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‘Support Local News’ campaign encourages subscriptions, donations, ads

The “Support Local News” campaign — launched Tuesday by the Local Media Association and the Local Media Consortium in partnership with the Google News Initiative — aims to raise awareness of the importance of local news and encourage support through subscriptions, donations and advertising.

capitol report, wispolitics

Assembly Democrats to face more GOP opponents than in 2018

Assembly Democrats will face 22 more contested races this November than they did in 2018. Still, only a handful of those seats were even close to competitive in the 2016 presidential race, and only one is among Republicans’ top targets this fall.

Al Cross

Newspapers must embrace bold, persistent experimentation to survive and thrive

Our country may not be in a depression, but the newspaper business is. To get through this, newspapers need to prove their value and try new things, writes Al Cross, director of the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community News.

In a recent column, Cross discusses ideas newspapers should explore, including philanthropy, collegiate resources and government-funded advertising.

Revisiting the Journey to the West

Though I’ve read it many times, and I know the characters by heart, I will read “Journey to the West” again and again. You never know, I might learn something new.

Wisconsin Newspaper Association