Legislation Requiring More Accountability and Transparency Dies in the House
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Legislation Requiring More Accountability and Transparency Dies in the House

  • WPA Staff February 2023 Newsletter
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Legislation that would have enhanced transparency in government through increasing access to information by capitalizing on Wyoming newspapers’ online readership died on third reading in the House.  

If HB164, “Legal notice publication on websites”, would have made it through the 2023 legislative session and been signed into law, it would have effectively required all newspapers, when a legal notice is required to publish in print, that it also be placed free and open to the public and free to the placing entity on the newspaper’s website and a statewide website maintained by legal newspapers. The bill was sponsored by Representatives D. Zwonitzer, Sherwood, Singh and Stith, and Senators Barlow, Landen, Nethercott and Pappas...

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David Peck, Lovell Chronicle, 2022 Golden Dozen Winner

David Peck, Lovell Chronicle, 2022 Golden Dozen Winner

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Download the PDF of the "grassroots editor" to read David's winning piece and see other winners. ---- PAGE 13: "Important to maintain public notices in print", David Peck, Editor/Publisher of the Lovell Chronicle. Judges Comments: "Sometimes our industry needs to be self-serving, especi…

NNAF Better Newspaper Contest Winners

NNAF Better Newspaper Contest Winners

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The WPA was named "Best of NNA" for the third year in a row! Attached is a PDF listing all Wyoming winners in the NNAF Better Newspaper Contests. We're proud of all members who entered, and would like to spotlight the 81 who placed.

Newspapers the most trusted source

Newspapers the most trusted source

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Newspaper content is created by real people who live in the communities they cover and are held accountable for the stories they write.

Wyoming Newspaper Shopping Survey

Wyoming Newspaper Shopping Survey

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Pulse Research is conducting a comprehensive statewide reader shopping survey. The purpose of the survey is to provide our newspaper member advertising teams with current reader and website visitor purchasing and shopping information for advertising sales presentations.

Support democracy: Subscribe

Support democracy: Subscribe

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Once upon a time, having a job at a newspaper meant working in one of the most imposing buildings in town, inhaling the acrid aroma of fresh ink and the dusty breath of cheap newsprint and feeling mini-earthquakes under our feet every time the presses started to roll. For those of us old eno…

Why an Anti-Trust Safe Harbor Is the Answer the News Business Needs

Why an Anti-Trust Safe Harbor Is the Answer the News Business Needs

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News consumption is growing exponentially, but for the past decade, the revenue to news publishers has been on a decline. This is, in large part, because of the unbalanced relationship between news publishers and tech platforms. But that relationship could be changing thanks to the bipartisa…

EDITORIAL: "A community needs a paper; a paper needs the community"

EDITORIAL: "A community needs a paper; a paper needs the community"

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"Like a trustworthy friend, a newspaper shouldn’t be afraid to hold up a mirror to the people it serves. A newspaper can ask tough questions and get more answers than the average person, and it should use that power to examine important issues and highlight solutions."

Building Strategic Sponsorship Campaigns

Building Strategic Sponsorship Campaigns

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Campaigns can help news organizations build revenue through sponsorships, grow general brand awareness and cultivate a specific niche audience. Click on the link to see Ebony Reed's presentation. Ebony Reed is the director of innovation at RJI Future Labs and Missouri School of Journalism.

How Newsrooms Can Drive Subscriber Engagement and Retention

How Newsrooms Can Drive Subscriber Engagement and Retention

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#2. Create a Slack channel for #readerfeedback where journalists can post positive and negative interactions with subscribers and get help answering subscriber questions. Create feedback loops with colleagues in other departments, including marketing, product and customer care.

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Continuity, Cooperation, Credibility & Commitment

  By Peter W. Wagner, Creative House Print Media Consultant

“To say you don’t need newspapers because you’ve got the internet is like saying you don’t need farmers because you’ve got a grocery store.”

In almost every community the local paper is the first recorder of news. 

THE JOURNALISM COMPETITION AND PRESERVATION ACT

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Senator Klobuchar stated, “Without honest and trusted journalists reporting around the world and here at home, what is out of sight truly becomes out of mind—but we’re seeing more and more independent and local news outlets close as ‘fake news’ rises. It’s more important than ever that we pr…

Under New Employment Advertising Rule, Americans Need Not Apply

Under New Employment Advertising Rule, Americans Need Not Apply

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Proposed changes to an advertising requirement for employers in the U.S. could mean that soon, many eligible American workers will not learn about available job opportunities in the U.S. before they are offered to non-resident, foreign workers instead.

How to use data to build relationships with customers

How to use data to build relationships with customers

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"Acquiring a new customer is anywhere from five to 25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one. According to marketing technology and CRM specialist Punchh, an anonymous customer’s lifetime value to a brand is about $12 per year, while a brand loyalist is worth $173."

Online News is Not Replacing Print

Online News is Not Replacing Print

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By Kevin Killough

We here in Park County are pretty lucky. More and more communities across the country — more than 1,300 — have no local news coverage at all, much less a couple sources competing with each other to produce great news...

Local Wyoming Newspaper Provides the Best Local News

Local Wyoming Newspaper Provides the Best Local News

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Kemmerer's newspaper is the best source for community news like city, county and school board meetings, police reports, legislative issues, local sports, community organizations, business profiles and more! "We serve as a record of all that happens in our great community." ~ Kemmerer Gazette Staff

36 Journalists and Companies to Appear in Court

36 Journalists and Companies to Appear in Court

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The editors of the Herald Sun and the Age are among 36 journalists and media companies summonsed to appear next month in the supreme court of Victoria over alleged breaches of the George Pell suppression order.

Your Right To Know

Your Right To Know

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Access to Public Records Is Crucial In A True Republic. 

Sunshine week is ending tomorrow, but it is up to community newspapers to stay vigilant and keep the sun shining on our government all year long. Check out this great article posted by sunshineweek.org.

KentuckyLawmakers Take ‘a wrecking ball’ to Open Records Act

KentuckyLawmakers Take ‘a wrecking ball’ to Open Records Act

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“I walked into that hearing last night thinking this bill was going to be bad enough, but then they went and made it even worse. They really want a government that operates in darkness,” said Amye Bensenhaver, a former assistant attorney general who is an authority on Kentucky’s open records…

Sunshine or bust(ed) - Opinion

Sunshine or bust(ed) - Opinion

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"There have been a lot of solutions proposed for Wyoming’s budget shortfalls, but the most significant legislative effort to address the disparity between the amount of money the state spends and the amount it receives wasn’t launched by the revenue or appropriations committees that usually …

Long-term strategies pay off for publishers

There’s a scene in the film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s “The Hunt for Red October,” in which a Russian submarine commander deftly maneuvers his nearly silent vessel through a maze of ocean-bed formations and out of the path of torpedo. Through it all, the crew nervously awaits his signal to n…

Study: Newspaper ads triple success of ad campaigns

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Advertisers who are scaling back on newspaper advertising are missing a beat. This is the finding of a new study, conducted by effectiveness consultancy Benchmarketing for Newsworks, which claims that advertising with newspapers increases overall revenue return on investment by three times.