National Newspaper Week begins October 2. While this isn’t the typical holiday that most families celebrate, it does provide a good opportunity to take a moment and recognize all the ways that local newspapers make a difference in communities across America.

All newspapers are encouraged to reprint Dean Ridings' editorial. Or, write your own editorial and send dridings@newspapers.org a link. Thank you for joining in the celebration of National Newspaper Week!

Discussion leaders are: Brad Waters, president, Sentinel Media Co., Rome, New York, and Francis Wick, CEO, Wick Communications.

America's Newspapers and the SNPA Foundation are inviting nominations for several Minority Fellowships to cover some of the costs associated with attending the 2022 Senior Leadership Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, Oct. 16-18. This fellowship is designed to bolster racial diversity and increase engagement by minority employees at the conference.

This Minority Fellowship is open to executives from all newspapers (members of America's Newspapers and non-members). Nominees can be from a newspaper or from the corporate office. Nominate a deserving candidate — or nominate yourself!

Learn how any size market can increase revenue through selling expanded video offerings.

Mike Martoccia, vice president of digital sales and marketing with Adams Publishing Group, shares real-world examples of how they have become a one-stop source for video and targeted marketing for SMBs of all sizes and how your organization can do it, too.

View the slides (the video examples referenced in the slides can be viewed in the recording of the webinar)

The Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle, Denton County’s primary local newspaper, and KERA, North Texas’ source for PBS and NPR programming, have announced they are moving toward KERA’s acquisition of the Denton Record-Chronicle. The two organizations are currently in a discovery phase, with plans to close the acquisition in 2023.