In the past 10 years, the York (Pa.) Daily Record/Sunday News has won two firsts – including this year’s award – and two seconds in Pennsylvania Newspaper of the Year competition. For more on the news organization’s honors, visit YDR Insider’s awards page. I had the honor of accepting PNA’s
The previous post – Part II: Three months into paywall … – might have been more info than many readers would ever want to know. But so many news organizations are going that way – to online subscriptions – that readers might appreciate that snapshot as well as information in
Some folks write us with irritation about the green paywall, or online subscription screen, that pops up on ydr.com and our other sites. That screen is keeping them from reading something of intense interest, possibly even the rest of a story, since they had used up their five free monthly
We’re just at the three-month anniversary of charging for online subscriptions for virtually all content on ydr.com and our other websites. So what is the reader reaction 90 days in? Well, responses averaged about one a day for the first two months and now come in at about two or
The first Penn State football game in the post-Joe Paterno era arrived in a way no one thought it would. That meant we had to carefully plan our staffing and coverage. Here’s a look at how we planned, and what you’ll see today at ydr.com and in tomorrow’s paper. You’re welcome
Steve Buttry, director of Community Engagement and Social Media for Digital First, visited the newsroom today to discuss community engagement. We livestreamed the session (here’s the video) and curated tweets into a Storify presentation.