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Live coverage is the latest mobile and social trend to help journalists reach new audiences. Sports journalists can connect with fans via live, play-by-play broadcasts on internet radio. Reporters can enhance their storytelling on Facebook Live with a solid list of “best practices” and tools like Mevo and SnapChat’s My …

by Kevin Slimp Doggone that Joey Young. And doggone that Al Cross, too. While we’re at it, doggone the managing editor of that daily in Tennessee and the journalist from the metro paper who kept me up last  night. I should have known better. After several long days, punctuated by …

While game stories are important, adding new features and better coordination to your overall prep coverage plan can help maximize your resources. In this session, we’ll discuss devising a weekly schedule and implementing alternate story formats. We’ll also offer strategies on how to beef up sections with a limited staff. …

by Kevin Slimp A few months back, I had breakfast with the publisher of a very successful community newspaper in Minnesota. As we walked around the restaurant, I was introduced to local residents enjoying their muffins and eggs. At one table, a customer asked what I was doing in their …

Are you wondering how to make your coverage more successful in ways that will grow audience and engagement? In this session, Liz Worthington, content strategy program manager for the American Press Institute, will highlight research from 50-plus publishers across the country that have made strategic decisions to cover content differently. …

We received 1,446 entries for the 2016 Better Newspaper and Magazine contests, down a bit from past years. That’s not surprising, as we pared a couple of categories and replaced a few. The last few years we’ve averaged about 1,550 entries. Now that the deadline for submissions has passed, what …

By Kevin Slimp If a person hangs around long enough, he’s bound to get noticed. That’s my theory anyway. When asked why I receive so many requests for help from newspapers, I simply mark it down to longevity. I’ve been around the business long enough for most publishers, and others, …

By Jim Stasiowslki When I got my first newspaper job in 1976, my dad, a creative craftsman, took a 14-inch-high metal sculpture he had inherited from his dad, another innovator, and turned it into a desk lamp for me. The sculpture, which resides proudly in my office, is of a …

By Jim Pumarlo A mayor takes issue with an editorial that criticized a city council action, calling your facts into question. Irate parents challenge your decision – your right – to report their son didn’t dress for the basketball game because he was suspended for violating school policy. A pastor …

By Ken Blum Sing along, please: There’s a time for joy A time for tears A time we’ll treasure through the years We’ll remember always Graduation Day Okay, so no you’ll never be invited to join the Four Freshmen or the Beach Boys, but I hope you’re in the spirit …