Here’s an idea to steal and adapt: Use your newsroom talent and expertise to put on live events that show off your depth as an organization and offer new ways for audiences to engage with your work. more

Announcement from Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt: "I am delighted to announce that Karen Tumulty has agreed to become deputy editorial page editor." more

Jan Swoope, lifestyles editor of The Commercial Dispatch in Columbus, Mississippi, passed away June 30 after a battle with cancer. more

Some 56% of U.S. adults say people should not be able to sue social media companies for content that other users post on these companies’ platforms, according to a new survey conducted April 12-18, 2021. At the same time, 41% say people should be able to do this. more

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, true to its cut-and-slash reputation, has bought out and let go at least 10% of the newsroom workforce since it acquired Tribune Publishing six weeks ago. more

Trustees for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill voted Wednesday afternoon at a closed session to give tenure to star New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones several months after refusing to consider her proposed tenure. more

Paxton Media Group announced today that it has sold Huskers Illustrated to Nicholas Holdings. Nicholas Holdings is owned by long-time newspaper veteran Terry Kroeger, who also owns Smith Kroeger, an Omaha-based marketing and communications company. Huskers Illustrated, which focuses on University of Nebraska sports, was one of the 46 newspaper operations PMG recently acquired from Landmark Community Newspapers LLC.  more

If your readers are looking for inspiration, we believe these stories will be rewarding. Each week, the Pass It On series will feature a new story to hopefully provide an uplifting moment in someone’s day and then ... pass it on. These articles are available to members of America's Newspapers to reprint at no cost. more

The Hyde Media Group (HMG), formed by Granbury attorney Paul Hyde last summer for the purpose of purchasing the Hood County News, has grown its family. The Springtown Epigraph, Azle News and The Gatesville Messenger are now under the HMG umbrella. more

After two decades as theater critic of the Chicago Tribune Chris Jones was named editorial page editor Wednesday. But he said he still plans to review “the major shows” for the newspaper. more

The following announcement was sent on behalf of Editorial Pages Editor Sewell Chan and Utility Journalism Editor Matthew Ballinger. We are pleased to announce that Jon Healey, one of our most versatile, energetic and thoughtful editors, is returning to the newsroom after a distinguished run in Opinion. He will be a senior editor for the utility journalism team, reporting to Matthew Ballinger. more

Jack Robb, a veteran newspaper executive, has been appointed publisher of The Valdosta Daily Times, effective immediately. He will be assisted by Laurie Gay, who has been promoted to general manager-advertising director. more

Last Friday, U.S. intelligence agencies released a report that many were eagerly awaiting: a preliminary assessment on unidentified aerial phenomena. In layman’s terms, UFOs. The unclassified report said these phenomena clearly pose a flight safety issue but that there aren’t enough high-quality reports on them to draw any firm conclusions. more

For years, Les High — publisher of The News Reporter in Whiteville, North Carolina — has been concerned about the state of local journalism in his part of the state. "You look at high-poverty, rural areas like ours,” on the state’s Southeast border, "and newspapers just don’t have the capacity to do the type of investigative and in-depth reporting that we need to do and people deserve,” High said. more

Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed Black Americans and other communities of color, according to a letter sent Tuesday to the acting FCC chair. more

In the months since former President Donald Trump left office, media companies’ readership numbers are plunging — and publishers that rely on partisan, ideological warfare have taken an especially big hit. more

Orestes Baez has joined the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Board of Directors, accepting an appointment by WNA President Gregg Walker to fill an open seat. more

The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation today announced the kick-off of its capital campaign with the receipt of two significant grants to support the establishment of the Fallen Journalists Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Annenberg Foundation and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, leaders in the advancement and preservation of journalism and civic life, will provide a total of $6 million in grants to support the early stages of the Fallen Journalists Memorial. more

Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hit hard as more and more Americans consume news digitally. The industry’s financial fortunes and subscriber base have been in decline since the mid-2000s, but their website audience traffic has again begun to grow. Explore the patterns and longitudinal data about U.S. newspapers. more

June 28, 2021 - Today, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) proposed a new bill, called the Protect Reporters from Excessive State Suppression (PRESS) Act, that would protect journalists’ data records from being seized by the government. This comes several months after the Justice Department admitted that it acquired phone and email records from reporters at The Washington Post, CNN and The New York Times in order to identify sources. more