January 5, 2023 - As AI transforms the media landscape, a blend of technology and human touch will be the key to success. more

Here's an idea to steal and adapt: The Henrico (Virginia) Citizen added 9,000+ email subscribers and generated $34,000 in reader revenue in one year. more

Erik Wemple’s coverage of the Scranton, Pa., newspaper’s sale reflected a daily newspaper journalist’s take on the newspaper world [“Could the local news crisis get any worse? Look at Scranton.,” Tuesday Opinion, Dec. 19]. There is another view. more

"In the New Year, I’d invite you to consider dieting your information consumption." — Leonard Woolsey, The Daily News, Galveston, Texas more

As in the wider world, local journalism enters an uncertain new year after a brutal 2023. more

Damon Kiesow, the Knight Chair in Journalism Innovation at the Missouri School of Journalism, has authored his first book: a textbook on the increasingly important field of news product management published last month. more

The News/Media Alliance applauds the Copyright Office for proposing a way for news publishers to efficiently register their online content. more

The AJC loaned iPads to subscribers in outlying areas to learn how seven-day print readers could be transitioned to digital. more

January 3, 2024 - Leaders in newsroom use of generative artificial intelligence shared tips, tools and some optimistic predictions before the holidays at the NCTJ‘s Artificial Intelligence in Journalism event. more

Times Media Group has announced that beginning Feb. 4, it will re-launch Tempe’s original newspaper, The Tempe Daily News. The new incarnation of the paper will be called The Tempe Tribune. more

Twenty-seven percent of North Carolina advertising buyers surveyed plan to allocate more of their media spend with local media companies in 2024. News executives and entrepreneurs who understand this opportunity will make more money. more

The Pivot Fund will map the news landscape of the Great Lakes states with support from the Joyce and McKnight Foundations, both founding members of the Press Forward local news initiative. The project, which will begin in Minnesota, marks a major expansion of the Pivot Fund’s role in identifying local news outlets that have earned the trust of communities of color. more

Dean Ridings, CEO of America's Newspapers, was among the industry leaders interviewed by the Alliance for Audited Media regarding their thoughts about the past year, how global challenges will continue to impact businesses and what the industry should look forward to in 2024. more

The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors is accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest. Deadline is Feb. 1. more

Ray Erku's first official day as editor of the Times was Dec. 18, though he’s been lending an editorial hand for months. The last editor, Don Rogers, was employed by the Times from July 2022 through August 2023 before moving on to the Park Record in Park City. more

Joe Goodman, one of the last of his kind, died peacefully Sunday morning, Dec. 31, in the house his grandfather built along the banks of Muddy Creek outside Clemmons. He would have been 87 in a couple of weeks. more

Hearst Connecticut Media Group has finalized its acquisition of RJ Media Group in Meriden. more

Here’s a look back at some of the biggest stories in social media in 2023 — and what to watch for next year. more

Black Americans see several problems with how the news media covers Black people, according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey on Black Americans’ experiences with news. more

January 1, 2024 - Millions of articles from The New York Times were used to train chatbots that now compete with it, the lawsuit said. more