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Pumarlo: Connecting with readers by delivering chicken dinner – and steak, too

Thoughts on the occasion of National Newspaper Week.

Into the Issues – September 2017

By Al Cross Does your newspaper have a motto? Or a slogan? Do you know the difference? Mottoes, […]

National Newspaper Week – October 1-7

Plan now to celebrate National Newspaper Week, Oct. 1-7.

Slimp: Sharpening Your Focus

Focus groups are an invaluable tool for determining what works and what doesn’t at newspapers.

Henninger: What they said

Here’s what some people say about who we are and what we do!

Ad-libs: What golf teaches us about advertising

Regardless of skill level, golf holds plenty of lessons for the business of selling and creating advertising.

Slimp: Selling Newspapers

Training is a necessary ingredient if we are going to have successful staff.

Pumarlo: This time, privacy outweighs right to know

Public records are the foundation for reporting a range of stories important to your readers.

Heinzman: Why do we give our space away to politicians?

By Don Heinzman This is the political season when community newspapers should make money on advertisements. Now political […]

Heinzman: Back to school

By Don Heinzman When I was manager and editor of the Elk River Star News, I quickly realized […]