According to the most recent poll made available to members through a partnership between the WNA and Polco, 66% of respondents said the actions of Trump loyalists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 were best described as an attempted coup and attack on U.S. democracy.
The next question asks readers about their expectations for the next four years.
Newspaper Association Managers, Inc., a consortium of North American trade associations representing the industry, has launched a website aimed at promoting legal notices in newspapers.
The website, USALegalNotice.com, provides direct access to 47 public notice websites from across the country, each of which is operated by state newspaper associations. The site allows the public to more easily access legal notices nationwide, including foreclosures, public hearings, financial reports, ordinances and resolutions, and other important government proceedings.
The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is now accepting nominations for its annual Openness in Government Awards, or Opees. Awards are given in six categories.
Nominations are due Friday, Feb. 5, and can be sent to blueders@gmail.com. Winners will be selected by a Council committee, as in past years, and will be announced just prior to national Sunshine Week, March 14-20.
A single ad probably won’t generate much business for your clients. The real work is done in multi-ad campaigns.
Veteran sales trainer John Foust shares 12 tips for helping develop the next campaign, get advertisers on board and set yourself up for future success.
The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors is seeking entries for its annual Golden Quill contest, which recognizes excellence in editorial and opinion writing.
The contest is open to all newspapers that publish fewer than five days per week, including non-ISWNE members and students.
The (Rice Lake) Chronotype will move to a new location at the end of January, leaving its home of more than 60 years, the newspaper announced Wednesday.
The building at 28 S. Main St., which was not included in the August 2014 sale to Adams Publishing Group, was recently sold by the newspaper’s former owners.
While livestreaming meetings has become the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic, public officials need to do a better job of making sure no one — and no meeting — slips through the technological cracks.
In the most recent installment of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council’s Your Right to Know column, La Crosse Tribune reporter Olivia Herken offers local lawmakers some suggestions.
The Chicago-based O’Rourke Media Group has purchased RiverTown Multimedia from Forum Communications.
RiverTown publishes two newspapers, the Republican Eagle in Red Wing, Minn., and the (Hudson) Star-Observer. RiverTown previously published eight newspapers — four in Minnesota and four in Wisconsin — before merging several publications in 2019 and closing two newspapers this year in part due to the pandemic. The sale was effective Jan. 1.
News Media Alliance is accepting nominations for the 2020 John P. Murray Award for Excellence in Audience Development.
Nominations are due by Friday, Jan. 29. Established in 2019, the award recognizes three NMA member organizations “that have demonstrated exceptional innovation and sophistication in understanding content strategy as part of audience development.”
Editor & Publisher is accepting nominations for its 10 News Publishers That Do It Right Challenge.
Nominations are open through midnight EST, Thursday, Jan. 11. All news publishers, including print, digital, television and radio, are eligible to be recognized among the “10 That Do It Right.”
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