Personalized outreach, data drive newspapers to improved retention
By Alejandro Serrano,
Bulletin Correspondent
Mather Economics uses a data-driven churn analysis to help newspapers develop a targeted, effective and efficient retention strategy, according to Matthew Lulay,...
Fact-checking grows in popularity, importance
By Tori Sullivan,
Bulletin Correspondent
'Fact-checking is hard. It takes time, but, more critically, no one wants you to do it. It would be easier for politicians...
Caution, not fear, should shape attitudes toward threats of libel suits
By Jacob Sauberman,
Bulletin Correspondent
‘There is a culture out there … to put media outlets out of business. The best defense is good reporting.’
—Robert Bertsche, Lawyer
Prince...
New Hall of Famers urge questioning of authority, persistence vs. adversity
By Bailey Knecht,
Bulletin Correspondent
As the six new members of the New England Newspaper Hall of Fame were inducted Friday, Feb. 24, they all espoused the...
‘Great Ideas’: Creativity and diversified product lines sell more ads, local publishers...
By Alex Eng,
Bulletin Correspondent
‘We found, as a council, that while we’re rapidly trying to grow our digital franchise, we’re leaving our print franchise in the...
Tiptoeing through the minefields inherent at community newspapers
By Gianna Barberia,
Bulletin Correspondent
“We’ll be sharing our war stories,” Earl Brechlin, editor of the Mount Desert Islander of Bar Harbor, Maine, said to a laughing...
Henninger’s cardinal sin of news design: Being dull
By Ryan Grewal,
Bulletin Correspondent
'Violate any of my other advice before you be dull. If you're dull, you're signing your own death warrant. You're telling people,...
Develop sources with trust, nurture them with fairness
By Alejandro Serrano
and Nadine El-Bawab,
Bulletin Correspondent
Panelist Stephen Kurkjian, center, shares a laugh with fellow panelists Kevin Landrigan and Anne Karolyi.
For Stephen Kurkjian, a three-time Pulitzer...
How to bring sensitivity to reporting on kids in crisis
By Morgan Mapstone,
Bulletin Correspondent
Reporting on child-related crises requires being both a journalist and a human being, according to Jennifer Berry Hawes.
Hawes, projects reporter at the...
Trump talk, triumphs of award winners dominate NENPA’s winter convention
By Alison Berstein,
Bulletin Correspondent
Could they be any happier? Robin Chan, at left, and Merrily Cassidy, at right, show the kind of joy repeated many times...