Make plans to join us in April for the 2024 Mega-Conference in Phoenix, Arizona | |
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As we welcome the New Year, be sure the 2024 News Industry Mega-Conference, to be held April 14-16 in Phoenix, Arizona, is on your calendar. The conference will be 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.
Solutions Partners: Your early registration also is encouraged.
For information about reserving a hotel room, click here.
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Reflections & Predictions | |
The impact of AI on media
Dean Ridings, CEO of America's Newspapers, was among the industry leaders interviewed by the Alliance for Audited Media regarding their thoughts about the past year, how global challenges will continue to impact businesses and what the industry should look forward to in 2024.
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Hearst CT Media finalizes deal to acquire RJ Media Group in Meriden
Hearst Connecticut Media Group has finalized its acquisition of RJ Media Group in Meriden. The deal, reached Dec. 29, adds the Record-Journal, The Cheshire Herald and its group of publications to HCMG’s network of local news websites, newspapers and magazines.
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ISWNE now accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest
The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors is accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest. Deadline is Feb. 1.
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Mike Shearer picked as new executive editor of The Columbus Dispatch
A long-time journalist with strong ties to central Ohio has been picked to be the new leader of The Columbus Dispatch.
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New year, new editor at The Aspen Times
Ray Erku's first official day as editor of The Aspen Times was Dec. 18, though he’s been lending an editorial hand for months. The last editor, Don Rogers, was employed by the Times from July 2022 through August 2023 before moving on to the Park Record in Park City.
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Joe Goodman, Pulitzer Prize winning Winston-Salem Journal editor and reporter, dies at 86
Joe Goodman died peacefully Sunday morning, Dec. 31, in the house his grandfather built along the banks of Muddy Creek outside Clemmons. He would have been 87 in a couple of weeks.
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Opinion | Local newspapers are changing, but they're still around
Erik Wemple’s coverage of the Scranton, Pa., newspaper’s sale reflected a daily newspaper journalist’s take on the newspaper world [“Could the local news crisis get any worse? Look at Scranton.,” Tuesday Opinion, Dec. 19]. There is another view.
Several thousand independent weekly newspapers — not owned by daily newspaper companies or hedge funds (or investment bankers, which is different) — continue to serve small towns. There are also Black and Hispanic newspapers, ethnic newspapers serving almost every expatriate community in America, and neighborhood and LGBTQ+ newspapers each reaching their own audiences. Most of these are in print. Some are online only. The fact that they don’t publish every day, as Scranton does, doesn’t make them any less important to their towns. Or less journalistically worthy, despite the tendency of daily newsrooms to ignore them.
READ MORE from K. Brett Wesner in this letter to the editor in The Washington Post
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Got news?
If you’ve been missing out on some local news events lately, it’s likely because local news is increasingly underreported. A report from the University of North Carolina found that between 2005 and 2020, the U.S. lost 2,100 — or roughly one-quarter — of its local community newspapers. Four years later, this trend toward “news deserts” continues unabated. In Virginia, many local papers have reduced both their number of print editions and full-time journalists. Having spent more than 30 years in the newspaper industry, I saw the beginnings of this firsthand, but never thought the downfall would come this hard or this fast.
The consequences of this unraveling of local newspapers are increasingly obvious in an age of misinformation.
READ MORE from Bernie Niemeier of Virginia Business
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America's Newspapers calendar | |
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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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