The threat to legal requirements that public notices be published in newspapers has never been greater. Learn about the trends in public notice and the practices that every paper must embrace to help the industry successfully respond to the siege on this traditional pillar of government transparency. Click here to …
Read More »Most common questions I’m asked
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, …
Read More »Cheat sheet for story planning
I came across this cheat sheet I used for years as a story-planning guide, so I thought I’d update it. Below is a .pdf to download. I know I stole it from some workshop I attended years ago, so I’m sorry I’ve forgotten to whom it should be attributed. And …
Read More »You might be losing more than pages with lower page counts
By Kevin Slimp There is a rule of thumb which almost always proves to be true at newspaper conventions: attendance drops drastically on Saturday morning. There are plenty of theories on the subject from “too much fun on Friday night” to “heading home to be with the kids.” Whatever the …
Read More »The joy of using a dictionary
By Jim Stasiowski This month, I depart from my usual presentations of strategy and tactics, many of which are my thoughts and opinions rather than facts that I can support with objective proof. In other words, at least some of you probably stand up and shake your fists at my …
Read More »Better way to build graduation pages
Are you spending DAYS putting together your graduation edition? Are you manually placing hundreds of photos and copying and pasting text just to realize at the last minute that someone was left out and you have to rebuild part of the section? Learn how InDesign’s built-in Data Merge can help …
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