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PS FORM 3526, STATEMENT of OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION FOR 2014 The deadline for filing your Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation (PS Form 3526) with the U.S. Postal Service is October 1 of each year. The filing and publication of this form is a requirement for maintaining Periodicals mailing privileges. Dailies must publish a completed copy of this form in their newspaper by October 10, and non-dailies by October 31. USPS revised PS form 3526 in 2014.
Friday Night Bytes - In Texas, high school football is the killer app - Columbia Journalism Review
In Texas, high school football is the killer app This story discusses a range of ways football is covered by news organizations in Texas
"Fans want it all—the latest news and numbers now, and a great yarn tomorrow, all delivered with an intimacy reminiscent of a bunch of friends sitting around watching the home team."
Source: Friday Night Bytes - Columbia Journalism Review
Newsonomics: 10 headlines we may see this fall about the future of news » Nieman Journalism Lab
Summer appears gone; prepare to mark the first day of fall in the traditional fashion, with a new set of announcements from Apple. On Wednesday, Apple will dazzles with new iPhones, a new Apple TV, iOS 9, and a few more reveals about Apple News.
National Newspaper Association Urges US Department of Labor to Slow Down on Overtime Rule Hikes
The National Newspaper Association today called on the US Department of Labor (DOL) to scale back its aggressive push to raise salary thresholds for exempt workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act. DOL has said it wants to more than double in a single year the salary basis by which professional, creative and administrative white collar workers are qualified as exempt. NNA President John Edgecombe Jr., publisher of The Nebraska Signal, Geneva, NE, said NNA newspapers had expressed alarm at DOL’s surprisingly steep increase.
How an Ohio reporter helped convict more than 100 rapists - Columbia Journalism Review
"Dissell first began asking questions about rape kits in late 2009, when Ohio was rocked by the gruesome story of 11 bodies found in and around the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell, a convicted rapist. The story prompted Dissell and Atassi to investigate how sexual assault cases were handled in Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland. They filed a public records request, asking for the number of untested rape kits in storage at the Cleveland police department. The answer they got: We don’t know.
DoD manual allows journalists to be held as 'belligerents'
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Defense Department guidelines allow commanders to punish journalists and treat them as "unprivileged belligerents" if they believe journalists are sympathizing or cooperating with the enemy. The Law of War manual, updated to apply for the first time to all branches of the military, contains a vaguely worded provision that military commanders could interpret broadly, experts in military law and journalism say.
Apple Adds More Publishers for Its News App | Re/code
When it announced News at WWDC in June, Apple had 18 publishers on board; now it says it has more than 50. A few years ago, the News model — where publishers put full stories on Apple’s app and share some of the ad revenue those stories generate — might have been controversial.
15 tips for handling quotes | Poynter.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1768","attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"392","height":"289","alt":""}}]]I love it when a dogmatic reporter argues, “I only use the exact words that a person says, nothing more or less.” Then comes my cross-examination: “Do you include every time the source says ‘like’ or ‘you know’?” “If the mayor says ‘gonna’ do you ever change it to ‘going to’?” The reporter grumbles.
5 ways to prepare your newsroom to cover suicide more effectively | Poynter.
tories about heart disease and cancer, the first and second leading causes of death in the United States, are all over the news. But when it comes to covering suicide, the tenth leading cause of death, news organizations are wary. When they do cover it, they are often spurred by an immediate breaking story. Those stories can be reactive. And sometimes, they do more harm than good. Source: 5 ways to prepare your newsroom to cover suicide more effectively | Poynter.
The Headliners Foundation is accepting submissions for its 2015 Showcase Award for Enterprise and Innovation in Journalism.
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