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Vol. 13 | No. 21 | Thursday, May 24, 2018
Joe May masters many tasks at office, home Joe May of The Standard newspaper in Amity is a jack of all trades. And not just at the newspaper where he is publisher, editor, ad manager, circulation manager and sports editor. May is also a preacher in Waldron, builds and restores log cabins and re-enacts as an 1840s colonial woodworker. On top of all these hats that May wears during the week, he also home schools his 14-year-old daughter Shana. May, who was born and raised outside of Arkadelphia in Clark County and graduated from Arkadelphia High School in 1992, actually started The Standard from scratch on Feb. 1, 1996. The Standard publisher Joe May cuts wood while re-enacting an 1840s colonial woodworker at the Joaquin Festival at Historic Washington State Park near Hope earlier this year.
“I left Ouachita Baptist College after four-and-one-half years as a history and communications major,” May said. “I knew what I wanted to do so I just did it. I didn’t
really want to work for someone else.” May said he had written a history column for The Daily Siftings Herald in Arkadelphia since he was 16, had worked for six months as a part-time reporter and earned two bylines and had worked a few weeks for the Clark County American. “When I first started my newspaper, I knew I wanted to stay in Clark County. I got an Arkansas map and a coffee can. I drew a circle around Clark County, and Amity ended up in the center of the circle. So I decided to set up shop in Amity. I tried to cover five counties at first, but I had to rein it in. Right now I cover Clark County, northern Pike County and the Bismarck area of Hot Spring County. I run the largest newspaper in this area with a paid Continued on Page 2
Register, reserve rooms now for upcoming APA SuperConvention Online registration for the 2018 annual APA convention, to be held June 2730 at the Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs, is now active on the APA website at this link: www.ArkansasPress.org/ Event/2018SuperConvention.
challenges and solutions with fellow APA newspaper friends.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will close out the afternoon’s programming discussing a very relevant topic – how to gain digital subscribers.
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The convention programming is packed with sessions that will provide topics of interest to just about everyone in the Arkansas newspaper business. The convention will kick off with a Roundtable Luncheon on Thursday, which will be moderated by Lori Freeze of the Stone County Leader in Mountain View. This session is always a convention favorite, as it’s an opportunity to share a myriad of
#ArkansasNewspapers Thursday afternoon, Paul Boyle of the News Media Alliance in Washington will update attendees on our industry’s important fight against newsprint tariffs. Barry Arthur of the Arkansas DemocratGazette and Hector Cueva of the
The Past Presidents’ Breakfast on Friday morning (by invitation only) will be followed by a twopart “Adobe Workflow” session led by Adobe expert Lisa Griffin. Friday’s luncheon will feature a Gubernatorial Debate. Republican candidate Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Democratic candidate Jared Henderson and Libertarian candidate Mark West have all confirmed participation. The debate will be moderated by Rusty Turner, editor of the Northwest Arkansas Continued on Page 2