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state legislature, etc. Tere was never a dearth of news developments. I received an important vote of confidence from
an advertiser. Jerry Williams, then president of Ward Bus (later to become AmTran and, eventually, International/IC Bus), introduced me to attendees at the Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference, where I introduced the idea of a new publication. More importantly, he handed me a check for $3,000 to purchase an advertisement in the first issue. Remember, at that time STN was still unpublished. I am forever grateful for Jerry’s confi- dence in me. Tat was the beginning of a long and successful relationship between STN and the school bus manufacturing and advertising community. In fact, that relationship has continued to this day as evidenced by the 110 manufacturers and advertisers who displayed their products at the recent 2016 STN EXPO.
In any event, a couple
of years later I started a news department that quoted from the daily press. We subscribed to a news clipping service and soon received a flood of news articles from newspapers around the country. We’d write a one to two paragraph summary of many of the news article, and always citing the source: Te Chicago Tribune, Te Atlanta Journal, the Washington Post, etc. Ten the internet
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appeared, and the news cycle changed again. So I developed an online presence,
stnonline.com. It was among the first news aggregation web sites in the country. It was certainly the first that focused on news in the school transportation world. How could we lose with more than 400,000 yellow school buses roaming the country? Over the subsequent 20-plus years,
stnonline.com has evolved into one of the most sophisticated news sites on the internet. Along the way STN established a relationship with the state directors. Borrowing from my experi- ence with the American Public Transit Association as a member of the Board of Governors, I proposed developing an organization of suppliers to strengthen the relationship between the manufacturing commu- nity and state directors of pupil transportation. After
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In addition to articles, STN magazine has brought current events to life with its conferences, such as the STN EXPO. Left: EXPO presenter Denny Coughlin addresses attendees.
1999: STN launches “eNews” electronic newsletter.
July 29-Aug. 2, 2000: STN adds the title “School Bus EXPO” to the Western States Show. Two years later, the event becomes known as the North American School Bus EXPO Conference & Trade Show, or STN EXPO for short.
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October 2007: Bill Paul announces he will retire, names Ryan Gray editor in chief and Tony Corpin publisher of magazine.
2008: in August STN creates YouTube channel and in September the magazine’s Twitter account launches.
2009: in June STN creates Facebook fan page. STN creates its Linkedin group in October.
CELEBRATING25YEARS
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