Congratulations to all the winners in the 2009 OPA Better Newspaper Contest. If your newspaper placed first through fourth in the contest, you can proudly display the 2009 Award Winning Logo in your newspaper. If your newspaper won the Sequoyah Award, you may display the 2009 Sequoyah Winner Logo throughout the year. Also available for your use is a "Congratulations" ad. The ad is available in various sizes.

Click here to view all the winners. 

THE 2010 OKLAHOMA NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY IS NOW AVAILABLE - in spreadsheet format! Built in Microsoft® Excel, the Oklahoma Newspaper Directory is a better way to keep in touch with Oklahoma newspapers. The spreadsheet allows you to customize the list for your specific needs, instantly look up the contact information for hundreds of Oklahoma newspapers or print mailing labels.

Fields include: Publication Name; City; County; Phone Number; Fax Number; Address (street and post office box); E-mail; Website; Owner; Day(s) of Publication; Names of Key Personnel (Publisher / Gen. Mgr.; Editor; Adv. Dir.)

ORDER ONLINE or download an order form today!

If you’re looking for some new ideas to help your newspaper thrive in the information age, don’t miss the 2010 OPA Mid-Winter Convention. This year’s three-day event, Feb. 4-6, will be held at the Sheraton and Reed Center in Midwest City and feature sessions to help your newspaper succeed both in print and online.
»  Review the convention program and register online

“Will Rogers: Childhood Adventures with an Oklahoma Legend” is an eight-chapter serial story now available to OPA members for publication.  Download chapters, press release and promotional ads

Pages for Tomorrow is a new program implemented by the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation that will allow the foundation to continue offering educational training and materials. OPA members are asked to donate a quarter-page space for the foundation’s use once per quarter in 2010. ONF will turn that space over to Oklahoma Press Service to sell as a one-time special for advertisers who are not currently publishing in newspapers and are not running for political office or involved in political campaigns.
“This is a win-win solution for our newspapers, for ONF, for OPS and for the new clients this will attract,” said Wayne Trotter, publisher of The Countywide & Sun and ONF trustee.
» Sign up to participate!

This month's issue of The Oklahoma Publisher showed the top 10 expenditures of the gubernatorial candidates. NEXT QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 1, 2010.
View complete expenditure reports by following these directions:.
1. Go to www.ok.gov/ethics/public/candidate.php
2. Type in the name of a candidate.
3. Under "Full Committee Name" select the campaign you're interested in and click.
4. To view the "Contribution and Expenditure Report," click on the "Report Type" list and select "C-1R".
5. Hit "Search".
6. Click on the period you want to view (reports are done quarterly).
7. For Expenditures, look for Item No. 14 and click on "See Attached Schedule E"

Happy Holidays to you and yours this year.  May 2010 be the best year ever!

This year we created an electronic Christmas card featuring the OPA staff.  Here it is!

Who will buy the most newspaper advertising in the primary?

Fill out our questionnaire! Tell us who you think will support newspapers in the July primary.

Your newspaper errors, that is. Those pesky bloopers that show up in print. We rely on you, our trusted members, to supply us with enough bloopers from your own publications or your neighbors for a rollicking good show at the Mid-Winter Convention. Warning: old bloopers may be revived if enough new ones aren't submitted. Keep this year's show current by submitting a fresh crop of bloopers! All submitted bloopers must be from Oklahoma newspapers. To submit a blooper, send fax of blooper to (405) 499-0049 or mail to Bloopers, c/o Oklahoma Press Association, 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105. E-mail bloopers may be sent to mthomas@okpress.com.

Jan. 8 is the deadline for OPA business members to apply to host a college intern in summer 2010 with salary funding provided by the Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation. The deadline for students to submit applications to ONF's internship and scholarship programs is Feb. 19.
Download all internship applications here: www.okpress.com/internships  
Download scholarship applications here: www.okpress.com/scholarships