October 5 – 11, 2008

It is a celebration emphasizing the importance of newspapers in fostering improved community service, participation and responsiveness in the everyday lives of citizens.

The theme for this week is “PUBLIC NOTICES IN NEWSPAPERS … Because good government depends on it.”

This item comes from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues blog.

A new law in Connecticut requires towns to post meeting notices and agendas on their Web site. But instead of complying with the law, the towns are shutting down their Web sites. They don’t have the time to post meeting notices and agendas.

And what better time for this story to make the headlines — Sunday, October 5 starts National Newspaper Week (October 5-11). The focus is on public notices. For this year’s NNWeek kit click here and promote the heck out of National Newspaper Week’s reinforcing the reason public notices are in the newspaper. Click here for the story.

Source: MNA Bulletin

More than 800 Minnesota newspaper professionals, including publishers, decision makers and their staff members will gather at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel, Minneapolis South, January 28-30, 2009 for the 142nd Annual MNA  Convention. The 2009 convention theme is “Still The One.”
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