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By Bart Pfankuch Details, details, details… I hopped into a pickup the other day to take a ride with a man who has suddenly become a grass-roots activist in the fight to block a proposed gold mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota. We weren’t in the truck long …

Register before March 6 for the Phoenix NewsTrain to get the early-bird price of $75 for a workshop of accomplished instructors teaching relevant digital skills on April 6-7 at Arizona State University. Register yourself and your colleagues for just $75 to experience a day and a half of digital training …

By Peter Wagner Not all newspapers are dead and the printed newspaper business is not doomed. However, many editors and publishers, hearing the “sky is falling,” have hurt the industry by cutting content, news hole and subscriber value. Instead, they should have increased interest with more local content. Newspapers remain …

By Bart Pfankuch We all know what they say about riding a bike, but I always wondered if the same holds true for writing. Over the past month, I’ve had the opportunity to find out. After spending the past 12 of my 28 years as a journalist in the editing …

by Kevin Slimp As I sit in my hotel room in Gloucester, Va., I can’t help but think about the 2018 version of our annual newspaper publisher’s survey from the Newspaper Institute. As is often the case, being with these editors, designers, sales staff and the publisher of the Gloucester …

By Peter Wagner It’s no secret America’s newspapers are struggling to find their place in today’s social media society. Many major metro dailies now only offer home delivery on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, the days they carry an exceptional number of high-revenue inserts. The balance of the week interested readers …

By Jim Stasiowski Today (meaning whatever day you’re reading this) marks the end of my career in newspapers. I actually retired in 2016, leaving the job of city editor of the Rapid City Journal. I have continued this monthly column, but today’s (see above) is my last. After 26 years …

by Peter Wagner I admit I get confused when the conversation turns to the loss of “classified” advertising. Are we talking about those small 30- to 50-word reader ads, or the more serious classified display? If the discussion is how to resurrect the small reader ads — advertising an apartment …

Here are some tips and ways to practice interviewing people for stories, whether it’s breaking news or a personality profile. Just click on the slide to continue to the next one. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”3″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”1200″ gallery_height=”800″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”30″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

By Jim Stasiowski Maybe I was just in the right mood for a metaphor, or maybe the girl on the swing was just a girl on a swing. But she bolstered my faith in the resurgence of newspapers. On a chilly Saturday morning, as my wife, Sharon, and I walked …