Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: Wildcaster LIVE aims to connect fans with trusted reporters. more

This handy, one-stop reference helps staff get organized and stay in sync for live events. more

The role of local news has long included the power and function of convening, whether by design on the newsroom’s side or by demand on the community’s side. Today, journalists are more intentionally activating their roles as community convener, conversation facilitator and resource connector. more

The answer: Employing local journalists and focusing on solutions and specifics, according to a news organization called Global Press more

Time flies. One day, you are taking a short-term assignment. Turn around, and you find yourself as the senior surviving “former publisher" of The News. Bern Mebane invites you to a quick journey back in time, as The News aged from 97 to 125. more

The Sumter (South Carolina) Item's newsroom has a new face and said goodbye to another, though not completely. more

Of the $11 billion or $12 billion that will be spent in the 2024 election cycle, 75% of it will be spent, not for the presidential election, but by state and local candidates and ballot issues in the counties, cities and towns where newspapers have the most brand equity, local influence and awareness.  more

ProImage has announced the release of NewsWayX automated workflow — available in the cloud or installed locally. NewsWayX offers a comprehensive solution for Page and Plate Tracking, Ripping, Imposition and Output management. more

The Tampa Bay Times contracted with Elite Insights to leverage its proprietary software platform and consulting services to facilitate the fifth year of its Best of the Best contest. The result? A 260% year-over-year revenue increase. more

Mark Van de Kamp has seen his share of innovations in the media industry, being on the technology side of media for almost 21 years, currently as the chief innovation officer at Stibo DX, the company behind the media enterprise platform, CUE. The company recently launched its new AI platform, called CUE Autopilot. In this conversation, Van de Kamp discusses the scalability of AI. more

In recent years, the dominance of print has been challenged by the advent of the digital media market. Through the internet, information can now spread instantaneously. This has created a paradigm shift in the way that we consume information. As digital media grows increasingly important, publishers are left to wonder what role print will play in the future. more

When it comes to digital sales, some deals might be trickier to land than others. That shouldn’t stop you from hooking those larger opportunities and reeling in the big ones. With the right guidance, team and tools, your media business can elevate its sales strategy and catch its biggest whale yet! more

Pugpig’s brand new State of the Mobile Publishing Market Report — now available for download — shows a huge shift in publisher priorities from conversion to retention. more

This collaboration integrates InsurAds’ real-time attention metrics with Mather Economics’ robust first-party data analytics and AI-powered decision intelligence, providing groundbreaking revenue solutions for publishers and advertisers alike.   more

Report for America is looking to add more than 50 newsroom positions next summer and applications are now open for local newsrooms interested in partnering to host early-career and experienced journalists for up to three years. The application deadline is Sept. 13 and newsrooms will be publicly announced in December. more

July 9, 2024 - The Argus Leader is suing the City of Sioux Falls to reinstate this institution as the city’s official newspaper. more

J-school educators are turning to virtual reality, actor simulations and video “micro-learning” to better prepare journalists to cover disasters, violence and human suffering. more

Dave Flessner, business editor of the Times Free Press, has been a fixture of the Chattanooga Times and then the Times Free Press newsrooms for almost 43 years. He retired on Monday. more

Caren Bohan, USA TODAY’s executive editor for politics, was named interim editor-in-chief as the company conducts a national search for its next newsroom leader.  more

Kristine Goodrich is the new community editor for the Superior Telegram (Duluth, Minnesota) and Cloquet Pine Journal. more