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Pete Wasson steps down as editor of Ashland Daily Press

Pete Wasson, who has served as editor of the Ashland (Wisconsin) Daily Press for the past six years, is stepping down from the newspaper. His last day will be Friday, March 29, he announced March 1 in a farewell column. more

Curious Minnesota celebrates 5 years answering reader-submitted questions

The Star Tribune Media Company announced today that its reader-driven reporting project, Curious Minnesota, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, Curious Minnesota has launched an interactive web archive featuring answers to more than 260 reader-submitted questions. The Curious Minnesota Collection can be found at www.startribune.com/curious. more

AP, Frontline documentary ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ wins Academy Award® for ‘Best Documentary Feature Film’

“20 Days in Mariupol,” the feature documentary from The Associated Press and PBS documentary series Frontline has won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film at Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards®. more

Westchester advocates, Empire State Local News Coalition rally to save local journalism

On Thursday, Westchester elected officials, grassroots advocates and the Empire State Local News Coalition rallied at the Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library to save local news. The event, organized by startup founder Lucas Cioffi and the Westchester Youth Congress, is the latest milestone in an emerging movement that started following the recent closure of three beloved local papers in Westchester. more

King Features promotes Carla Silva

Seasoned vet promoted to senior vice president, general manager and head, global licensing. more

Suffolk News-Herald announces new publisher

The Suffolk News-Herald and its affiliated publications have announced the appointment of Lindsay Richardson as publisher, succeeding Betty Ramsey. more

February brings more evidence of shift to newspaper websites

March 5, 2024 - Last month provided additional confirmation that state legislatures are increasingly looking to newspaper websites rather than government sites to supplement and perhaps eventually serve as an alternative to printed newspapers as the primary medium for public notice. Bills illustrating that trend moved closer to becoming law in both Indiana and Iowa. more

SCS announces new full-time employee

SCS is excited to announce the hiring of Ambrose Cavalier as an applications developer, effective May 20. more

Danielle Coffey to testify at Illinois Senate Executive Committee hearing in support of Journalism Preservation Act

Today the Illinois Senate Executive Committee, the Illinois Senate’s highest committee, will hold a hearing at 1:30 p.m. CT on the Illinois Journalism Preservation Act (SB 3591), which would require Big Tech platforms such as Meta and Google to pay news publishers a “journalism usage fee” to use local news content. more

Desert Sun settles strike, reaches first contract agreement

Unionized journalists at The Desert Sun, the Coachella Valley’s daily newspaper, have reached an agreement for a first contract. more

Chip Minemyer named publisher of The Daily Item, The Danville News

Chip Minemyer, publisher of The Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown and The Times-News of Cumberland, Maryland, has been named publisher of The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania) and The Danville News, CNHI announced Monday. more

Beverly Joyce named publisher of Tribune-Star in Indiana

Beverly Joyce has been named publisher of the Tribune-Star in Terre Haute, Indiana. more

The future of news consumption can be glimpsed in the habits of younger news consumers today

The news habits of young consumers differ from previous generations, and understanding these differences will be critical for news outlets to accommodate, according to research conducted by the Knight Lab at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications in partnership with FT Strategies and supported by the Google News Initiative. more

What can we learn about sustainability from shuttered newsrooms?

The decline of the local news industry is not a simple equation of supply or demand for local news and information — instead, it has been a spiral of declining interest from audiences and advertisers, declining resources and quality from the news organization, and declining value. more

Unionized Desert Sun journalists launch first open-ended strike in paper’s history

Unionized journalists at The Desert Sun launched an open-ended strike Friday to protest what they say is bad faith bargaining on the part of parent company Gannett. more

How the Concord Monitor brought new voices to the opinion section by hosting a writing workshop series

Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: Instead of simply extending the opportunity to be part of the opinion section, why not meet with folks and give them the tools to join the conversation? more

Lucy Nicholson named AP director of photography

Lucy Nicholson will be the next director of photography for The Associated Press. She joins the AP from Reuters, where she has most recently led the agency’s photography in Europe, overseeing a team of 190 staff and freelance photographers in 50 countries. more

Colle McVoy tapped to lead Star Tribune rebrand

The Star Tribune has partnered with Colle McVoy as it embarks on a complete reimagining of the Star Tribune’s tone of voice and how it visually represents itself. Even the name of the media outlet is up for discussion, as the 157-year-old institution seeks increased relevance with a statewide audience. more

Addressing burnout in journalism means flexible shifts, more supportive culture

The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at the Missouri School of Journalism, in partnership with research firm SmithGeiger, has released the results of one of the largest surveys ever conducted on burnout in the journalism industry. more

CNHI appoints two new executive vice presidents

CNHI, LLC has announced the promotion of Sharon Sorg and Robyn McCloskey to executive vice president/newspaper operations to support the company’s commitment to local journalism and community engagement. more
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