Freedom of the Press Group Hires Ad Director

FOTP Group hires ad director

JON BOX
The Palmer Post
jonbox@thepalmerpost.com

PALMER - The Freedom of the Press Group has hired a talented ad executive to assist in The Palmer Post's expansion plans.

Brandon Chance, a former Midlothian High School classmate of The Palmer Post publisher Joey G. Dauben, will chart the course for an ambitious expansion into smaller towns in and around Ellis County.

The objectives are to take the 12-page concept paper into towns that currently have no coverage.

Freedom of the Press Group is an entity with properties such as The Ellis County Observer and The Palmer Post, and its expansion includes the: Rice Reader; Milford Messenger; Italy Informer; Maypearl Memo; Venus Voice and the Navarro County paper, The Frost Focus.

"I had all of these ideas and goals, and no other newspaper wanted them, so I'm doing it myself," Dauben, 29, said.

Freedom of the Press Group also came out with a new motto:

"To go into towns where local papers have neglected, to give a forum for dialogue and debate, to reach the lost and remain watchdogs on local government, while ensuring our liberties are protected and maintained."

Dauben said he came up with the expansion plans and motto "pumped on eight cups of coffee."