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Story Idea: Boomers looking to group housing as they get older

There is a small - but growing - trend among aging Baby Boomers to live together. What do your readers think of this idea?

Content team managers take training on the road

Content Team Managers have started taking training on the road for GateHouse newspapers across the country.

Best of the Day: Shawnee News-Star keeps community informed in wake of tornado

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.

Poll question idea: Should sexual orientation matter in the Boy Scouts?

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?

AP names Register-Mail best small daily in Illinois

Galesburg paper earns general excellence honors while winning 14 first-place awards and 27 overall in annual Illinois AP contest.

Do you want your Twitter account to be more secure?

Yesterday, Twitter announced a way you can make your Twitter account more secure: two-step authentication.

Story idea: New sunscreen labels may still be confusing

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:

 

Best of the Day: PJStar gives readers chance to chat with mayor (5/22/13)

The Journal Star in Peoria, Ill., connects its readers and the city’s mayor through an online chat.

Check out this Reddit discussion with 2 AP social media editors

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.

Story Idea: When teachers become heroes

The recent tornadic destruction in Moore, Okla., is another example of teachers putting their safety aside to protect students.

5 takeaways: How to use Microsoft Excel for stories

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool for journalists working with data. With some very basic skills, you can organize and analyze numbers you routinely come across in your beat and start chasing down new data sets to explore for stories.

David Riley, regional story bank editor for GateHouse Media New England, recently led a webinar called, “A Beginner’s Guide to Excel for Journalists.” You can find a quick primer on Excel for beginners here.

Here are five takeaways from the presentation:

 

Best GateHouse photos of the week (May 14-20, 2013)

Here are the best GateHouse photos of the week May 14-20, 2013. Want your photographs featured here? Just send them to shardesty@gatehousemedia.com every week.

More Content Now columnist Standring recognized for blog

More Content Now columnist and blogger Suzette Standring is a finalist in the category of "Online, Blog, and Multimedia Columns under 100,000 monthly unique visitors" for the annual column writing competition for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Story idea: Are people in your area prepared for a disaster?

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?

Gallery of the week: Class 1A Boys Track and Field Sectional at Eureka (PJStar.com, 5/16/13)

Class 1A Boys Track and Field Sectional at Eureka. View gallery here.

 

Design Spotlight: The Times-Reporter

Documents often can be compelling, smokig-gun visuals that can tell the story better than a photo. Here's what The Times-Reporter displayed its localized story of the IRS-targeting scandal that broke recently.

The Repository named best paper in Ohio — again

GateHouse newspaper in Canton, Ohio, wins general excellence award in its division for the seventh consecutive time.

Shawnee News-Star staff produces special section hours after deadly storm

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.

Best of the Day: Don't forget social media when it comes to reader callouts (5/20/21)

It's that time of year: prom season! It's the perfect time to ask for reader photos - on your website, Facebook and Twitter.

Story idea: Is your community pool clean? Probably not

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.

Training Schedule

Updated May 21, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

Digital First Social Media Editor Buffy Andrews will be presenting a webinar on digital promotion for journalists this Thursday, May 23 from 3 - 4 pm Eastern. Register now.

Then, in June, Craig Silverman, founder of Regret the Error blog and Poynter adjunct faculty, presents an overview of what media organizations got it right and what media organizations got it wrong - and why - during the coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Register now.
 
He is followed two weeks later by GateHouse Media New England Regional Digital Editor Nicole Simmons, who will be presenting a webinar on Vine video as a storytelling tool. Register now.

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