Got this message on an editor’s listserv last week and definitely could relate to this editor’s concerns: We are a small (and I mean really small) newspaper in American Samoa always struggling with readership issues. Right now there is a big (to us) trial going on in Washington D.C. which is about 8,000 miles from [...]
The New York Times has announced plans to charge users for access to its Web site, which no doubt will be greeted with unhappiness in some corners. After all, nobody wants to pay for something they’ve been getting for free. The Mail Tribune’s parent company, News Corp, is headed on the same track, with the [...]
The First Amendment Forum sponsored by SOU on Monday night focused on the need to protect reporters from the inquiring minds of federal prosecutors. That effort has gained some traction in recent months, with Congress tantalizingly close to passing a federal shield law. A shield law — which three dozen states, including Oregon, already have — essentially [...]
