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Happy Friday, Today is the first installment of what I hope to become weekly notes. I hope to come up with a snarkier title (Sarah keeps vetoing my ideas). But enough of this, on to this week's notes. There are two bills before Congress that would positively affect...

As I write this note, I cannot help but think that tomorrow is Veteran’s Day. From Wikipedia: “Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans, who are people...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected another request by Cyber Ninjas to avoid turning over records related to the consulting firm’s review of the 2020 election on behalf of the state Senate. In a 3-0 ruling, the judges reiterated the court’s...

Welcome November! A few topics I would like to talk about this week are webinars, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act (LJSA), newsroom resources and Arizona legislative news. Gordon Borrell conducted a follow up webinar especially for ANA members on his 2031...

By Kevin Slimp CEO, newspaperacademy.com Create a desktop that maximizes your creative output Today, I’m going to invite you into my office to see how I work and some of the tools I use. Many folks reading this column have been to my webinars and seen the printers,...

Happy Halloween! It’s that spooky time of the year when everyone looks at budgets. How are your budgeting efforts going? Any great ideas heading into 2022? With next year’s political season, I hope you are all finding ways to incorporate that into your budget. At our...

By Jim Pumarlo Newsroom Strategies Training Many newsrooms, already strained by lean staffs, have seen resources exacerbated by the economic toll of the coronavirus. Circumstances have prompted editors and reporters to take shortcuts in gathering and publishing the...

Ad-libs by John Foust Newspaper Advertising Trainer – Raleigh, NC My friends Mark and Sandy invited me to spend a couple of days in a vacation beach condo they had rented, about a month before their first child was born. Mark and I decided to do some fishing, so we...

One of the things that the ANA does for its members is to learn about potential partnerships that our members can take advantage of. The ANA is not endorsing these vendors, but I have listened to what they have to say and want to make our members aware of the options...

Reilly is a graduate of Northern Arizona University with a BSBA in Management. She serves as the Chairman of the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce Board and as Secretary/Treasurer of the Blythe California Chamber of Commerce. Lisa began serving on the ANA board in 2018....