The future of local newspapers in many areas of the country hangs in the balance
Reprint Dean Riding's editorial
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The time to support local news is now |
By Dean Ridings, CEO, America's Newspapers
Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy. The Local Journalism Sustainability Act, LJSA for short, should be included as part of any upcoming reconciliation bill that Congress is considering. The LJSA is a well-thought-out bill that would provide needed support to local news organizations, including local newspapers, to ensure their viability as they continue to make progress toward a digital future.
Many members of Congress have seen what happens when a newspaper closes in their district, and they see the impact it has on the community. That is why many of our leaders, including Senators Cantwell, Schumer, Manchin, Wyden and others have stepped up in support of the LJSA. And while others in Congress may not have signed on as co-sponsors of the bill yet, many recognize the importance and the need to maintain strong local news organizations in their communities.
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Free webinar on June 23:
Increasing revenue with digital
From AdCellerant and The Advocate (Baton Rouge)
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Learn best practices to get your ad sellers comfortable with selling more digital! |
Noon-1 p.m. EDT | 11 a.m.-Noon CDT |
10-11 a.m. MDT | 9-10 a.m. PDT
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This webinar will be led by Ben Bouslog, vice president business development with AdCellerant, and Robert Young, vice president digital solutions with The Advocate.
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Longtime Moultrie News publisher announces retirement |
As Vickey Boyd reflected on the sum of 50 years with the newspaper group, she said she got the “dream job of a lifetime.”
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Former Tullahoma News publisher passes |
Long-time Tullahoma News publisher, former owner of The Moore County News, career journalist and accomplished race car driver Terry G. Craig passed away at the age of 83.
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The Columbus Dispatch names Edwina Blackwell Clark as next executive editor |
For the first time in its nearly 151-year history, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch will be led by a woman and person of color.
Edwina Blackwell Clark, 59, was named the next executive editor of The Dispatch on Wednesday, capping a months-long national search for the news organization's next leader.
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Seung Min Kim joins AP White House team |
Seung Min Kim, a reporter with The Washington Post, will be joining the AP’s White House team, effective July 5.
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Reporter Matthew Christian is latest addition to Aiken Standard newsroom |
Matthew Christian is the new Savannah River Site and politics reporter for the Aiken (South Carolina) Standard.
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Publishers like Gannett are using micro-surveys to amass audience data
In the race to collect first-party data, publishers are considering every option, including recycling audience engagement tactics like surveying. Only now, the name of the game is getting as many people as possible to answer questions with as little friction as possible.
For Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 230-plus local news sites, this strategy is coming in the form of its new Pulse product, which launched in January and integrates three-question surveys in the body of articles that readers are prompted to answer as they scroll down the page.
“It’s very subtle [and] it’s completely voluntary. They decide if they want to [answer] it or not,” said Gannett’s chief product officer Kris Barton. “There aren’t any paywalls or blocks before they can continue reading the article.”
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‘They keep threatening to arrest us.’ The obstacles facing local news in Uvalde
The San Antonio Express-News on Thursday published a timeline detailing the series of mistakes and deviations from original reports that officials made following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The New York Times also provided a clearer picture of the police response, including that officers delayed confronting the gunman for more than an hour, even though supervisors at the scene had been told that some trapped with him in two classrooms needed medical treatment.
Over the past two weeks, Nora Lopez, executive editor of the Express-News, has led her staff in covering this story. The job has been made more difficult, she said, by the obstacles facing her reporters and photographers. Visiting law enforcement officials and bikers obstructed reporters’ abilities to cover the funerals of victims.
“In addition to the trauma of covering such an event, then to have to deal with all this harassment and attempts to stop us from reporting this story has been really disconcerting,” Lopez said.
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