Hively, a media veteran of 28 years, has held senior roles with companies that include Knight Ridder Digital, Advance Internet, Scripps, Digital First and most recently Journal Communications. While at Journal, he launched a digital agency division, becoming one of …
NAA Editorial: The technology that will stimulate journalism’s future is now here
By Caroline Little, NAA president & CEO
To say technology has changed the newspaper media industry is understating the obvious.
While much discussion focuses on how we read …
Kevin Slimp
http://www.kevinslimp.com/
I’ve written a couple of columns related to the Adobe Cloud. Still, I’m stopped several times at every speaking event by publishers wanting to know if they should upgrade.
CS6 …
On July 15, Arizona Capitol Times sponsored their election year event, “Meet the Candidates”.
A very successful turnout of more than half of the invited candidates where present and many brought campaign materials and signage. Co-sponsoring the event were several …
At the end of this posting there are two PDFs for download. One is a list of the facilities that will be affected nationwide. The second PDF is a Q & A sheet prepared by the USPS.
Janet DeGeorge is president of Classified Executive Training & Consulting since 2001. She specializes in Classified Sales training, the training of new classified managers, outbound sales training, and redesigns of print products and rates to uncover new revenue sources.
De …
John Marling is the President and founder of Pulse Research. As publisher for a weekly newspaper group with more than 100,000 circulation, serving suburbs of Portland for more than 13 years, he recognized the need for research information that was …
June 23, 2014
The National Center on Disability and Journalism at Arizona State University is accepting entries for the second annual Katherine Schneider Journalism Award for Excellence in Reporting on Disability.
Administered by the NCDJ at the Walter Cronkite School …
Newspaper direct marketing strategist, Jim Hart will be one of our guest speakers this year. We invite you to read his recent article on a technique called, “Inbound Marketing” and how he’s used it to successfully grow his business for …
As technology advances, journalism schools are transforming themselves to teach new forms of media and new methods of delivering the news. Read this comprehensive article about the future of journalism education and the Cronkite School’s prominent role. Click on headline …
Time again to nominate someone you know to the Arizona Freedom of Information Award.This honor will be given to those who have made a significant contribution to First Amendment and Freedom of Information issues.
This year, the awards are co-sponsored …
Warren Watson, executive director of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers since 2009, announced Monday that he is resigning effective June 30.
He plans to move back to his native New England to complete a book on the …
Excel list for Arizona soldiers, (Arizona Missing_jun2014), sortable by city.
Link to submit photos online: http://www.vvmf.org/how-to-submit
The goal is to get the photos to VVMF by November 11, 2014 or Veteran’s Day. It is the very least we …
PHOENIX, AZ, May 5, 2014 – The Arizona Newspapers Foundation, Inc. announced today a scholarship available to Arizona college students majoring in Journalism. This summer, ANF will award scholarships to students attending Arizona State University, University of Arizona or Northern …
10/13 Communications, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado has bought Tucson Weekly and Inside Tucson Business from the Sierra Vista based company, Wick Communications. Inc.
Also, on April 2, the Boulder company acquired the Marana News, Foothills News, Desert Times and related …
Circulation Manager and distribution driver for The Wickenburg Sun, Mark Hranek, died at a Phoenix hospital after an early morning accident (around 2 a.m.) on April 2. Hranek was driving The Sun’s delivery truck early Wednesday morning at Highway 303 …
The District of Columbia circuit has cut about four months off the usual time for hearing an appeal, increasing the chances that a decision will be made before this fall, said NNA Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel Tonda F. …
Proceeds grew in several other categories — digital advertising, direct marketing, and other, newly-developing sources — while income from traditional print advertising channels declined. This trend reflects an industry evolving its business model in a significant way, taking advantage of …
In an effort to spotlight the lack of featured-interest in weekly publications by the Washington, D.C. Newseum, the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors organized a “#front page blitz”, urging its members to email their front pages to the Newseum…
The Newseum (the national museum of news in Washington, D.C.) has had a less than perfect record on the topic of community journalism. For that reason, many ISWNE members have decided to take part in the community journalism #FrontPageBlitz, THIS …
A team of educators, students and media professionals collaborated together to win a $35,000 micro-grant in the first round of the $1M Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education. The challenge’s purpose is to develop a live news project that …
10/13 Communications LLC has acquired the Marana News, Foothills News, Desert Times and related websites from Tucson West Publishing, Inc. a division of News Media Corporation. Terms of the transaction were not announced. The acquisition became effective on April 2, …
Rebecca Bradner has been named publisher of the Green Valley News and the Sahuarita Sun. She also will be co-publisher of the Santa Cruz Valley Sun. Bradner said she looks forward to getting involved in the community and meeting …
Wick Communications, has announced the sale of two of its Louisiana newspapers. Wick owns and operates 28 newspapers and 18 specialty publications in 11 states with its home offices located in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Read more of the story here…
NAA commends putting forward proposals to start the conversation on tax reform but, under some of the new proposals, there are provisions problematic to newspapers, other media and advertisers – a provision that would limit business deduction for advertising expenses. …
by the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project
The State of the News Media 2014 is the eleventh edition of an annual report by the Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project examining the landscape of American journalism. This year’s study includes special …
Don Henninger, publisher of the Phoenix Business Journal for 13 years, announced his plans to retire. Henninger joined the paper in 1997 as editor and was named publisher in 2001. He will stay with the PBJ until his successor is …
Dave Cuillier, director of the University of Arizona School of Journalism and president of the Society of Professional Journalists, testified before Senate committee to give feedback on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. Read more of the story here.…
With out a doubt, today’s newsroom is changing. Here’s a list of ten digital applications for any journalist’s toolbox. (Click on the headline to follow link)…
Chase Rankin, former vice president of advertising, sales and marketing, has been promoted to head the Arizona Daily Star’s organization. During his time at the Daily Star, he received a Lee President’s award for Innovation and was a key leader …
On March 6, 2014, in a 24-33 vote, the Arizona state legislature defeated HB2554. The proposed bill would have eliminated newspaper publication requirements of corporate filings while requiring the Arizona Corporation Commission to develop and maintain a website database which …
In a no-holds-barred narration, veteran of the news world Charles M. Madigan writes his findings on the “old school” news reporting coming to terms – and sometimes clashing with – the new digital world of reporting. Madigan interviewed several editors …
NewsWhip, a technology firm that measures and tracks news stories based on their social velocity shows an illustrated comparison of front page news based on data gathered from its proprietary web app, Spike.
Stories that were chosen by editors are …
The alternative voice of Tucson’s news and entertainment scene is celebrating three decades of surviving in the Old Pueblo.
Read editor Dan Gibson’s birthday salute and founding publisher Douglas Biggers’ chronicle of the early days. TW tops off the birthday …
Michael Copps, former FCC commissioner, apologizes for his role in approving mergers that helped destroy independent journalism and local media. A must read story and a link to his open-letter. (Click on headline to follow the link)…
Newspapers significance hasn’t declined but, in fact, it continues to grow. Almost 75 percent of U.S. adults read newspapers, either in print or online or both.
Caroline Little, NAA’s CEO, says newspapers future in 2014 is refining the balance of …
Study finds plausible link in low civic participation tied to demise of community paper. Read what happened to two notable U.S. cities when their local newspaper closed or went to web only. (Click on headline to follow the link)…
A study of mothers who do the family shopping reports that they use print-ads and printed circulars more than digital ads. (Click on headline to follow the link)…
Alliance for Audited Media (formerly ABC/ Audit Bureau of Circulations) is marking its 100th anniversary in 2014.
In 1914 the Audit Bureau of Circulations was founded to bring accountability to print media. Today the Alliance for Audited Media upholds this …
As more readers use digital platforms, the Newspaper Association of America stressed the importance of copyright protection this January at a House Judiciary Committee meeting. Testifying before the committee was Kurt Wimmer, general counsel representing the NAA.
The trade group …
William F. Greer, a former University of Arizona journalism professor and Associated Press editor, died Saturday in San Diego.
The UA School of Journalism will host a memorial gathering for Greer on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at The Shanty, 401 E …
Pam Mox, publisher since 2003 and past president of the Arizona Newspapers Association, will be retiring this spring. Mox also received the SASIE award (Southern Arizona Smart Inspiring Enterprise), and was honored with the Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award.
Mox has …
The Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent newspaper earned top honors in the Small Business of the Year Award during the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet held Jan. 30. The Independent has been serving the community for more than …
In late January, 2013, the Knight Foundation announced a $5 million, two-year Local Media Initiative that includes a $1 million INNovation Fund managed by the Investigative News Network, part of an effort to encourage innovation and experimentation by nonprofit newsrooms …
Former journalist for BBC World Service in India, Monica Chadha is joining the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University as an assistant professor of digital media.
Chadha will help lead one of the country’s …
A top public policy priority for NAA is enactment of a federal shield law that would enable journalists to protect confidential sources when subpoenaed in criminal and civil cases. This legislation is critical to protecting the free flow of information …
In a letter to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), forty-seven press associations voiced their opposition to his proposed advertising tax. The ad tax proposal would require advertisers to wait up to five years before they can fully deduct the cost of …
Tucson West Publishing, publishers of the Marana News, Foothills News and the Desert Times, is pleased to announce promotions for long-time staff members.
Marana News Sports editor Brad Allis will assume the role of editor. While advertising executive …
The Public Notice Research Center, in cooperation with American Court and Commercial Newspaper members, has launched its first-ever Public Notice Journalism Contest to recognize excellence in journalism that draws reader attention to public notice.
PNRC co-director Tonda Rush announced the …
The Postal Regulatory Commission will increase postal rates this January. National Newspaper Association President, Robert M. Williams Jr., says “This approved postage increase solves nothing.” Read NNA link here.…
Despite the perception that the under-30 crowd is leaving newspapers and their websites behind for other digital news outlets, studies are finding that the newspaper is still a vital source of information for the millennials. Some 56 percent of those …
Join the Arizona Capitol Times, as we go on the road across our state to help educate Arizonans about the legislative process. There will also be a special Media panel to help Legislators and their staff to understand how to …
Thank you to everyone for participating in our annual event. Here are the complete lists of winners:
ANA 2013 Excellence in Advertising [.docx]
The Arizona Newspapers Association and Arizona APME wants to honor journalists, as well as non-media citizens, for work published, broadcast or in the courts that has involved significant reliance on public records, open meetings or freedom of information.
Nominees can …
The ANA 2013 Excellence in Advertising competition and ANA/APME Better Newspapers Contest are both currently accepting entries. The deadline is May 31. Winners will be announced in mid-July and the awards reception will be held on Sep. 14. See the …
See below to download the rules for the ANA 2013 Excellence in Advertising competition and the ANA/APME 2013 Better Newspapers Contest.
Questions? Contact Perri Collins at (602) 261-7655 ext. 110.
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The U.S. Postal Service announced last week that it will stop Saturday mail delivery beginning in early August. The agency said Saturday delivery of packages and mail to post office boxes will continue.
Is this a done deal? No.
Serious …
It seems like each time a newspaper implements a bold new strategy or deviates from the traditional model, pundits interpret those changes as acts of desperation. Ironically, these are often the same pundits who claim newspapers are not innovating and …
By Andrew Knochel
The panelists and audience alike had a bullish attitude towards paywalls at the Paid Content Strategies panel at the Arizona Newspaper Association’s 2012 conference.
Moderated by Jim Small, editor of the Arizona News Service, the panel discussed …
By Andrew Knochel
Keynote speaker Steve Buttry told attendees to the Arizona Newspaper Association’s fall 2012 convention to “change until it stops hurting.”
Buttry, the digital transformation editor of Digital First Media, spoke about the changes taking place in the …
Thank you to everyone who participated!
2012 Excellence in Advertising winner list [.doc] or [.PDF] 2012 Excellence in Advertising presentation
2012 Better Newspapers Contest winner list [.DOC] or [.PDF] 2012 BNC presentation, …
Congratulations to ANA member Alan Cruikshank. Last night, at a surprise ceremony attended by six mayors, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Rep. John Kavanaugh, and ANA’s own Paula Casey (as well as 100 other people) the River of Time Museum …
Lawmakers made a number of changes to notice-by-newspaper requirements during the 2011 and 2012 legislative sessions. Over the past two sessions, the Arizona legislature added four new notice requirements and eliminated two existing publication duties.
On June 15, the Postal Regulatory Commission issued a notice of inquiry on the Postal Service’s proposed negotiated services agreement (or contract rate) with Valassis Direct Mail. The proposed NSA would give the national direct mailer postage rebates ranging from …
By David Greeer
At KPA, we continue getting phone calls from journalists all around the state with questions about the nationwide conversion from conventional analog public safety communications (police, fire, EMS, etc.) to the more modern digital public safety …