Georgia Press Association
Annual Convention

Bay Point Marriott
Panama City Beach, Florida
June (4) 5 - 7,
2008

Click here for schedule and online registration

Win a 7-Day Stay in Tuscany!!!

Prize Includes $1000 American Express Gift Card,
To Be Put Toward Airfare Or Used As Spending Money

Enter GPEF's Raffle to win a Trip and Money.
Each ticket costs $50 and all proceeds benefit GPEF, which awards scholarships
and internships to deserving journalism students in Georgia.

Contact Ashley Holt to enter

Drawing will be held during the Better Newspaper Contest Awards
dinner at the GPA Annual Convention on the Evening of June 6, 2008.

Click here for more information




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GPEF
Scholarships Awarded for 2008-2009

Honor Scholarships
Mariam Abuhaideri
$2000 McAlister Scholarship
State University of West Georgia


Pria Abraham
$2000 Morris Scholarship
Armstrong Atlantic State University

Carolyn Crist
$2000 Rogers Scholarship
University of Georgia

Whitney Hancock
$2000 Sutlive Scholarship
University of Georgia

GPEF Scolarships
Sara Caldwell
$1000
University of Georgia


Deena Cheek
$1000
Valdosta State University


Lauren Culpepper
$1000
Georgia Southwestern State University

Tania Dowdy
$1000
Emory University


Katie Allie Jackson
$1000
Gainesville College


Harrison Little
$1000
University of Georgia


Sara McCall
$1000
Valdosta State Univeristy


Nazish Mithaiwala
$1000
Agnes Scott College


Chari Sutherland
$1000
Georgia Perimeter College
Mary Beth Temples
$1000
Valdosta State University



Postal Discount takes effect May 12
for community newspapers

NNA's 10-year effort secures 5% mailing discount for community newspapers
... read more



Member News
Rome web site wins national recognition
...more

Industry News
Georgia Court of Appeals backs The Albany Herald in libel case ...more



2008 Summer Intern Host Newspapers

GNS
The Alma Times
The Augusta Chronicle
The Blackshear Times
Early County News, Blakely
The Brunswick News
Calhoun Times
Cherokee Tribune, Canton
The Clayton Tribune
White County News, Cleveland
Cordele Dispatch
The Covington News
Forsyth County News, Cumming
Dawson Community News, Dawsonville
The Monroe County Reporter, Forsyth
The Times, Gainesville
Lake Oconee News, Greensboro
The Press-Sentinel, Jesup
LaGrange Daily News
The Metter Advertiser
The Millen News
The Walton Tribune, Monroe
The Tifton Gazette
The News-Reporter, Washington
Waycross Journal-Herald
The True Citizen, Waynesboro

GPEF
Cedartown Standard
The Courier Herald, Dublin
The Johnson Journal, Wrightsville
The Eatonton Messenger
Pickens County Progress, Jasper
The Macon Telegraph
Marietta Daily Journal
Rome News-Tribune
Tribune & Georgian, St. Marys




Public Notice Site Hits 100 Percent
By Sean Ireland, Publications Editor
A longtime goal of the Georgia Press Association was met this month when the last of Georgia's
159 counties began to have public notices published online at
www.GeorgiaPublicNotice.com
The Web site now offers 100 percent coverage of public notices from across Georgia. Anyone
with Internet access can find a public notice from any Georgia county online at the site. Given that
local public notices are also published in the legal organ newspaper for each county in the state, the
Georgia newspaper industry can boast of providing the widest possible access to public notices of
any state in the nation.
... more



Free GeorgiaPublicNotice.com promotional ads



GPA Golf Shirts & Press Lanyards

Shirts are available in several sizes
Price: $25
Press Lanyards
$2.00 each


Georgia Legal Rate Chart
The updated
Legal Rate Chart
is now available from GPA.

Price: $25.00

To order any of these items
Contact Brannon Wiley or call 770-454-6776




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GEORGIA
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PRESS
RELEASES


Orr installed as
President of Georgia
Trial Lawyers
Association
Posted 5-13-08
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Tom Rawlings, Georgia's Child Advocate for the Protection of Children
Shining More Sunlight on Georgia's Child Welfare System
Posted 5-2-08
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2008 Water Conservation Sign-up Announced
Posted 4-23-08
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Western Governors University Continues to Increase the National
Pool of Qualified Rural Teachers
Posted 3-20-08
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Governor Declares
March as Eye Donor
Month in Georgia
Posted 3-19-08
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Radical Changes In Real Estate Industry Proposed
Posted 3-14-08
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Tom Rawlings, Georgia's Child Advocate for the Protection of Children
Childhood Obesity
Posted 3-7-08
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The 2008 Eufaula Pilgrimage - Alabama's Oldest Tour of Historic Homes
Posted 3-7-08
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City Leaders Praise Lawmakers
Posted 3-6-08
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Georgia Democrats say No Way to 175 New Taxes by Republicans
Republican Tax Plan Undermines Education, Breaks Cities and Counties, and Increases Taxes on Working Families and the Elderly
Posted 2-28-08
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Statewide student art competition to celebrate homecoming of the USS Georgia (SSGN 729)
Posted 2-26-08
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Tom Rawlings, Georgia's Child Advocate for the Protection of Children
A Disturbing Reality: Child Sex Slavery
Posted 2-15-08
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Georgia's schools,
property owners win
with Democratic plan

HB 1057 keeps our promise to kids, delivers fiscally sound tax relief with no new taxes
Posted 2-7-08
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The Georgia Tobacco
Quit Line
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Screen for Life
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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