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Should community newspapers consider going nonprofit?

I think it's clear that non-profit options are going to be part of at least the short-term future of community media (I'd be suspicious of anyone who purports to predict the long-term future). We have seen a recent proliferation of journalism supported by philanthropy and/or public donations -- mostly, if not entirely, on a metro or state or national basis in projects such as MinnPost, the St.

Ask an expert from Chuck Nau

Customers are pulling ads in the newspaper to advertise on digital billboards. How can we "fire back"?

Whenever you come up against your clients moving ad dollars to another medium, you need to ask them a few questions and ask yourself some questions, too.

Ask an expert from Chip Stewart

What can the City Council call an executive session for under Texas law?

The Texas Open Meetings Act (Texas Local Gov't Code section 551.001 et seq.) requires that meetings of government bodies be open unless a certain exception in the act applies. These exceptions include consultation with its attorney about "pending or contemplated litigation" [Texas Local Gov't Code section 551.071(1)(A)], discussions about purchasing property if it may adversely affect bar

Blog post from Tommy Thomason

Newspapers experiment with charging for premium content

Two news items about our business from last week:

Ask an expert from Chip Stewart

Two high school football players failed a narcotics screening. Can we run a story about it and what are the limitations?

Yes, news media can safely publish information about student-athletes without violating the law.

However, publishers may run into some legal difficulties based on the sources of their information.

Blog post from Andrew Chavez

Workshops on innovation and ethics open to community journalists

Community journalists, as announced at our latest workshop you're being invited by the Schieffer School of Journalism to participate in an exciting two-day event at the School featuring one of the country's top journalism minds.

Blog post from Tommy Thomason

Are free classifieds the answer for newspapers?

You have already read Andrew Chavez's great piece here on this site about the impact of Craigslist on newspaper classifieds. Now check out these three articles from NAA that tell the stories of three newspapers that have gone to free classifieds: