Volume 32 – Number 3
An information publication of the South Dakota Newspaper Association, Brookings, SD
When Vice President Bush spoke at SDNA convention SDNA’s centennial celebration in 1982 included a convention that has not been forgotten by those who attended it. Yes, there was a giant cake to commemorate the association’s 100th year and there was the release of a book about the history of the state’s newspapers by Bob Karolevitz. But the most memorable event was when then-Vice President George H. W. Bush showed up. His death this month prompted many to recall the time George H. W. Bush spoke to about 400 SDNA members and guests in the ballroom atop the downtown Sioux Falls Holiday Inn on April 16, 1982. Getting a vice president to speak at a state newspaper convention was no easy task, but it was the close friendship between SDNA General Manager Keith Jensen and Sen. Jim Abdnor that made it happen. Vice President George H. W. Bush shook hands with Publisher Phyllis Justice of the Grant Keith had managed Abdnor’s County Review while her husband Clarence looked on. Bush spoke at the 1982 SDNA successful 1980 U.S. senate convention. Phyllis was SDNA’s incoming president that year and the first woman president. race against incumbent George McGovern before going to work the convention, John Wooley of the Pierre that the Reagan administration was at SDNA. Keith leaned on Sen. Abdnor to Capital Journal said Janklow’s introduction committed to reducing nuclear arms. help secure the vice president as planning for was one of the best he had ever heard. However, it was SDNA President Ralph the association’s big centennial celebration Wooley reported that Bush was quick Nachtigal’s mother who stole the show that took shape. And Abdnor came through. to sum up Janklow when he began his evening. As Nachtigal was introducing his The planning and preparation for the vice remarks. Wooley wrote that Bush said: “I’m mother, who was seated in the audience, president’s appearance at the convention not sure that Washington would be ready he mentioned that she had been the 1952 were intense, but the work paid off. The for Janklow. Can you see him with Sam mother of the year in South Dakota. “1953,” evening was a success. Besides his speech, Donaldson or Mary McGrory and saying, his mother shot back, loud enough for all Bush shook hands and took photos with ‘Look, you idiot, rephrase that question…’.” to hear. SDNA members at a reception prior to the Bush’s 30-minute speech did make “Everyone roared with laughter,” Keith banquet. headlines the next day. The lede from the Jensen said, “including Vice President Gov. Bill Janklow introduced Bush to speech was the vice president’s declaration Bush.” the banquet audience. In his column after
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Newspaper Day at the Legislature is Jan. 24 Turning the calendar year means two important dates for SDNA members are near. The first is Newspaper Day at the Legislature on Thursday, Jan. 24, in Pierre. With a new governor and a new legislature, it’s important for SDNA members to be in Pierre to talk about the issues important to the newspaper industry. There will be no shortage of issues to talk about – public notices, open government, freedom of information and much more. “Newspaper Day at the Legislature is a great opportunity for our member publishers and editors to meet with lawmakers and others,” said SDNA Executive Director David Bordewyk. “We urge all SDNA members to plan to attend this important event.” Newspaper Day will begin midmorning on Jan. 24 with press conferences with legislative leaders. A noon lunch will be open to all legislators and SDNA members. SDNA also will extend an invitation to Gov.-elect Kristi Noem to meet with SDNA members. Look for detailed information about Newspaper Day in the coming weeks. The other important date for SDNA members in the New Year is the deadline to enter the 2018 SDNA Better Newspapers Contest. The deadline is 5 p.m. Central time on Friday, Feb. 1. The contest entry period will open soon after Jan. 1. Look for details and entry information in the coming days.
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Editor ’s note: The Brandon Valley Journal became an SDNA member this fall. The newspaper, which started publication in 2017, has a paid circulation of more than 700 readers. We asked Editor Jill Meier a few questions about South Dakota’s newest newspaper. Tell us a little bit about the Brandon Valley Journal. How did it get started? The Brandon Valley Journal honestly came to life because of my love for Brandon and Valley Springs, the people of two communities, and my passion for community journalism.
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It was 2005 when I took over as editor of the Brandon Valley Challenger, and it’s a position I held until late December 2016. At that time, I was one of the many staff reductions made at the Argus Leader/ Gannett. As a one-person editorial staff covering all things Brandon and Valley Springs, I became involved in a variety of community organizations, including the Brandon Community Foundation. It was at the organization’s annual fundraiser in October 2016, the Oak & Vine, which was scheduled for Friday of the same week I learned that my position at the Challenger was being eliminated. I arrived at the event that night at the same time as a husband and wife, who are great supporters of our
community, and during our conversation I shared that my job was coming to an end. Before we reached the door to the event, they told me, “We’ll back you.” Others learned of my story that night, too, which led to people in this community investing in Brandon Valley Media Group, thus making the BV Journal truly a “community” newspaper. We publish the Brandon Valley Journal, the Brandon Valley Trader, the annual Destination Brandon, South Dakota Visitor Guide, and our most recent publication, “Tri-State Boutiques Today.” The first issue of the BV Trader, our free shopper, which is mailed, was delivered Aug. 1, 2017. The first issue of the BV Journal, which is also mailed, was Continued on page 3
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Intimidation will never stop flow of news The murders this year of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the five staff members at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, MD, have brought attention to the increasing hostility toward reporters. War correspondents and reporters who do investigative work in criminal matters, here and abroad, realize that their safety may be comprised, but the acrimonious nature of debate on even the most minor topics is bringing a threat to reporters’ safety to nearly every level of news reporting. This fall during a city council meeting in Roosevelt, Minn., a reporter questioned the council on whether the members were in compliance with open meeting laws. It was alleged that the city clerk swore at the reporter, and one of the councilmen got up from his chair and while towering over the reporter berated her for asking the question. In California, a city councilman allegedly used his dog to threaten a reporter who was investigating his dealings on the council. I could cite many other cases as it appears the number of incidents is on the rise.
Debbie Hemmer President / SDNA Grant County Review, Milbank Some law enforcement and first responder officials are also starting to view reporters in a different light. Two reporters from Canada were arrested on charges of obstructing police, trespassing and driving on a closed road when they were covering a story about a fatality accident. They were doing their jobs, but law enforcement didn’t view it that way. Fortunately, they were acquitted of those charges. The U. S. Press Freedom Tracker, which documents and counts every press freedom violation in the United States, revealed that 33 journalists were arrested in 2017. In many instances they were covering heated protests, and the police gave no heed to the
fact that they were reporters. Some officials erroneously believe that if divisive issues were not reported in the news media, the hostility on both sides would fade. They assume that if they limit access and control the message, the public will all be better off. I have witnessed something similar locally where CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operation) and the construction of wind farms have fostered heated debates. Although there has been no intimidation, some believe that covering the issues in our weekly newspaper creates the dissent and causes the hostility. What they fail to realize is that the divide is already there and will remain whether we report on it or not. There are strong opponents and proponents on both sides of these issues, but there are many in the middle who are undecided as to what is best for the community. That is where we play a vital role as a community newspaper. We need to present the facts on both sides, and let the readers make up their own minds.
However, the process only works if we, as reporters, remain unbiased and are accurate with information that we are publishing. Some reporters are guilty of slanting stories to their way of thinking, but I believe they are in a minority. The only way to protect the reputation of the news reporting industry is to report in a fair and honest manner. Leave the opinions to the editorial page. In today’s world there are many things that we cannot control that impact our industry. However, the one thing we have complete control over is what we print on the pages of our newspapers. We may have to ward off intimidation and battle lack of transparency to tell the story, but if we persevere, our subscribers will be better off for our efforts. If we continue to deliver accurate and unbiased news, eventually those who try to hide the facts through intimidation will realize the futility of their ways
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by Gov. Dennis Daugaard
As Americans, we are privileged to live in a free society where we can elect our own leaders. Democracy only works, however, when government is transparent and open about its operations, so that the people can vote based on good information. When I ran for governor eight years ago, I promised to be open and transparent. It is an easy promise to make as a candidate, but it takes real work to carry out once in office. Looking back today, I am proud of the progress we have made. Shortly after taking office, I changed state policies to make more economic development information public, including invitation lists for the Governor’s Hunt. Governor Rounds had created open.sd.gov as a state portal for financial information, and we added even more information to that site. The following year, the attorney general and I convened an Open Government Task Force to reevaluate state laws. Governor Rounds had signed legislation creating a “presumption of openness” in state records, and in the years that followed, we found ways to provide even more information. I was pleased to sign several pieces of legislation from that task force. Of course, open government is about much more than the law. A meeting can be open, but if you can’t get there, or you can’t find out what happened, it isn’t open to you. A record can be public, but if you can’t find it, it isn’t open to you. Much of my emphasis over these past years hasn’t been to change the law – it has been to take meetings and records which are legally open, and make them open to the public. How have we done that? We have made open.sd.gov better than ever before. We have made it a central portal for information about state government, and we have linked from it to other state government sites. At the suggestion of a newspaper reporter, we created rules.sd.gov. For the last twenty years, our state legislature has had an excellent, easy-to-use website to follow the legislature and track legislation. There had been no similar system to track proposed administrative rules, and so we created one.
SDNA First Amendment Committee Chairman Tim Waltner and 2017-2018 SDNA President Kelli Bultena presented Gov. Dennis Daugaard with the Eagle Award for promoting open government. (Photo by Jeremy Waltner)
At my request, we also created a central portal for boards and commissions. I found, personally, that it was sometimes difficult to find basic information about state boards and commissions. When are they meeting? Where are their minutes? Who is on the board? So in 2015, we created the boards and commissions portal. This is a central portal for all state boards and commissions. You can find meeting dates, minutes, and membership information. You can also find their board packets and financial statements. In 2017, I proposed legislation that makes use of this online portal mandatory for boards and commissions, under the law. I want to be sure that, even when I leave office, boards continue to make their information accessible. Another aspect of that portal is internet streaming of meetings. I was very pleased that public broadcasting launched SD.net, which works hand-in-hand with the portal and makes streamed meetings easy to find. I know members of the media appreciate
the ability to cover these meetings through streaming, and it makes it easier for the public and the press to listen to these open meetings. Openness isn’t always easy. Sometimes other values come into play – privacy of individuals, security, law enforcement, or government efficiency are all competing values. Sometimes the government and the news media can disagree about how to balance these interests. For that reason, I was particularly honored earlier this year to accept the “Eagle Award” from the South Dakota Newspaper Association on behalf of the many state employees who have worked to make these improvements. The work still isn’t done. It will never be done. Governor Rounds made important improvements and I’ve tried to build upon them. I know Governor-elect Noem has ideas for doing even more. As South Dakotans, we can all be proud that we are having the right conversation and heading in the right direction.
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Former students, colleagues say good-bye Richard Wilson Lee, 83, head of South Dakota State University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication for 24 years, taught many of the journalists who filled the state’s newsrooms and several others who achieved national prominence. But for Dick Lee, who died of cancer on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the United Living Center in Brookings, S.D., it wasn’t simply about numbers. “Dick Lee’s life story is one of love, joy and success,” said former student and South Dakota Newspaper Association Executive Director David Bordewyk. “Dick loved nothing more than to tell the success stories of everyone around him.” Dick was born on Christmas Day 1934 in Belleville, Ill., and began his storytelling career early. At age 8, Dick began writing “The Cub’s Column” for the Marissa (Ill.) Messenger, the weekly newspaper that his parents, Thomas J. Lee and Kathleen Wilson Lee, co-owned with his uncle, Robert S. Lee. In 1956 Dick earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois where he was in Air Force ROTC. Upon graduation, he went on active duty with the Air Force, spending a year and a half in flight school learning how to fly jets and another year and a half at a remote radar site in Germany controlling missiles. Dick returned to his hometown in 1959 and became the third-generation editor of the Marissa Messenger, following both his father and his grandfather in that role. Dick earned a master ’s degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Dick taught journalism at Southern Illinois UniversityEdwardsville from 1961 to 1966. He married first wife, librarian Gail Patricia Hayes, in Edwardsville on June 23, 1962. The couple moved to Iowa City for Dick to pursue a Ph.D. in mass communications at The University of Iowa.
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From 1968 to 1977, Dick taught journalism at the University of MarylandCollege Park, moving through the ranks of lecturer, assistant professor and associate professor. He wrote two books, “The History of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc.” and “Politics and the Press.” He also worked part-time as a copy editor on the national desk of The Washington (D.C.) Star. Sons Thomas Jennings Lee and Douglas Wilson Lee were born in 1968 and 1973 respectively. Dick’s first wife, Gail, died of cancer in 1974, leaving him with two small boys to raise alone. Dick married his second wife, MaryJo Benton, on January 2, 1982, in Linthicum Heights, Md. A formal adoption followed, forming MaryJo, Tom, Doug and Dick into what they all wanted to be known as—“a real family.” Dick accepted the position of professor and head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at South Dakota State University in 1978. He and MaryJo,
Brandon Valley Journal Aug. 2, 2017. We reached our legal newspaper status in mid-October of 2018. Beginning in November 2018, we began serving as the legal newspaper for the Brandon Valley School District, the city of Valley Springs and East Dakota Educational Cooperative. We hope to gain the City of Brandon next May, and be one of Minnehaha County’s three legal newspapers in January 2019. Tell us about your background and experience as a newspaper journalist. I’ve had a lifetime love affair with the newspaper industry. I graduated from the now-defunct two-year journalismphotography program at Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, Iowa, in 1984. For a great share of my career, I have been a one-member editorial staff. I have worked at newspapers in Hawarden, Iowa, Luverne and Hills, Minn., Parker and Garretson. Our staff today at the Journal includes reporter Jamie Hult. Jamie and I were previously co-workers at Argus Leader Media, where she served as editor of the Tea-Harrisburg Champion at the same time I was at the Garretson Weekly. Erin (Harris) Ver Mulm is our graphic artist. She’s the “youngster” in my staff of five women. Erin is a graduate of South
Dakota State and has been a sheer joy to have on staff and as a friend. Lisa Hove is our part-time office manager. The newest member of our all-woman staff is Wendy Shell. She is our advertising manager, and comes to us from the Sioux Falls Shopping News. We also employ a news correspondent, Dave Baumeister, who covers Minnehaha County Commission for us, the Minnehaha Messenger and the Garretson Gazette. We feel it’s important to keep our readers informed of county business that impacts them. What has been the response from Brandon residents and businesses so far? As you may expect, launching a new business is never an easy task, but the Brandon and Valley Springs communities have embraced us. It didn’t happen overnight, though. We continue to market ourselves to gain new subscribers and new advertisers. To start, BVMG put out a sample 4-page paper in late June 2017, letting folks know what was coming forth in August. This was a way for us to get subscribers on board for our first issues in August. We also samplecopied the Brandon Valley School District (approximately 8,000 mailboxes) with our very first two issues.
who has two journalism degrees from the University of Maryland, worked together for 36 years on their shared passions— journalism, diversity and China, to name a few. Journalism Professor Roxanne Lucchesi said “joy” seemed to be Dick and MaryJo’s favorite word. “I think that’s how they both approached life together.” During Dick’s tenure, the journalism department was reaccredited four times. Dick was also the driving force behind a $2.4 million renovation of the journalism building (Yeager Hall), completed in 2000. The department was the headquarters of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors from 1992 to 1999, while Dick served as ISWNE’s executive director. He received numerous honors for his work including the Freedom Forum Award for the Journalism Administrator of the Year in 2002 and the South Dakota Newspaper Association Distinguished Achievement Award in 1995. He also was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2002. But his most lasting accomplishment, according to students and faculty, was nurturing an environment where others could learn and succeed. “Dick valued Native American journalism students and including tribal voices in the media long before diversity was a buzzword in higher education,” said Professor Emeritus of Journalism Doris Giago, Oglala Lakota. Doris and Dick took their advanced reporting students to reservations across the state and together helped organize the annual Native American Newspaper Career Conference at the Crazy Horse Memorial near Custer. The Lakota-Dakota conference room, which Dick insisted be added to the journalism building during its renovation, reminds students and staff of the importance of Native Americans in South Dakota. In 2015, the city of Brookings honored Dick and MaryJo with the Dorothy and Eugene T. Butler Human Rights Award, in
recognition of “their work as friends and allies of American Indians and for their work with other minorities underrepresented in higher education.” Dick and MaryJo lived in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, three times. The first was in 1991 when they served as visiting professors in the SDSU-Yunnan Normal University faculty exchange program. The Lees returned to Kunming in 1997 for MaryJo to conduct her dissertation research and again in 2017 when MaryJo was a Fulbright scholar. Dick retired as Professor Emeritus of Journalism in 2002, but returned to work in 2007-08 as interim director of SDSU’s Ag-Bio Communications Department. Dick was a member of the McCrory Gardens board of directors, the Brookings Reconciliation Council, SDSU’s Journalism Advisory Council and the Brookings Rotary Club. He and MaryJo traveled extensively, with trips to San Antonio, Mexico City, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., all made in 2018. Dick, along with MaryJo, loved to entertain friends and family in their home, often topping off the occasion with Dick’s award-winning homemade pie. Dick is survived by his wife, MaryJo, of Brookings; sons Thomas (TammyJo Eckhart) of Bloomington, Ind., and Douglas of Brookings; sisters Nancy (Dean) Graves of Collinsville, Ill., and Marilyn (Thomas) Boschert of Belleville, Ill.; sister-inlaw Lana Hayes (Wayne) Santoni of Edwardsville, Ill.; a niece; three nephews; and a special group he called “his Brookings family.” He was preceded in death by his parents and his niece, Kristine Boschert Polley. Memorials may be directed to McCrory Gardens or to the Richard and MaryJo Benton Lee Scholarship at the SDSU Foundation.
Continued from page 1 The staff and I continually hear good things about our products. In fact, today we received a letter to the editor that thanked us for providing them with a newspaper that has news that matters to the community. I think that’s one of the best compliments we could ever receive. We are also the newspaper community groups and organizations are turning to help promote their event, tell their story. We’ve had 15 months to prove ourselves, and we are hearing that we’re accomplishing good things. Advertising, which is the “bread and butter” of our business, is its own “beast,” if you will. With each issue we produce, we gain more exposure but it is up to our staff and me to continue to find ways to market the BV Journal, Trader, our many special sections, magazines, etc., that we currently produce. What is the key to being a successful community newspaper? I fully believe that you have to care about your community, the people, businesses and organizations, in addition to being involved in your community. I am often told, “Jill, I see you everywhere.” I take that as a compliment, and shows that we do care. The tag line on our masthead reads, “Local News. Local Sports. Local Every
Issue.” I am confident that no one would argue we are anything but that. With that being said, we have to continue to come up with new and innovative ways to entice subscribers and advertisers to support our products. We do that through interactive contests, public polls on our website, through Facebook posts, and again, participating in community events and organizations. We also have a great working relationship with our Chamber of Commerce, school district and city governments, which I feel is beneficial. What are your goals for the Journal in 2019? As many high school coaches have said to me over the years, “We just want be a better team every week.” The same holds true for Brandon Valley Media Group. We, too, “want to be a better team every week and continually work to publish the best products that we can.” An obvious goal is to gain subscribers – print and online – and advertising volume, which, in turn will grow our business. We will do that by establishing higher advertising revenue goals, adding new editorial (special sections) and advertising (possibly additional magazines, local phone directory).
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VP meets SDNA Vice President George H. W. Bush’s appearance at the SDNA centennial convention in 1982 was a big event for not only SDNA but South Dakota as well. LEFT: SDNA ofďŹ cers join with NNA president to light candles on SDNA’s centennial cake. From left: Al Hermann, SpearďŹ sh; Phyllis Justice, Milbank; Ralph Nachtigal, Platte; Gerry Sturges, Arlington; John Lowrie, Watertown; George Measer, NNA; and Keith Jensen, SDNA. MIDDLE LEFT: Vice President Bush greets Mary and Tim Waltner of the Freeman Courier in a reception prior to his banquet speech. BOTTOM LEFT: Vice President Bush greets Ralph and Pat Nachtigal of the Platte Enterprise, with Gov. Bill Janklow in the background. BELOW: Vice President Bush spoke to about 400 people during the 1982 SDNA convention banquet in Sioux Falls.
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