The staff at the Shawnee News-Star in Oklahoma hasn't had a break from keeping readers informed since a deadly tornado struck the town on Sunday.
The Boy Scouts of America’s national leadership will vote today on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks. Should sexual orientation matter in the Boy Scouts?
Galesburg paper earns general excellence honors while winning 14 first-place awards and 27 overall in annual Illinois AP contest.
Yesterday, Twitter announced a way you can make your Twitter account more secure: two-step authentication.
The Food and Drug Administration has recently implemented changes to sunscreen labeling, which aim to clear up some confusing terms but may still be difficult to understand. How to educate your readers on this topic:
The Journal Star in Peoria, Ill., connects its readers and the city’s mayor through an online chat.
This morning, an "Ask Me Anything" thread started on Reddit with two AP social media editors. There's some interesting conversation going on, even beyond UGC ethics, if you want to take a look here.
The recent tornadic destruction in Moore, Okla., is another example of teachers putting their safety aside to protect students.
Emergency crews and volunteers continued to work through the early morning hours Today in a frantic search for survivors of a huge tornado that ripped through parts of Oklahoma City and its suburbs, killing at least 24 people and flattening whatever was in its path, including a hospital and at least two schools. If a disaster hits your area, are you prepared?
GateHouse newspaper in Canton, Ohio, wins general excellence award in its division for the seventh consecutive time.
On Friday, the Shawnee News-Star in Shanee, Okla., warned readers in print, online and on Facebook that the weekend weather outlook was a bit ominous.
It's that time of year: prom season! It's the perfect time to ask for reader photos - on your website, Facebook and Twitter.
As residents in communities across America dive into the summer swim season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are releasing the results of a disturbing study. Researchers found nearly 60 percent of pool filters tested positive for E. coli.
Meograph is a new, free, digital tool that allows you to easily incorporate multimedia in your stories, with an eye toward increasing pageviews, time on site and engagement. Learn how to use it. Did I mention it's free?
More and more preteens are joining their older siblings on the social media photo sharing site Instagram. Are parents in your community worried?
Hurricane season begins June 1 in the Atlantic and lasts through November. Here are some points to remember.
The start of summer, honoring fallen heroes and food are all ideas to cover for Memorial Day.
Andy Harris of The Suburbanite in Akron, Ohio, accomplishes what every sportswriter struggles to do on a daily basis, and that is to cover the “non-revenue” sports with as much energy and excitement as football and basketball.
ESPN and Twitter Inc. have announced that the social network will show ESPN highlight clips of major sporting events in the Twitter feed, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Gone are the days of famous last spoken words. Now it's famous last Tweets.
