Potter Listening Tour
Walter B. “Walt” Potter Jr., who works with the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute to explore the future of community newspapers, is visiting community newspapers in The Potter Listening Tour. In this series, Potter will try to uncover some of the new realities for community publishers and editors and highlight some of the opportunities and challenges they face.
Potter established the Missouri School of Journalism’s Walter B. Potter Sr. Fund for Innovation in Local Journalism in 2010 to help journalists in small communities make the transition from print to new means of communication. The fund supports a series of conferences that connects new technology experts from RJI and elsewhere with small-town newspaper people.
Small-town paper wish list: Time-efficient means to analyze and implement innovations
What Houston (Mo.) Herald folks want from the Potter Conferences was something of a surprise. Publisher Brad Gentry and his team aren’t shy about dedicating resources to digital innovation although they want to do it in the most cost-efficient way. But with only eight employees to serve 25,000-plus souls in Texas County, they’re spread thin. … Continued
Potter listening tour of community newspapers begins this month
Walter B. Potter Jr. — donor of the Missouri School of Journalism’s Walter B. Potter Fund for Innovation in Local Journalism — will be visiting community newspapers in Missouri this month and next as part of what’s known informally as The Potter Listening Tour. The tour name is inspired by trips politicians sometimes take to … Continued