May 2004 - Download Press News

• Legislative Activity in Maryland Garners Success and Thanks
  Newspapers fared quite well in the 2004 Maryland General Assembly session that ended April 12, especially on open government issues and on several public notice advertising measures.

• Two MDDC Volunteers are Going Beyond Call of Duty
  If you're a board member, you are aware of the breadth of services provided by the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association.

• The Busy Season
  From a member-service standpoint, Spring shapes up as the season of seasons for this year's MDDC calendar.

• Profile of Bill Holland
  Bill is the vice president of marketing for Chesapeake Publishing's printing division, a position he has held since 1996.

• You Should Consider EZ-Pay
  When I arrived here four years ago, I was pleased to find discounting was not part of everyday life.

• MD State Employment Contracts are Public Records
  The Maryland Court of Appeals has given The Baltimore Sun access to the entire contract with University of Maryland athletic coaches and the possibility of access to promotion contracts that come about because of the coaches' positions.

• How Much do you Know About Your Newspapers?
  I recently returned from the annual Newspaper Association Managers (NAM) Advertising Conference held in Louisiana.

• Online Newspaper Readers are an Attractive Audience
  People who regularly visit newspaper-produced Web sites are younger, better educated and more lilely to be employed than general Internet users, according to a recent consumer study conducted for the Newspaper Association of America by MORI Research of Minneapolis.

• Compromise Reached on DE FOI Bill
  The Delaware General Assembly passed a compromise bill that continues to block public access to identification of arresting law enforcement officers in the state's computerized criminal database but includes a process aimed at providing a means to track an officer's activities without specific identification.

• Pulitzer Prizes, help wanted

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