In support of NAA's ongoing efforts to recognize the finest newspaper carriers in the country, we have posted the entry form on our web site.

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"The NAA Carrier of the Year Awards program has a rich tradition of enhancing the value of local carrier recognition programs. This annual competition identifies newspaper carriers with outstanding achievement at the local, regional and national levels. Three age groups are recognized: youth (up to age 18), adult (age 19-54) and senior (age 55 and older). All newspaper carriers with at least one year of service are encouraged to enter. Carriers are judged based on a number of criteria, including route management, personal/scholastic/community service, and letters of recommendation.

Entrants, who must be affiliated with an NAA member newspaper, submit an entry form, including a letter of recommendation from their newspaper and supporting materials.  Many include endorsements from subscribers on the route. Entrants are judged on this form, which includes questions relating to route management and scholastic achievement/community service, as well as miscellaneous other personal information such as other awards and recognition received.  One finalist in each age group at each newspaper is chosen to be forwarded to the appropriate sectional organization, which in turn selects and forwards a finalist in each category to NAA for final judging by a panel of industry leaders.

Although sponsored by NAA, this program is made possible by the volunteers from NAA's Circulation Federation  which provides the judges, encourages participation, and works with the individual circulation sectional organizations.  They in turn work on the grassroots level and make the program possible. The year's effort is chaired by Jim Puryear, Vice President/Circulation, The News & Observer in Raleigh N.C."

We are proud to bring you several of the presentations made at the 2009 annual conference in Camp Hill at the Radisson Penn Harris' conference center.

Please right click on the following links and select "Save As" or "Save Link As" to download the presentations to your computer.  A slight glitch has disabled our ability to present the material for viewing online, and will be corrected as soon as possible.  

Don Waterman, Senior Vice President of Print and Distribution for the Dow Jones Local Media Group, spoke about new structures for a new business.  You can download Don's presentation here.

Margaret Kaplow, Educational Services Manager for The Washington Post, spoke in detail about how she and her team transitioned their local teachers over to an e-Replica edition.  The educational presentation she makes to educators can be found here.

The business program concluded with a very interesting program by Bob Davis, managing partner of Surpass.  Entitled "How to help your customer service team get more saves, sell more EZ-Pay, and sell other services," was specifically requested to appear online.  Here you go.

Tuesday's sessions focused on the future of newspaper auditing, and featured a panel with Michael K. Moran, ABC Executive Vice President of Audit Services, Mark Stoecklin, President of CAC, and Rich Murphy, BPA's Senior Vice President of Auditing.  Presentations are available here for Mr. Moran and Mr. Murphy.

Following the three-member panel, I-SCMA President Dick DeHaven and The Washington Post's David Dadisman provided publisher and advertiser perspective on auditing.  Mr. Dadisman's presentation is available here.

Each year, I-SCMA recognizes the best carriers at our member newspapers.

Categories:

• Youth: ages 18 and under
• Adult: ages 19 to 54
• Senior: ages 55 and over

Application:

• Application is available here, or by contacting This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , ISCMA News Carrier Chairperson

Dates:

• August 31: Application deadline
• Sept. 10: Judging
• Sept. 17: Notification of winners

Eligibility: Any I-SCMA-member newspaper's contracted carriers are eligible to participate in the I-SCMA Carrier Recognition Contest. The applications of the winners of the I-SCMA contest will be forwarded to the NAA Carrier contest, but only if the carrier works for a NAA member newspaper and the carrier has indicated that they wish to take part in the national contest. Neither NAA nor I-SCMA will accept applications from carriers at non-member newspapers. I-SCMA will accept application copies of the PNA contest.

Award presentation: Winners are not required to attend the awards ceremony during the I-SCMA conference. I-SCMA will pay for winner's meals and one guest at the conference, but winning carriers must cover their own travel and lodging expenses as well as any additional guests attending dinner if these expenses are not covered by their newspaper.

Award: Winners in each category will receive an attractive plaque and $250.00. Winning carrier's managers will receive a $50.00 reward.

Judging: Applications will be judged by I-SCMA representatives selected by the News Carrier Chairperson. In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken with the vote of the News Carrier Chairperson. All decisions of the judging team will be final.