Wednesday, July 22, 2009


The APTRA Board of Directors is already busy on several projects to enhance and grow APTRA during the remainder of 2009 and into 2010.

One of the first changes will be the APTRA Prep Las Vegas Tape Critique event. It is usually held in January, but this year it is moving to April on the weekend before the RTNDA/NAB Conventions. APTRA VP Calvert Collins from KLAS is coordinating this event and is hoping to draw many more major market news directors to the seminar so you can have them review your tapes and resumes'.

Tim Kiley from KESQ in Palm Desert is working on two APTRA projects. One is a video we can provide to APTRA members in all 12 states showing what the organization does. It will feature the Las Vegas event, APTRA Academy, the Convention and Awards and many other aspects including the Associated Press itself.

Tim is also working on something new. It is called the "wire performance committee". We want to get input from all members of APTRA in all 12 states on how the Associated Press is serving you. It will include complaints and compliments. The mission of APTRA is a liason between its' members and the Associate Press. This will accomplish that goal.

Michele Germano of KOLD-TV in Tucson is heading the Nominating Committe. She is trying to find representatives from New Mexico and Alaska to serve on the Board. Next year she will also be searching for "new blood" to replace retiring Board members.

Paul Atkinson of KJZZ Radio in Tempe is very busy already. He is reviewing the contest rules and entry fee structure for the Mark Twain Awards. The Board wants to find a way to make it easier for stations to "budget" for awards entries and to give a break to those stations who do.
Paul is also working on a master database of all of you who have entered in the past so we can communicate rule changes and entry fee changes.

Tom Durian of KHQ in Spokane is working with other Board members to design some smaller, regional events for APTRA. If you have any ideas, please let him know.

Former APTRA President Lance Orosco has agreed to chair the Hall of Fame Committee for 2010. He will be gathering names of possible Hall of Fame Award recipients and he will present them to the Board early next year.

I am hoping Jackie Yamanaka of YellowStone Public Radio will agree to coordinate the APTRA Scholarship program this year. I will talk with her about that soon.

.........this is just the beginning.

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My fingers are about to fall off...so I leave this blog for other Board members.

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