Newspaper with drinks: The Big Bend Sentinel in Texas opens a cafe and cocktail bar in its office building for revenue, writes Sasha von Oldershausen.
A way to get new leads and find stories, says the managing editor.
Newspaper with drinks: The Big Bend Sentinel in Texas opens a cafe and cocktail bar in its office building for revenue, writes Sasha von Oldershausen.
A way to get new leads and find stories, says the managing editor.
Tweets backfire: The Des Moines Register fires a reporter for offensive tweets while he was working on a story about offensive tweets. His own tweets from nine years ago came to light, writes Sydney Smith.
A perfect news product: Ron LaForme calls morning newsletters something all publications should consider.
One sent by The Buffalo News “combined packaging of news, politics, food, sports and other tidbits” painting a lively portrait of the Western New York region.
Anonymity exposed: Anonymity is a con game played on the public by some of the nation’s leading newspapers, says a story from the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.
“Most reporters know that stories are only as good as the reliability of identified sources who are quoted,” says AdviceLine.
Sponsored content: All newspapers struggle to survive, observed Tom Rosensteil in a story appearing in the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.
Sponsored content might be the future of newspapers trying to be creative about finding new sources of revenue, he says.