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You can’t help fixating the things you fear; we can’t help telling you about them

I’ve wagged my finger from time to time at those who accuse this newspaper of harping on negative or sensational news. The fact is, we devote quite a bit of time and space in pursuit of stories most would consider “positive” in tone; but as online...

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News websites begin to tinker with per-click, iTunes-style story access

If newspaper websites' move to paywalls and metered access has you in a tizzy, well, hold on to your hat. A la carte pricing could shake things up a bit more.
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Flynt's criticism of Charleston newspapers puts First Amendment ignorance on display

Larry Flynt was either feigning indignation or is utterly ignorant of First Amendment rights when he harangued two Charleston newspapers that refused to publish his endorsement of Mark Sanford in Tuesday's Congressional special election.
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Content marketing gives newspapers new (corrupting?) way to sell content

Traditional-media companies are good at delivering content that can inform readers' decisions. Commercializing that ability helps solve one problem for newspapers ... but could create another.
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Boston, Heritage juxtaposition makes for difficult news choices

Gripping news unfolded from Boston last week preciselyas one of the biggest annual events in our coverage are was taking place. Here is how we handled two big stories -- one national, one local -- developing simultaneously.
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11 tips to help publicists get their news in our paper

We do our best to clean up any newsworthy submitted item for publication in The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette, but you can help us help you by following these tips for cleaner, well-delivered press releases.
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Our 10 most-viewed stories of the past year: Did journalists love them as much as you did?

Do readers really pay attention to the public-service journalism they claim to want?
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Noting emailed sources important part of journalists' full disclosure

A reader recently emailed the newsroom with question about our attribution policies that perhaps some of you have wondered about, as well. Specifically, he wanted to know why we found it necessary to denote when information gathered from a human source is obtained over email.
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Market for journalism's highest ideals mostly up to readers

The prevailing narrative in some quarters is that were it not for the twin cataclysms of Internet competition and a persistent recession, my industry would be doing just swell. But that doesn’t square with a historical fact: U.S. newspaper circulation was trending downward for decades before...
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WSJ: Facebook to venture into Twitter territory -- hashtags

The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is working on a plan to let its users arrange content by using hashtags, a technique long associated with Twitter.
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Are you thwarting your employees? 5 tips to break you of 'fixing'

OK, I admit it: I’m what leadership expert Jill Geisler would call an inveterate "fixer" — that is to say, someone in a position of workplace authority who habitually takes on work rather than delegating or teaching others how to do it themselves.