January 2004 - Download Press News |
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- Getler, Awards Headline 2004 MDDC Editorial Conference
Join MDDC for the 2004 Editorial Conference, feeaturing the Editorial Seminar and Awards
Luncheon, March 12 at the Sheraton Columbia Hotel in Columbia, MD.
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- Internship Program Draws Record Applications for 2004 Placement
The newly renamed Reese Cleghorn Internship program for this summer attracted about twice
as many applicants this yeaer than in any previous year.
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- MDDC Offers Top-Rate Training
If your newspaper is like most, the training budget was zapped in 2003 to compensate for
an economy in our region that couldn't decide whether to grow or stand pat.
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- The Work of MDDC
The work and progress of MDDC Press is driven by its committees, i.e. those who serve.
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- Profile of Paul Milton
Paul is the executive editor for Patuxent Publishing Company's Howard County news
operation where he is editor of the Howard County Times and Columbia Flier, weekly
community newspaper which circulate to more than 60,000 homes in Howard County.
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- Telemarketing is Not Only Method of Attracting New Subscribers
On. Oct. 1, 2003, the Federal Do-not-call Registry and newly enacted regulation
dramatically cahnged teh face of telemarketing.
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- No "Freelance" PIA Exemptions
The Maryland Court of Appeals has held that the Maryland Public Information Act (PIA) does
not permit Prince George's County or any other local government to create new exemptions
or to make up new reasons to refuse to allow public inspection of information required to
be made public by the PIA.
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- Happy New Year to All Closes
The focus of this column will begin to change a little bit next month as MDDC swings into
a higher gear with its MAPS advertising services.
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- New Editor Named at The Sun
William K. Marimow, who helped lead The Sun to three Pulitzer Prizes over a decade, was
replaced Ja. 7 as editor of the paper by Timothy A. Franklin, editor of the Orlando (FL)
Sentinel.
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- Take Time Now to Improve Circulation
The end of the year is always a good time to reflect on what's taken place in the past
year and to plan for the future.
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