BoSacks’ Annual New Year’s Message Resonates with Hope and Light
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Seems Lois Lane and BoSacks have something in common. Both are convinced that no matter how dark it may seem at the moment, the light will return, and those who see the darkness for what it is will see new...
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With Journalism Under Siege, Memberships May be the Answer
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“Subscribers pay their money and get access to a product. But members join the cause and participate because they believe in it.” This succinct definition from Emily Goligoski cuts to the heart of membership-based journalism models. Goligoski is the research...
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Can Your Editorial Team Flow from Print to Digital?
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As niche magazine brands make the shift to multi-channel publishers, the editorial staff often has to realign. In these days of leaner content staffs, that means print writers may find themselves working on digital content as well. Is this a...
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A Free Press Is Worth the Cost
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Quality.It’s at the heart and soul of good journalism, and without a strong foundation of quality reporting, there is no trust. Without trust, there is no audience, no subscribers, no reader revenue.This fact – and the realities of news publishing...
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Journalism Will Survive Without Digital Ad Revenue
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“The First Amendment may protect the press from government control, but it does not protect it from powerful corporations.”That’s the assertion of Harley Duncan, editor-in-chief of The Flor-Ala, the student newspaper of the University of North Alabama. The corporations Duncan...
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Are Tech Companies Helping to Save Print Journalism?
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Nobody can deny that the technical revolution has seriously disrupted journalism. The way news is gathered, published and consumed has changed dramatically in just a decade or so. Yet what if I told you that tech companies aren’t always the...
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Collaborative Journalism is Good News for Weary Publishers
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It’s not an easy time to be a news publisher. First it was the massive disruption to their business model. Now, it’s increasingly loud rhetoric around “fake news” and the growing disengagement of the reading public. The bottom line: It’s...
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News that Matters – Embracing the Slow Journalism Movement
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The age of the 24-hour news cycle has turned journalism into a speed race. Scoops and breaking news are filled with scant facts, lots of supposition, and often wild speculation. And by the time the full story has come out...
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Can a New Partnership between Social and Traditional Media Regain Our Trust?
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As a gatekeeper of the news, Facebook has done a remarkably bad job. So it’s not surprising that social media is in freefall in the trust department. Yet according to Jennifer Risi, Worldwide Chief Communications Officer Managing Director for Ogilvy...
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One Space or Two … The Debate Rages 
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One space or two after the period?  For some of us in the industry, this debate ranks right up there with other major life dilemmas like when to eat that avocado (right now), or whether to meet the employer match...
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