http://www.ohionews.org The trade association for more than 250 Ohio daily and weekly newspapers and more than 150 Web sites. Mon, 05 May 2008 19:10:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Ohio Newspapers Foundation has named the winners of seven scholarships for the 2008-2009 school year. Leslie Cusano of Kent State University, Emily Mullin of Ohio University and Cassidy Pazyniak of Miami (Ohio) University will each receive a University Journalism Scholarship. Amanda Dolasinski of The Ohio State University will receive the Ohio ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/05/05/foundation-chooses-students-for-2008-scholarships/ ONA has added two May sessions to the newspaper staff training calendar which focus on multimedia. "Writing for Multimedia" is scheduled for May 7 at the Ohio University Pickerington Center. The session's instructor, Rosalie Stemer, has reported and edited at the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Daily News and ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/04/04/details-for-multimedia-writing-training-session-announced/ Baseball season is here and fan fever is at a high pitch within ONA. Our “Birthday at the Ballpark” events have sold out well in advance of our deadlines. A hundred of our members and their families and friends will help us celebrate our 75th anniversary at the May 18 Reds-Indians ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/03/20/circulation-management-training-set-for-april-30/ ONA members will have an opportunity to receive first-hand training on how to grow their newspaper's Web site April 23 at the Ohio University Pickerington Center. The training session features Peter Conti Jr., senior vice president, and Bill Caudill, director of Internet sales, for Borrell Associates, a research and consulting firm ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/03/07/learn-how-to-grow-your-newspapers-web-site/ H. Kenneth (Ken) Douthit, president of Douthit Communications, Inc., Sandusky, has been elected president of The Ohio Newspaper Association. The election took place at the Feb. 13 board of trustees meeting held during the ONA convention at the Columbus Hilton. Douthit succeeds Doug Franklin, president and CEO of Cox Ohio ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/02/22/douthit-elected-president-behrens-ross-polito-elected-to-board/ A highlight of the Feb. 15 ONA Annual Meeting was Ken Douthit’s announcement that the Foundation's recent capital campaign has exceeded it’s goal of $300,000 with pledges now confirmed at $303,000! Titled “Securing Our Future,” the primary purpose of the campaign is to expand the Foundation’s scholarship program and to ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/02/22/foundation-campaign-tops-goal-with-303000-pledged/ One of the projects tied to this year’s 75th anniversary observance is a redesign of the ONA logo. First unveiled at the convention, the redesign was done by Rick Markus, publications assistant and webmaster. In coming weeks, the new logo will be incorporated into all printed materials and the ONA ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/02/22/ona-adopts-new-logo/ Our celebration of ONA’s 75th anniversary has not ended with the February convention. With the help of our Anniversary Committee, we have organized two warm-weather events so our members can join the birthday party while enjoying the rivalry of our Reds and Indians baseball teams. ONA has reserved a block of ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/02/22/test-story-2/ Time is running out to register for two advertising sales training sessions which kick off the 2008 ONA Training Calendar. Chuck Nau, a publishing consultant with Murry and Nau Inc., will instruct 'Basic Advertising Sales,' scheduled for March 19 at the Ohio University Pickerington Center. The program, which is intended for advertising ... http://www.ohionews.org/2008/02/21/hello-world/