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More Share Their Front Pages Poynter December 25, 2013 By Jeremy Barr Some newspapers may be dying. But their front pages aren’t. Newspaper covers are increasingly being shared digitally — helped along by the ease of posting on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms. But why? More than anything, these A1s are seen as […]

5TH ANNUAL SECOND STREET AWARDS HONORS MEDIA COMPANIES FOR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN ONLINE PROMOTIONS   Awards Webinar Recognizes Top Performing Media Companies in 27 Online Promotions Categories   ST. LOUIS (December 17, 2013) – At the 5th annual Second Street Online Promotions Awards, media companies from across North America were honored in 27 categories for […]

The Montana Newspaper Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Internship Grant Program.   Matt Baldwin, Managing Editor, Whitefish Pilot Darrell Ehrlick, Editor, Billings Gazette Communications Laura Nelson, Editor, Big Timber Pioneer Max W. Smith, Advertising Director, Great Falls Tribune   Each will be awarded a $1,500 grant in 2014 to be […]

BAUCUS PROPOSES TO LIMIT DEDUCTION OF ADVERTISING EXPENSES: Business interest groups have taken issue with a proposal put out Nov. 21 by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) to cut the deduction for advertising expenses by 50 percent in the tax year they are incurred and spread the remaining 50 percent over the next […]

The Newspaper Association of America is disappointed in the November 15 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejecting NAA’s challenge to the special rate deal, called a negotiated services agreement (NSA), between the United State Postal Service and Valassis Direct Mail. … The court agreed with NAA that the […]

By Jennifer Ries, Outlook Staff                                                             Laurel Outlook Tom Latos has been named publisher of the Laurel Outlook and its affiliated publications The announcement was made Monday, Nov. 11, by former publishers Milton and Gloria Wester in cooperation with the Outlook’s parent company, Star Printing Company, Inc. “I’m happy to welcome Tom Latos to Laurel. I […]

Farewell To The Hi-Line   Twenty-two years ago, a retired Army doctor and his wife rolled into Glasgow, wondering if a cow town on the prairie was really a good choice to set up a new practice and a new chapter in their lives. It turned out to be a wonderful decision. Glasgow has been […]

Chronicle releases second edition of ‘We Don’t Make This Stuff Up’   “The first edition of the book was so popular we went through three printings to fill all the orders,” said Stephanie Pressly, publisher of the Chronicle. “There are amusing entries published every day so we figured it was time for another book.” The […]

Eric Dietrich has joined the Great Falls Tribune as a cops & courts reporter. Previously, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the weekly MSU Exponent from 2010-12, rebuilding the student publication in the aftermath of a major downturn and leading it to recognition as an Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Finalist in 2011. Eric earned a […]

2013 Photojournalism Grad NPPA’s “Emerging Talent” May 2013 UM photojournalism graduate Sam Wilson has been given an award of recognition by the National Press Photographers Association  as an Emerging Talent in the world of photojournalism. Wilson headed to Philadelphia after graduation in May 2013, fresh off his first place Hearst Award multimedia win and began documenting life […]