Newspapers experiment with charging for premium content

Two news items about our business from last week:

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.

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:

The free mentality of the Internet, and a hybrid alternative

Software developer Jesse Grosjean wanted to try an experiment with one of his most recent creations - an applications for the iPhone called WriteRoom.

News websites can learn from Wikipedia

Some have argued that the story was a product of necessity — newspapers had a fixed news hole to fill, and newscasts only had so much airtime. Context was often sacrificed as a result, because with a fixed amount of space, only the newest information is fit to print. But in the online era, there is no news hole.

Community journalists, we want to give you a Flip camera

If you've been to one of our Web workshops you've probably heard us talk about the Flip camera. It's an easy-to-use, point-and-shoot video camera that we've recommended for those who want to get started with digital video.

5 quick, easy online tricks you can try for football season

With football season right around the corner, it's a great time to experiment with your website.

High school football is great for generating interesting photos, compelling narratives, and, best of all, reader interest. That's all the more reason to give something new a shot online.

Some useful stats for your ad reps

Here are some stats from NNA that may come in handy for your ad staff. Sorry not to be able to give you a URL on this, but the article I pulled them from is available only to subscribers.

The new Texas Free Flow of Information Act explained; Let the free flow begin

On May 13, 2009, Texas became the thirty-seventh state to enact a reporter's privilege. The law was signed by Governor Rick Perry that day and became effectively immediately.

Consultant offering grant to community newspapers for discounted newspaper design, redesign services

A South Carolina newspaper design consultant is offering a grant to offset the cost of his services for small, community newspapers, such as those served by the Center.