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

America’s news media industry is one of the least diverse in the American workforce. Nowhere is that lack of racial and ethnic diversity more stark than in the ranks of the nation’s investigative editors and reporters at major news organizations. more

A long-time journalist with strong ties to central Ohio has been picked to be the new leader of The Columbus Dispatch. more

The National Trust for Local News subsidiary will sustain community newspapers in Georgia with support from Knight, Woodruff and Casey foundations. more

The City and County of San Francisco recently announced its plan to strengthen its relationship with and invest in community publishers and ethnic media. The plan, included in a report commissioned by San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey, emphasizes the value of community-specific media in bringing important information to the City’s diverse communities. more

It was a freezing Tuesday evening in Fergus, Ontario — around negative-6 degrees Celsius. But the local newspaper’s publisher, Dave Adsett, stepped out of the hockey rink and braved the cold for an after-hours phone interview. Adsett wanted to be heard clearly, as he explained the benefits of a new law requiring Google to pay for news content it benefits from in Canada. more

December 21, 2023 - The City of Salina (Kansas) has decided to use its own website to publish notices beginning with the new year. more

Having determined that reader regularity is the most important factor in getting people to pay for news, Medill Spiegel Research Center Director Edward Malthouse sees trouble on the local-journalism horizon based on newly collected data. more

Writing about Santa is delicate. Here’s advice from 5 journalists about how to cover Saint Nick while being sensitive to children. more

A poorly executed political disclaimer policy can kill a deal. Our advice: Set your digital standards and practice now while the pressure’s off and your sales and editorial staff can have clear conversations about what is suitable for your community and what buyers will be required to do. more

The end of the year marks a time for reflection and anticipation for what lies ahead. Presteligence has been steadfast in its commitment to growth and innovation, and is investing even further in operational changes that will benefit its newspaper customers. more

The challenge: Recognizing the significance of streamlining workflows and adopting more efficient production methods, McClatchy was determined to optimize operations, save time and resources, and achieve sustainable profitability in the publishing industry. A successful collaboration was formed with EKCS. more

For United Robots, the most challenging aspect of 2023 has been working out where we stand in this new world of ubiquitous generative AI. Our products are not built on generative AI, but on the more established rules-based AI — or journalistic AI if you like. The latter has, relatively uncontroversially, been used, safely and reliably, for various newsroom tasks for years. more

Today’s teenagers are future leaders in your community. How many are reading your newspaper to learn about local government and elections? A subscription to your newspaper is a powerful gift for teens studying civics and preparing capstone projects in all subjects. more

The collaboration between Protecmedia and Publimetro México signifies a step forward in revolutionizing editorial practices within the Publimetro´s newsroom. more