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Search Results: "Digital Initiative" - Page 2
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Apr
According to Pew Research, 89% of Americans get news from digital devices. Despite this fact, many newspapers in the US do not have a website (or don’t have the resources to keep it updated with current news). Join us May 26th at 2pm EST for a discussion on Our Hometown’s Digital Initiative to get all US newspapers online. See below for a video overview of the VPA’s program, which helps […]
18
Apr
Our-Hometown, Inc. and the Virginia Press Association teamed up earlier this year to launch Our-Hometown’s first Digital Initiative. The Digital Initiative is a program aimed at helping traditional print newspapers transition to a modern digital model, complete with a new mobile-friendly website that introduces several new opportunities for generating revenue. Newspapers that are members of the Virginia Press Association are eligible to enroll in the program, which offers Our-Hometown’s WordPress […]
13
Apr
Our-Hometown’s Digital Initiative partnership with the Virginia Press Association has already helped transition several Virginia newspapers to modern, mobile-friendly websites that will help increase readership and provide exciting new revenue opportunities for publishers. After testing the concept with our friends at the VPA, we’re excited to officially announce the launch of the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — now open to all Press Associations across the country! The goal of the Digital […]
15
Feb
Through its participation in the Our-Hometown Digital Initiative — Virginia Press Association partnership, the Courier-Record has been able to build upon a large Facebook following, with the launch of a new website powered by our fully customized WordPress platform. The award-winning Courier-Record is a weekly news publication in Blackstone VA. Serving Nottoway, Lunenburg and surrounding counties, the Courier-Record newspaper has a weekly circulation of 6,150. With a reputation for honest […]
27
Sep
With support from the Virginia Press Association Digital Initiative, the Scott County Virginia Star has launched a new modern website powered by Our-Hometown’s fully customized WordPress platform. In 1993, Rex and Lisa McCarty purchased the newspaper and reaffirmed the focus of the newspaper as a community-based publication. They have been proud residents of Scott County since that time and consider themselves fortunate to be a part of the community. To […]
20
Aug
Last year, Our-Hometown partnered up with the Virginia Press Association to launch our first Digital Initiative — a program aimed at getting all newspapers under the Virginia Press Association’s umbrella on the web with a turnkey digital revenue model. Many local newspapers, especially those covering smaller towns and communities, are still relying entirely on a printed newspaper funded by local advertisers, having neglected to take the next step of launching […]
27
Jul
The Kansas Press Association announces the launch of a Digital Initiative program during this WEBINAR EVENT REPLAY streamed live on Friday, July 29th. The Kansas Newspaper Foundation, the non-profit arm of the KPA will be awarding grants for newspapers to assist in the establishment of websites for legal newspapers who either do not have websites or websites that provide only limited functionality. Please apply for the grant here: https://forms.gle/948KagT3PU1CpGu67 The […]
28
Nov
The Recorder, a local newspaper covering three rural counties in western Virginia, was recently featured in a PBS NewsHour segment about the sustainability of local journalism. Additionally, The Recorder was singled out this year as one of 17 “Bright Spots” for local news outlets, as part of the 2023 “State of Local News Project” published by the Local News Initiative at Northeastern University’s Medill School of Journalism. The report, in […]
21
Dec
As 2022 comes to a close, we’d like to take a look back at all that we’ve accomplished this year. Our Digital Initiative program reached new heights as we launched new websites for several newspapers across the country through our partnerships with the Virginia Press Association, Illinois Press Association, and the Kansas Newspaper Foundation. The program helps us to provide the basic necessities for newspapers to launch a digital product […]
28
Aug
In an era where digital platforms dominate information dissemination, the relationship between tech giants and traditional news publishers has been fraught with tension. Recently, a groundbreaking deal between Google and California news publishers has captured headlines, promising a $250 million investment in journalism over five years. This agreement, which replaces proposed legislation, aims to support journalism jobs and fund AI research. But what does this mean for the future of […]
