POWER OF ATTORNEY
        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
        Paul Steven Hacker, Dean H. Blythe and Laura M. Kalesnik, signing singly, the
        undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or director of Harte-Hanks, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;
(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and;
(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
        do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
        be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
        intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full
        power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
        attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
        cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
        granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
        in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
        assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no
        longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
        and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
        undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
        executed as of this 25th day of February, 2004.
/s/ David L. Copeland