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By Jim Stasiowski Years ago, I learned a painful lesson watching Donald Trump. No, not the one who is our president-elect; the candidate whose coverage I witnessed was running for county commissioner, and although he lost, he was Trump-like: loud, uninhibited, angry and loose with facts and accusations. He also …

By Kevin Slimp A few years ago, I spent several days with a newspaper in Tennessee. They were converting from an editorial workflow based on QuarkXPress to InDesign and asked if I would be on hand when they sent their first issue using the new system to press. There wasn’t …

Is 2017 a Great Unknown or do we now have CLUES in order to prepare for a GIANT classified windfall? 1. JOBS: Will construction infrastructure programs pass and fill each state with loads of blue collar jobs which LOVE newspaper classifieds? Will you be ready to attract that advertising? 2. …

This webinar has been canceled.   When a union is trying to organize a newspaper’s employees, employers have many rights of communication – and there are many rules to follow. Union organizing has been largely dormant in the Southeast for many years. However, the NewsGuild recently organized two newspapers in …

AP style — it’s the industry standard, and an ever-evolving set of rules that journalists need to understand and follow. Amber Krosel, a member of the American Copy Editors Society, will get you caught up on recent changes to the stylebook, as well as old standards that routinely trip up …

By Kevin Slimp When does holding on to older software and hardware become detrimental? While in Minnesota last week, I had an assignment similar to assignments I’ve had many times during the past 20 years: to spend a day with a small community newspaper group, meet with the management and …

Members of our association are eligible to receive a 20 percent discount to newspaperacademy.com webinars led by Kevin Slimp. Below find information on upcoming classes. Getting People to Pick Up Your Paper Thu, Nov 17 at 11 a.m. Normal Price: $39 Association Discounted Price: $32 Kevin Slimp visits more than …

With platforms like Snapchat and Instagram growing explosively, but offering little or no referrer traffic back to a site, how should newsrooms approach them? GateHouse editors are using these tools to connect with audiences, and we’ll walk through several examples of what works and what doesn’t. Registration deadline: Monday, November …