Category: Newspapers
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Peacock’s The Paper Hits Too Close to Home for Former Newspaper Veteran
Read more: Peacock’s The Paper Hits Too Close to Home for Former Newspaper VeteranThe Office is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time. So when they announced last year that a reboot was in the works, I was excited. But when I learned it would be a parody of a newspaper instead of a paper company, that excitement quickly faded. I’d love to tell you I’m binging…
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Looking backwards and forward on the health of the newspaper industry
Read more: Looking backwards and forward on the health of the newspaper industryToday marks a milestone in my own career. As of today, I’ve been out of the media world for five years after 30+ years of working in a variety of roles in traditional media organizations. While my professional career still has some dealings with marketing and media from time to time, most of my professional…
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Celebrate World Press Freedom Day by demanding release of WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich
Read more: Celebrate World Press Freedom Day by demanding release of WSJ’s Evan GershkovichToday marks the 30th World Press Freedom Day With that in mind, I thought today was a good day to reflect on what a free press means, and how that freedom is currently under attack. According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of journalists at the beginning of this year that are imprisoned worldwide…
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Can Artificial Intelligence Enhance Depleted Newsrooms?
Read more: Can Artificial Intelligence Enhance Depleted Newsrooms?I remember countless conversations with my friend Paula Camp, as she told me over and over again that content was king. I believed it then trying to keep the table stable. It was then, and still do to this day. But the latest developments in the world of AI (artificial intelligence) are about to rock…
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Paxton Newspapers slam the door on communities they serve rather than trying to connect with them
Read more: Paxton Newspapers slam the door on communities they serve rather than trying to connect with themGreat advertising transcends time. With the Super Bowl being this weekend, we tend to see greater advertising this time a year than the remainder of the year. Or at least we see messaging that aspires to be ‘great’ advertising. In 1989, United Airlines launched their “Old Friend” campaign. The gist of the ad was that…
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Newspaper digital advertising revenue milestone approaching, but no one should be celebrating
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Read more: Newspaper digital advertising revenue milestone approaching, but no one should be celebratingIt is obviously not unusual to receive complaints about content when you’re running a newspaper. Yes, a lot of the time readers felt we missed the point of a story or didn’t have all the facts. Occasionally, they were right. But surprisingly, one of the bigger issues brought to my attention over the years was…
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Local journalism vs. the ‘milking’ of profits by corporate owners
Read more: Local journalism vs. the ‘milking’ of profits by corporate ownersThis is the time of year when people reflect on their circumstance in life, and often times give thanks for their many blessings. The end of year ritual has not eluded me, as I sit here thinking about many aspects of my life as the holiday season begins. For my work life, the past year…
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Saying goodbye to another closing newspaper
Read more: Saying goodbye to another closing newspaperI received word that a friend of mine passed away this week. We weren’t as close as we were 15 years ago, but that happens. Life happens — you get busy, you move on and before you know it you’ve drifted apart. Looking back now though, I have to smile about the relationship me and…
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The pitfalls of a tax that supports local journalism
Read more: The pitfalls of a tax that supports local journalism“Self government won’t work without self discipline.” That was a frequent comment of radio commentator Paul Harvey during his noon-time broadcast for decades. The thought behind that comment is true for our government, for our personal lives and business. And it came to mind when I read a recent story on niemanlab.org, which referenced a…
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My decision to leave the newspaper industry but not turn my back on the local newspaper
Read more: My decision to leave the newspaper industry but not turn my back on the local newspaperThe first newspaper story I ever had published appeared in the middle school paper in the fall of 1979. Within three years, I received my first check for writing and working at a newspaper and that has continued up until now. Over the years I’ve worked at media outlets, radio stations and newspapers virtually my…
