Having data in stories adds to credibility and benefits reporters, but so does data on content views, page views and story views. The digital team staffers in your newsroom might not be your best friends now, but they should be. Yet reporters might complain that their stories “didn’t get on the front page or my…
Author: Mary Eber
APME News: -30-
The last issue of APME News magazine was distributed this week at the News Leaders Association Conference in New Orleans. The publication’s life cycle came to a close as NLA emerged as a new organization, born from the merging of the American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors. The final issue looks…
No Choice but to “Hold the Line”
For a century, journalists have been the distributors of news as well as gatekeepers of facts and truth but these days a global campaign of disinformation and a growing dependency on social media to get the news out may be crippling the industry and eroding public trust. Social media platforms have become the world’s largest…
NLA: Moving Forward
The News Leaders Association, born of the merger between two long-standing media organizations – the American Society of News Editors and Associated Press Media Editors – will become a bigger advocate for First Amendment issues. “But let me be clear this morning. This is more than just a merger of two fine organizations,” said the…
NLA: APME and ASNE Merge
The American Society of News Editors and the Associated Press Media Editors joined forces in 2019. ASNE and APME is now NLA, the News Leaders Association. Previously both organizations have been newspaper focused, but together as NLA, the organization hopes to evolve to serve the media at large. “We want to serve broadcast, startups, nonprofits,…
Leading the Way for Journalism in South Louisiana
It’s rare to receive a newspaper that’s a hefty 65 pages, but this is common for The New Orleans Advocate on a Saturday in Louisiana. While the company’s online presence NOLA.com is nothing to be overlooked, it’s print publication has been growing circulation year over year. Owners of The New Orleans Advocate, John and Dathel…
“The Battle for Truth”
Maria Ressa may not be a household name among American journalists, but she will be after Monday’s opening session of the inaugural News Leaders Association opening luncheon, where she is the keynote speaker. Ressa is the CEO and executive editor of Rappler.com, the largest journalist-controlled media corporation in the Philippines and also a verified signatory…
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