Gloria Trotter, co-publisher of The Countywide & Sun in Tecumseh, will take office as president of the Oklahoma Press Association on July 1, 2009. 
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We're sharing our Summer Conference photos with you! For the first time, you can view all the photos shot by that pestering paparazzi at the June 5-7, 2009, conference at Western Hills. Including hayride shots, cookout shots, marshmallow roasting shots, session shots, Discoveryland shots, golf shots and more! Come one, come all and see the photos at www.flickr.com/photos/okpress. See a photo you want? Send an e-mail to news@okpress.com and we'll get you a high rez version suitable for printing.

ONF is excited to welcome Tim Harrower, newspaper layout guru and author of The Newspaper Designer's Handbook, to Oklahoma City on June 18th to present "Futurizing Your Newspaper." Ready to rethink, refocus and reinvent your paper? With nearly 1,000 examples of do's, don'ts and swipeable ideas, Harrower's popular slideshow will show you how.

And do you have a new reporter at your newspaper? Send them to the annual News Writing Short Course, a two-day crash course in news reporting and writing techniques.

»  Visit the Events Calendar for more information and to register for both workshops.

Are you already dreaming about taking a summer family vacation? You should join your OPA friends at Western Hills State Lodge on June 5-7 for the 2009 Summer Conference! We’ll travel to Discoveryland to see an exciting performance of “Oklahoma!” and last year’s hayride was so much fun, we’re doing it again! Session topics include selling advertising on your website, social media and supporting your NIE program. Reserve your room at the lodge and send in your registration today!

» Click here for the Summer Conference schedule and online registration

Upcoming webinars: 

New Revenue for Print Classifieds - Thu, June 4
PDF Guru Series, Part 1: Creating the Perfect PDF - Thu, June 4
PDF Guru Part 2: Finding Problems in PDF - Fri, June 5

Visit okpress.com/webinars for the calendar of upcoming webinars and to register online. The registration fee for OPA members is only $35 after receiving a rebate check from ONF.

Want to know which OPA member newspapers are in each congressional district? Download the updated 2009 Newspaper Congressional District map at www.okpress.com/advertising. (Map download at bottom of page in PDF format.)

Want to read or share articles from The Oklahoma Publisher? Download each month's issue in PDF format at www.okpress.com/the-oklahoma-publisher. Plus extended coverage of articles and the featured Web sites of the month!

The U.S. Postal Service has changed some labeling requirements for newspapers. The new procedure must be in place by Sunday, March 29, 2009.
Newspapers must be aware of the following changes:
• Mailers must place the delivery address on the "top half" of the mailpiece.
• On all automation pieces, the characters in the address must not overlap, and each address element may be separated by no more than five blank character spaces.
• Mailers must address each piece using a minimum of 8-point type, with each character at least .08 inch high.
• If the mailpiece bears a POSTNET or Intelligent Mail barcode with a delivery point routing code, mailers may use 6-point type in all capital letters. Each character must be at least .065 inch high.
To see a graphic of the correct label placement, click HERE.

Check out the OPA Web Sites of the Month! Each month Web sites that benefit the newspaper industry will be featured in The Oklahoma Publisher and in the Resource Section  on this site. To find out which sites are featured this month go to www.okpress.com/resources.

Winners of the 2008 Oklahoma Press Association Better Newspaper Contest were announced Friday, Feb. 6, at the Doubletree Downtown Hotel in Tulsa, Okla. Click here for a LIST OF ALL WINNING ENTRIES, to download the AWARD WINNING LOGO or the AWARD WINNING AD.