The John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York are recruiting rural journalists for an all-expenses-paid, two-day workshop in NYC in July on the problems of rural jails, with follow-up to help them do stories. This is funded by the Ford Foundation, it will pay all expenses of the participants. It will be a selectively recruited workshop; they’re looking for journalists with potential to cover the subject in areas where they think the problem are greatest.

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By Josh Sharp & Owen Irwin, Government RelationsOne of the more recent changes to the IPA’s bylaws was the adoption of a uniform certificate of publication.  The certificate of publication is contemplated and required according to Illinois’ law.  It’s actually the first section of the Notice by Publication Act:(715 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 100, par. 1)Sec. 1. When any notice shall be required by law, or the order of court, or by any contract, to be published in any new...