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Check out the current and past issues of CommuniKPC, our quarterly newsletter, then peruse our extensive list of links to sites focusing on a wide range of issues of interest to the communications professional.


CommuniKPC Newsletter


2008

Spring 2008

Winter 2008

Read all about the 2008 contest. This is the only information provided about the contest, so don't miss the Jan. 22 deadline. And, get the scoop on our annual spring conference this May at the historic Midland hotel in Wilson!

2007

Fall 2007

Read all about the fun and festivities at the National Federation of Press Women 70th anniversary conference in Richmond, Va. Kansas members won awards and participated in the special events.

Summer 2007

Check out contest and scholarship winners, and learn who are our newest Patrons and the 2007 Communicator of Achievement.

Spring 2007

Check out our annual KPC conference May 5 in Dodge City! A schedule of activities and other important information are included, plus a registration form. This is the only printed information being distributed about the conference.

Winter 2007

Read about the KPC competition and our upcoming annual conference May 5 in Dodge City where contest winners will receive their awards. And if you haven't renewed, learn how!

2006

Fall 2006

Read all about the awards and honors won by our members and our state at the national convention in Denver. Don't miss the news on the upcoming Fall Writers' Workshop sponsored by Wichita Professional Communicators.

Summer 2006

Read all about the upcoming National Federation of Press Women conference, Sept. 7-9 in Denver, Colorado. Nationally known journalists and other communication professionals are in the line-up.

Spring 2006

This is the annual state conference issue. If you couldn’t make it to conference, find out what you missed!

Contest winners insert

Postscript, March 2006

Winter 2006

Don't miss the deadline for entering the annual KPC Communications Competition. Details inside.

 

2005

Fall 2005

Read about awards, offices and other honors garnered by KPC members at the National Federation of Press Women annual conference in Seattle.

Summer 2005

Read about our new patron and the 2005 Communicator of Achievement!

Contest winners insert

Spring 2005

Read about the upcoming Spring Conference in Wichita!

Postscript/February

Initial plans being made for conference

 

2004

Winter 2004

Get ready for the contest … and, with regret, we announce the death of former KPC and National Federation of Press Women president Vivien Sadowski of Abilene

Fall 2004

Summer 2004

Spring 2004

 

2003

Winter 2003

Fall 2003

Summer 2003

Spring 2003

 

2002

Winter 2002

Fall 2002

Summer 2002

Spring 2002

January 2002

 

2001

October/November 2001

August/September 2001

June/July 2001

April/May 2001

February/March 2001

 

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Media | Media Diversity
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| Public Relations & Marketing
Photography

Resources:
Journalism | Editing | Writing | Public Relations
Grantwriting

Copyright, Contract, Legal | References
Professional Development | Jobs

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Media (Online journals and newspapers)

Kansas Newspaper Websites

New York Times

USA Today

Washington Post

Press and Newspaper Associations and Affiliated Organizations

C-Span

MSNBC

This Week in Pictures on MSNBC

PBS

National Public Radio

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Media Researchers Companion

Journalist Express: News and Research Portal for Reporters

San Jose Mercury News

Interactive Museum of News

Atlantic Monthly

AlterNet

WIRED News

WIRED Magazine

Women's E-News

The Onion

Adbusters

Satire Wire

Salon Magazine

Salon Media

Media Bistro: Career and Community for Media Professionals

American Journalism Review

Columbia Journalism Review

Editor & Publisher

IPI Report (International Press Institute)

Romenesko's Medianews

Online Journalism Review

Slate

Utne Reader

Vocabula Review

O'Dwyer's PR Daily

Paper Tiger Television

People for Better TV

The Digital Journalist

Media Studies Journal

Essays on History and New Media

Historical Media Review

Web Journal of Mass Communication Research

MicroContent News (online journal for weblogs, webzines, and
personal publishing)

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Media Diversity

Media for the People

The Citizens Media Fund, a project of the Mill Valley-based Venture Collective, is recruiting influential alternative voices, including AlterNet, Mother Jones, and Utne, to help create a funding source for the independent media.

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First Amendment/Freedom of Speech

First Amendment Network

Sunshine Coalition

Freedom Forum

ASNE First Amendment

First Amendment Center

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press First Amendment
Handbook

First Amendment Foundation

Center for First Amendment Rights Inc.

Center for Democracy and Technology

Dept. of Justice Freedom of Information Act

FBI Freedom of Information Act

Index of Censorship

Freedom of Information Center (Univ. of Missouri)

First Amendment Cyber-Tribune

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Associations: Journalism & Writing

National Federation of Press Women

Kansas Press Association

Newspaper Association of America

National Newspaper Association

National Newspaper Publishers Association

National Conference of Editorial Writers

National Association of Black Journalists

National Association of Hispanic Journalists

Native American Journalists Association

Society for News Design

Assoc. for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications

ASNE (American Society of Newspaper Editors)

American Society of Journalists and Authors

Editorial Freelancers Association

World Association of Newspapers

Committee to Protect Journalists

IAPA (Inter American Press Association)

Media Knowledge

Society of Professional Journalists (Electronic Journalist)

Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing

American Society of Indexers

Council of Science Editors

Council of Editors of Learned Journals

American Society of Magazine Editors

Association of American Publishers

Writers Guild of America

Authors Guild

National Writers Union

International Women's Writing Guild

Society for Scholarly Publishing

International Regional Magazine Association

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Associations: Public Relations & Marketing

Public Relations Society of America

Public Relations Student Society of America

International Public Relations Association

Association for Women in Communications

International Association for Business Communicators

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Associations: Photography

American Society of Media Photographers

National Press Photographers Association

Professional Photographers of America

Major photography organizations

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Resources: Journalism

Reporters Network

Pew Center for Civic Journalism

Pew Center for the People and the Press

Poynter Institute

Reuters

Silha Center for the Sttudy of Media Ethics and Law

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Project Censored

ICFJ's International Journalists' Network

Chris Callahan's site

"Freedom in the World"

Digital Cooperative

Center for Digital Democracy

Media Access Project

Media Alliance

Media Audit

Media Watch International

Media Literacy

SWAMP: Southwest Alternate Media Project

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation

Media Venture Collective

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Resources: Editing

The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors

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Resources: Writing

Jennifer Lawler — For Writers

Anne Wylie

www.writers.net

Writing Links

Freelancebank

University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

Writers-Editors Network

Burry Man Writers Center (health writers)

Writers' conferences/workshops/online courses

IndyPublish (independent writers)

Freelance Writing

Freelance Success

Authors Registry

Writers Market

Writing for Money

Amherst Writers and Artists

219 Press Self-Publishing

Writing World

Writing contests

Kansas Authors Club
District 1
District 2

www.wordsmitten.com

www.visualthesaurus.com

www.phrasefinder.co.uk

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Resources: Public Relations

Online Public Relations

Public Relations Online

Council of Public Relations Firms

Institute for Public Relations

Women Executives in Public Relations

PR Watch

Institute of Public Relations (United Kingdom)

National Council for Marketing and Public Relations

Magazine and media marketing

Kansas PR directory

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Resources: Grantwriting

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Grantwriting

PNN Online (Grantwriting)

Nonprofit Fund-raising and Grantwriting

Fund-raising and grantwriting resources

Nonprofits

Grant writing resources

"Grantionary" (a list of grant-related terms and their definitions)

GrantsAlert (assistance for nonprofits, particularly education)

Grant Writing Tips

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Copyright/Contract/Legal

Copyright Tutorial

Copyright Crash Course

Student Press Law Center

U.S. Copyright Office Home Page

Myths about copyright explained

Copy Law

Publishing Law Center

Writers Write

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References

Merriam-Webster Dictionary online

Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

Oxford English Dictionary

Dictionary and thesaurus

1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

CyberAtlas Statistics Toolbox

PlumbDesign Thesaurus

U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder

Finding data on the Internet

Styles for electronic media

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

Using Primary Sources on the Web

Chicago Manual of Style Q&A

Bartlett's Quotations (1919 ed.)

The Quotations Page

Library of Congress

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Professional Development

Rockhurst University Continuing Education

CareerTrack/Fred Pryor Seminars

Padgett-Thompson Seminars

Advanced Learning Institute Seminars

Media and the Law conferences

Lorman Education Services

Franklin-Covey

Shaw Guides to Writers' Conferences

Maple Woods Writers' andReaders' Conference

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Jobs

Jobs Search USA

Kansas Newspapers

Public relations/marketing Wichita area

Career Builder

Career Overview

Nation Job

Monster

Net-Temps

Job Source

Multi-Cultural Alliance

PR and Marketing Recruitment

Careers in Marketing

 

Our thanks to KPC member Sue Novak of Topeka for developing this comprehensive list of links!

 

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