It’s unclear why Halloween has become such a huge and growing holiday. It continues to expand commercially as well as in participation worldwide. Around my neighborhood, it seems to officially have begun about October 1 when decorations began appearing. The …
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As Halloween Grows, Origin is Murky
October 7, 2019 – 11:18 am
Rural Areas Not Covered by Local News
April 23, 2019 – 10:43 am
Many Americans who live in rural areas feel the local news doesn’t cover their area well. It makes sense since many rural newspapers are being bought by larger regional newspapers, or are going out of business. Media generally need as …
Subsidizing Speech to Help the News Media
April 5, 2019 – 11:29 am
The idea of government providing tax incentives to help support the news media was raised recently in The Atlantic. It’s not a far fetched idea. Government has subsidized a number of businesses to encourage their growth and if they …
Seasonal Media Stories Always Needed
December 20, 2018 – 11:52 am
There is a seasonality to many media stories. From our perspective as public relations professionals, it’s highly beneficial to be aware of those stories the news media have to do every season. This time of year, like clockwork, the media …
State of the News Media Business
August 2, 2018 – 11:05 am
Pew Research Center produces an annual report on the state of the news media. This year, as in years past, the news media business remains challenged. Though much of the economy continues to grow, employment in this industry does not. …
Behind the Univision Layoffs
July 27, 2018 – 10:08 am
Strife Among Univision Brass Precedes Cuts
Univision is still the nation’s largest Spanish-language media outlet, but its audience has dropped sharply in recent year and competitors are nipping at its heels. This week its new CEO announced it is laying …
BuzzFeed Site Shows Journalism Heft
July 23, 2018 – 12:18 pm
BuzzFeed Spotlights its Commitment to Reporting
A development in the ever-changing world of journalism: BuzzFeed has set up a separate site for its news stories. According to TechCrunch, the organization wants to make it clearer that it does in-depth …
Censorship in School Newspapers
July 5, 2018 – 10:52 am
Some Teen Journalists Encounter Censorship
Sensitive subjects — from investigations into personnel matters to relationships — are provoking anger and censorship for some school newspapers, according to the New York Times. Its story notes that a 1988 Supreme Court …
Facebook Brings News Powerhouses Aboard
June 7, 2018 – 9:30 am
Facebook Pays for News Content
ABC, Anderson Cooper, Shepard Smith, Jorge Ramos and more: News powerhouses are coming aboard Facebook’s Watch, its section of proprietary video content. As TechCrunch points out, what’s especially notable is that the social media giant …
Journalism Schools: Are They Needed?
June 4, 2018 – 10:34 am
Debating the value of journalism training
Journalism schools: Are they needed? Or at least, are they needed anymore? Columbia Journalism Review
explores these questions by presenting three points of view — yes, no, and depends on the cost. Here at …