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Issue: #392
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August 12, 2016
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From DailyGazette.com - The thing about laws, even the ones that can't get you thrown in jail, is that you don't get to pick and choose the ones you follow.
Yet some government organizations feel it's perfectly OK to cherry-pick the parts of the state Freedom of Information Law that they want to follow and to ignore the ones they don't.
It's not.
Here's a for-instance. One of our reporters was told by a local government body that it would not accept his request for information if it was made via email. The only Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests they would accept would be those via traditional mail.
Yet state Public Officers Law, Article 6 (FOIL), Section 89.3b clearly states that "all entities shall, provided such entity has reasonable means available, accept requests for records submitted in the form of electronic mail and shall respond to such requests by electronic mail. ..." More _____________________________________________________________________ Here's a related article about FOIA by David McGraw from The New York Times: FOIA, Subpoenas and Singapore's Libel Laws: All in a Day's Work
It's 5 a.m. and the first question on my mind is not "What am I doing up?" but "What are we saying today about Singapore?" As with most things in life, the answer lies in my iPhone.
It's a daily ritual: checking my email before dawn to see whether I need to do a legal review of any stories heading toward deadline at our newsroom in Hong Kong. Singapore, with its strict libel laws, is always a concern. Among the many things they don't teach you in law school is how to make keen judgments on matters of foreign law while half-awake, half a world away. Somehow it works out, and especially today: None of our editors in Asia is looking for me. More
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Congratulations to the Press-Republican on earning top national honors for journalistic excellence
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NYNAME, NYSCMA, Inc. to co-host free newspaper mixer in East Syracuse
The New York Newspapers Advertising and Marketing Executives (NYNAME) and the New York State Circulation Management Association, Inc. (NYSCMA, Inc.) are pleased to announce a free newspaper mixer taking place Thursday, September 15th in East Syracuse.
The casual, after-hours networking event will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Regatta Bar & Grill inside the DoubleTree Hotel. It is free to attend for both members and non-members of NYNAME and NYSCMA, Inc., and light refreshments will be served.
The mixer aims to bring together advertising and circulation directors, managers and staff to network and converse about the newspaper industry in a relaxed setting.
The Regatta/DoubleTree Hotel is located at 6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York 13057, just off Exit 35 of Interstate 90.
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Gannett Completes Acquisition of ReachLocal, Inc.
From Gannett Press Release - G annett announced Tuesday that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of ReachLocal, Inc. ("ReachLocal"). ReachLocal, a leader in powering online marketing, helps local businesses grow and operate their business better with leading technology and expert service providing digital lead generation, advertising, marketing, web presence and other digital solutions. "Today marks an important milestone in Gannett's transformation and leadership in digital media," said Robert Dickey, Gannett president and chief executive officer. "The addition of ReachLocal's market-leading digital marketing services and solutions will increase our overall digital revenues by roughly 50% and we expect that our overall digital revenues will now approach $1 billion in 2017. We expect that in its first full year of operations following the acquisition, ReachLocal will be approximately neutral to our earnings per share, and slightly accretive in the second full year." Sharon Rowlands, ReachLocal CEO added "ReachLocal is focused on building the best digital marketing solutions to help local businesses achieve their goals, and we are excited to accelerate this strategy around the globe with Gannett." More
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Boyer: John Oliver's message is much-needed
From auburnpub.com -
Humor is a vehicle that has remarkable effectiveness at delivering an important message, but it takes considerable talent, intelligence and creativity to pull off comedic commentary.
John Oliver is a person who has this gift, and a few days ago, he used it for a piece about the state of journalism, specifically the newspaper industry.
On his show, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," the satirist skewered us pretty good. He poked fun at the lengths companies have gone to generate digital content that attracts clicks online. He ridiculed a few companies for the staffing cutbacks they've done, the mistakes they've made as a result of smaller newsrooms and the journalistic integrity they've seemingly forsaken.
But watch his entire 19-minute piece and you'll reason that his larger purpose was to make his massive audience more aware of local newspaper journalism's value, and why our industry's battle to remain financially viable in the digital age is so important. More
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Blog: Thank you John Oliver
From poststar.com by Ken Tingley - If you are not familiar with comedian John Oliver, you should be.
Oliver's Sunday night show on HBO, "Last Week Tonight," is the latest, perhaps best, incarnation of what Jon Stewart started at "The Daily Show with a comedic take on the issues of the day.
But in both cases, these shows provide information and depth far beyond what viewers will ever see on network or cable news.
On Sunday, Oliver took a close look at the plight of newspapers.
Newspaper resources have been dwindling significantly over the past 10 years as advertising revenue has disappeared.
Our newspaper is no exception.
Oliver pointed out that newspaper journalism is important work that other media often latch onto as their own, saying "The media is a food chain that would fall apart without newspapers."
My greatest fear for this community is who will do the journalism when there are no reporters left. Who will cover the town board meetings, point out Open Meeting Violations and call out politicians when they blatantly lie?
Not having a reporter at a government meeting is like a teacher leaving her class of seventh graders alone for the day. More
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The latest New York Times Magazine is a 40,000-word, grant-funded book
From Poynter.org - Not long after Jake Silverstein was named editor of The New York Times Magazine in 2014, he had a dinnertime conversation with writer Scott Anderson and photographer Paolo Pellegrin, two longtime contributors to the magazine.
The subject? "A big, epic project," timed to the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring, that would take over the entirety of the magazine. Looking back, they probably didn't know how big it would get. Over time, the story grew to encompass the Iraq invasion. The rise of ISIS. The refugee crisis. A volatile political climate that had its roots in the 1970s. It became a "giant jigsaw puzzle" that required some serious editorial muscle.
"It involved some index cards, laying out a bunch of pages on the floor and walking around them," Silverstein said. "It involved a lot of pounding our heads on the tables trying to figure out the math of how this would lead to that."
The result, a tale that spans decades, 40,000 words and an entire issue of The New York Times Magazine, was published this morning. Titled "Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart," the five-part saga is unusual in its scope, a sweeping chronicle told through the eyes of six characters spread across five different countries. More
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