National Newspaper Association Foundation

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How to manage your local news business in the face of a pandemic

Apr 2, 2020

Many local newsrooms are in the thick of reporting on COVID-19 and have very little time to think about the financial sustainability of their businesses. That's why LION Publishers has teamed up with media consultants Tim Griggs and Ryan Tuck to design a 60-minute Zoom call on short and long-term preparations to protect your business and revenue strategies, inspired by your peers, that capitalize on increased audience engagement. On Friday, April 3 at 1 p.m. EST, LION Publishers will host this free webinar geared toward small, local newsrooms building digital businesses. RSVP here.

Thanks to sponsor Web Publisher PRO.

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Pub Aux Live! Designing Civics

The Weekly-Press of Pinckneyville, Illinois, made more than $2,000 and generated lots of positive buzz about the newspaper with its annual ad design contest. PLUS Salute to Healthcare Workers and a carryout dining guide.

Pub Aux Live! Building Community Support

NNA publishers and Dennis Switzer of KKTY Radio discuss building community support — not only to keep media doing what we do in a crisis, but how to help the businesses who have been, and will be, our advertisers again.

COVID-19 remains a local story

COVID-19 remains a local story, especially if elective surgeries are getting canceled again, especially if our hospitals are running out of beds again, especially if our beleaguered health care systems are losing workers — not to vaccine mandates but to a host of issues that undoubtedly include some of the root problem my high school acquaintance raised.