When Wes Mau­rer gets asked what will save news­pa­pers, his sim­pli­fied response is good writ­ing and good journalism.

Mau­rer, the pub­lisher and edi­tor of the St. Ignace News in St. Ignace, Mich. and the Mack­inac Island Town Crier, rep­re­sents an old school style of news­pa­per jour­nal­ism that isn’t focused on tweets and web prowess, but more so the con­tent that fills the space between the reader’s thumbs as they hold the paper in front of their face. (more…)

If your col­lege news­pa­per isn’t on the web yet, now’s the time to be. In a time where there are spec­u­la­tions of a revi­tal­iza­tion of the news­pa­per indus­try in a dig­i­tal form, why not get started early? Here are three quick ways to get started on the web, with­out hav­ing to invest a sin­gle dol­lar: (more…)