The Center for Integrity in News Reporting invites entries for $100,000 in awards for news reporting
The first annual $100,000 of Awards for News Reporting will present four $25,000 awards for the most fair, impartial, objective news reporting that has the courage to not fear and the discipline to not favor.
$25,000 for Print Media
$25,000 for Broadcast Media
$25,000 for Cable Television Media
$25,000 for Digital Media
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Learn from our Mega-Conference sponsors.
Solutions Partners: Don't miss out on your opportunity to reserve a sponsorship!
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America’s Newspapers is committed to delivering the latest information on key industry topics for publishers, market leaders and department heads. The Mega-Conference is the premiere conference for the news industry. From conference sessions to hallway conversations, the Mega-Conference will deliver results. Publishers are encouraged to attend with their key department heads.
The Mega-Conference, set for April 14-16 in Phoenix, Arizona, will held at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown — located near the Phoenix Convention Center, just minutes from Sky Harbor Airport.
Newspaper executives: Register early at the lowest discounted rates. And, save an additional $200 by taking part in the popular Roundtable Sessions to be held during the conference. Rates will increase mid-February; register today.
For information about reserving a hotel room, click here.
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Solutions Partners:
Sponsorships at the Mega-Conference are going quickly. Don't miss out!
Contact Patty Slusher for full information: pslusher@newspapers.org.
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America's Newspapers welcomes AdMessenger into membership
A warm America's Newspapers welcome to our newest member:
AdMessenger runs on mobile web inventory and on over 15,000 apps! Its powerful targeting technology gives businesses the power to reach their ideal audience. From audience data and geo targeting to weather triggering, reaching your precise audience has never been easier.
Matthew Moulton is general manager and can be reached at matthew.moulton@a4media.com.
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John Celestino recalled as community minded newspaper leader
John Celestino, regional executive for CNHI newspapers in New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, died Friday, Jan. 26. He was 63.
Celestino oversaw newspaper operations of three New York newspapers: The Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, and the Plattsburgh Press-Republican. He also served as regional executive and group publisher for CNHI’s North of Boston Group.
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Yarita Vazquez named publishing operations manager with Wick Communications
Yaritza Vazquez has been named publishing operations manager for Wick Communications, where she will oversee the company’s newspaper design and pagination.
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Congress must help save local journalism before it's too late
Layoffs of at least 115 Los Angeles Times journalists prompted a furious letter from 10 members of Congress and a national outcry.
Other members called for protecting the press when the House advanced a new press shield law on Jan. 18.
Yet as this was happening, smaller newspapers were closing entirely.
Two or three more will fail this week, the week after that, and on through the year as the death spiral of America’s local press system accelerates.
More than 40,000 newsroom jobs were lost over the last two decades and roughly a third of the country’s newspapers are gone, leaving millions of voters with little to no local news. This comes as AI supercharges the creation of fake news, elections approach and trust in democratic institutions is under assault.
If those 10 members of Congress want to help, they should immediately start working to pass two critical journalism bills held up in Washington, D.C.
The bills have bipartisan support, are relatively inexpensive and propose solutions proven to work. They just haven’t been enough of a priority to get done.
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In Texas, a disastrous ruling for journalists' rights
“If the First Amendment means anything,” Judge James Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit wrote in a 2022 opinion, “it surely means that a citizen journalist has the right to ask a public official a question, without fear of being imprisoned.” Common sense, right? But in a remarkable move, the full Fifth Circuit overturned that decision last week — concluding by a vote of 9-7 that reasonable law enforcement officials could have thought they were entitled to detain a reporter for asking a government source for information. The disastrous ruling is a reminder that, as the Reporters Committee has often argued, qualified immunity continues to threaten journalists’ ability to gather and report the news without fear of official retaliation.
The case, Villarreal v. City of Laredo, arose out of Priscilla Villarreal’s coverage of a traffic accident and the suicide of a U.S. Border Patrol employee in Laredo, Texas. In each case, Villarreal alleges, she corroborated the name of the individual involved — which she had obtained independently — with a source in the Laredo Police Department. But in response to her reporting, she was detained and charged with violating a Texas law that makes it a crime to solicit nonpublic information from a public servant “with intent to obtain a benefit.” Villarreal was released on bail and a Texas court, in response to her petition for a writ of habeas corpus, found the statute unconstitutionally vague. She then sued the city of Laredo and officers involved for the violation of her constitutional rights.
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April 14-16, 2024 - News Industry Mega-Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
October 18-19, 2024 - Family and Independent Owners Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina
October 20-22, 2024 - Senior Leadership Conference, Charleston, South Carolina
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