Committee Meetings
December 2, 2004
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Meetings of the Statewide NIE
Committee are held at the New Jersey Press
Association's offices: 810 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 307, West Trenton, N.J. Our phone number is
(609) 406-0600 (dial ext. 0 for the
receptionist).
The NJPA offices are located in
the Mountain View Office Park, which is adjacent
to Exit 2 of Interstate 95 in central New Jersey
... less than two miles north of the Delaware
River bridge (the Scudders Falls Bridge) linking
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. (NOT exit
2 of the New Jersey Turnpike, which is just north
of the Delaware Memorial Bridge leading to/from
I-95 in the state of Delaware)
When leaving I-95 at Exit 2,
turn left at the top of the exit ramp. Then turn
right at the first traffic signal to enter the
Mountain View Office Park.
Our offices are on the third
floor of Building 840, which is clearly marked on
the top of the building.
For detailed directions to
NJPA's headquarters, click here.
Agenda for the December 2, 2004,
Meeting
Meeting will begin at 11 a.m.
at the New Jersey Press Association headquarters
in West Trenton, N.J.
Approval of Minutes from the
October 7 meeting
Old Business:
- 2004 essay contest
(deliver local contest results for statewide
judging)
- Review of NJPF booth in
Atlantic City
- Distribution of Miss NJ
posters and activity guides for individual use
New Business:
- Read Across America/NIE
Week tab (Nelllie Bly)
- Update on NIE writers for
InPrint articles
- Other partnership
opportunities
- Sharing: How we run
teacher in-service programs, from good openings
to great closings and everything inbetween
Next meeting: Thursday,
February 3, 2005
Minutes of the October 7, 2004,
Meeting
Meeting began at 11:05 a.m. at
the New Jersey Press Association headquarters in
West Trenton, N.J.
ATTENDING: Cynthia
Forster (Chair), Lauren Baduini, Antonette
Bomentre-Walter, Steve Gondelman, Wendy Halle,
Nieves Garcia-Pimienta, Tom Engleman (NJPF)
Minutes of the August 5
meeting were approved.
Old Business:
- The following committee
members agreed to write articles for upcoming
issues of the NJPA newspaper, InPrint: Wendy
Halle (November), Lauren Baduini (December),
Cynthia Forster (January) and Steve Gondelman
(February). The articles are due the 15th of the
month prior to the publication dates.
- The following committee
members agreed to bring NIE materials from their
newspapers and be on hand at the Statewide
Committee's booth at the NJEA convention in
Atlantic City, November 4-5: Steve Gondelman,
Antonette Bomentre-Walter, Wendy Halle, Cynthia
Forster. Other committee members will be
contacted to see if they will attend the
convention.
- The committee members
updated the NIE directory, to be distributed at
the NJEA convention. Antonette Bomentre-Walter
agreed to print the directory.
- Tom Engleman described the
procedure for handling donations the state's
newspapers receive from projects such as golf
outings and auctions. Money coming from newspaper
employees can't be used to purchase newspapers,
but can be used for other NIE-related efforts.
Money received must indicate how much is for a
contribution and how much is for meals, greens
fees, etc. The donor must indicate that the
contribution is voluntary. These are rules
established by the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
- Antonette distributed ABC
rules affecting NIE programs. Additional copies
will be made available at the December meeting.
- The 2004 statewide essay
contest, "Dear Mr. President", will be
conducted in November. Participating newspapers
will select their local winners in December and
send their first place high school and middle
school winners to NJPF for the statewide contest.
New Business:
- The committee decided to
sponsor a second essay contest this school year,
in conjunction with National Newspaper Week and
Read Across America in March 2005. The theme will
be "Courage in New Jersey," and will
focus on a person in the news in New Jersey
newspapers. A serialized version of the Nellie
Bly story will be printed in a 16-page tab and
made available to all newspapers in New Jersey
that want to participate in the project. As many
as 200,000 copies could be printed and
distributed to classrooms that participate in
NIE. A teacher's guide will be published on the
NIE website, along with student exercises. NJPF
will seek a grant to support the project. The
content for the tab and teachers guide will be
arranged by Steve Gondelman and purchased by
NJPF.
- Committee members were
urged to prepare entries promoting their NIE
programs for the NJPA Better Newspaper Contest.
Deadline for the 2004 contest is in January 2005.
Entry forms are available from NJPA.
Next meeting:
Thursday, Dec. 2
Minutes of the August 5, 2004,
Meeting
Meeting began at 11 a.m. at the
New Jersey Press Association headquarters in West
Trenton, N.J.
ATTENDING: Cynthia
Forster (Chair), Shirley Sasor (Vice-Chair),
Lauren Baduini, Patricia Bailey, Antonette
Bomentre-Walter, Steve Gondelman, Wendy Halle,
Jackie Mickelburgh, Kim Martin (NJPA)
The minutes from the meeting
of June 3, 2004, were distributed.
Wachovia Grant:
Committee was awarded
$15,000 to repeat essay contest.
Entries must be postmarked
by November 19. They must be judged locally and
returned to Tom Engleman at the NJPA on or before
December 2.
Essay Contest Topic: Steve
suggested courage and heroism. Jackie suggested
we tie the theme into the November election.
Selected: Dear Mr. President.
The President of the United
States must deal with many issues. Choose one
issue that you have read about in (insert the
name of your newspaper) and write a letter to
the incoming President explaining why that issue
or concern is important to you, your family or
community. Voted on, approved. Students must use
and attach a newspaper article from the newspaper
they are submitting to.
Booklet of NIE
Activities:
Question: Will New Jersey
Press Foundation pay to reprint an updated
booklet?
NIE Coordinators should send
their activity sheets for repro to Cynthia before
August 30.
NJEA Convention:
Newspapers may each submit
two different hand-outs to place in booth.
Shirley will arrange to have Miss New Jersey
photographed for the poster and appear at
convention. The group consensus was to keep the
poster in color. Cynthia asked if any other
newspapers would like to print the poster.
Serialized Stories:
Committee discussed
purchasing a serialized story newspapers can use
during NIE Week.
By a show of hands, there
was no interest in purchasing the Kentucky
project at $5,000.
Steve will get more details
about the Nellie Bly serial: Can we purchase it
for $1,000 and get as many as 15 CDs?
One Book/One State
Literacy Project:
Committee discussed possible
involvement in One Book/One State Literacy
Project, perhaps partnering with NJEA. Steve
reported on his experience last year. He found it
difficult to work with the NJEA. No consensus was
reached.
Stock Market Game:
Patricia shared about her
trip to San Antonio and her paper. Any interest
in pursuing this project in the near future?
There are two ways to get involved in New Jersey,
through the Securities Industries for Economic
Education or Bill Kempe and the New Jersey
Council for Economic Education.
Voyage to Discovery:
See www.naa.org for
more information.
Pennsylvania NIE Regional
Conference:
Antonette and Steve reported
on the workshops and speakers, including a
presentation by the New Jersey Teacher of the
Year, No Child Left Behind, and grant writing.
Possible Fundraiser:
At Tom's request, Cynthia
mentioned NIE undertaking a possible fundraiser
similar to one in North Carolina, involving the
sale of plants at Lowes. No action was taken.
Next
Meeting: Thursday, October 7 - NJPA Offices, West
Trenton
Minutes of
the June 3, 2004, Meeting
Meeting began at 11 a.m. at the
New Jersey Press Association headquarters in West
Trenton, N.J.
Attending:
Cynthia Forster, Tom
Engleman, Steve Gondelman, Peggy Maier, Patricia
Bailey, and Antoinette Bomentre-Walter.
Old Business:
We are still trying to get
NIE into the pages of InPrint, and we
need you to keep to deadlines. Remember: all of
you signed up for a month. July is Jackie
Mickelburgh, August is Antoinette
Bomentre-Walter, Sept. is Shirley Sasor, October
is Ziggy Wozniak, and November is Wendy Halle.
Cynthia Forster distributed
materials from the Los Angeles conference and
reported on the statewide committee workshop
there.
New Business:
1.Update the original book
of newspaper activities. We would like to reprint
and are asking all those newspapers which do not
have an activity in the book, or those that do
and would like to add another one, to e-mail me
an activity. This must be original material, and
cannot be taken from a guide that you purchased.
Please e-mail me so that reproduction is better.
2. Tom has gotten another
grant from the Hoffman Foundation for $15,000.
The group discussed possible themes for this
year's efforts, and thought about Courage and
Heroism. Steve Gondelman suggested tying this to
a story that could be distributed or printed
in-paper by our publications and which showed the
courage of newspapers. We could use the story of
Nellie Bly, and do this around the time of Read
Across America next March. This would give us
newspaper extensions for the contest, and give
each of you some curriculum materials as well.
3. Another thought as a
statewide project was a one book/one state
project. Cynthia Forster explained that this idea
was used in other states, and was reported on at
the Los Angeles convention. It became a
circulation builder, and perhaps there would be a
chance to partner with the NJEA or another
possible sponsor (Verizon's New Jersey Reads) for
sponsorship.
4. The group voted to once
again have a table at the NJEA convention,
similar in size and purpose to last year's
effort. Once again we thought of a Miss NJ
poster, and wondered if Shirley could set that up
for us again. The Record has traditionally
printed these posters at cost. However, Cynthia
wanted to assure everyone that if another
newspaper wanted to do this task, it was
available.
5. Tom asked the group
about the possibility of having teen pages
editors join the group. What do you think about
this? Should the group remain strictly NIE?
Should we meet occasionally with teen or student
content page editors? We realize some of you have
dual citizenship in this, and we are not trying
to make our group smaller, but larger.
6. With financial education
becoming a large issue in curriculums throughout
the state, another possible statewide project
might be to do something with the stock market,
whether as a game or just as materials
distributed through NIE. Patricia Bailey is
attending a conference in Texas on this topic,
and hopes to report back at the August meeting.
7. Cynthia reported that
the Pennsylvania statewide group is holding its
conference, starting June 24. They only have 30
or so people attending. Please give some New
Jersey representation if possible. Contact Liza
Mattison. Joe Salomone will be present to discuss
ABC rules, and that is a great plus.
Next Meetings: August 5, October 7,
December 2
Minutes of
the February 5, 2004, Meeting
The meeting began at 11 a.m. at
the New Jersey Press Association headquarters in
West Trenton, N.J.
ATTENDING: Cynthia
Forster (Chair), Shirley Sasor (Vice-Chair), Tom
Engleman (NJPA), Lauren Baduini, Antonette
Bomentre-Walter, Steve Gondelman, Wendy Halle,
Darlene Howell, Jeff McMillian, Jackie
Mickelburgh, Zygmunt Wozniak, and Lee Williams.
Lee Williams motioned that
we start meetings on time. Motion was seconded
and approved. Meeting was called to order at
11:05. Introductions followed.
Minutes from the meeting of
December 4, 2003 were distributed and approved.
OLD BUSINESS:
Essay Contest Update
Tom reported that the essays
were judged by daily newspapers in North
Carolina. The judges did not see the names of the
newspapers. Notification of winners will be up to
individual newspapers. Prizes are:
1,000/$500/$100. Tom will follow up with a
congratulatory letter and invitation to annual
NJPA Past President›s dinner in June. The grant
will cover the cost to attend the dinner for the
student and 1 parent. After expenses, the grant
funds will be divided among the 14 participating
newspapers.
Recommendations for future:
- Students can only submit
an entry to one newspaper. Students must certify
to this.
- Students must use a
newspaper reference in essay.
- Individual newspapers
cannot modify rules established by NIE Committee.
Tom needs to know: 1) total
number of entries received by each participating
newspaper, 2) how many schools participated,
broken down by middle and high schools, 3) number
of classrooms that participated, if known, and 4)
what each newspaper did to promote the contest.
Antonette motioned to apply
for a similar grant for next year. Approved
unanimously.
In-Print Articles
Not everyone is submitting
an article, as assigned. Steve offered to write
articles if given a 10-day advance notice. Missy
(Communications Manager/In-Print) encouraged
committee members to continue to submit articles.
Circulation 1,500. This is our opportunity to get
information out about NIE to publishers. Ten
paragraphs is a good length. Email articles to: mflynn@njpa.org.
Deadline is 15th of month.
The upcoming schedule is:
March - Melissa; April - Cynthia (burn-out with
NIE people); May - Steve Gondelman; June - Jackie
Wilson; July - Jackie Michelburgh; August -
Antonette; September - Shirley; October - Ziggy;
November - Wendy; December - TBA.
NJPA
Advertising/Circulation Meeting Update: April
30, Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City
For the last 2 years, our
committee has sponsored a speaker at this event.
It was agreed this year the topics would be:
Increasing Circulation: Securing Corporate
Dollars For Your NIE Program. Shirley offered to
find 2 speakers, one a professional fundraiser
and a corporate funder. Tom will also sit on this
panel to represent NIE. It will be a one-hour
presentation beginning at 2:30. NIE meeting is
free; conference requires registration and fee.
NIE Week: First full
week in March
Bring ideas to next meeting
for a theme that can be used throughout the year.
Perhaps we should tie into a statewide theme ›
learning about your state. Cynthia suggested
possibly partnering with libraries.
Statewide Grant
Opportunities & Tabs:
Tom reported from the Board
of Trustees meeting: Where do we want to be in
the next 30 years to advance the newspaper
business in NJ? Trustees are interested in
finding ways to show that newspapers are a unique
medium with traits to offer public. There is
interest in gathering tabs from newspapers to see
what NJPA can do statewide. The Foundation would
like to consult the NIE committee for advice on
statewide tabs. Committee agreed that Tom should
go forward and express our interest.
NJEA Convention:
Tom will again reserve a
double booth. The Garden State Scholastic Press
Association (promoting high school newspapers)
expressed an interest in being represented at our
booth.
Gifted Child Conference
Every year, the statewide
NIE Committee has been represented. Cynthia has
not yet heard about this year›s event and will
call Jackie to follow-up. Jackie has represented
us at past meetings.
Other New Business:
A new NIE Committee member
list was distributed.
Let Tom know if your
newspaper has an NIE website.
Some newspapers have youth
sections or teen sections to build readership
habits. Should we invite these editors? The
consensus was yes.
Newspapers on campus: Iowa
Press Association (Iowa State University Daily)
has information on how newspapers are getting on
campus. ABC has rules on how this can happen.
The meeting
adjourned at 2:00 pm.
Next Meeting: April
30, NJPA Advertising/Circulation Conference in
Atlantic City.
Respectfully Submitted by Shirley J. Sasor
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