Originally recorded on November 19, 2015 In this webinar…Readers across the country list in-depth news as one of the most important aspects of their local news sources. How can newsrooms of all sizes prioritize in-depth, enterprising pieces – and what does it mean for a story to be in-depth, anyway? In this webinar, Tim Schmitt…

Originally recorded on November 21, 2019 About This Webinar: Robert Slocum will share his experience growing his own newspaper’s social media following, and how he has begun to monetize it in various ways About The Presenter: Robert Slocum is an owner/publisher of the Timber Lake Topic, a small weekly in South Dakota. He uses social media…

Originally recorded on December 7, 2017   In this webinar… As our industry continues to contract, our inclination is to try to do everything we always did with fewer resources. If you find yourself and everyone else in your newsroom stretched and frayed, you need a newsroom reset. Jean Hodges of GateHouse Media talks about…

Originally recorded on December 13, 2018 In this webinar…: GateHouse Media Digital Project Manager Summer Moore offers great tips to help you increase your digital reach, while maintaining your current print readership. This includes a number of practical and simple strategies that will steer more eyeballs to your website! About the presenter:  Summer Moore is…

Originally recorded on March 9, 2023 About the webinar: Business news has gained greater prominence since the onset of COVID-19 and its impact on the economy and employment. The effects of the pandemic necessarily resulted in a range of stories focusing on our worksites – the places we earn a paycheck as employees and purchase…

Originally recorded on May 11, 2023 About the webinar: Addiction is a complicated disease that affects every community in America. In their work to cover this complex issue, members of the press can inadvertently perpetuate problematic narratives about drug use and addiction that can increase stigma and discrimination towards people with active addiction, in treatment,…

Originally recorded on May 25, 2023 About the webinar: In 2023, one of the biggest stories journalists across the country will be covering is the millions of dollars being distributed from settlements of lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. These are dollars that city, county, and/or state policymakers will be charged with spending to…

Originally recorded on June 22, 2023 About the webinar: Having trouble coming up with your next enterprise story? The Cedar Rapids Gazette’s Zack Kucharski returns with another webinar of 60 rapid-fire story ideas that will help cure writer’s block. We look at ideas from across the newsroom in this fast-paced session. About the presenter:  Zack…

Originally recorded on September 14, 2023 About the webinar: Our presenters cover basic concepts in U.S. copyright law, some popular myths relating to copyright, and then addresses how these copyright law concepts might apply to issues relating to newspapers and newspaper advertising. About the presenters:  Matthew A. McGuire: is a partner at Nyemaster Goode, P.C. in…

Originally recorded on September 21, 2023 About the webinar: An introduction to interviewing, structuring and writing for impactful storytelling About the presenter:  Courtney Crowder is the Iowa Columnist and a senior writer at the Des Moines Register. She is the co-director and producer of “SHIFT: The RAGBRAI Documentary.” A two-time Livingston Award finalist and winner…