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Cecile Wehrman, The Journal to expand literacy project statewide

Feb 1, 2023

‘If people don't like to read, then what does the newspaper have to offer them?’

Editor ‘can handle mean,’ but can’t stand ‘baseless cynicism and unwillingness to think’

Feb 1, 2023

This month’s column is mainly from someone else because it illustrates a serious problem facing rural newspapers: How do they manage increasingly contentious public discourse and still maintain the ...

Have fun with your readers

Feb 1, 2023

Do you have fun in writing for your readers? You should. It’s near the top of my list of fun things to do with your clothes on. I’ll bet you might not know that conservative daily, The Wall ...

Prime time to take inventory of your newsmakers

Feb 1, 2023

Newspapers are shortchanging their readers — their customers — if they do not expand their definition of newsmakers in community conversations.

Series introduces young readers to inventors from around the world (NNA members)

Feb 1, 2023

The Missouri Press Foundation and NNA Foundation are offering a new, original, free series to newspapers across the country for publication. This year, readers will enjoy a short story in each chapter ...

2023 BNEC, BNAC open for submissions

Jan 1, 2023

The National Newspaper Association Foundation's 2023 Better Newspaper Advertising Contest and Better Newspaper Editorial Contest are open to NNA members and nonmembers.

A new mission: answering how rural communities sustain journalism that serves local democracy

Jan 1, 2023

This column, which we started almost 12 years ago as a guide to covering rural issues, using examples from The Rural Blog, has a new name: Sustaining Rural Journalism.