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11/8/07
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|Newsrooms are increasingly using e-mail to make reporting better and easier.
By Jeremy Weber | Editor
An e-mail helped complete the Sept. 24 front page of the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer.Steve Gunn was busy planning Monday's front page on a …
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11/8/07
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Inland's 122nd Annual Meeting
Oct. 21-23, 2007
Renaissance Chicago Hotel
Monday, Oct. 22
7:30 a.m.
Awards Breakfast
Presentation of awards for Inland's newsroom contests. Guest Speaker: Advice columnist Amy …
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10/23/07
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10/4/07
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When Cracker Barrel opened its first restaurant in Wichita Falls this September, residents of the north Texas town took notice. So did the local Times Record News, spotting another golden opportunity to convert more of its subscribers to EZ …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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10/4/07
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Jay Small of E.W. Scripps Co. offered this 10-step process for how to innovate at newspapers in this essay on smallinitiatives.com.
Opportunity and problem exposition. Local executives can and usually should drive this, unless the opportunity or …
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10/4/07
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Seven months of planning and three months of in-house testing have paid off for The Frederick (Md.) News-Post. FNP@3, a daily Webcast launched in February, has proven to be a success."We wanted an additional way to offer news to our readers," said …
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By J.J. Babb | Inlander contributor
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10/4/07
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For Kari McNamara, much can be learned from elk.She shared a photo of a herd of elk. In the distance, two wolves feasted on a former member of the herd. The elk herd's defense was apparently to huddle closer together and watch, knowing the wolves …
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By Randy Craig | Publications Editor
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10/4/07
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Ralph Bender describes Louisiana as a highly political state - one where the tongue-in-cheek motto is "Vote early, vote often" and where the dead still have voting rights.
Thus, coverage of state politics has become both the franchise and mission …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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10/4/07
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10/4/07
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The Florida Times-Union had a problem: it owned an e-mail blast tool but had never used it.
So the Jacksonville daily created "e-Magazines," a suite of e-mail newsletters intended to bring more readers to the newspaper's Web site, …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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9/25/07
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9/25/07
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Group Executives Conference 2007
Wednesday, Sept. 19 | Denver, Colo.
PRESENTATIONS
Thursday, Sept. 20
8:30 a.m.
Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent
With Peter Starren, Media Recruiters Inc., Carson City, Nevada; and …
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9/24/07
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Interactive Media Workshop
Saturday, September 15 | Phoenix, Ariz.
PRESENTATIONS
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Online Newspaper Audience
With Greg Harmon, Vice President, Belden Associates, Dallas, Texas.
DOWNLOAD …
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9/24/07
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An advertiser-sponsored promotion devised by the News & Eagle drove a 300-percent single copy sales increase in July.The Enid, Okla., daily newspaper promotion, "Pioneers of the Plains: A Centennial Land Run Celebration," tied into the state's 100th …
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By Kendall Victorine | Inlander Contributor
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9/23/07
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The Midcoast Maine newspaper market was already crowded in 2003. Two counties. Less than 80,000 residents. And five weekly papers.Then two online papers - the Knox County Times and the Waldo County Citizen - made their own transition into print. The …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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9/23/07
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Some might call it a lucky shot.In 2006, with plans to publicize them the next day, the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald posted slide shows of several local proms on its Web site and got a surprise. Within hours, the site generated 26,000 page views …
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By Genise Caruso | Inlander Contributor
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9/23/07
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When The Oakland Press dropped its financial pages and reduced its TV listings last year, it received the expected complaints from longtime readers. But the Pontiac, Mich., daily found unexpected allies among a new group of readers - those on its …
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By Jeremy Weber | Associate Editor
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9/23/07
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2007 Webinars
EEOC's Systemic Discrimination Initiative
Wednesday, October 31
10:30 a.m., 60 minutes
[REGISTER] [GET BROCHURE]
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has made fighting "systemic discrimination" a top priority, …
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9/18/07
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