April 22, 2022
View a photo gallery from
the 2022 Mega-Conference
During the opening session of the Mega-Conference, Chris Jansen, head of local news, global partnerships with Google (center), discussed Google's relationship with the news industry with Conan Gallaty, CEO and president of the Tampa Bay Times, and PJ Browning, president and publisher of The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. The session was moderated by Dean Ridings, CEO of America's Newspapers.

View an extensive photo gallery on the Mega-Conference website ... and read more coverage of the conference in next week's newsletter.
Submit your newspaper's best editorials/columns from 2021-22
Recognizing editorial page excellence!
Entries must have been published — online or in print — by a daily or non-daily newspaper between Jan. 1, 2021, and May 27, 2022. All entries must be submitted no later than 4 p.m. CDT on Friday, May 27.

This contest is open to members of America's Newspapers.
First-place carries a cash prize of $2,000; second-place winners will receive $1,000 (in each of two circulation brackets)
America's Newspapers will recognize editorial page excellence at its annual meeting this fall, with the presentation of the 2022 Carmage Walls Commentary Prize.

The prize is named for the late Benjamin Carmage Walls whose newspaper career spanned seven decades. Walls primarily owned community newspapers and advocated strong, courageous and positive editorial page leadership. His friends and associates funded the cost of the awards for the first 10 years. Southern Newspapers, Inc. — led by Lissa Walls Cribb, his daughter, CEO of Southern Newspapers — has been underwriting the cost of the awards since then.
Industry news
AP launches financial literacy reporting team
The Associated Press has announced it will launch a two-year project to advance explanatory reporting on financial literacy, helping spread personal finance knowledge to audiences historically underserved by the financial services industry.
Assessing news quality project
A team of researchers led by Jieun Shin of the University of Florida is conducting a survey of journalists to assess news quality. Participants will be asked to read two news articles and judge their news quality. Their responses will be contributing to critical knowledge about how news should be evaluated. 

This survey will take about 10 minutes and participants will receive a $10 Amazon gift card.

To sign up for the survey, go to https://ufl.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1N78bvqiTlmz7f0.

For more information, please contact please contact Jieun Shin at jieun.shin@ufl.edu.
People news
Steven Sloan named deputy Washington bureau chief of The Associated Press
Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson announced that U.S. Political Editor Steven Sloan is now deputy Washington bureau chief for U.S. politics and elections for The Associated Press.
America's Newspapers calendar
Oct. 16-18 - Senior Leadership Conference (our annual meeting) - The Roosevelt Hotel New Orleans. Details coming soon.
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