Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, GateHouse Media announce agriculture data journalism fellowship
GateHouse Media, LLC and the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting have embarked on a new partnership through the creation of an agriculture data journalism fellowship funded by GateHouse.
The agricultural data reporter will be embedded in the newsroom of the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and will focus on in-depth agribusiness investigative reporting.
MOREGraphics manager shares how Brainworks Xpance is helping her team be more efficient
Brainworks Software's longtime customer, M. Roberts Media, is a diversified media and marketing solutions company that delivers unique experiences for consumers and advertisers across all platforms. It publishes six newspapers, eight magazines and one full-service digital agency.
Graphics Manager Katie Case explains how she was able to successfully lead projects for three sites on her own with the efficient tools and customer service provided by Brainworks' Xpance.
MOREIncrease public awareness of First Amendment; download, run ads
Media of Nebraska's "Think F1rst" public awareness campaign about the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is spreading across America.
Twenty-three press associations and broadcast associations have agreed to ask their respective members to support the campaign in-kind on radio and television stations, in newspapers, and on the websites and social media platforms of these same entities.
"Think F1rst" is a campaign designed to express a simple directive: to encourage all Americans to think about the five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment.
MOREThe Tyler Loop: Growing membership with events and newsletters
In a small town with slightly more than 100,000 people, known for its annual rose festival, news site The Tyler Loop is growing a membership model with events and a newsletter to collaborate, not compete with, other local news organizations.
MOREMissouri School of Journalism launches new investigative fellowship program to support authors
The Missouri School of Journalism is launching a groundbreaking fellowship program to support authors as they write in-depth print journalism projects, while also training future generations of investigative reporters.
The Watchdog Writers Group will provide stipends to authors as they work on a book that focuses on vitally important social issues. Additionally, Missouri School of Journalism students will work directly with the authors through graduate assistantships or as part of their coursework.
MOREFamily-owned newspapers in Ohio sold to West Virginia firm
A newspaper that has operated under the same family for 150 years in Ohio has been sold to Wheeling, West Virginia-based Ogden Newspapers.
Ogden is buying the Sandusky Register along with the Norwalk Reflector from Sandusky Newspapers Inc.
MOREFenice Community Media acquires The Katy Times
The Katy Times is continuing to publish, thanks to a deal negotiated between Fenice Community Media and Hartman Newspapers, Inc.
The announcement was made July 23 by Fenice Community Media Founder and Chairwoman Brandi Chionsini.
Hartman Newspapers Inc., which has owned the Times since 1973, announced earlier in July that it planned to cease publishing the print edition of the newspaper. Hartman has sold its interest in The Katy Times to Chionsini Children Ltd. Chionsini Children is managed by Cedar Park-based Fenice Community Media.
MOREAiken Standard: Still growing and building for the future
The Aiken (S.C.) Standard is in the process of deconstructing its 34-year-old printing press and clearing space in the pressroom for a more powerful and faster printing press.
MORENewspaper's redesign includes five-column layout for news, advertising
The Taos (N.M.) News switched to a five-column format as part of a redesign with Creative Circle that launched July 18.
"The Taos News is one of the best weekly papers in the United States," said Bill Ostendorf, president and founder of Creative Circle Media Solutions. "But their owner, Robin Martin, knew they could be even better and asked us to help them take their work up a notch."
Key elements of the redesign were to improve headlines, introduce alternative story forms, make content more relevant to readers, improve the layout and organization of the paper and make better use of their staff photographer (yes, they still have a staff photographer, and a good one). "We also worked on better planning and handling of deadlines," Ostendorf said.
But one of the biggest and most obvious changes was a switch to a five-column grid for both news and advertising.
MOREAP publishes Apollo 11 biography for 50th anniversary
The Associated Press has published "Apollo 11: An AP Special Anniversary Edition" to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing.
The biography explores how the U.S. forged the necessary technology during the turbulent 1960s to allow man to set foot on the moon. It remembers those who sacrificed to make the great enterprise succeed.
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We have a new website:
www.newspapers.org
America's Newspapers – the association formed from the merger of the Inland Press Association and Southern Newspaper Publishers Association – was ceremonially launched October 6 at its inaugural annual meeting in Chicago.
Dean Ridings will be its chief executive officer, effective Nov. 11.
America's Newspapers unites two of the oldest press associations to form one of the industry's largest advocates for newspapers and the many benefits to their communities, civil life, freedom of expression and democracy.
"Newspaper journalism provides a voice for the voiceless, challenges elected officials, shines a light on government, calls for change when change is needed, and exposes corruption and injustice," said Chris Reen, the president and publisher of The Gazette in Colorado Springs who will serve as the first president of America's Newspapers.
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New association launches today;
SNPA-Inland merger is complete
A new association formed by the consolidation of SNPA and the Inland Press Association was officially launched today. The name of the new association will be announced on Oct. 6 at the association's first annual meeting in Chicago.
Edward VanHorn, SNPA's executive director, said that the merger unites two of the country's oldest press associations into a progressive new organization that will use its bigger and more powerful voice to be an unapologetic advocate for newspapers.
MoreSNPA's staunchest advocate honored for 43 years of service
Edward VanHorn, who went to work for SNPA 43 years ago straight out of the University of North Carolina, will be honored at next week's SNPA-Inland Annual Meeting as this year's recipient of the Frank W. Mayborn Leadership Award. The award is named for the Texas newspaperman who helped shape SNPA in the early 1950s and served as president from 1961 to 1962.
"He's been that silent leader behind the newspaper industry and SNPA," said SNPA President PJ Browning, president and publisher of The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. "We're honored to have the opportunity to give him this award as he's retiring. We thought it was very fitting."
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