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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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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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."

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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. 

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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.

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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...

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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

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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.

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…

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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.