New England Press Association's News Roundup

May 20, 2010

	N.H dailies successfully sharing content in spirit of tough times for newspapers By Megan Pollock Bulletin Staff Ten major daily newspapers in New Hampshire seem to be embracing their state’s “Live free or die” motto by agreeing to come together and exchange news content, free of charge. The New Hampshire Newspaper Exchange began in 1990 when the Concord Monitor, the Portsmouth Herald, The Telegraph of Nashua, the Keene Sentinel, and the Valley News of West Lebanon agreed to share local content. Earlier this year, the New Hampshire Union Leader of Manchester, Foster’s Daily Democrat of Dover, the Laconia Citizen, the Berlin Daily Sun, and the Conway Daily Sun, agreed to join the exchange. MORE >

	OVERVIEW NENPA weds workshops, awards in first convention KEYNOTE Keynote speaker urges change, relevance for newspapers ADVERTISING Advertising more important to business in down economy Study: Local news, ads in newspapers still in demand MANAGEMENT Change is new state of newspaper industry Event management might hold key to sources of $$$$ Nonprofit news model plausible but difficult Immediacy essential in managing inevitable change Accurate, fast, cost-effective tool for measuring market Matchbin strives to fortify online sites' ties to market Financial freefall means papers using more freelancers DESIGN Think like your readers to attract more of them While downsizing size of pages, spruce them up too PHOTOS General excellence award winners	NEWS Good heads inspire smiles NEWS AND THE LAW Avoid legal liability by avoiding changes to online user comments MULTIMEDIA Videos exemplify rule of storytelling: Show, don't tell Social media must be part of marketing mix Audio adds emotion, content to storytelling Visual reporting important for history and, more and more, for the here and now In multimedia age, taking risks is sometimes worth it Consumers going mobile, papers must be on board ONLINE Study: Allow online comment but put brakes on its excesses Globe editors: Gear all your online editing to engage readers SPORTS Rewards of covering too much with too little worth the work Master message, and new media will help deliver it REPORTING Wanted: Assertive inquisitors, not secretaries, for intensive coverage of local government
	*Other Stories*
	Photojournalism becomes global journey of discovery for ex-Globe freelancer NENPA scholarships given to 3 Northeastern undergraduates	Brown's winning campaign for U.S. Senate includes NENPA display ad service Cotter named NENPA's new executive director
	Note to Readers: You’ll see a new approach to some of the content in the News Digest section in this edition of the e-Bulletin. Some of the links in that section will bring you to other websites for news of interest to Bulletin readers. Other links in that section will bring you to news items composed by Bulletin staff members, generally from published reports, as has been our custom. The new links to outside sources are a forerunner of what you’ll see more of in future Bulletins. It is a run-up to the format of a wholesale redesign of the New England Newspaper and Press Association website and its e-Bulletin section that is coming your way in the months ahead. As always, we would appreciate hearing from you with any thoughts you might have on the immediate changes and the new website in progress. You can e-mail your comments or questions to l.mckie@neu.edu or call Link McKie at (617) 373-8324. *News Digest*
	• Study: Press underplayed Brown race; Globe favored rival • Ex-Globe scribe advises to use comments for advocacy • Open-government workshop set for May 28 in Vermont *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Globe 100 top companies section shy by 18 • GOP rival claims she exposed Conn. AG’s falsehood • Journalists rank 4th in trust survey, far ahead of pols • paidContent tops Mediagazer’s top 100 media sources • Obama refuses press query at press freedom event • ASNE offers series of myth busters about press • R.I. mulls open-records reform in House for third year • 2 Mass. solons seek to apply access laws to legislature • R.I. considers making criminal records easier to expunge • Mass. solons, governor favor more secrecy for criminals • N.H. rejects subjecting nonprofits to access law • Niche website given press protection in N.H. court ruling • Secret session minutes: Official threatens to 'sit on butt' *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • U.S. Senate panel OKs cameras in federal courts • Leahy plan to speed access requests OK’d • Portsmouth Herald, others win criminal annulment case • Mass. city official admits “sitting on” records request • GateHouse papers put off on obtaining suspects’ names • Obama record mixed on transparency promise • Newspaper advertising sales decline lessens • Journal parent has loss in Q1, but less than prior year's • GateHouse narrows loss in first quarter from year before • Newsprint prices climb to $575 a tonne in April	• Dean Cheney Avery • Richard E. Myles • Bertha Kent Folley • James P. Cunavelis • Katherine C. Ayotte • Katherine G. Konides • Alberta D. Shanks • Robin Katherine Lang • Mary Anita Pearson • CONNECTICUT • Jon Cooper • Henry E. Scott • RHODE ISLAND • Karen Bordeleau • Kurt Mayer • ABC offers online feature for more member communication *The link below is to a news item on another Web site:* • Time parent backs ending Saturday mail *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • 100,000 websites add Facebook widgets • Internet ads up 7.5% in Q1 to record level • Half in U.S. have social-media profiles • Conn.’s Main Street Connect aim: 3,000 local news sites • 25% of U.S. homes use cell phones vs. land lines • Bangor daily places second for internat'l marketing award • Globe freelancer among new Knight Fellows at MIT • USA Today's best '09 delivery partner: Providence Journal • Yankee Quill nominations due by June 30 *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • Monitor scribe wins award for enviro-fraud series • Boston Globe finalist for 3 EPpy Web awards • Boston Phoenix parent lays off 10 employees • Top media execs see pay increase • Task force meets in June to assist online news sites *The links below are to news items on other Web sites:* • AP 2010 initiatives to include News Registry • Opposition mounts to Tribune Co. reorg plan • Earnings roundup shows brighter Q1
	*Columnists*
	Writing How to cop to being good reporter Jim Stasiowski Just Design InDesign CS5: Another winner Ed Henninger	Ad-libs A question that prompts open-ended, and fruitful, discussion John Foust Technology A resounding yes to upgrade to InDesign CS5 Kevin Slimp
	*Commentary*
	Poking fun just as protected by 1st Amendment as political opinion Gene Policinski, Inside the First Amendment
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