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From all of us at America's Newspapers, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Registration has begun for the 2024 News Industry Mega-Conference, to be held April 14-16 in Phoenix, Arizona. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown — located near the Phoenix Convention Center, just minutes from Sky Harbor Airport.

Newspaper executives: Register early at the lowest discounted rates. And, save an additional $200 by taking part in the popular Roundtable Sessions to be held during the conference.

Solutions Partners: Your early registration also is encouraged. 

For information about reserving a hotel room, click here.

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Basketball sportswriters inducted into USBWA Hall of Fame

The Class of 2024 to be be inducted into the United States Basketball Writers Association’s Hall of Fame during the NCAA Men’s Final Four weekend in April in Glendale, Arizona, includes Bob Baptist of The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Donna Ditota of The (Syracuse, New York) Post-Standard, Chris Dortch of the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook and Terry Hutchens, who was hired as the inaugural Indiana University beat writer for CNHI Sports Indiana in 2016 and spent three years serving readers across the nation in that role.

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Houston Chronicle promotes Joy Sewing, who becomes first Black news columnist in paper’s history

Joy Sewing, a Houston native and veteran journalist, is taking on a new role as a news columnist. Chronicle readers have come to know Sewing for her takes on people — especially people of color — and cultural topics that make the city tick.

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UFCJC Journalism Professor Wayne Wanta retiring

Wayne Wanta, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism professor and former Journalism Department chair, is retiring at the end of this year after a 12-year tenure at the College. Wanta will pursue a Fulbright Scholar Award at the University of Wroclaw in Poland and write a book on international sports.

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