Veteran newspaper publisher Mark Millsap has been hired to serve in the roles of Tennessee Press Association (TPA) executive director and Tennessee Press Service (TPS) executive vice president. He officially begins on Sept. 11. more

Cox First Media will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Dayton (Ohio) Daily News on Aug. 22 and invites the community to join in the celebration the entire anniversary week with a special invitation to read local news and in-depth investigations for free and to attend a special event held in honor of the milestone year.   more

In this alert, Seyfarth discusses key takeaways from this settlement for all employers, regardless of whether their hiring technology might be characterized as an “artificial intelligence” tool. more

As both a resident and journalist, I keep two go bags packed: one for reporting emergencies and another one if I need to evacuate my home.  more

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information (CCI) has appointed Peyton Manning (’97) as a professor of practice starting in the fall 2023 term.   more

Newsroom leader Alex Mena, who rose from answering phones as a teenager at the Miami Herald to become managing editor of the storied newsroom, on Monday was named executive editor of the Miami Herald and el Nuevo Herald. more

When summer began, the future of the Wahkiakum County Eagle was in limbo. Now, as the season winds down, the beloved newspaper published alongside the Columbia River is seeing what may be the best possible outcome. more

A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother enough to cause her weekend death. more

Ward Media, LLC has acquired four weekly publications and a monthly business journal in North Central Washington from NCW Media, Inc. The newspapers involved in this transaction are the Leavenworth Echo, Cashmere Valley Record, Lake Chelan Mirror, Quad City Herald, and the Wenatchee Business Journal — all of which have been serving the vibrant communities in the heart of Washington State. more

Surviving armed opposition, a devastating fire and bankruptcy, along with the everyday exertion that running a business requires, The Daily Standard celebrated its 175th anniversary on Aug. 4. On the same date in 1848, the predecessor of today’s Daily Standard, The Western Standard, was first set and printed by hand. more

August 11, 2023 - A group of the world's biggest news media organizations called for revised regulations on the use of copyrighted material by makers of artificial intelligence technology, according to an open letter published on Wednesday. more

August 11, 2023 - You might have heard about machine learning and algorithms. But do you know what read teaming and watermarking are? more

Strong audience opinions about baseball games and crossword puzzles in Las Vegas highlight a stubborn love for print newspapers. more

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has hired acclaimed Georgia broadcaster Bill Nigut to co-host Politically Georgia alongside the AJC's award-winning team of Greg Bluestein, Patricia Murphy and new co-host, AJC Washington Correspondent, Tia Mitchell.  The show will expand to five days a week. more

KERA, North Texas’ source for PBS and NPR programming, and the Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle, Denton County’s primary source of local news online and in print, have completed their previously announced acquisition. more

August 10, 2023 - The U.S. Senate’s powerful appropriations chair “strongly” supports a new tax proposal to help save local news outlets. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, who is also Senate president pro tempore, said she’s all for using tax credits to help news outlets retain and add newsroom jobs. more

He has been with the paper since May 2019 and previously covered aviation. more

Nonprofit newsrooms covering distinct geographic areas — either local, state/regional or national/global — share commonalities in revenue models, staff size and type of journalism, as shown in a set of INN Index Fact Sheets published Aug. 9.  more

Exciting news! Mirabel's publishing CRM software has been recognized with exclusive placement in two new research reports based on top-reviewed products within the Publishing and Subscriptions Software category. more

You may collect information about who reporters are including in their stories and how representative that data is of your community, and then make changes based on what you learn. It’s a process and a cultural muscle that needs to be exercised. more