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Public notice reporting tips
Aug 1, 2023
Learning from the master: How Jim Lockwood weaves award-winning journalism out of public notices
Swalwell, Blumenthal reintroduce Journalist Protection Act to defend the free press
May 6, 2025
On Monday, following World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell (D-California) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) reintroduced the Journalist Protection Act, legislation ...
Department of Labor pauses enforcement of independent contractor rule
May 5, 2025
On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it will no longer enforce a Biden-era rule that makes it harder for companies to use independent contractors, as it works to cancel the regulation.
A personal tale about AI tools and newspapers
May 1, 2025
People in our industry have been feeling a sense of unease about Artificial Intelligence. For the large dailies, AI is a threat. But should community newspaper executives see the same looming negatives? ...
Focusing on the future: With a nod to the past, Austin Lewter applies traditional journalism values to the modern platforms of today and tomorrow
May 1, 2025
At 42, Austin Lewter has played a role in community newspapers for nearly three-quarters of his life, starting as a pre-teen photojournalist at the newspaper he now owns with his wife, Jennifer.
Read the May edition of Pub Aux
May 1, 2025
Publishers' Auxiliary (Pub Aux) is the only national publication serving America's community newspapers.
Death by a million scrapes: What publishers face with the rapid increase in AI scraping
Apr 15, 2025
If the rapid, continued growth of scraping is any indication, publishers have a few bullet-point items to add to their nuanced concerns.
Kevin Kamen assists Forbes with World's Billionaires List – The Richest in 2025
Apr 15, 2025
Multi-media financial valuation expert Kevin Kamen has been acknowledged in the recently released Forbes World’s Billionaires 2025 edition for assisting the wealth & media reporters in figuring ...
