News from our members

  • Has Google demolished the news business?

    January 6, 2014

    By Michael Kozlowski, Good E ReaderThere has been quite a number of journalists weighing in on the role Google plays in the newspaper industry. The company has made billions of dollars of advertising...

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  • Regents back away from new social media policy

    January 2, 2014

    By Cedia Llopis-Jepsen, Topeka Capital-JournalThe Kansas Board of Regents announced Tuesday it would reconsider a controversial social media policy that has upset academics around the country....

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  • Training session on KOMA helps officials

    December 31, 2013

    By Sarah Kessinger, Marysville AdvocateTraining helps elected local officials to minimize their chances of breaking the state’s open meetings law, an attorney with the League of Kansas Municipalities...

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  • We need 30 judges by Jan. 6

    December 31, 2013

    We agreed more than five years ago to judge the New Jersey's newspaper contest for 2014. Little did we know at the time that the contest would come right on the heels of our recent judging of the...

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  • Elliott School director pens book on Hoover, press

    December 23, 2013

    Matt Cecil, who recently took over as associate professor and director of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University, has penned a new book on "Hoover's FBI and the Fourth Estate...

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  • Newspapers turn to readers for revenue help

    December 23, 2013

    From MediaLife MagazineBy Bill CromwellThis year, newspapers turned to readers to help offset their deep advertising losses. Newspaper subscription prices went up, and a growing number of papers...

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  • RJI helps revamp Inland cost, revenue study

    December 17, 2013

    The nearly 100-year-old National Cost and Revenue Study for newspapers has been reimagined for the 21st century: bound copies and PDFs are out; an interactive Web-based dashboard is in.Developers...

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  • Square Deal sells to native of Atwood

    December 10, 2013

    The Rawlins County Square Deal has sold to an Atwood native, and control will change in January, said Mary Holle, co-owner.Lloyd Huff and his wife, Susan, who live near Fort Worth, are purchasing the...

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  • USPS delays Intelligent Mail barcode requirement

    December 5, 2013

    The Postal Regulatory Commission’s  (PRC) recent ruling held that mandating the implementation of Full-Service Intelligent Mail barcode (IMb™) requirements constitutes a rate increase.Due to this...

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  • Hays NEA files open meetings complaint

    December 3, 2013

    By JUDY SHERARD, Hays Daily NewsThe Hays National Education Association has filed an investigation request into an alleged violation of the Kansas Open Meetings Act by the Hays USD 489 Board of...

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