Start the New Year off by attending the Texas Press 2015 Midwinter Conference and Trade Show. The meeting, which brings together friends and colleagues connected throughout the newspaper community, will be held Jan. 22-24 in Galveston at Moody Gardens Hotel, Spa & Convention Center.
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John Taylor, 88, remembered as Gazette publisher, local leader This article was originally published in the Seguin Gazette. SEGUIN — A widely renowned "old-school" Texas newsman whose love for journalism might only have been surpassed by his adoration for this community has ended his tenure as publisher emeritus of the Seguin Gazette. John Taylor, who bought the Gazette in 1954 and built it into a South Texas publishing powerhouse that printed more than 30 other newspapers, died Friday at a South Austin hospital. He was 88 years old.
Texas Press Association members will gather in Corpus Christi for the 2014 TPA Newspaper Leadership Retreat at the Holiday Inn Downtown Marina, June 19-21. Attendees will enjoy presentations by a former major league pitcher, a light-hearted trainer with a quiver full of critical skills to impart and an award-winning, action-hungry newspaper photographer. Attendees also will be served up with a meeting agenda featuring group discussions on topics relevant to the business side of newspapering, plus opportunities to network, relax and enjoy Corpus Christi's many attractions.