Hello Friends,
Speaking of clips contests, here is an update. June clips are still tied up in Texas and I can’t seem to get them back. I am efforting daily. August clips are in Tulsa, Oklahoma, September Clips are in Athens, Georgia and your October clips should be at my desk soon.
Now that I am rolling towards my second year as WNPA Clip Chair I would like to step away from this rewarding endeavor and let another WNPA’er take over.
I’m looking for the new clip chair to start with the January 2008 clips. If you have never been on the WNPA Board or volunteered with a convention, this is a great chance to get on-board the WNPA train and do your part.
E-mail me at jmaniaci@madison.com
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Ted Ninman, longtime photographer for the Janesville Gazette died last Sunday. Here is an obituary that appeared in the Gazette recently:
BELOIT - Ted C. Ninman, 73, of Beloit, WI, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007, in his home. He was born on May 21, 1934, in Reedsburg, WI, the son of Max and Dorothy Wiesler Ninman.
Ted graduated from Reedsburg High School. He served with the National Guard and was a volunteer fire-fighter for the Reedsburg Fire Department. Ted married Judy Hansen on Feb. 14, 1963. Ted’s parents used to own the Reedsburg Times Press Newspaper. He was previously employed by the Aspen Times Newspa-per in Aspen, CO, and more recently was the Chief Photographer for the Janesville Gazette where he had been a photographer for many years.
Ted enjoyed fishing, listening to country and jazz music and was a faithful fan of the Packers, Badgers and Brewers. Survivors include his wife, Judy Ninman of Middleton, WI; 2 chil-dren, Todd Ninman of Middleton, WI, and Hilary (Steve) Parker of South Minneapolis, MN; a sister, Nancy Ninman of Madison, WI; sev-eral close friends, including Pat and John Marko of Beloit, WI, and the gang at Hanson’s Tavern.
He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, in the DALEY-MURPHY-WISCH & ASSOCIATES FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 2355 Cranston Rd., Beloit, WI, with Reverend Gene Van Galder officiat-ing. Burial will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Greenwood Cemetery, Reedsburg, WI. Visitation will be Friday from 12:50 until 1:50 p.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, a memorial will be established in Ted’s name. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.daleymurphywisch.com
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That’s right, 87 days. Less than three months to go in 2007 means time is running short to take your award winning photos for the WNPA Pro and College Photographer of the year contests.
If you have not done so already, it might be a good idea to start reviewing and organizing your best material of the year so far. The deadline always seems to sneak up on some people so the sooner you start thinking about it, the better. Please do me the favor of not making me say no to anyone who submits late this year.
Please feel free to start asking questions now, you might help me think of things I have forgotten.
Let’s make this year’s CPOY and POY the best ones yet.
Thanks,
Nathan Pier
WNPA POY Contest Chair
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Here is a story that was posted on JSonline.com about what’s happening at the Journal Sentinel in the future.
Journal Sentinel Inc. said today it is offering employee buyouts in the hope of reducing its work force by 35 to 50 people.
The company said if not enough employees take the offer, an “involuntary program” will be considered.
Elizabeth Brenner, president and chief operating officer of the publishing group of Journal Communications (JRN) Inc., said the employee reductions are necessary because of falling revenue. In recent years, the Journal Sentinel and other newspapers have been losing revenue to Internet-based advertising. She said gains in online advertising at the newspaper aren’t strong enough yet to replace traditional advertising revenue.
“It is never easy to call for staff cutbacks, but we must continue to align our cost structure with the realities of reduced revenues in the newspaper industry,” Brenner said in a statement to employees.
Effective immediately, full-time employees of Journal Sentinel Inc. with 10 years of service or more as of Oct. 26 are eligible to apply. The company said it anticipates that between 35 and 50 employees, or 3.5% to 5% of the Journal Sentinel’s full-time staff, will accept the buyout offer. That number may change depending on the number of employees who apply and are accepted. The separation date is on or about Nov. 15.
The buyouts will include cash severance and temporary health care coverage.
A memo on the voluntary separation program distributed to newsroom employees said participants will receive two weeks of pay for every full year of service and two months of paid medical care benefits, not including dental and vision.
Non-newsroom employees would receive 1 1/2 weeks of current base salary for every year of service and six months of paid health benefits, also not including dental and vision.
Posted by Administrator as WNPA Report at 11:26 AM EDT
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