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As is the case with any successful business, it’s one for all and all for one. Yet based on my experience in both newspaper publishing and commercial printing, I’ve often questioned the fair distribution of expenses across these two divisions. …
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Jerry Simpkins
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4/13/20
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Last month, Gretchen Wehmhoff and Melinda Munson became the new owners of the Skagway News after purchasing the paper for a total of $20. Skagway is a city in southeast Alaska located 600 miles from Anchorage. Munson has a bachelor’s degree in …
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Evelyn Mateos
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4/10/20
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Media industry members understand how important local journalism is to everyday life. However, as more news consumers turn on New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast during their morning commute or catch the national evening news on their …
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Evelyn Mateos
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4/9/20
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Pictured is The 19th team: (starting clockwise) Errin Haines, Andrea Valdez, Johanna Derlega, Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora. (Photo provided) Four years ago, Emily Ramshaw, then the editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune, was on maternity leave with …
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Evelyn Mateos
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4/7/20
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In an era where print advertising revenue continues to decline rapidly and the lion’s share of digital advertising dollars are sucked up by Google and Facebook, it’s more important than ever for news organizations to focus on developing as many …
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Rob Tornoe
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4/6/20
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This year’s list of 25 Under 35 showcases a wide range of skills and talents taking place in newsrooms around the world. We suggest news veterans study the advice these young professionals offer. No matter what age we are, their responses are …
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Nu Yang and Evelyn Mateos
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4/1/20
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Desks sit empty in the San Francisco Chronicle newsroom. For the first time in the newspaper's 155-year history, its editorial staff made the decision to place a mandatory work from home policy on newsroom staff amid the Coronavirus threat. (Photo …
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Nu Yang
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3/23/20
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Cutting costs in our operations has long been the fallback for many companies. As painful as this strategy is the approach seems to show immediate savings and despite of ourselves, we always seem to find a way to get the work done through one means …
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Jerry Simpkins
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3/16/20
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According to Laura Bassett, co-founder of the Save Journalism Project (SJP), nearly 7,500 journalists lost their jobs last year. In addition, many newspapers have folded, leaving communities without a local news outlet. From this struggle, the Save …
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Evelyn Mateos
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3/13/20
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When the Miami Herald announced it was closing its printing and packaging operations in January, Aminda Marqués González, president, publisher and executive editor, said in the announcement, it “was a very difficult business decision reached …
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Evelyn Mateos
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3/12/20
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Billboards for the City Champions were displayed in Cleveland, Ohio last fall. (Image provided) Cleveland, Ohio is the site for City Champions, the latest project from Guardian US. Inspired by the Guardian’s Cities section in London, the City …
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Evelyn Mateos
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3/10/20
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The stories are familiar now. A longtime newspaper family decides to sell off their publications to a larger public corporation (which then slashes costs and lays off employees), or worse, a longtime newspaper family decides to shut down their …
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Gretchen A. Peck
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3/9/20
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Luzmila Badillo-Gualdron works with Yarelis Ledesma, a bilingual student at Vineland High School in New Jersey. (Photo by Adam Monacelli/USA Today Network) According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2017, the Hispanic population in the U.S. made up …
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Evelyn Mateos
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3/6/20
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Journalists have had some concerns with social media platforms for some time now, yet it remains the best way to interact with their readers. Hoping to provide a better alternative is Subtext, a service that gives reporters the capability to send …
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Evelyn Mateos
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3/5/20
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This year, we revamped our annual list of 10 Newspapers That Do It Right to 10 News Publishers That Do It Right. Our nomination form stated: “As our news industry grows and expands beyond paper, we want to profile not just newspapers, but all news …
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Nu Yang and Evelyn Mateos
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3/2/20
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An early Feeding the Conversation lunch that brought together members of LA’s Asian American community with Take Two producers and other KPCC journalists. (Photo by Quincy Surasmith/KPCC) Nothing brings people together like food as Southern …
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Evelyn Mateos
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2/20/20
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[metaslider id="205145"] Close to 550 news professionals attended the 10th annual Key Executives Mega-Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, which concluded this morning with two sessions focused on two engaging topics. The first session “How Hanging …
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Nu Yang
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2/19/20
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Pictured clockwise are the Long Island Divided team: Arthur Browne, Olivia Winslow, Keith Herbert and Ann Choi. (Photo provided) A three-year Newsday investigation recently brought to light that real estate agents on Long Island were guilty of …
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Evelyn Mateos
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2/19/20
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[metaslider id="205081"] The second day of the Key Executives Mega-Conference in Fort Worth, Texas started bright and early with a timely and important topic: “How Women Leaders are Transforming Newspapers.” Moderated by Mi-Ai Parrish, Sue …
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Nu Yang
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2/18/20
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Total Market Coverage (TMC) products are regarded by many as a mixed blessing. Virtually all our properties have at one time or another had a TMC. Due to declines in preprints and increasing expense, a few have shut them down. Some see a need for a …
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Jerry Simpkins
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2/18/20
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