Indianapolis Star, News Guild reach two-year contract agreement
The Indianapolis Star and the union representing the newspaper's reporters and photographers have reached an agreement on a new two-year contract.
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Register for Mega-Conference today; conference fees will increase mid-February | |
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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.
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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Submit your contest entries by the end of April at just $25; contest fees go up in May | |
Carmage Walls Commentary Prize honors courageous column and editorial writing
Awards for excellence in editorial writing (representing the view of the newspaper) and awards for excellence in column writing (columns written by one or more individuals) will be presented this October in Phoenix, Arizona, at the America's Newspapers Senior Leadership Conference. Win cash prizes and recognition!
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Eric Larsen, long time Gannett editor, takes over as IndyStar executive editor
Eric Larsen, formerly executive editor of the Fort Collins Coloradoan, has become the executive editor of the Indianapolis Star.
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Frank Stanko is new managing editor of Wahpeton Daily News, Richland County News Monitor
The Wahpeton (North Dakota) Daily News and Richland County News Monitor announce the promotion of longtime reporter Frank Stanko to managing editor of both newspapers.
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Valeri Sandmeier to be The Daily Times advertising director in Tennessee
Valeri Sandmeier has been appointed advertising director of The Daily Times (Alcoa, Tennessee), effective Monday, Jan. 29. She will succeed Darrell Richardson, who will become general manager of the Lenoir City (Tennessee) News-Herald and The Connection.
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FT Group appoints Joanna Levesque as managing director of FT Strategies
The Financial Times Group has appointed Joanna Levesque as managing director of its media consultancy, FT Strategies. She will lead FT Strategies’ group of consultants who help organizations develop sustainable growth strategies, drawing on the FT’s own experience of successfully transforming its business model.
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Fellowship available to journalists | |
Feb. 15 is deadline to apply for media fellowship program; Fellows will examine underreported issues in higher education
The Institute for Citizens & Scholars is offering a Higher Ed Media Fellowship for early to mid-career journalists who are interested in diving deeper into underreported issues in higher education. Fellows receive a $10,000 award, mentoring support and expenses-paid professional development at its symposium. Applications close Feb. 15.
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Local news is in a sorry state nationwide — but there is hope
The nation since 2005 has lost a third of its newspapers and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists, according to a study by Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Illinois has been hit hard: Five downstate counties have no local news source, and four others are at risk of losing their lone outlet. Illinois newspapers have lost 86% of their journalism jobs since 2005. Chicago, despite a boomlet in the nonprofit journalism sector, still is among the 20 metro areas with the largest loss of news sources per capita.
The troubles come at a fragile time for the state of democracy in the U.S. Studies show that in “news deserts” and other places where news gathering is at risk, there follows a related rise in political polarization and shrinking voter turnout, as well as increases in government spending and corruption.
Now an Illinois state task force has studied the problems, is offering solutions and also is taking a realistic view about the limits of what can be done.
READ MORE from David Greising, president of the Better Government Association and publisher of the Illinois Answers Project
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Rockford Register Star transitioning to postal delivery
Starting Feb. 26, the U.S. Postal Service will begin delivering the Rockford (Illinois) Register Star to optimize resources amidst increasing digital readership demand.
The round-the-clock online news cycle has made digital products the first choice for breaking-news, and print subscribers are increasingly engaging digitally. As such, the Rockford Register Star will be putting renewed emphasis on the printed newspaper as a place readers can dive into local news with more impact and context, feel-good community features, sports analysis and commentary — the stories you can’t get anywhere else.
"This change allows the Register Star's staff to best serve all of our readers, whether those readers are getting their news from our website at rrstar.com, our print newspaper or our eNewspaper," said Corina Curry, news director for the Rockford Register Star. "The delivery time of the newspaper is changing, but our commitment to covering the stories that matter most to our community remains the same.
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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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