A midnight conversation with Bob, my pet fish
May. 4, 2020
One night, during a full moon and after drinking too much tea, I found myself having the strangest conversation with Bob, my pet fish.
One night, during a full moon and after drinking too much tea, I found myself having the strangest conversation with Bob, my pet fish.
The WNA Foundation on Monday celebrated Wisconsin’s student journalists, announcing the winners in its college and high school Better Newspaper Contests.
The 2019 WNAF Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest featured 318 entries from 14 campus newspapers across 20 categories. Arches, Mount Mary College’s student publication, took home top honors in General Excellence.
Winners of the WNAF’s professional contest will be announced on May 15.
Gregg Walker, publisher of The Lakeland Times and The Northwoods River News, was elected president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association during its annual meeting, held virtually via Zoom on Thursday.
Walker succeeds Paul Seeling, publisher of the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, the Woodville Leader and MyGatewayNews.com.
Outgoing WNA President Paul J. Seeling, president of Gateway Publishing, Inc., and publisher of the (Spring Valley) Sun-Argus, the Woodville Leader and MyGatewayNews.com, thanked the membership and reminded Wisconsin newspapers that ‘We’re all in this together,” during his outgoing comments Thursday at the WNA Annual meeting.
The WNA Foundation has decided to cancel the 2020 WNA Convention & Trade Show, the 2020 Trees Retreat and this year’s summer internship program.
The determination to cancel the convention rather than postpone it, as previously announced, was a difficult decision, but was made in the interest of public health and the best interests of our members.
In light of the decision, the WNA will announce Better Newspaper Contest winners on May 15.
News Media Alliance, with the backing of hundreds of members of Congress, is pushing for a federal advertising campaign to help support local newspapers and broadcasters.
A new program that prepares students to become the next generation of community newspaper owners and publishers has named its first group of fellows.
More than 120 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to House leadership requesting that access to funding for local news publishers and broadcasters be included in the next COVID-19 relief package.
There’s a reason why advertising veterans have always preached the value of product benefits. People don’t buy features, they buy benefits.
In his latest installment of “Ad-libs,” sales trainer John Foust discusses how publishers can drive this point home.
It was a mixture of relief and regret as I watched the cattle trailer pull out of our driveway — relief that I was able to find a good buyer for some of our last Scottish Highland cows but regret that we were essentially exiting the cow business.