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Slimp: Changes and how they affect community newspapers

So much is going on in our business – and I receive so many messages asking me to write about my thoughts on these events – that I wanted to take one column to explain how I think some of the big “stories” about the newspaper industry particularly effects those of us at smaller papers.

Henninger: The newsroom zoo

You’ve heard the expression before: “It’s a jungle out there!” Sometimes, it’s a jungle in here. And “here” is our own newsroom. During my more than 24 years as a consultant, I’ve encountered just about every animal in the newsroom zoo.

You may not have all of these in your newsroom…but I’m willing to bet you’ve identified at least a couple of these where you work.

Newspaper Museum Needs a Helping Hand

Each year, the Minnesota Newspaper Museum at the State Fair transports visitors back to a 1930s era newspaper office, complete with the smell of hot lead, the clanking of the Linotype and the roar of the press. Volunteers are needed to staff the museum. Two shifts are available each day: 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. and 2:30 until 8 p.m.

Pumarlo: Timelines help readers – and reporters – make sense of fragmented coverage

By Jim Pumarlo A city council approves tax incentives for a shopping center after a months-long process that […]

Minnesota Newspaper Museum’s future in question

Minnesota Newspaper Museum’s future in question, 2013 will likely be last year in present location at the State […]

A+B=C

“A” (business objectives) plus “B” (proposed solution) must equal “C” (measurable ROI).

Dalton Appointed to MNA Board

The MNA board of directors unanimously voted to appoint Mike Dalton of the Beacon in Cannon Falls to serve as treasurer of the MNA Board of Directors.

Sign up for MNA’s Legal Hotline

MNA’s Legal Hotline begins its 29th year on September 1. Sign up now, if you’re not already a member!

NNA 2013 Newspaper Contest Winners Announced

Judging results have been processed and winners of the 2013 Better Newspaper Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest have been posted online at nnaweb.org.

NNA Welcomes Next Step in Postal Reform

The National Newspaper Association greeted a comprehensive bill to reform the US Postal Service as a welcome step toward new legislation.

Merle Baranczyk, NNA president and publisher of the Salida (CO) Mountain-Mail, said NNA hoped Congress would complete work on a bill this year to avoid disruption in the mail and the threat of substantial postage rates increases.