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Humor, satire: Making the political ‘cut,’ from our earliest days
Oct 15, 2020
As Election 2020 approaches, Gene Policinski talks about the great American tradition of humor and satire that has marked virtually every election and focuses us on facts that otherwise might be lost in ...
NNA Issue Brief: PPP loans under $50K get simplified forgiveness process
Oct 9, 2020
The U.S. Department of Treasury and Small Business Administration have released a new form for Paycheck Protection Program borrowers for loan forgiveness if they received $50,000 or less.
Trump and COVID-19: How ‘free’ are/should we be?
Oct 8, 2020
Gene Policinski talks about how the First Amendment provides protection for what we "could" say and report about President Trump's COVID-19 illness. The "-ish" questions revolve more around what we all ...
News organizations across the country receiving pushback for reporting coronavirus statistics
Oct 1, 2020
Just as some people are tiring of taking precautions against the novel coronavirus, helping it spread, I'm sure some newsrooms are tiring of covering it. And that helps it spread, too, by making it seem ...
NNA’s testimony supported Rodrigue’s request for authorization of second PPP loan
Oct 1, 2020
Local restaurants and local newspapers have common and critical concerns during the coronavirus economy. They both need federal stimulus dollars to continue to serve their communities. That was the message ...
Pandemic no excuse for lazy reporting
Oct 1, 2020
Logistics are demanding enough to connect with your regular corps of newsmakers. Then consider everyday readers — the local names and faces who provide so many distinctive stories — who may ...
Pandemic offers a chance to reset
Oct 1, 2020
Colleges and universities have become the new pandemic hot spots across the country. A New York Times study of more than 1,600 American colleges and universities — including every four-year public ...
Relevance Project releases 'Revenue Resource 2020'
Sep 21, 2020
The Newspaper Association Managers' Relevance Project today released the extensive Revenue Resource 2020 to assist newspapers in aiding businesses of all sorts during the problematic pandemic.
NNA ISSUE BRIEF: Payroll tax deferrals will come due January 1, 2021
Aug 31, 2020
As expected, the tax will not be forgiven but must be paid to the federal government between January 1 and April 20, 2021. If not paid by May 1, interest and penalties will begin to accrue.
