Virginia's Press

December 2007
VPA launches statewide online ad network Virginia Press Services Inc. has launched a new network aimed at sales of online advertising to newspaper Web sites.	Nominations sought for 1st amendment award The VPA seeks nominees for its First Amendment Award, honoring efforts to preserve First Amendment and Freedom of Information rights in Virginia.	News, Editorial and Photo Contest kits online Electronic entry kits and forms for the 2007 VPA News, Editorial & Photo Contest now are available online at the VPA Web site.

November 2007
VPA board makes changes to 2008 contest Entrants in next year’s news and editorial contest will find “Home” in a new place, among other minor changes made by the board.	House passes shield law; Bush promises veto Congress and the Bush administration appeared poised for a showdown over a recently approved federal shield law for journalists.	Norfolk CFO, Roanoke editor join VPA board The Virginia Press Association Board of Directors welcomed two new directors at its October meeting in Williamsburg.

October 2007
Small-town journalism can be a humbling business John Edwards scoffs at any indication that his long newspaper career has been “illustrious.” “I’ve managed to own one of the state’s smallest newspapers without wrecking it,” he noted.	Study links activism to newspaper exposure A study by a newspaper industry group claims that the earlier a youngster is exposed to newspapers, the more active he or she will become in civic affairs later.	Ex-journalist’s affidavit called ‘brokerage’ The information that Charles Jackson obtained through normal reporter conduct was eventually made public, though not in the normal reporter manner, according to a Virginia journalism ethicist.