It’s fitting that the latest effort to strengthen Missouri’s Sunshine Law hit the papers this week, just as our region’s editors and publishers began to gather for their annual convention.
The Northwest Missouri Press Association is meeting in St. Joseph, keeping intact a 119-year tradition. Programs at the Holiday Inn will focus on legislative issues of importance to the press and our region, and how community newspapers can stay afloat during a recession.
It’s notable that the largest crowd in years is expected — registrations were received from more than 80 newspaper owners, staff members, educators and friends of the press. It seems that a lot of people want to see local journalism survive this downturn.
That prospect is a lot more likely when the public understands why newspapers are important. They provide information, we all understand. But in many instances, public and private, they also stand as our indispensable proxy:
n We think of the many nights area editors and reporters have attended school board or council meetings, then waited outside during secret “executive sessions” hoping to corral someone who would answer their questions and provide credible information about what went on.
n We think of the occasions when an area reporter, at the end of an already long week, has traveled halfway across the state to cover a town’s sports team as it competed for state or regional honors.
n We think of the nights — too many of these — when these same reporters have been rousted out of bed to report on fires, traffic accidents and worse. Someone must tell these stories, and it falls to newspaper folks.
This newspaper, like others, has a vested interest in attracting and keeping readers and advertisers. Information is our lifeblood. But we also do what we do because we believe in it. That’s why, to a person, you will find newspaper people advocating for more openness in government.
This session, legislators will debate giving the public more notice when governmental bodies will be discussing tax increases, zoning changes and use of eminent domain powers. They will be asked to narrow the definition for when a public meeting can be closed to discuss potential litigation. They will be challenged to make the workings of the Missouri Ethics Commission more open.
25 January 2009
The press: proxy for the public
14 January 2009
Good Presentation
My works is always has a connection with people who want to buy my product and it’s sometime very demanding and in a last minute. I have an experience while I need to do a presentation to their group. The success of my presentation is depend to my overall presentation. And sometimes I lost some file extension PPS, which is I don’t understand why it happen.
Several days ago I try to download a free software that I need urgently, but in this process the software did not work properly, I am wondering what cause of this problem. Maybe what basically happens is that file extension TORRENT splits the file up among multiple nodes and the nodes then download the pieces from each other while it work maybe some missing file is occurs.
File extension DLL is also important file that need to run smoothly for web pages with DLL file extensions are typically hosted on Microsoft IIS Web servers; the DLL extension must be mapped to the correct scripting engine on the server in order for the page to be processed correctly.
04 January 2009
Digital (SLR) photo
When we talked about digital camera, last thing that I remember is when I buy my new camera was really disappointed me, I never realize that knowing detail of the specification is one of the important thing to buy a digital camera.
For the second time I buy a new camera but this time I Follow my instinct and I asked a several question about Canon EOS 350D, Nikon D80 and Sony DSC-S730. I mention thre of different type of the digital camera because I know the information about it from here and I decide to buy one of my favorite Nikon D80 and it help me much for my works.
Well I did not made a wrong decision when I chose Nikon D80 all the specification is amazing, I can use long lenses to bring that distant person. The picture is seem really look closer and for the result I am really satisfied using this digital camera.
