SEMO Press Board of Directors

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Thirty-three members of the Southeast Missouri Press Association met for their annual meeting June 19, at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau. SEMO Press was organized in 1893. Officers and directors elected (shown from left) include Peggy Scott, Festus, Historian; Ed Thomason, New Madrid, Director; Amanda Layton, Perryville, President; Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff, Secretary-Treasurer; Scott Seal, Portageville, First Vice President; Teresa Ressel, Park Hills, Director; and Toby Carrig, Ste. Genevieve, Second Vice President. Not shown: Kim Combs, Piedmont, Director. Jean Maneke, MPA hotline attorney, Kansas City, presented the late-afternoon program on legal issues, including newspapers' use of photographs and videos on Facebook and YouTube. Richard Gard, MPA President, Missouri Lawyers Media, St. Louis; Melody Bezenek, Missouri Press Foundation Director; and Doug Crews, MPA Executive Director, reported on Missouri Press activities before dinner and adjournment. - Missouri Press Service photo

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