| Allan & Cathy Lipsett, Bright Side Newspapers, Are Georgia's Small Business Journalist of the Year |
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Allan and Cathy Lipsett, publishers of The Bright Side Newspapers in Cobb County, have been named the 2007 Small Business Journalists of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Newspapers cover Smyrna, Vinings and South Cobb. The husband and wife team will receive their Champion Journalism Award from Terri L. Denison, SBA Georgia District Director, later this spring at an Atlanta luncheon hosted by the Georgia Lenders Quality Circle. They were nominated for the statewide award by the Kennesaw State University Small Business Development Center (SBDC).The award goes to journalists who make a concerted effort to increase the public’s understanding of the importance of small business to the economy. Voluntary community service by a journalist also plays a part in the award selection. “Community newspapers are all about the people and the stories they have to tell,” said Lydia C. Jones, Director of the Kennesaw Small Business Development Center. “The Lipsetts are continuing a tradition of featuring local business news with their Bright Side publications.” The Lipsetts established Lipsett and Associates Inc. in 1992. Today, it is the parent company of a public relations firm, an advertising agency and two community newspapers, The Bright Side of Smyrna/Vinings, founded in 2005 and The Bright Side of South Cobb, founded in 2006. Both newspapers focus their articles on the services and products of businesses in their local communities with heavy coverage of small business success stories along with the activities of organizations such as the Smyrna Business Association, the Vinings Business Association and the South Cobb Business Association.
Cathy and Allan Lipsett are both former newspaper editors and publishers with experience in reporting, editing and business management. They worked jointly for 13 years as owners and publishers of The Southeast Georgian, a weekly newspaper in coastal Georgia, before selling the newspaper and returning to Atlanta. They are also former owners of the Forsyth Forum in Cumming, Georgia. In addition to her newspaper career, Cathy Lipsett served on the Marietta City Schools Board of Education for eight years, including chairman in 1992. Prior to her ownership of the Southeast Georgia, she was assistant editor of the Presbyterian Survey magazine and advertising service manager for the Georgia Press Association. Allan Lipsett served six years as press secretary for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Before that, he was an account executive at Knapp Inc. Corporate Communications and metro editor of the Marietta Daily Journal. Prior to ownership of The Southeast Georgian, he was a reporter and editor at the Clayton News/Daily and the Warner Robins Daily Sun. Cathy and Allan Lipsett are both graduates of Georgia State University. Cathy & Allan Lipsett, Publishers Contact: Jim Hightower (404) 331-0100, ext. 215
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