Given the numerous attacks on journalists covering this week’s civil unrest, I have written a column intended to put the attacks in context. Feel free to publish the column if you believe it will be of value to your readers. Judy By Judy Patrick Vice president for editorial content, New York Press Association …
Here’s the May 5, 202 press release from the Newspaper Association Managers on the appointment of Tom Silverstri as executive director of the Relevance Project. RICHMOND, Va. — A veteran industry executive has been named project director of a renewed effort to champion the importance of community newspapers across North America and to celebrate…
By JUDY PATRICK Vice president for editorial development, New York Press Association If you missed Mike Reilly’s presentation for NYPA members on mobile and desktop apps for data storytelling last week, here’s a recap. Most of these apps are free. Some are a few dollars. Mike’s advice if the app wants you to buy a…
By JUDY PATRICK VP for editorial development, New York Press Association Imagine having a stack of checks arrive in your newspaper office every day from people in the community who believe in your mission and just want to help you through this COVID-19 crisis. That’s what is happening at the Valley News, a daily newspaper…
By JUDY PATRICK Executive VP for Editorial Development New York Press Association The First Amendment isn’t getting the appreciation and respect it deserves. Increasingly battered and misunderstood, it needs all the support it can get as divisive politics and advancing technologies drag us in new directions. Many Americans don’t even know the basics. Of the…