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Journalists and press freedom advocates were rightly appalled last month when a single judge in small-town Mississippi ordered one newspaper to remove one allegedly defamatory editorial from its website. But now, Florida’s legislature is pushing countless news outlets across the Sunshine State to do the same thing.
Journalists may see more post-grad opportunities in the coming years as a new bill before Connecticut legislature seeks to establish 12 journalism fellowships.
As the Texas legislature considers proposals to change the Texas Citizens Participation Act in ways that would make it more expensive for SLAPP victims to defend themselves and more difficult to recover their attorneys fees, the Freedom of the Press Foundation revisited a recent case and why these parts of the law matter.
Rufus Friday has a difficult but extremely important job. The longtime newspaper executive was recently hired to lead an organization that aims to restore trust in the news media.
The family-owned Cortland Standard (Cortland, New York) has ceased publication, a casualty of declining readership and increasing costs, including an expected 25% tariff on newsprint. It was the second-oldest family-owned newspaper in New York, but one of the five oldest family-owned newspapers in America.
America’s Newspapers encourages its members to contact their legislators and to ask for an exemption to tariffs on newsprint. 
The 2025 Mega-Conference  is packed with industry-leading insights designed to help newspaper leaders navigate today’s challenges and seize new opportunities. This is the must-attend event for executives looking to grow revenue, enhance audience engagement and future-proof their organizations.
The on-again, off-again announcements are causing prices of Canadian newsprint to rise.
Paxton Media Group has acquired two newspapers in middle Tennessee, the Southern Standard in McMinnville and the Smithville Review in Smithville.  The operations had been owned by Morris Multimedia, Inc.
vcita is an SMB tech company dedicated to helping small and medium businesses thrive in today's digital world by providing them with the tools to manage and convert leads, increase sales and grow their business.
Today, possibly more than ever, you must realize you are not alone in this crazy and unpredictable business environment. Each day, a new bump, twist or challenge comes along. But your membership in America's Newspapers can make an incredible difference.

As the tariffs loomed and arrived, I heard a familiar song dancing in my head. While you might hear The Beatles, I hear Joe Cocker — but the sentiment of “With A Little Help From My Friends” is what we all need to internalize: You are not alone.
Join Camille Olson, partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, for a discussion exploring the latest executive actions on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and practices and their impact on employers in the newspaper industry.
Research from the Missouri School of Journalism suggests volunteer journalists could bridge the gap created by declining news outlets.
As newspapers rethink their approach to opinion pages and political endorsements, a fundamental question arises: Is this a necessary evolution to maintain credibility, or are we retreating from journalism’s core mission?

At the 2025 Mega-Conference, this critical debate takes center stage in a must-attend session moderated by Mike Blinder, publisher of Editor & Publisher. A panel of top industry leaders will examine the shifting role of editorial commentary in a media landscape where trust is both fragile and essential.
The Associated Press is asking a federal judge for a second time to immediately restore its access to presidential events, arguing that the Trump White House has doubled down on retaliating against the news outlet for its refusal to follow the president’s executive order that renamed the Gulf of Mexico.
Alex Seitz-Wald was a high-profile NBC News national political reporter for 10 years when he made a dramatic shift in his professional life: He became deputy editor of the Midcoast Villager, a digital-print outlet created from the combination of four coastal Maine community papers and an online site.
February 28, 2025 - A bill giving the legislature [in New Jersey] more time to deal with the public notices and legal advertisement crisis created after the Star-Ledger and other print newspapers ceased publication on Feb. 2 passed the Senate, 36-0, and now heads to the Assembly.
“The news is trying lately, at least for those who still read it. That complicates the push to save local journalism. It gets lost in the daily cacophony emanating from Washington, D.C. Yet I believe a root cause of the political chaos is the loss of trusted, robust, local news organizations.” — Brier Dudley, Seattle Times Free Press editor

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