In what's being seen as a free press victory for all Massachusetts journalists and news organizations, the state’s top court dismissed a libel suit against the news editor of the UMass Boston student newspaper. The Supreme Judicial Court ruling upheld the principle that reporting on official public statements cannot be considered libelous. more

With the new year comes a new look to the front page of the Daily Mountain Eagle in Jasper, Alabama. The iconic vision of an eagle flying through the DME name remains to remind readers of the rich history of the paper. more

Patricia Richardson has been named to the newly created position of associate publisher/vice president of strategy and revenue at the Times Union in Albany, New York. more

Southern Newspapers Inc., the Houston-based media company that owns The Daily News and 11 other papers in Texas and Oklahoma, this week announced a major change among corporate officers. Effective with the new year, Dolph Tillotson, company president since 2014, will become chairman of the board. Daily News Publisher Leonard Woolsey will become president of the company. more

The lifetime value of retaining digital subscribers and the strategies that work to keep those readers engaged is just one of a number of general session and breakout session topics that will be addressed at this year's Mega-Conference.  more

Cox Enterprises has completed the sale of Cox Media Group to affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. The sale includes Cox’s portfolio of television and radio stations, three Ohio newspapers, CoxReps and Gamut national advertising businesses.   more

Caroline Glickman, who has been appointed regional editor for the seven BH Media daily newspapers in western Virginia, will be based at The Roanoke Times. She assumes the newsroom leadership role formerly held by Executive Editor Lawrence McConnell, who has retired. more

On April 15, 2018, fighting broke out at a rural South Carolina prison, becoming the deadliest explosion of U.S. prison violence in 25 years. Officials have said little publicly about what happened. Read The Post and Courier's story of that night ... and how its staff in Charleston reported the project. more

Sunday, Dec. 15, marked the 150th anniversary of the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times Free Press — or, more specifically, one of the newspaper's predecessors, the Chattanooga Daily Times. more

With more than 30 years of experience in the media industry, David Meadows will step in as the new general manager for Central Missouri Newspapers Inc.  more

Adam Kealoha Causey, The Associated Press’ administrative correspondent in Oklahoma, has been named news editor overseeing Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. more

Neeraj Khemlani has been named executive vice president and deputy group head of Hearst Newspapers. The announcement was made by Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swartz and Hearst Newspapers President Jeff Johnson. more

Is there a journalism challenge you or your newsroom has wanted to tackle, but haven’t had the time or resources to focus on the idea? Could the project benefit the industry as a whole in some way and strengthen democracy through better journalism? If you answered "yes" to both of those questions, here's an idea worth pursuing. more

Dan Savage, who twice served as publisher of the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald and also raised longhorn cattle, died early Wednesday at his home following a 15-year battle with cancer. He was 71. more

The Kentucky New Era is moving back downtown next week, into a newly renovated space that is just around the corner from where it was originally established in 1869. more

Mitchell Landsberg, who has led the Los Angeles Times' Foreign/National staff, will become a senior editor for enterprise in January, helping guide ambitious journalism across the newsroom. more

Kim Bates, assistant managing editor of The Blade in Toledo, Ohio, has been promoted to managing editor, succeeding Dave Murray who is retiring. more

The SNPA and Inland Facebook pages will disappear at the end of January. All new postings are taking place on our new Facebook page. Check out the stories you missed the last few days there and start following our new America's Newspapers page. more

John Celestino, a veteran newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of The Press-Republican in Plattsburgh, New York. more

Newspapers tell stories about their communities. In 2020, let’s tell our communities our story. During a session at the Feb. 17-19 Mega-Conference, we'll focus on how newspapers improve the civic life of citizens every day. more