With elections, law enforcement agencies, the courts, elected officials, branches of the government and the very rule of law under sustained and concerted attack by its own citizens and elected leaders, there is no question that the media has an essential role to play in addressing these important issues. In this 153rd episode of “E&P Reports” Publisher Mike Blinder goes one-on-one with well-known TV commentator and journalist Mike Barnicle, where they discuss the state of the news media industry, and the challenges journalists are facing in reporting on the culture wars and political polarization that is affecting our society. more

"There’s got to be a better way” was what Keven Zepezauer and his team kept saying to each other whenever they talked about affidavits. Zepezauer, the president and publisher of Restoration NewsMedia in North Carolina, knew that the public notice process — with all its labor-intensive, manual inefficiencies — was a problem. “It was ugly,” Zepezauer stated. “We had a full-time person dedicated just to affidavits. We knew we needed to do something different.” more

The 2022 class of “Over 50” grew this year by 10. Earlier this year, we committed to the industry to “cast a wider net” or publicize our salutes intentionally across the industry to give more opportunities for recognition. We did that, and you answered. We had a great response, with so many deserving candidates this year that we decided to expand our “15 Over 50” to “25 Over 50.” more

Cybercrime is a universal threat for anyone digitally exposed to the internet today. But news media organizations and journalists, in particular, are increasingly the target of cybercriminals, including state-sponsored ones. A report authored by cybersecurity technology company Proofpoint Inc. looks at threats that members of the U.S. media face. more

The American people will hear a lot about immigration in the coming months as the nation braces for a contentious mid-term election. Politicians and pundits will dumb it all down, reducing the issue to incendiary talking points, while journalists are dialed in on the real stories of policy and people, of desperation and resilience, of tenacity, hope and ambition, of injustices and victories. more

The latest Gallup poll states that “Americans’ confidence in newspapers and television news has fallen to an all-time low,” revealing that only 16% of Americans “have a great deal/quite a lot of confidence in newspapers,” with just 11% having “some degree of confidence” in TV news. NewsGuard, is designed to help news consumers decide what sources to trust, using what it calls "nutrition labels" to rate over 7500 media outlets’ websites. Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill the co-founders are featured in this week’s “E&P Reports,” discussing how the platform works and why it is important in today’s news ecosystem. more

Newspapers were once at the heart of local communities — a vital way Americans found out about their neighbors and shared information. But now, as newspapers shut down across the country, the malignant spread of misinformation and disinformation take their place. A report from Medill called “The State of Local News 2022” finds that a fifth of the population lives in a news desert or a community at risk of becoming one. more

There is no shortage of powerful people with deep pockets and teams of attorneys who stand poised to put pressure on newsrooms. The largest national news agencies anticipate this and have in-house counsel at the ready to defend the journalism, but local news outlets are vulnerable to bullying. And that appeared to be the case at The Aspen Times, which made its own headlines this summer. more

In this 151st episode of “E&P Reports,” host Mike Blinder goes one-on-one with LGBTQ+ media publisher DJ Doran on how he kept his major market media enterprises thriving during a global pandemic, his news publishing plans for the future and his recent announcement to run as an openly gay candidate for Mayor of Chicago. more

This “E&P Reports” Sponsored Webinar reveals how offering On-Demand Obits to your audience results in new turn-key, direct from consumer revenue. more

Since the Supreme Court published its opinion reversing Roe v. Wade, the real-world impacts of this decision have been immediate and widespread. But there’s a more insidious impact of this decision that will come to pass over the coming months and years in states that choose to ban abortion: workplace diversity. more

In Massachusetts and throughout New England, The Boston Globe has been the great revolving world of news for 150 years. During the summer of 2019, it launched Globe Rhode Island in Providence, as part of a strategic initiative to recognize and serve distinct New England audiences with the news that is important to them. It was the subject of a recent E&P Reports vodcast. more

It's important for managers to take stock of what percentage of their time they spend leading versus doing. By leading, this means managerial tasks like project management and enabling your team to do the work. By doing, it means completing the vital functions that keep revenue flowing. more

Marjorie Miller, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, hopes to use her platform to further public education on journalism, highlight the winners and showcase their work in a way that increases public understanding. “In addition to honoring some of the best journalists in the country this year, I want to ask the journalists to help in this mission of showing the public how it’s done, how they do their work, what role it plays — particularly in local journalism but also national journalism." more

In this 150th episode of "E&P Reports," we go one-on-one with a longtime industry veteran and recent CRO of TownNews. Rick Rogers' journey from serving media companies as a vendor to becoming owner/ publisher of the Dallas suburban weekly newspaper group, Star Local Media, is highlighted. He talks frankly about why he chose to invest in local media, how he and his wife/ partner Elizabeth are facing the challenges of news publishing in today’s challenging marketplace and how his 1st quarter P & L fared. more

Utilizing their nationwide database of fatal police shootings, a recent investigation by The Washington Post revealed that law enforcement killed the individuals they were called to assist in at least 178 cases over three years. In this 149th episode of “E&P Reports,” we speak with Jon Gerberg, a senior video journalist and member of the investigative team behind the story, along with Steven Rich, database editor for the investigations unit, on how data journalism can be an integral part of today’s investigative reporting. more

If you’re reading this and your organization is still standing — congratulations! The worst of the pandemic, physically speaking, is behind you, and you’ve managed to navigate an unforeseeable global crisis for over two years. And your reward is an oncoming recession. more

CherryRoad Media CEO and founder Jeremy Gulban started his business with specific goals and values in mind but without a specific set of plans. He wanted his technology company to support local journalism, and a huge opportunity gave him that chance. Today, CherryRoad Media owns 64 newspapers in 10 states. more

While Twitter remains a powerful tool for journalism, especially when it comes to breaking news, the audience for our reporting on Twitter is shockingly small. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, just 13% of adults in the U.S. regularly get their news from Twitter, trailing both Facebook and YouTube. So, if just a fraction of adults regularly use Twitter to consume news, who is actually using the platform? more

The most challenging thing about being a sales leader is your adeptness at exponential sales growth. Like most leaders, the constant need for innovation for revenue ascension can be complex and sometimes challenging to navigate. Here are four strategies you can put in place today to accelerate your sales for Q4 and beyond. more