<b>Missouri</b> Press Association elects 2017 officers, directors; publisher of Springfield Daily Events to …

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BRANSON MO NEWS:

Jeff Schrag, publisher of The Daily Events in Springfield, was elected president of the Missouri Press Association Sept. 30, during the 150th annual MPA convention in Branson.

A Kansas State University graduate of journalism and social science, Schrag began his career in newspapers in 1989 in Buckner (east of Kansas City), where he was editor and publisher of The Villager Newspaper. He worked there until 1993. Schrag moved to The Blooming Prairie Times in Blooming Prairie, Minn., in 1994 as editor and publisher, but he returned to Missouri the following year. He has been publisher of The Daily Events since 1995.

In addition to The Daily Events, which publishes information on court proceedings, real estate transactions, permits, licenses and other business activity, Schrag is involved in a number of other business enterprises. Most recognizable among these enterprises is his role as owner of Mother’s Brewing Co., which Schrag founded in 2010.

Schrag has been a member of the MPA Board of Directors since 2004, having served as treasurer in 2005 and 2012. He was also president of Ozark Press Association in 2005-06 and Missouri Newspaper Editors from 2007-09. He was the Missouri state chairman for the National Newspaper Association from 2008-10.

Outside of newspapers, Schrag has been …


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