Q&A: Understanding 'the human toll of recession'

Six GateHouse reporters attended the SNA/APME McCormick Specialized Reporting Symposium April 5-6 in Chicago. The 20 attendees received training on managing long-term projects, reporting on a bad economy's effects on families, reporting numbers and more. Here, the six GH participants share what they learned.

GateHouse Media papers sparkle with Fourth stories, galleries

We've found a variety of great Fourth of July content. Find out how to get your content in our post.

ASF template: Opening coverage

Another installment of ASF templates that offers coverage of a grand opening of a business, restaurant, community center, etc.

 

ASF template: Meeting coverage

Another installment of ASF templates focuses on covering a meeting.

 

ASF template: Kids question

Today we take a closer look at the popular ASF, the kids question template.

 

ASF template: Church profile

Today we feature a popular ASF that's proven to be hugely successful in a number of GateHouse papers — the church profile.

 

ASF template: Sports Q&A

Here's another option in our ongoing series of alternative story format templates — the sports Q&A.

 

ASF template: Reader photos

Part of an ongoing series of ASF templates.

 

ASF template: People profile

Third in a series of alternative story forms, today we take a closer look at the People Profile template.

 

ASF template: Newsmaker Q&A

Second is a series of alternative story forms, today we take a closer look at the News maker Q&A template.

 

ASF template: 5 Things to know

Here's the inaugural installment of a series of blog posts devoted to alternative story formats. Today we look at the 5 Things to know template.

 

Q&A: How breaking news can be turned into an ASF on deadline

Alternative story formats can aid the planning and presentation on deadline.

 

Box scores help readers digest meeting news in Ohio

For more than a year, The Repository in Canton, Ohio, has used meeting box scores to document quick-hit info from meetings.

Two former rivals in Ohio work together on major stimulus project

The series, called “Stimulus in Stark,” was the first collaboration of its kind between the two GateHouse Media papers.

5 Things format a huge hit for previewing top priorities in Boston suburbs

The Enterprise, a GateHouse Media daily newspaper outside of Boston has found an alternative way to tell readers about big projects in towns they cover.

Numerous Veterans Day events? Michigan paper makes it work in print, online

Veterans Day was a busy one in Lenawee County, Mich.

Project: Canton, Ohio newspaper examines life on Easy Street

 As we sunk deeper into the worst recession since the Great Depression, The Repository staff considered how we could document the difficult year while also providing practical help for those still going through tough times.

14 ideas for your back-to-school coverage

While it may feel like summer really just started, the kids will go back to school in just a few weeks.

It's hot! 20 ways you can tell the heat wave story

A heat wave has been consuming much of the country this week, with mid-90 to well over 100-degree temperatures impacting most regions and nearly all GateHouse Media markets.

Training Schedule

Updated Jun 28, 2011 @ 09:53 AM

Here's a look at onsite training that the News & Interactive Division has on tap in the coming weeks:

Week of June  20
Harrisburg Daily Register [IL]
Eldorado Daily Journal [IL]
Carmi Times [IL]
The Olney Daily Mail [IL]
Flora Advocate Press  [IL]
Newport Independent [AR]
Stuttgart Daily Leader [AR]
Helena The Daily World [AR]
Heber Springs The Sun Times [AR]


Newsroom Handbook
Culture Cube
News Cube
Web Cube
Reader Callouts