Gene Policinski First Amendment

Farewell to two free spirit, free speech icons

Gene Policinski Inside the First Amendment Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center. He can be reached at gpolicinski@newseum.org. Follow him on Twitter:...
Jim Stasiowski, writing coach

About three deaths in August

Jim Stasiowski Writing Writing coach Jim Stasiowski welcomes your questions or comments. Call him at (775) 354-2872 or write to: 2499 Ivory Ann Drive Sparks, Nev. 89436.Jerry Lewis made me laugh, especially when I was...

Obituaries

Gilbert Carvalho Gilbert Carvalho, 83, a lifelong resident of East Taunton, Mass., died of heart disease Sept. 2 at Morton Hospital and Medical Center in...

Transitions

MAINE Earl Brechlin has left as founding editor of the Mount Desert Islander of Bar Harbor to become communications director of Friends of Acadia, an...

Vt. journalist Donoghue receives national student-journalism honor

Michael Donoghue, a retired longtime reporter for The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press, has won a national scholastic-journalism award.Donoghue, executive director of the Vermont Press...
Kevin Slimp technology

Selling yourself to sell ads

Kevin Slimp Kevin Slimp is director of the Institute of Newspaper Technology. Email questions to him at kevin@kevinslimp.com“We need to find ways to give our staff...
John Foust Advertising

What golf teaches us about advertising

John Foust John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his training videos to...
Ed Henninger design

Taking a closer look at your design: Part 1

Ed Henninger Design ED HENNINGER is an independent newspaper consultant and the director of Henninger Consulting. Website: www.henningerconsulting.com Phone: (803) 327-3322 WANT A FREE evaluation of your newspaper’s design? Just...

Obituaries

Larry Eldridge, former sports editor of Christian Science Monitor of BostonRichard Dudman, ended acclaimed 76-year career at Bangor (Maine) Daily NewsHenry G. Francis, former news editor for then-Boston...

Patience, chutzpa pave path to her award-winning photos

By Alison Berstein, Bulletin Correspondent ‘This is an art form. There needs to be something in one's soul that leads someone to be a professional photographer. You...