Videos

Selling on the Backside of COVID

7/3/2021
In this episode of “E&P Reports” publisher Mike Blinder chats with media sales coach Ryan Dohrn about how ad sellers should adapt to a post-pandemic world. Dohrn offers actionable advice on how we can find, recruit, and keep sales talent. What are our best target business categories to prospect? How do we interact properly in a new Zoom world and use it to your advantage with potential and existing advertisers?

Reporting in Galveston as Juneteenth Achieves Global …

6/27/2021
In this episode of “E&P Reports,” publisher Mike Blinder chats with Galveston Daily News publisher Leonard Woolsey and editor Michael Smith about what it was like to report locally in a city that quickly gained worldwide prominence as the “home” of Juneteenth.

'Unpublishing' the News

6/21/2021
In this segment of “E&P Reports,” publisher Mike Blinder speaks with UNC Chapel Hill Ph.D. candidate Deborah Dwyer about her research and work on compiling best practices of “unpublishing” the news. Also appearing is one of the initiative’s advisors Kathy English, chair of the Canadian Journalism Foundation.

Serving Lattes & Brews is Funding This Newsroom!

6/15/2021
In this segment of “E&P Reports” Publisher Mike Blinder interviews Max Kabat Owner/Publisher of The Big Bend Sentinel on how starting a restaurant/ bar/ coffeehouse in their lobby helps fund local journalism and brings the community to them.

Checking in with Ken Doctor on News Disruptor Startup: …

6/9/2021
In this episode of Editor & Publisher’s Vodcast: “E&P Reports,” publisher Mike Blinder checks in with Lookout Local's CEO Ken Doctor and Chief Revenue Officer Jed Williams, on how the new local news model startup Lookout Local is doing 6-months after launch.

Covering George Floyd’s Death Transforms a Newsroom

6/1/2021
In this episode of “E&P Reports” learn what it was like to manage a newsroom through crises with Minneapolis Star Tribune editor and senior vice president Rene Sanchez, managing editor and vice president Suki Dardarian, and newly appointed managing editor for diversity and community Kyndell Harkness.

Swap Your Ads for Shares in Start-Ups

5/23/2021
In this segment of “E&P Reports,” publisher Mike Blinder chats with Zach Richner and Jeremy Mims of Arrandale Ventures about how their new venture capital firm works, and what the benefits and risks are for a media company to participate in providing ads in exchange for earning equity in start-up companies.

Fighting for Freedom of the Haitian Press at 89! Meet …

5/18/2021
In this segment of "E&P Reports," publisher Mike Blinder goes one-on-one with diplomat, journalist, political activist and author: Ambassador Raymond Alcide Joseph, on topics that range from the start of his newspaper and how he influenced change during the cruel dictatorship years in Haiti under the regime of “Papa Doc” Duvalier, to his opinions on the importance of a free press.

Johnson Brings Back a City's Newspaper

5/10/2021
In this segment of ‘E&P REPORTS' Publisher Mike Blinder discusses with President & COO Alec Johnson why the company decided to bring back the Ogdensburg Journal and their strong commitment to printing a quality product in a growing digital world.

Denver News Disruptor Colorado Sun Purchases Suburban …

5/5/2021
In this 'E&P REPORTS,' Mike Blinder, publisher of E&P Magazine, chats with Larry Ryckman editor at The Sun, along with Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro Co-Founder of The National Trust for Local News, on how the forming of a public benefit corporation helped make the purchase of the weekly newspapers of Colorado Community Media possible.

New Study Details COVID-19's Impact on Print …

4/26/2021
Dr. Chyi's study reveals empirical data on the impact of COVID-19 on 20 major market newspapers' print and digital circulation. The report shows that digital subscriptions between 2019 and Q3 2020 went up by 64 percent, while print circulation dropped by an average of 21 percent.

Lansing City Pulse is All In on Cannabis

4/18/2021
In this edition of “E&P REPORTS,” Publisher Mike Blinder chats with City Pulse’s Owner and Publisher Berl Schwartz and Managing Editor Kyle Kaminski about how cannabis has built an audience and needed revenue for their media company. Plus, they’ll share their views on covering Michigan state politics as Governor Gretchen Whitmer gains national attention in a politically polarized country.

Handling Corrections & Consumer Feedback in a New Way

4/10/2021
In this segment of “E&P Reports,” E&P publisher Mike Blinder goes one-on-one with Paul Glader, associate professor at The King's College in New York City, to discuss a new tool called VettNews Cx that is “reimagining how modern newsrooms handle corrections., ” and why new methods of handling consumer feedback can help us not only provide more accurate information but provide better audience loyalty.

Industry Leaders Offer Their Post-COVID Predictions

4/3/2021
With a world permanently changed by the global pandemic, what is in store for news publishers, and how should we best meet the challenges ahead? E&P assembled four industry leaders to address this issue.

An Inside Look at Shaw Media

3/29/2021
In this segment of E&P REPORTS, Mike Blinder, publisher of E&P, goes one-on-one with Tom Shaw, VP and chief product officer of Shaw Media, to learn more about their new news consolidation model --Shaw Local. And how it may not just benefit their company but the industry. Plus, we learn Shaw's thoughts about the industry's relationship and future with Google and Facebook, growing advertising revenue and building diversity in our newsrooms, and Shaw Media's plans for growth in the future.

How Publishing Good News in Central Arizona Is Growing …

3/20/2021
In this edition of "E&P REPORTS," publisher Mike Blinder discusses with Guy Roginson, executive editor of Talking Glass Media, how publishing Good News to Central Arizona has resulted in significant growth in readership and revenue for the company.

Gordon Borrell Is (Finally) Bullish on Newspapers

3/16/2021
In this segment of "E&P REPORTS," Publisher Mike Blinder goes one-on-one with Borrell Associates CEO Gordon Borrell on the initial findings from their study on what opportunities are available now for newspapers to garner new ad dollars.

Studying the Impact of a Pandemic on Global Journalism

3/9/2021
In this segment of E&P Reports, publisher Mike Blinder discusses with Damian Radcliffe, the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism at the University of Oregon. He discusses his current findings from his latest study on the impact of COVID-19 on journalism and what trends he sees in the other research projects he is currently working on.

Two Veteran Newspaper Sales Guys Talk Shop

2/28/2021
Many know newspaper industry veteran John Kelly, who has spent over 30-years in sales leadership positions. John is still consulting today and publishing a daily newsletter as well as speaking his mind when it comes to the state of the industry today. Mike Blinder, Publisher of E&P Magazine, chats with John, as these two sales “warhorses” talk about their views on what it takes to succeed in ad sales as well as the challenges we face in a world beset by a pandemic and corporate takeovers.

Amplify Ohio: Addressing Health Disparities Impacting …

2/20/2021
In this segment of E&P Reports, Nancy Lane, CEO of The Local Media Association who is helping fund and guide the project, along with: Shana Black, founder and publisher of Black Girl Media; Kevin Lloyd, founder and chief executive officer of Columbus Black and Ken Schneck, editor of The Buckeye Flame speak on their common goals to help address the health care disparities their readers experience, plus other common topics of concern their communities share with each other.