watching for an invitation to the DPA Holiday Luncheon, featuring best-selling author Mark Bowden as our speaker and the presentation of the 2011 DPA Communicator of Achievement.

And don’t forget to check out the twice-weekly blog from NFPW president Cynthia Price at http://www.cynthiapricecommunique.wordpress.com. In the August NFPW e-newsletter, Cynthia gives an update on retired member status: “NFPW is a professional organization, and we are fortunate that so many of our members remain involved after retiring. To become a ‘retired’ member you must be an active professional member for five years before you are eligible for retired status. After discussion at the spring board meeting it was decided that only active professional members be allowed to vote and hold elective office.” But she adds in her blog: “Retirement today does not mean what it did 30 years ago or even 10 years ago. Many of our members continue to work in some capacity (but not full time) and want to be recognized for their work, so our retired members will continue to have the right to enter the communications contest.

“Dues for the retired classification have not increased in more than 10 years, even though the rate for full membership has increased. The board is seeking a $5 increase in the retiree dues, going from $20 to $25 in 2011. This increase is less than the percent increase for full membership that was passed last year.”

We have a great lineup of programs and activities for the 2010–2011 year (click here for details). I look forward to seeing many of you at the September 16 kickoff event in New Castle.

Contact Mark Fowser at 302-322-7873 or mafowser@hotmail.com.


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DPA Members Score in NFPW Communications Contest

Heads Up on the 2011 DPA Contest

by Annie Nefosky, 2011 Communications Contest Director

Thirty-four members of Delaware Press Association received national awards at NFPW’s 2010 “Face 2 Face in Illinois” Communications Conference, hosted by Illinois Woman’s Press Association in Chicago in August. Each entry in the national competition already had received a first-place award at the state level.

DPA members took first place in 17 categories. We also had 9 second-place wins, 7 thirds and 2 honorable mentions. Congratulations to one and all! See list of DPA’s national award winners.

Although you will receive a DPA contest “call for entries” in October, I would encourage you to start thinking about what you’d like to enter in this year’s contest. The end of the year can be such a busy time to try to sift through a year’s worth of work to determine what should be entered. Please take this into consideration now and start looking through your work published in 2010 that you would like to enter in the 2011 DPA contest. Entry fees will remain the same as in the last few years.

The postmark deadline for all entries in the 2011 contest is Monday, January 10, 2011.

For more info on the DPA Contest, contact Annie Nefosky at annienefosky@yahoo.com.


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First Amendment Matters

1 for All

by Tara Lynn Johnson

Do you know your rights as guaranteed by the First Amendment?

Most people mention freedom of the press, freedom of religion – but that’s about it.

There are five freedoms, in fact. And the “1 for All” campaign, launched July 1, 2010, aims to educate everyone about all of them.

The First Amendment states:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or 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 five freedoms of the First Amendment give Americans the right to speak freely, to report about the world around us, to protest and petition, and to draw strength from freedom of faith,” founder Ken Paulson writes on the Web site 1forall.us.

But most Americans don’t know that. “It’s constitutional illiteracy of the highest order,” Paulson said.

Newseum and First Amendment Center president and former editor of USA Today, Paulson aims to “build understanding and appreciation of the First Amendment through education and information,” and has support from more than 1,100 news, educational, arts and religious organizations that joined together, in print, online and through social media. The nonpartisan campaign features ads celebrating the freedoms the Amendment affords Americans and how that freedom is exercised daily. To get younger people involved, students will be encouraged to submit photos, videos, songs and stories demonstrating the value of freedom in America.

In addition to explaining what rights the Amendment offers, the awareness campaign also details how it’s not absolute: The First Amendment doesn’t protect obscenity, real threats, criminal solicitation and defamation, among other things. The awareness campaign explains in detail the meaning and limitations of the Amendment as well: Is truth a defense in libel law suits? What is indecent speech? Does freedom of the press mean the news media can write or say anything they want?

In a world where people on a late-night talk-show comedy bit can’t name the first president (and some can’t name the current president) of the United States, I believe there’s a need for education about our country’s most influential and important document. Do you agree? Even if you don’t, I’m happy I live in a country where I can make that statement, as guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Tara Lynn Johnson is DPA’s First Amendment Network (FAN) Liaison to NFPW. For further information or to submit ideas for exploring issues related to open government or to freedoms of the press and speech, contact Tara at info@taralynnjohnson.com.

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Spotlight: Nancy Ryle Awarded Prestigious Scholarship

The Virtue of Persistence

Upon returning to school to finish a bachelor’s degree in communications, new DPA member Nancy Ryle vowed not to leave Delaware State University until she finished what she started. A non-traditional student with traditional problems, Nancy had completely withdrawn from school in 2003 because of health and financial hardships.

But she re-entered school last fall with energy and enthusiasm, writing for the university’s newspaper, The Hornet; mentoring potential students; and learning to be the best writer and public relations representative that she could be. She says, “Getting the degree means so much to me that even if I hit the lottery, I would still finish the degree. And I can’t deny that the sound of students in the future calling me Dr. Ryle would be most agreeable.”

Recognizing her hard work and dedication, Nancy’s professors suggested that she apply for one of the $10,000 William P. Frank Scholarships, awarded annually to senior communications majors at Delaware State and the University of Delaware. Knowing the scholarship would pay for everything for her senior year, she readily submitted an application and writing samples and waited to hear from the selection committee. After nearly a week, the committee asked for more documentation and an essay. She submitted the requested information and again waited for the committee’s reply.

When the deadline for submissions finally came, Nancy’s professor called yet again to say that more documentation, as well as a résumé and a recommendation letter from an outside source, would be needed immediately. She worked diligently to complete the task. On campus, Nancy noticed that other students who had applied were becoming so frustrated with the ongoing requests for documentation and the drawn-out selection process that some of them simply
gave up.

“I never thought about quitting, and I was elated when the next call from my professor was not to ask for more documentation but to give me a date and time for an interview with the scholarship committee at the Chase Center in Wilmington. The chairman and other committee members were present for the interview, and I was so nervous and excited that I was unable to answer some of their questions,” Nancy admits. “But I calmed down once I was able to tell the committee members that receiving the scholarship would enable me to show I was sincere about enriching the lives of others, writing stories and speeches to move people to action and giving other Delaware State University students what the college had given to me.” She left the interview uncertain but proud.

On April 1, 2010, Nancy thought it was an April Fool’s joke when she walked into class and her professor congratulated her on winning the scholarship. She received a confirmation letter in the mail with an invitation to the Gridiron Dinner at the Chase Center where she had been interviewed a month earlier. Nancy had an opportunity to say a few words. Still on a scholarship high, she remarked: “All I can say is thank you . . . 10,000 times.”

Editor’s note: Bill Frank (1905–1989), said to be Delaware’s “best known journalist of the 20th century,” was a newspaper reporter and columnist as well as a radio commentator in a career that spanned sixty-five years. Other DPA members who have received the William P. Frank Scholarship are Brooke Patterson (2004) and Shaun Gallagher (2001). The sketch of Bill Frank shown here was drawn by award-winning Delaware cartoonist Jack Jurden.

In addition to her role as a student, Nancy is an Account Executive for Traffic Tips Radio Network. She assists businesses in increasing their revenue by designing sponsorships and advertising campaigns. She will graduate from Delaware State University in the spring and hopes to move from business/corporate advertising to political advertising and campaigning.

Contact Nancy Ryle at namason21@yahoo.com.

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WordPlay . . . for Wordsmiths

by Bob Yearick

Pet Peeves: The Dirty Dozen

It was tough, but I pared my increasingly long list of pet peeves to the 12 below. I was going to add, under the heading of one-word abominations, alot and alright, which should be a lot and all right, of course, and make it a baker’s dozen, but I resisted. (Or did I? Seems I just did it.)

These are mine. Send me a note with yours.

1. Literally. Almost always misused, as in, “Ignoring orders from your boss is literally biting the hand that feeds you.”
2. Misplaced apostrophes. Why, oh why, do people insist on using apostrophes to create plurals? Example: We saw walker’s using the bike path’s.
3. Misuse of less, and the attendant total absence of fewer. Remember: use less with singulars, fewer with plurals, as in: “I have less money because I have fewer dollars.” Some people simply do not have the word fewer in their vocabulary.
4. Between you and I. In America’s continuing jihad against the English language, objective pronouns are taking a beating. People say “between you and I,” or even worse, “between he and I,” because they are victims of a little – but not enough – education. The correct “between you and me” just doesn’t sound right to them. TV and radio types are particularly guilty of going with the more mellifluous “between you and I.” Note to them: If the noun is the object of a preposition, such as “between,” use me, her, him, us, them.
5. Begs the question. This one is a bit esoteric, but trust me, it does not mean to raise or prompt the question. The expression refers to an argument that the speaker or writer assumes to be true without evidence other than the argument itself. For example: “This painting is trash because it is obviously worthless.” The speaker is simply asserting the worthlessness of the work, not presenting evidence to show this is in fact the case. The sentence has begged the question.
6. The double “is.” Ever notice how many people repeat “is” in the midst of a sentence. “The fact is, is that we must do better in controlling costs.”
7. Other, more common, redundancies: whole entire, added plus, past history, future plans, frozen tundra, optional alternatives, 10 a.m. in the morning to 10 p.m. in the evening, I personally.
8. Alumni, as in “He is an alumni of Penn State.” Not unless he’s more than one person. Alumni is plural. It’s alumnus for him, alumna for her. Remember: you can’t go wrong with alum(s).
9. Infer as a synonym for imply. Infer means to come to a conclusion. Imply means to suggest, hint or indicate.
10. Hone in on instead of home in on. To hone is to sharpen. To home in on is to target or focus on something or someone.
11. Sportspeak, like “score the ball” (how do you score without the ball?), “upside potential” (downside potential just isn’t in the picture), “skill set” (why not just skill or skills?). All of which, come to think of it, could come under redundancies.
12. Dangling modifiers, like this: “Twenty-four hours after being crowned TV's darling, we were on the ‘Felicity’ set with Keri Russell.” No, dear friend, you were not crowned. TV’s darling, Keri Russell, was.

Till next time, don’t forget to 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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2010 Common Wealth Award Press Conference

Editor's Note: The Common Wealth Awards – funded by a bequest of the late Ralph Hayes, of Wilmington, and presented annually by PNC Bank during a special ceremony at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington – honor distinguished service to humanity in the fields of public service, literature, science and invention, dramatic arts, mass communications, sociology and government.

Greg Mortenson: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs

by Gloria Galloway

Understated and charming, Greg Mortenson brought his message of peace through education to the Common Wealth Awards press conference. A big man, with a gentle smile, he especially related to questions from high school students, who had won seats at the conference through an essay contest. His answer to the question, “What were you like in high school?” drew chuckles when he allowed he was a bit of a social recluse and was even beaten up on his first day of high school in St. Paul, Minn.

Mortenson’s book, Three Cups of Tea, published in 2007, has sold 3.6 million copies and has been published in 41 countries. Named TIME magazine’s Asia Book of the Year and still on bestseller lists, it tells Mortenson’s story of building schools, especially for girls, first in Pakistan and then in Afghanistan. His mission continues through his nonprofit Central Asia Institute, and now includes boys as well, although the focus is still on girls.

In rural and often volatile areas, he has established more than 145 schools that provide education to some 58,000 children, including 48,000 girls. “When you educate a boy, you educate an individual; when you educate a girl, you educate an entire community,” he explains to all of his audiences.

He is passionate not only about his mission, but also about the deep yearning for education in war-torn Pakistan and Afghanistan, where possibilities did not exist before. He told the story of a group of girls walking to a school near Kandahar, in Afghanistan, in 2008 when members of the militant Taliban sprayed them with battery acid. Some were blinded, but all returned to school.

“They said the only way the Taliban would stop them is they would have to kill them,” he said.

Mortenson’s first book has been followed by another bestseller: Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, published in December 2009. Regarding Mortenson’s impact, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Trudy Rubin says: “Sometimes the acts of one individual can illuminate how to confront a foreign-policy dilemma more clearly than the prattle of politicians. Such is the case with Greg Mortenson, whose work gives insights into an essential element of fighting terrorism.”

Note: Gloria Galloway's husband, Bill, is a longtime friend and financial supporter of Mortenson's project from the beginning. Both high-altitude mountain climbers, Bill and Greg first met in 1993 in northern Pakistan on the Karakoram range, when Greg's idea of schools for girls in that area was still a dream. The relationship has continued through the years. Contact Gloria at GOGalloway@comcast.net.

Salman Rushdie: You Should Not Mess Around with Novelists

by Helen (Cookie) Ohlson

Salman Rushdie was titled “Sir” in 2007 when he received Knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. He has been called an Indian-British writer and a writer of post-colonial Indian literature, but his writing goes far beyond those borders. His books have been translated into forty languages and have won prestigious awards from countries around the world. Known as a powerful voice for human rights, even death threats from the followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini cannot convince Rushdie to hold his tongue.

“I am not a religious person,” Rushdie said at the press conference. “Religion has caused a terrible amount of trouble in the world. I think we would have been better off without it.”

Perhaps his sense of humor has helped to keep fear at bay. When asked if he would change anything about Satanic Verses as a result of the problems it caused him, Rushdie answered. “Yes, I would change the dust jacket.”

Rushdie passes on his experience and talent as a writer to the next generation by being a writer in residence at Emory University in Atlanta. Reflecting on his youth, Rushdie said he was always a good student and well-behaved. He was surprised to hear that after Satanic Verses was published, someone looked up his English teacher from high school. The teacher offered this response: “Who’d have thought such a nice, quiet boy would get in so much trouble?”

In further comment on that topic, Rushdie quipped, “About that little dispute between me and the Ayatollah, I can just say that one of us is dead. You should not mess around with novelists.”

Rushdie has published ten novels, a book of stories and three works of nonfiction. He currently is working on a sequel to the novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, which originally was written for his twelve-year-old son. “And now I have another twelve-year-old son,” he said by way of explanation for the sequel. He is also working on a screenplay adaption of the highly acclaimed Midnight’s Children, an allegorical tale about children born on the eve of India’s independence from British Colonialism.

Contact Cookie Ohlson at ardn@aol.com.

Annie Leibovitz: “Don’t Ask the Queen to Dress Down”

by Walt Mateja

Annie Leibovitz has photographed hundreds of celebrities during her career, starting in 1970 as a staff photographer for Rolling Stone magazine and more recently for Vanity Fair. Bands and people such as The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Demi Moore, Miley Cyrus, President Barack Obama and family, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keira Knightley, “Blues Brothers” Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, John Lennon and Yoko Ono and, of course, Queen Elizabeth are just a few of the myriad personalities.

Knowing that she was on the receiving end of an unpleasant reaction during her shoot with the Queen when she suggested that the Queen remove her tiara and “dress down,” I naturally was curious as to how Leibovitz handled situations with a subject who became difficult. “I don’t worry about what people do,” Leibovitz replied, “but rather who they are, so they don’t intimidate me.”

Knowing the huge collection of Annie Leibovitz’s photographic work and bibliography, and sharing her interest in people and photography, I was interested in uncovering some of her techniques and her approach to working with celebrities. The now famous photo of John and Yoko spooning – with John naked and Yoko fully clothed – that graced the cover of Rolling Stone was one that piqued my interest since it was taken just five hours before Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman outside the Dakota apartment building in New York City.

Rather than express any grief for Yoko Ono or Lennon’s family, friends and fans, Leibovitz was more struck by the fact that Lennon’s death changed the whole nature of the photo itself. At the conclusion of the shoot, John had said to Annie, “You've captured our relationship exactly. Promise me it'll be on the cover.” “I looked him in the eye,” she said, “and we shook on it." And so the deal was struck.

Contact Walt Mateja at wam@dca.net.

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We’re Updating the DPA Membership Directory

It’s not too late to be included

by Allison Taylor Levine, APR

Over the last several weeks we’ve been updating the Delaware Press Association membership directory. The format, for the immediate future, will be an Excel file, which soon will be provided to those who have paid membership dues for 2010. We will be adding more names in the next few weeks, so to make sure YOUR name is included in the DPA directory, please click one of the links below to renew your membership if you haven’t yet done so! Only members paid for 2010 can be included.

If you’re not sure whether you paid 2010 dues, or if you've forgotten or do not know your user name and password, please contact us. We'll e-mail the information to you.

If you want to drum up some freelance work, land a new job, or just maintain your network and skills, DPA delivers for just $20 each year. For that low membership fee, you have access to all that DPA offers, including:

• Great networking opportunities with journalists and other communications professionals from around the state and region.

• Timely e-blasts about job opportunities and events of interest.

• Professional development workshops and seminars.

• Our annual professional communications contest.

• The national-award-winning DPA e-newsletter, NewsBreak.

• The DPA online membership directory.

• Leadership opportunities.

• And more!

Please renew your DPA membership today. If you’re not a member, why not join? All professional communicators are eligible for membership.

– Get DPA Membership Form to Join or Renew and Pay by CHECK –

– Make DPA Membership Payment Online with CREDIT CARD –

For an additional $73, DPA members can join our parent organization, the National Federation of Press Women (open to women and men). National membership entitles the member to:

• A national membership directory, listing all NFPW members by state and by profession.

• A subscription to the quarterly national publication NFPW AGENDA.

• Annual conferences and professional seminars.

• Scholarships and mini-grants for education and training.

• Affordable individual professional liability insurance against libel and privacy lawsuits, customized particularly for freelancers.

• The right to vote, hold office and serve as a delegate to the annual NFPW Communications Conference.

NOTE: Dues for joining NFPW/DPA are to be sent to NFPW Headquarters.

• NFPW will send your DPA dues to the DPA Treasurer.

• If you already have paid DPA dues of $20 for 2010, send a check or authorize a credit card payment of $73 only.

• If not currently a DPA member, fill in $20 where the form asks for affiliate dues amount.

• Mail or fax according to directions on form.

– Download NFPW/DPA Membership Form and pay by CHECK –

– Make NFPW/DPA dues payment online with CREDIT CARD –

Get more information on the National Federation of Press Women.

Allison Taylor Levine, APR, a public relations consultant for Synchrogenix Information Strategies, Inc., is DPA’s Membership Director. Contact Allison at aljay89@yahoo.com or 302-345-0589.

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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.

Elizabeth A. (Beth) Chajes, Newark – bchajes@udel.edu
Communications Manager, UD Delaware Environmental Institute

Meredith S. Chapman, Newark – mchapman@udel.edu
Senior News Editor, UD Office of Communications & Marketing

Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Matwey, Middletown – aimhighdel@aol.com
Public Affairs Specialist, Delaware Air National Guard, New Castle

Michele Walfred, Lewes – walfred@udel.edu
Staff Assistant (writes feature stories), Sussex County Cooperative Extension

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DPA Media Mavens & Mavericks

. . . is a column about our members’ personal and professional achievements. Names of new DPA members featured in this column are starred.

Please send any information about your honors, achievements and awards to news@delawarepressassociation.org by the 1st of any month for publication in the next issue.

DPA members featured in this issue:

Stephanie Baffone*
Howard Berlin
Mary Leah Christmas
Roxane Ferguson
Tara Lynn Johnson
Ryan Kennedy
Lynn Maniscalco
Benjamin Matwey*
Kevin Minton
Vanessa Nesbit
Lydia Reeves
Gregory Smith
Crabmeat Thompson
Billie Travalini
Katherine Ward

• Stephanie Baffone is a writer and a licensed and board-certified mental-health therapist. She worked for Delaware Hospice, Inc., for five years as care coordinator of the children's grief and loss program. “I loved the work,” she says, “but three years ago I decided to go back into private practice in Newark. Although I have a general practice, I specialize in the area of grief and loss but now am working with adult children who have lost a parent. I also work with couples grappling with infertility, especially those looking to stop fertility treatments and embrace a life without children.” An aunt to 39 nieces and nephews, Stephanie writes as the love-and-loss expert for Savvy Auntie, the only Web site dedicated to aunts. She soon will be launching Aunt Steph's University, a Web site dedicated to helping young girls/women foster mutually loving and respectful long-term relationships. (Proof that she knows what she’s talking about, Stephanie and her husband are celebrating 20 happy years of marriage this summer.) Stephanie invites you to visit her Web site, and she says, “I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.”
Contact Stephanie Baffone at sbaffone@sbaffone.com.

• Dr. Howard Berlin was awarded the Numismatic Literary Guild’s 2010 “Best Column” award for the second consecutive year in the World Commercial Numismatic Magazines category for his “World Destinations” column. The award was presented August 12 at the annual convention of the American Numismatic Association in Boston. His column was a regular feature in WorldWide Coins about museums worldwide that have permanent exhibits about money. He also has been a contributor to the “Jewish Traveler” column in the Jewish Voice, a publication of the Jewish Federation of Delaware. He also writes articles about coins and paper money and is the author of 31 books on several subjects.
Contact Howard Berlin at w3hb@yahoo.com.

• Former DPA NewsBreak editor Mary Leah Christmas has been to Kentucky, to the Indiana Territory, and back. As one of the winners of an essay contest in honor of the 200th anniversary of John James Audubon's arrival in Henderson, Ky., she was among those recognized at a special event at the John James Audubon State Park & Museum in April.

One of the highlights of the afternoon was the unveiling of the museum's latest acquisitions: an original, limestone lithographic plate used in the printing of Audubon's Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America and a framed, antique print believed to have been made from that plate, a spectacular pairing of historically significant artifacts. The museum in Henderson is considered to have the world's most comprehensive collection of Audubon’s works, writings and personal belongings.

Mary Leah's essay, which contained a time-travel twist, recounted a fictional incident Audubon experienced one night along the Red Banks Trace: from Henderson, then across the Ohio River, and through southwest Indiana toward Vincennes, the first capital of the Indiana Territory. After the Henderson ceremony, Mary Leah also crossed the Ohio River into southwest Indiana, staying along the Red Banks Trace. In the following days, she conducted some Master's thesis research in a city not far from the earliest of Indiana's trails, the Old Buffalo Trace, which connects Louisville, Ky., with Vincennes. John James Audubon lived for several years in Louisville prior to moving to Henderson. Mary Leah did not happen to see an otherworldly John James Audubon during her travels, but she was content simply to be once more along those olden byways.
Contact Mary Leah Christmas at lexetlibris@yahoo.com.

• Roxane Ferguson, the dynamic Executive Director of the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce, reports that the Chamber has been selected for the 2009 Best of Business Award in the Chamber of Commerce category by the Small Business Commerce Association (SBCA). The SBCA Award Program recognizes the top five percent of small businesses throughout the country. Using statistical research, surveys and consumer feedback, SBCA identifies companies that have demonstrated what makes small businesses a vital part of the American economy. Look for news in the November NewsBreak of the exciting programs Roxane is organizing as president of the MOT Rotary Club.
Contact Roxane Ferguson at rferguson@scccc.com.

• Tara Lynn Johnson, a freelance writer in Philadelphia and former DPA NewsBreak editor, serves as DPA's First Amendment Network (FAN) liaison to NFPW. Tara recently earned a paralegal certificate from Villanova University.
Contact Tara Lynn Johnson at info@taralynnjohnson.com.

• Ryan Kennedy, who directs marketing, advertising, PR and the Web site for commercial redevelopment company Harvey, Hanna & Associates, served as race director for the first-ever Delaware KIDS Fund 5K walk/run on August 7. Ryan reports that the inaugural event, held at James Street Tavern in Newport, was a huge success: “In an effort to raise money for Kids In Distressed Situations, 170 walkers and runners took on a challenging course. The event would not have been possible without our many generous sponsors. And Rick Jensen and the staff from WDEL-AM News Radio were on hand to give out promotional prizes and greet runners and walkers. Adding to the fun were Wilmington Blue Rocks' mascot Rocky Bluewinkle, the University of Delaware’s YoUDee and representatives from the Attorney General’s office who participated and served as honorary race starters." Photos from the event can be found at www.dekidsfund.org.

“Plans already are being developed for the 2nd Annual Delaware KIDS Fund 5K. The non-profit Delaware KIDS Fund was founded by Harvey Hanna VP Thomas Hanna in 2008 to help at-risk children in Delaware who may face violence, abuse, family financial troubles, learning disabilities or other distressing situations. The Delaware KIDS Fund provides support to help overcome these challenges and give children new opportunities to succeed.”
Contact Ryan Kennedy at rkennedy@harveyhanna.com.

• A photograph by Lynn Troy Maniscalco, titled “Fort Delaware Passageway,” was selected as "Projected Image of the Year" from among all of the monthly award-winning digital images in the 2009-10 Delaware Photographic Society competition. Lynn explains the story behind the picture: “A year ago, while visiting Fort Delaware, I met Fred Seyfert dressed as the Civil War prisoner he interprets on weekends. I accepted his offer of a personal tour. As we were walking through a deserted passageway, I noticed his shadow on the wall and took a few shots. This one had the best composition, and the saturation was increased in PhotoShop. I was using my Nikon D-70s with a Tamron 28-300 mm lens.”
Contact Lynn Maniscalco at LTMphoto@juno.com.

• Public Affairs Specialist for the Delaware Air National Guard, in New Castle, Technical Sergeant Benjamin Matwey completed thirty-eight days of active-duty military service July 24, working in the External Affairs section of the Unified Area Command of the Deepwater Horizon Unified Response in New Orleans. Ben says, “We worked with members of the lead federal agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, plus various civilian agencies including NOAA and EPA, staff from BP and numerous contractors, Gulf Coast state agencies, response members in the four Incident Command Posts in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida, and with staff in the National Incident Command in Washington, D.C. We told the story of the response efforts directly through Web sites and other mediums, and indirectly worked with various media professionals during some key stages of this unprecedented domestic disaster. This was one of the more challenging and highly-valued assignments in my 18-year military career as a public affairs professional.”
Contact Benjamin Matwey at benjamin.matwey@ang.af.mil.

• New York City bouncer turned author, K. A. Minton, has published a second novel, By Their Fruits. The first time out, in Moonlight Over Paris, he gave a behind-the-scenes look at the life of an aspiring recording artist. This time he tells the story of two young men, best friends on different paths in life, trying to hold their friendship together in the midst of drama that is trying to tear them apart. Joshua Curry is a young man finding his place in the world and seeking to understand who he truly is. Fatherless at 9, Curry is mentored by Christian youth leader Moses Miller until tragedy strikes, and then he must stand alone. Now a Wall Street broker, he soon finds his reputation tarnished from hanging out with a Brooklyn drug dealer. Joshua either can return to the church and become the role model Moses thought he should be, or he can stick to running the streets where the clock is ticking down to zero. The story challenges people, especially young adults, to make solid decisions in their lives or see some of their choices lead to destruction.

A graduate of the New York Film Academy, K. A. also has a graduate certificate in screenwriting from UCLA. He has explored various forms of writing – from Internet magazine articles to screenplays and now novels. He says, “In my 15 years as a bouncer and bodyguard, I’ve kept an ear to the streets of New York and have found a creative way to show them to you through my mind’s eye.”
Contact K. A. Minton at kminton830@aol.com.

• Vanessa Nesbit recently was promoted to Senior Management and Budget Analyst for the College of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology at Delaware State University. She now serves as part of the Dean's management team, reviewing and proposing any needed revisions to current policy and procedural processes on the operations side of the college's administration, including management of college operational, grant and payroll budgets. She also oversees the marketing aspect of the College. Vanessa has served as the DPA Communications Contest manager for the last four years and was the contest co-director for the previous two years.
Contact Vanessa Nesbit at vnesbit@yahoo.com.

• Lydia Reeves, who spent 22 years as a professional journalist (most recently as news and special products producer for NBC 10 – WCAU TV), says making a midlife career change “is an awesomely scary and exciting thing to do! I completed a Ph.D. in Mass Media and Communication at Temple University this spring, and, in September, I begin my new position in the University of Delaware's Department of Communication as an assistant professor. I'll be teaching three courses: Studio TV Production, Broadcast News, and Multi-Media Journalism, plus I will help run STN, the Student Television Network.”
Contact Lydia Reeves at lydia@udel.edu.

• J. Gregory Smith’s novel, Final Price, which won first-place honors in the category of fiction in DPA’s 2010 Communications Contest, was named one of ten books that will be launched by AmazonEncore this fall. Final Price introduces Shamus Ryan, a car salesman whose customers have treated him with disdain. In what he considers acts of justifiable revenge, Ryan begins a systematic series of killings that rock his town of Wilmington, Del., and set two detectives on a frantic chase to stop the killer.

The AmazonEncore program identifies exceptional books and emerging authors using information on amazon.com such as customer reviews and sales data. Amazon then works with the authors to introduce or re-introduce their books to readers through marketing and distribution into multiple channels and formats, such as the Amazon Books Store, Amazon Kindle Store and national and independent bookstores via third-party wholesalers.

A former public relations professional who worked in D.C. and Delaware, Greg now lives in Wilmington and writes full time. He says Final Price will be available in print format at amazon.com and as a wireless digital download in less than 60 seconds from the Kindle Store, amazon.com/kindlestore, come November.
Contact Greg Smith at gregsmithbooks@yahoo.com.

• The Delaware Division of the Arts and the Delaware State Arts Council has awarded Jerry “Crabmeat” Thompson the 2010 Individual Artist Fellowship for artistic eloquence in folk music. Known as Delaware’s troubadour, Crabmeat has for many years performed what one critic labeled “a funky gumbo of folk, blues, country, rock, and jazz” from the Grand Opera House in Wilmington to Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in San Francisco. He has produced fourteen CDs of original songs, including Glory, Crabmeat for Kids, South of the Moon and Birthday Trampoline. If you want one of his albums (can you stop at one?), write to him at crabmeat@crabmeat.net. To whet your appetite, listen to Professor Crab sing a touching chicken song during a recent guest appearance on the Tim Qualls TV Show ("Delaware 28").
Contact Crabmeat Thompson at jcrabmeatt@gmail.com.

Billie Travalini, who will be participating in a poetry reading at the Adria Café (Newark Shopping Center) from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. on Friday, September 17, has been named to the board of directors of Delmarva Discussions, a non-profit community organization dedicated to the promotion of literature and life-long learning on the Delmarva Peninsula (see the Calendar of Events for information on the writers conference sponsored by Delmarva Discussions on October 2). Billie's short story, “Rush Limbaugh and the French Apple Pie,” published in Another Chicago Magazine, received a second-place award in the 2010 NFPW Communications Contest.
Contact Billie Travalini at btravalini@aol.com.

• DPA Executive Director Katherine Ward has reached the 20-year membership milestone in the National Federation of Press Women. She has served three terms on the NFPW board of directors as a member of the President’s Advisory Council, has been on the National Communications Contest Review Committee five times, has won a number of first-place national communications contest awards, was co-creator of the new NFPW membership brochure and was director of the NFPW/DPA “Brave New Media World” national communications conference, held in Wilmington in 2003. A letter from NFPW historian Barb Micek said, in part, “Our thanks from the entire membership for your support of this wonderful organization through your dedicated membership.”
Contact Katherine Ward at DelawarePress@aol.com.

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Calendar of Events

Pick your own date: Free Writes. On any given Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday, you can jump-start your creative process and experiment with your writing styles in the company of other writers at all skill levels. Just show up with pen and paper or laptop. No RSVP required. Free and facilitated by the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild. For more info: 302-226-8210 or contactus@rehobothbeachwritersguild.com.

SEPTEMBER

09 "How to Grow Your Business with Google AdWords," sponsored by the Center City Proprietors Association, 1635 Market Street, 7 Penn Center, 11th Floor, Philadelphia, Pa., 12 - 1:30 p.m. Philadelphia-based marketing consultant Peter McEllhenney gives you the knowledge and skills you need to cost-effectively grow your business with Google AdWords. Learn essential "how-to" tips to create your own basic campaign. Bring your own lunch. Cost: $10 Members; $20 Non-Members. To register: call CCPA at 215-545-7766.

11 "September 11, 1777: Battle of the Brandywine." Talk by author Bruce Mowday, who has written 13 books (on history, true crime and business topics), at the historic Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, 7:30 p.m. $5 at the door. For more info: Hale-Byrnes House on Facebook or halebyrnes.org.

15 National Agenda 2010. The University of Delaware’s exciting new Fall Speaker Series, National Agenda, is free and open to the public. The programs – including Hillary Clinton confidante Patti Solis Davis, Delaware candidate debates for U.S. House and Senate seats, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, Ken Vogel who tracks the confluence of money, politics and influence for POLITICO.com – will take place at Mitchell Hall on the University’s Newark campus at 7:30 p.m. The first program will be held September 15 and then almost every week through mid-November. Click here for the schedule from September through November: www.udel.edu/nationalagenda. For more info, call 302-831-7771.

16 DPA Meeting: “When Radio, Television and Mass Communication Came of Age.” To kick off the DPA program year, three communications experts – award-winning author and historian Mike Dixon, WDEL’s director of news and programming Chris Carl, and Gene Donnelly, who has an extensive background in radio and television – will participate in a lively panel discussion to examine not only how mass media provided people with news and entertainment before the digital age but also to look at the changes that have occurred in mass communication for the present generation and how they are now shaping our lives. New Castle Public Library, 424 Delaware Street, New Castle. Social gathering/networking 6:30 p.m. Program 7:15 p.m. FREE and open to the public. For more info contact DPA Programs VP Walt Mateja at wam@dca.net or 302-377-1077.

16 "Getting Value from your Social Media Plans," sponsored by the Legal Marketing Association-Philadelphia Chapter at Table 31, Philadelphia, Pa., 12 - 1:30 p.m. This presentation will help legal marketers guide their lawyers in identifying which online professional networks will be most valuable to them, who to connect with and how to network online. Cost: $10 Members; $25 Non-Members; After September 15, $20 Members; $40 Non-Members. Click here for more info or to register.

18 “Shred It and Forget It,” sponsored by Professional Organizers of Delaware. Parking lot of Sports Authority on Concord Pike / Route 202 (across from Concord Mall), 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Wondering what to do with those papers piling up in front of your shredder? Take 2 file boxes or 4 grocery bags of shredding. Residents only; please no businesses. The Delaware Solid Waste Authority will be doing electronics recycling in the back of Sports Authority. Take computers, kitchen appliances, old stereos and televisions. There also will be bins for paper, glass and plastic.

20 Blog University, Clayton Hall, University of Delaware, 12:30 – 7 p.m. A workshop presented by DelawareOnline.com and the University of Delaware to educate and inspire. Led by local bloggers and national online experts, this workshop is suitable for all, whether you want to advance your blogging skills or start a blog. Followed by reception at Newark Marriott Courtyard. Deadline to register is Friday, September 10, 2010 at 5 p.m. $50. Click to view the complete agenda and register.

24 Film Brothers 3rd Annual Festival of Shorts in Newark. Cinema Center in the Newark Shopping Center, Newark, 7 p.m. Filmmaker Gordon DelGiorno invites you to get the list of short films and showtimes for this year's festival. Click here to purchase tickets. $9.

25 “Revolutionary War on the White Clay Creek,” talk by DPA member Kim Burdick, National Chairman Emeritus of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route, Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, 2 p.m. Two thousand ten marks the 10th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic River designation of the White Clay Creek. The Hale-Byrnes House is the southern anchor site of the White Clay Creek. To register or for more info, call the White Clay Creek Park office, 302-368-6900. 2 p.m. Free. For more info: Hale-Byrnes House on Facebook or halebyrnes.org.

30 Film Brothers 3rd Annual Festival Shorts at Fringe Wilmington. Theatre N at Nemours, 11th and Tatnall streets, Wilmington, 7 p.m. $10. Click here to purchase tickets.
 

OCTOBER

01  Film Brothers 3rd Annual Festival Shorts at Fringe Wilmington, Theatre N at Nemours, 11th and Tatnall streets, Wilmington, 7 p.m. $10. Click here to purchase tickets.

02  The Mid-Atlantic Writers Conference for Non-Writers, sponsored by Delmarva Discussions, Sheraton Conference Center, Dover, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. In a casual environment, published authors, professional writers, and educators will help non-writers and beginning writers jump-start their writing ambitions, whether for one specific project or to fulfill a dream. Whether your interest is in fiction, non-fiction, memoir or poetry, learn how to get started and find support with resources, tricks and tips offered by established writers. To participate: pre-register before September 18. More info and registration forms can be had at DelmarvaDiscussions.org/
conference, or by e-mailing bhacker@DelmarvaDiscussions.org, or calling 301-724-9049. Cost: $125, includes four workshops, one roundtable discussion, lunch and snacks. Space is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Delmarva Discussions is a non-profit community organization dedicated to the promotion of literature and life-long learning on the Delmarva Peninsula.

02  “Dark Days in Dallas,” speaker: Ed Herbert. Hosted by AAUW, Wilmington Branch, Silverside Church (next to Bonsall Park), 2800 Silverside Road, Wilmington, 10 a.m. Herbert was the on-air anchor for Channel 11 in Dallas-Ft. Worth on Nov. 22, 1963, for what was to be President John F. Kennedy's last speech. Three and a half hours later, Herbert was live at Parkland Hospital where he was one of the first to air the bulletin that the president had died from wounds sustained in an assassination. His presentation includes videotape excerpts of Kennedy's visit to Dallas, plus a detailed description of the days that followed as he covered Lee Harvey Oswald's murder, the arrest of Jack Ruby, and the funerals of President Kennedy and Oswald. During Ruby's murder trial, he made 253 live, hourly reports on the proceedings, the first time such continuous coverage was ever tried on TV. FREE and open to the public. For more info, contact Lora Englehart at lenglehart@brandywine.org.

21  DPA Meeting: “Behind the Scenes: When ‘Breaking News’ is Framed by Tragedy,” speaker: Ed Herbert. On November 14, 1963, President John F. Kennedy came to Delaware to dedicate the JFK Highway on the Maryland/Delaware line. Eight days later, Herbert, news director/anchorman for Channel 11 in Dallas-Ft. Worth, was one of the first to break the news that President Kennedy was dead of gunshot wounds. Early in Herbert’s career, television was in its infancy – 90 stations in the country versus 2,000 today – and journalists were constantly doing things that had never been done in broadcast production. In 1953, he began his news career at the CBS News Washington bureau working on network radio and TV news shows and writing for the local Esso News Reporter Walter Cronkite. He also edited, produced and researched for Eric Sevareid, Edward R. Murrow and other well-known TV news reporters. Don't miss this fascinating look into the early years of television, framed by an American tragedy. 7 p.m. Place TBA. FREE and open to the public. For more info, contact Walt Mateja at wam@dca.net or 302-377-1077.

25  National Agenda at UD – Special Event: “Election Eve: Howard Dean & Karl Rove Together.”  Presented by the Division of Student Life, University Student Centers and the Center for Political Communication at the Bob Carpenter Center, 8:30 p.m. Top national Republican and Democrat strategists Howard Dean and Karl Rove, political pundits with famously opposed viewpoints, will give a joint public lecture to discuss politics, parties and predictions for the 2010 midterm elections, the week before Americans head to the polls. There will be a moderated discussion between the two followed by questions from the audience. Tickets are now on sale at UD box offices and via Ticketmaster. Cost per ticket is $5 for students; $7 for faculty and staff; $10 for the public. All seating is general admission. For more info, call 302-831-7771.

30  Halloween at the historic Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark. Delaware Ghost Tours. Try your hand at divining rods and ghost hunting. $15 per person. 7:30 p.m.  RSVP required. Call 302-543-5723.

NOVEMBER

13 “Unfulfilled Expectations: Native Americans & the American Revolution,” talk by archaeologist Cara Blume at the historic Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark. 7:30 p.m. $5 at the door. For more info: Hale-Byrnes House on Facebook or halebyrnes.org.

DECEMBER

04 DPA Holiday Luncheon. 11:30 a.m. social gathering; 12:30 p.m. luncheon, speaker, presentation of 2011 Communicator of Achievement. Speaker: Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down. Location and cost TBA.

04 “Invisible Ink: Spy craft in the American Revolution,” talk by the book’s author, John Nagy, Hale-Byrnes House, 606 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark. 7:30 p.m. $5 at the door. For more info: Hale-Byrnes House on Facebook or halebyrnes.org.

Send information for the Calendar of Events to news@delawarepressassociation.org.

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NewsBreak is the official newsletter of Delaware Press Association.

Janis D. Shields, Editor
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