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Kevin Slimp: The Basic InDesign class you’ve been waiting for!

Kevin Slimp: The Basic InDesign class you’ve been waiting for!

The next in a series of webinars hosted by “The News Guru” Kevin Slimp and brought to our customers free of charge by Our-Hometown is scheduled for Thursday, June 17th at 2:00pm EST and will focus on the basics of using the Adobe InDesign software to design better pages and ads. “So many newspaper designers learned software basics on their own, missing many of the tools available to increase revenue […]

Our-Hometown to present at the 2021 Illinois Press Association Convention this morning

Our-Hometown to present at the 2021 Illinois Press Association Convention this morning

Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson will be giving a live presentation on USING AUTOMATION TO INCREASE AUDIENCE REVENUE AND ENGAGEMENT later this morning at 10:15 AM CST as a part of the 2021 Illinois Press Association/Foundation Convention. The annual convention is being held virtually this year via the Zoom video conferencing platform, and members of the Illinois Press Association are invited to attend all of the day’s events for […]

REPLAY: Disaster Prep for Newspapers

REPLAY: Disaster Prep for Newspapers

Back in February, the state of Texas was hit with a rare winter storm that brought snow, bitter cold temperatures and slick, icy roads to residents unaccustomed to such conditions. Power grids across the state failed due to the high usage of heat and energy, ultimately leaving as many as 3.5 million Texans without heat or power for several days. Caught in the middle of all of this were the […]

OMC Webinar Replay: Automated Podcasting with Audio Articles

OMC Webinar Replay: Automated Podcasting with Audio Articles

Back in March, Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson gave a presentation that introduced and detailed our new Audio Articles Podcast product for attendees of a LIVE webinar hosted by Online Media Campus and The Iowa Newspaper Foundation. During the presentation, Matthew explains what a podcast is and what kind of benefits one can provide for a newspaper in terms of growing outreach and audience. He also offers a general […]

Automated Podcasting with Audio Articles – NNA Webinar Recap

Automated Podcasting with Audio Articles – NNA Webinar Recap

Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson gave live a presentation on our brand new Audio Articles Podcast feature to members of the National Newspaper Association during a webinar hosted by the NNA last week. During the presentation, Matthew demonstrated how Audio Articles uses text-to-speech transcription software to automatically convert written articles into audio files that are read aloud by an automated narrator when readers visit the page. Audio Articles Podcasts […]

Kevin Slimp: Ideas & Tools For Designing Your Grad Section

Kevin Slimp: Ideas & Tools For Designing Your Grad Section

The next in a series of webinars hosted by “The News Guru” Kevin Slimp and brought to our customers free of charge by Our-Hometown is scheduled for Friday, April 9th at 11am EST and will focus on Winning Ideas & Tools to Make Designing Your Grad Section Easier. InDesign and Photoshop have several tools which can make the time it takes to create a graduation section decrease significantly. Using tools […]

Register for “Audio Podcasting with Audio Articles” for free today!

Register for “Audio Podcasting with Audio Articles” for free today!

The Illinois Press Foundation has invited Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson to give a presentation on our latest new feature, Audio Articles Podcast, during a live webinar this Thursday as part of the IPF’s Education Series. Audio Articles Podcast uses text-to-speech transcription software to automatically transform text articles into audio podcast episodes, creating a turnkey podcasting solution that any newspaper can use to enhance their digital outreach — even […]

Kevin Slimp: Advanced Photoshop for Newspaper Editors, Photographers & Designers

Kevin Slimp: Advanced Photoshop for Newspaper Editors, Photographers & Designers

The first in a series of webinars hosted by “The News Guru” Kevin Slimp and brought to our customers free of charge by Our-Hometown is scheduled for Friday, March 19th at 11am EST and will focus on Advanced Photoshop for Newspaper Editors, Photographers & Designers.  “No one knows more about photo editing and color correction for newspapers than Kevin Slimp, who has been teaching newspapers the best methods for photo editing since […]

Our-Hometown to sponsor upcoming Webinar series hosted by “The News Guru,” Kevin Slimp!

Our-Hometown to sponsor upcoming Webinar series hosted by “The News Guru,” Kevin Slimp!

Our-Hometown, Inc. is thrilled to announce the sponsorship of a series of upcoming Newspaper Academy webinars taking place over the next six months, hosted by none other than “The News Guru” himself, Kevin Slimp! Under this partnership, all Our-Hometown customers will be eligible to attend each of these sponsored sessions FREE OF CHARGE! Kevin Slimp is well-known in the industry for his expertise in all things newspapers, including his advanced knowledge of […]

Increase Audience & Revenue With Turnkey Audio Automation – E&P Webinar

Increase Audience & Revenue With Turnkey Audio Automation – E&P Webinar

Our-Hometown President & CEO Matthew Larson recently participated in a live webinar on Turnkey Audio Automation hosted by Editor & Publisher to show off our newest cutting-edge feature, Audio Articles Podcast. Larson joined Mike Blinder, Publisher of E&P, along with two of our customers who helped pioneer the development and implementation of Audio Articles Podcast: Guy Roginson of SignalsAZ.com and Kristen Weaver of The Wilson County News. The four of […]

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