| May 1999 |
| MDDC Launches New Internship
Program Four interns will join member newspapers this summer in a new program sponsored by MDDC. The students from Towson University will work at the Annapolis Capital, Prince George’s Post, Easton Star-Democrat and Columbia Flyer/Howard County Times. |
| Legal: GOOD USE OF STATE SHIELD
LAWS MAY SLOW SUBPOENA DEMANDS FOR PRESS The Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press, in another yeoman effort, has produced a report on subpoenas served on the news media in 1997, called "Agents of Discovery." (This is RCFP’s most recent survey; the information takes one year to collect and three months to digest and report.) |
| Profile:
Margaret Scott Schiff Schiff, vice president, controller, personnel & administration of The Washington Post, is in her second round of leadership for regional newspapers. Peggy was president of the MDDC Press Association in 1990-1991 and then returned to action last year as head of the committee that spearheaded the creation of the MDDC Press Foundation. |
| ‘Best of 98’ Ad Winners
Honored A record-breaking crowd of 289 journalists jammed the Sheraton Columbia Hotel ballroom for the Annual Editorial Awards Luncheon at the MDDC Press Association’s 1999 Winter Convention. In addition to hundreds of individual awards, the function featured presentation of the Association’s first-ever Freedom of Information Award to The Capital, Annapolis, induction of Joseph R.L. Sterne as the 32nd member of the MDDC Newspaper Hall of Fame, award presentation to the MDDC High School Journalist of the Year Matthew Smith, and the announcement of "Newspaper of the Year" winners in each of the six circulation divisions of the editorial contest. |
| Legislative Session Deals with few
Newspaper Issues For the second year in a row, newspapers emerged from the Maryland General Assembly session with no major gains or losses, but with more indications of an indifference toward open government among many legislators. Two of the MDDC Press Association’s three initiatives this year failed to pass in the session that ended April 12, and the third passed but in such an amended fashion that its usefulness is questionable. |
| Advertising Department Update The Turf Valley Resort and Conference Center proved to be a beautiful setting on April 22nd to honor the "Best of ‘98" advertising contest winners. This year’s contest drew more newspapers than ever into the competition and saw many top-notch entries. Congratulations to the newspapers winning the "sweepstakes" awards, given to the publication earning the most point in the competition. The Baltimore Sun, Carroll County Times, Bel Air Aegis, Ocean City Today and Cape Gazette walked away with these prestigious awards. |
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