Business of News: 7 Ways to Make Your Digital Audience Pay for News
July 24, 2017
Spring 1997. The newspaper I edit launches one of the few online newspapers in the country. But we don’t put
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July 24, 2017
Columns
July 24, 2017
Digital Publishing: Millennials Will Pay For News If You Give Them Engaging Journalism to Support
July 21, 2017
Here’s a statement I bet you didn’t predict to read today: Young people are actually paying for the news. I
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Industry Insight: Looking Beyond ‘Sales Rep’ as the Revenue Mix For News Changes
July 20, 2017
Former Digital First Media CEO John Paton used to talk about the need to start “stacking digital dimes” as newspaper
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Shoptalk: Only Entrepreneurs Will Save Journalism
July 19, 2017
Water. It’s everywhere. If it hadn’t already happened, who would think of bottling it and turning it into a business?
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Critical Thinking: Does a Lack of Accreditation Change the Legitimacy of a Journalism School?
July 14, 2017
For the first time, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism announced it wouldn’t seek formal accreditation, stating that it’s ‘relatively
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Editorial: In Search of an Oasis
July 7, 2017
Back in May, I read with great interest Matt DeRienzo’s article “Death by 1,000 Paper Cuts.” DeRienzo, who also writes
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Digital Publishing: Why Newspapers Need to Invest More in Political Cartoons
June 20, 2017
After an era marked by downsizing and low morale, many newspapers are experiencing a rebirth of their journalistic vigor thanks
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Industry Insight: By Ignoring Archives, News Organizations Put Much at Risk, Miss Rewards
June 19, 2017
Story archives separate an established news organization from a new competitor. They provide an essential, unmatched historical record for communities.
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Business of News: Rooted in Their Communities, Local Newspapers are Still Optimistic
June 16, 2017
Start the press: We’ve got some good news about local newspapers. Local community newspapers should be optimistic. “Or, perhaps better
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Shoptalk: Newspapers Still a Strong Thread in Fabric of Freedom
June 15, 2017
The history of freedom of press is more than 300 years old. During a trial against the authors of The
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