Advance Local wanted to boost its subscriptions using high school athletics as a niche. In 2021 it had already sold about 6,200 subscriptions but wanted to refocus its efforts in 2022. more

ABC News is expected to retain the FiveThirtyEight brand, with plans to streamline the data-driven site. more

Teaching student journalists to fill accountability gaps is a model that can work anywhere. more

Creatives disagree about the ethical uses of these tools, but one thing is clear: AI art identification is about to become a whole lot harder. more

Report for America is seeking talented, service-minded journalists and photographers to join its reporting corps — a two-year program (with an option for three years) that delivers a wide range of benefits to its corps members. more

Kathy Svidal and MCM Media have acquired the Devil's Lake Journal and the Country Peddler in North Dakota from Gannett Co., Inc. more

What does the police handling of journalist Jeff German’s murder say about the strength of Nevada’s shield law? Who protects the sources of a deceased reporter? more

The question of whether Elon Musk must buy Twitter, as he agreed to do in April, is headed to a court in Delaware. more

Independent journalist Tina-Desiree Berg was standing on a sidewalk filming the arrest of an abortion rights protester in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night when a police officer hit her on the side of the head. more

Paxton Media has sold the 142-year-old weekly Sumter Times, the county seat weekly in Sumter, Florida, to D-R Media. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. more

In this dynamic session hosted by Editor & Publisher Magazine's Mike Blinder, newspapers will reveal how they've cost-effectively developed personalities who deliver innovative content that has grown new local audiences, opened new lucrative revenue streams and helped positively position their legacy brands for decades to come. Attendees will leave with real-world, actionable advice and takeaways to begin implementing similar initiatives within their own operations immediately. more

Now more than ever, news publishers need to be supported by suppliers and vendors that help them create content, build audience, and monetize every eyeball with the best return on investment. A Business Partner Powerhouse is a company that takes the time to get to know the nuances of your business and your business challenges — a partner who works directly with your teams to implement transformational applications, solutions and strategies. more

Editor & Publisher is excited to announce a new partnership with The Diversity Pledge Institute, a nonprofit organization addressing newsroom diversity by working with employers to improve hiring and retention of journalists of color and by identifying skilled journalists of color and preparing them for careers in news. more

Editor & Publisher (E&P) is looking for an ambitious, freelance journalist to create content that informs, enlightens and educates our multichannel audience of c-suite news publishing … more

Rename presents a strong representation of the past, the present and the future. more

If you would please take 10 minutes to fill out your newspaper update survey you will be entered into a drawing for one free registration to the Borrell Miami 2022 conference, March 6, 7 & 8 in Miami Beach. Hurry! The survey must be filled out by Friday, Nov. 27 to qualify! more

Larry Graham fell into journalism. A music student at Loyola University New Orleans, he hoped to become a teacher. Then one day, while he was watching an episode of “Friends” on TV, friend and fellow Loyola student Joe Danborn, sports editor at The Maroon, the student newspaper (and now deputy director of The Associated Press), interrupted to complain that writers were bailing on him. Graham said he’d be happy to cover a game, so long as Danborn got out of the way so he could continue watching “Friends.” His journalism career began! more

The Tacoma Weekly, a small Washington newspaper, has been hit with a $15,000 fine for allegedly peddling coverage and endorsement of political candidates as part of an $2,500 ad package.   more

The Branford Group, a full-service industrial auction and valuation company, along with North East Printing Machinery Inc, have partnered with Metro Web Corporation to host a large industrial auction liquidating assets of the Metro Web’s cold set web printing facility in North Bergen, New Jersey. more

Here are some points to consider for others who may seek to nudge their news organizations in the direction of antiracism. more