Young Leaders

Our local Young Leaders program is a great opportunity to meet with other professionals. We have fun!

Belleville Tour

"On Friday March 16th the NDTA Young Leaders Group in Scott St.-Louis was honored to receive a tour of the Belleville News-Democrat in Belleville, IL.

The Belleville News-Democrat was founded in 1858 as the Weekly Democrat. In the early 1860s, it merged with the Belleville News to become the Belleville News-Democrat. It was a family-owned newspaper until 1972, when it was purchased by Capital Cities Communications. When Disney acquired Capital Cities, it briefly owned the News-Democrat until Knight Ridder acquired the newspaper in 1997. McClatchy acquired the paper in 2006 with its purchase of Knight Ridder. We were privileged to be hosted by a tour guide who is a 4th generation Belleville News-Democrat employee. Jeanne Newton has been in the newspaper business her entire career, and has followed in the footsteps of her mother (one the first paper girls), grandfather, and great-grandfather. It was an outstanding honor to be educated by one of the most knowledgeable people in the new paper industry. Jeanne provided us with a thorough presentation on the history of the newspaper as well as a tour of the entire building. Above all, she educated us on the entire continuum of the news production effort; from printing plants, to production, the distribution network, and how the news business is, not surprisingly, evolving as our lives become increasingly dependent on the World Wide Web."

In the photo moving left to right: Lee Niehaus, Tour Guide Jeanne Newton, Jim Feucht (Back) , Clementine- our NDTA guest, Brad Schuster (Back), Kristin Martin, and Myra Bergman

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