BY RICK NAGEL, NINA BOARD MEMBER This might not be the best marketing strategy, but I’m going to be totally honest about this “Trusting News” event that’s taking place tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 21) at Northern Illinois University’s Naperville campus. The workshop is, after all, about trust. I know from experience that I should be using …
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BY JASON AKST, MA, INSTRUCTOR, NIU DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." — George Orwell Time is running out to register for "Trusting News," a half-day seminar of strategies for news organizations to build/rebuild trust between us and the audiences we …
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BY PAT SZPEKOWSKI, PR STRATEGIES, NINA BOARD MEMBER Stop what you're doing right now and email Shelley Hendricks at shendricks@niu.edu to let her know you're coming to the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association's "Trusting News" workshop on Sept. 21 at NIU's Naperville campus. Need a reason? Here are 10: (1) Have some FREE continuing education. Where …
BY JIM FULLER, NINA BOARD PRESIDENT This morning I received an email from a reader with a passive-aggressive response to a series of reports I did on a pending government contract. He didn't like the article because he wanted the contract to move forward. As a result of questions raised by my reporting, it did …
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