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.
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.
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
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.
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: