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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 …

By Kevin Slimp I remember the first time I spoke in Chattanooga, Tenn. It was 1994 and I had just developed a new way to create and transmit newspaper ads. Preparing to speak from the stage at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo Hotel, I looked over the audience of 150 or so publishers …

Here are the Powerpoint presentation and an mp4 audio of Richard Karpel’s session held on Nov. 16 for Nevada Press Association members. It covers the basics of public notice, plus a dozen suggestions you can put to use at your newspaper starting today.

By Al Cross A year ago this month, Donald J. Trump surprised most of the world and probably himself by winning the presidential election. He couldn’t have done it without rural America. The numbers in the exit polls were clear. Trump won 62 percent of the rural vote, more than …

By Peter Wagner There are times when It seems that every local business is turning to the internet in the belief it is free and the only way to connect with younger Americans. It is a movement, say so-called experts, that will bring an end to the newspaper industry. But …

By Jim Stasiowski Jean Coleman hired me in 1976 even though I had neither a journalism degree nor experience in writing for a newspaper. Although I wanted to be a reporter, she hired me for the only job she had open at the small Florida newspaper she edited: night and …

I went to the local chapter of the Online News Association’s get-together in Reno this week to hear what several attendees learned from the recent ONA conference in Washington, D.C. Below is the synopsis provided by these six — Caren Roblin, Karolina Rivas, Natalie VanHoozer, Anjeanette Damon, Brian Duggan and Melody …