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What the DOJ’s New Guidelines Mean for Journalists Poynter February 25, 2014 By Ellyn Angelotti The U.S. Department of Justice’s new revised guidelines tightening government access to journalists’ records officially take effect this week. Yet the protections are not absolute, leaving some important exceptions in the hands of the Justice Department and Attorney General Eric […]

Chronicle parent company names new executive     Chronicle Staff | Posted: Monday, March 3, 2014 9:18 am         Seattle-based Pioneer News Group has hired Eric Johnston to be the company’s new chief operating officer. Johnston was previously the publisher of the McClatchy-owned Modesto (Calif.) Bee and oversaw the Merced Sun and four weekly newspapers in California’s […]

Publishers: We’re on Offense with Digital NetNewsCheck February 24, 2014 By Michael Depp Newspaper publishers no longer need their arms twisted to build up their digital platforms and sales operations. The talk now is shifting to what’s working and how fast new business lines can be spun up. That’s the message from the leaders behind […]

DAVENPORT, Iowa (February 19, 2014) — At its annual meeting of stockholders today, Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE), a major provider of local news, information and advertising in 50 markets, will provide a review of its digital news, sales and audience strategies, along with a financial update that includes improved cost guidance. The presentation is […]

2014 Master Editor/Publisher and Hall of Fame Nomination Forms   Now is your chance to spotlight your fellow newspaper men and women for their accomplishments in Montana journalism by nominating them for the 2014 Montana Newspaper Association Master Editor/Publisher Award or nominating them for induction into the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame. The deadline to […]

  The Montana Newspaper Association, celebrating its 129th year of representing the Montana newspaper industry, is recruiting a professional lobbyist. The MNA is looking for a well-connected, experienced lobbyist to advance its mission to promote a free press, defend and protect the First Amendment, and defend and expand public access to government records. We are […]

Joe Eaton, the journalism school’s newest professor, is known around Don Anderson Hall as an investigative journalist. But he didn’t always dream of being one. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in English literature, Joe moved to South Korea to teach English. He says he came across journalism by accident once […]

Dan Drewry has joined the Whitefish Pilot as publisher. Dan comes to the Pilot from the Shoshone News-Press in Osburn, Idaho where he served as Publisher for 21 years, for the past 10 years he also served as publisher of the Lake County Leader in Polson, the Clark Fork Valley Press in Plains and the […]

NNA JOINS BROAD MAILING INDUSTRY COALITION TO OVERTURN POSTAL SERVICE RATE HIKE APPROVAL OF RATE INCREASE WAS BASED ON FLAWED AND INACCURATE STUDIES OF THE CAUSES OF MAIL VOLUME LOSSES WASHINGTON DC – National Newspaper Association today joined a broad coalition of postal customers and suppliers to ask the United States Court of Appeals in […]

Scott Mansch Receives Award   Scott Mansch, Sports Editor, Great Falls Tribune recently received the 2013 PRCA Media Award for Excellence in Journalism – Print. The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association honors media members each year prior to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas