While many newspapers and other news outlets have had to reduce staff and often coverage of their state governments, States Newsroom and its 26 affiliates have stepped into that role to focus on in-depth coverage of state legislatures and regulatory agencies. more

While coverage of homelessness has expanded and improved significantly in recent years, newspapers and other news outlets need to be more careful about reporting on the quick fixes or immediate actions from local governments and touted by politicians. Tom Murphy, director of communications at the National Alliance to End Homelessness, says the best reporting comes from the journalists who dig further into the data and learn how the system works. more

On Oct. 21 actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop gun with a live round during the filming of the movie “Rust” killing one and wounding another. Victoria Traxler, a young journalist and the Santa Fe New Mexican's public safety reporter, had only been on staff for a year when her editor passed her a vague tip from a private citizen about a shooting.... more

It may be too dramatic to say newsletters are taking the newspaper industry by storm, but they are certainly a freshening breeze for readers and advertisers and publishers’ revenues. Across the country, newsletters have evolved into a new method to package and deliver the news. more

Despite the challenges, there are auto ad dollars available to media salespeople and ad agencies with a better understanding of today’s market and where it is headed. Mike Blinder, publisher of Editor & Publisher, and his guests discussed this opportunity during an Editor & Publisher January 2022 vodcast. They offered insights about how to reap more of those ad dollars. more

As news becomes a more competitive commodity, newspapers must evolve their delivery process to accommodate new postal regulations. The News Media Alliance and the National Newspaper Association, through its foundation, are jointly addressing these challenges. more

There are more than 30 million hearing-impaired persons in the U.S. who can’t be part of the growing podcast audience. The pioneering transcript format used by the Vox Creative team is more visual. It shares more of the emotions and feelings of a podcast to create an experience more inclusive for the deaf and hard-of-hearing audience. more

Even as the world of commerce changes, sales remains one of the solid pillars for every size and type of business. In his new book, “Selling with a Servant Heart: Ten Lessons on the Path to Joy and Increased Income,” Jim Doyle helps salespeople and sales managers evolve from a “peddler to a partner.” more

Newspapers of various sizes across the country have discovered a proactive program of organizing and hosting events and sponsorships. As a result, they’ve increased revenues, created opportunities for local businesses to engage with organizations and the public differently and strengthened the perception of newspapers as the leading supporter and voice of their communities. more

Community newspapers are more likely to succeed with readers, advertisers and the community when all residents’ voices are heard. One of the challenges faced by the News + Record was to determine how to cover the county’s increasing Latinx American population, even though a substantial portion of those potential readers didn’t read or write English. more

As the topic of climate has gained more prominence, Meera Selva, deputy director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and Wolfgang Blau, a visiting fellow and advisory board member at the Institute, recognized an opportunity to help all journalists incorporate the climate issue into all their reporting and every news section, from politics to culture to sports. Together, they founded the Oxford Climate Journalism Network. more

When a newspaper has a 148-year relationship with its community, it shouldn’t end, and Dink NeSmith, co-owner of Community Newspapers, Inc. (CNI) — publisher of 25 newspapers in Georgia, Florida and North Carolina — wasn’t about to let that happen. more

Newspapers have many opportunities to deliver an audience to political advertising campaigns. First, however, they need a better understanding of how the mechanics of political ad spending work, which types of campaigns will benefit from newspaper advertising and how to study demographic insights in context. more

For too many years, reporting on gender, politics and policy and their effect on overlooked segments of society have not been seen “above the fold.” So the 19th, an independent, nonprofit newsroom, was created and is working hard to push these issues forward. more

An intense, 10-day media sales and operations training program is preparing its graduates for immediate advertising and operations sales jobs with major broadcast media companies. And, through its partnership with the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters Foundation and the National Association of Broadcasters, it's helping to bring diversity to the media workforce. more

Finding growth opportunities is one of the newspaper industry's biggest challenges. Still, Judi Terzotis, president and publisher of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and The Advocate, published in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, has already established herself as a growth leader — and it’s why she has been chosen as Editor & Publisher’s 2021 Publisher of the Year. more

America is often described as a country constantly reinventing itself. If this is correct, then loud and often violent discourse is the forge of that reinvention. Journalists of all stripes and persuasions report on the issues feeding the forge's fire but do so according to a set of journalistic core values. more

During May of 2020, the fiercely independent newsweekly couldn’t generate any income, as the flow of advertising dollars stopped. Then, during June, the paper initially launched in 1997, paused publication and laid off its entire staff. Now, 15 months later, the new MauiTimes is back! more

Live conferences and events for all industries, including news publishing, are the year's highlights for guests, speakers and the industry organizations that hold them. They are essential for networking, renewing old acquaintances, forging new ones, promoting professional development, and sharing new ideas and trends. more

Dedication to the news publishing industry is in the blood of Editor & Publisher’s second class of 15 Over 50 honorees. They are still firmly committed to journalistic and publishing excellence and have transformed themselves just as the industry has during the past few decades. more