IBJ honored for Simon and Durham stories, Web site
IBJ received three national journalism awards at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ annual conference March
20 in Phoenix.
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Regulatory job prompts Mays to resign as Recorder publisher
Carolene Mays plans to leave the Indianapolis newspaper after being named to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
Union representing Indianapolis Star employees sues Gannett
The 178-member union is suing to preserve its arbitration rights, and possibly win back the jobs of eight people who were
let go last summer.
IBJ Media president leaving after 30 years
Chris Katterjohn told IBJ employees Friday morning that he would leave at the end of February. Katterjohn has spent 30 years with the firm, including the past 20 years as publisher of the company’s flagship Indianapolis Business Journal.
Editorial writers lose appeal against Star
Two former editorial writers at Indiana’s largest newspaper failed to prove they were the victims of religious discrimination,
according to a circuit court of appeals.
Sign proposed for IBJ building requires public hearing
The parent company of Indianapolis Business Journal has filed plans to add a sign with an electronic-message component outside
the newspaper’s headquarters at 41 E. Washington St.
Kroger ads in Star grab attention, raise eyebrows
A new eye-grabbing advertising design in The Indianapolis Star has some wondering where ad content stops and news
content begins.
KATTERJOHN: Newspapers still deliver – for YOU
The Hoosier State Press Association, a trade group representing 175 paid-circulation Hoosier newspapers, including
IBJ, has launched a campaign designed to remind the public of the important role newspapers play in our democracy.
So this week, I’m ceding my space to David Stamps, executive director of the HSPA
Star biz columnist leaving to lead Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute
Indianapolis Star business columnist John Ketzenberger is leaving the newspaper to become president of the Indiana Fiscal
Policy Institute, the organization said today.
Star union approves new 2-year contract
The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild voted 56-45 today to ratify a new, two-year contract with the Gannett Co.-owned Indianapolis
Star
that includes a 10-percent pay cut and two-year wage freeze.
Star union voting on new contract
The Indianapolis Newspaper Guild plans to vote this afternoon on a new, two-year contract with the Gannett Co.-owned Indianapolis
Star that includes a 10-percent pay cut and two-year wage freeze.
Gannett cuts cost 37 Star employees their jobs
Thirty-seven people were laid off at the Indianapolis Star yesterday and today as part of Virginia-based parent Gannett
Co. Inc.’s attempt to grapple with the swooning economy and falling advertising revenue. Seventeen of those laid off were
in the newsroom of the state’s largest daily newspaper, including seven editors, which constitutes one-fourth of the
editorial management team.
IUPUI pumps up sports journalism assets
The Associated Press Sports Editors, the nation’s largest professional sports journalism organization, is establishing its
headquarters at Indiana University’s new National Sports Journalism Center.
Civility is admired in life and death
What would you want said in your obituary that would set you apart from your peers?
The state of the newspaper industry is no joke; Star parent making money, but paper far from secure
Today, life without a daily newspaper isn’t so farfetched.
How IBJ is surviving the recession
This economy has been tough on just about everybody.
No matter what your choice of media, you can’t escape the news about companies and entire industries challenged by the recession. But what about the folks doing all that reporting?
Will local paper keep covering your favorite team?
As a (former full-time) ink-stained wretch, witnessing the demise of the daily newspaper is heartbreaking.
I can’t imagine a day without the "morning miracle" in my hands over a cup of coffee.
‘Star’ scales back on reviewing arts events, much to promoters’ dismay
The Indianapolis Star, the state’s largest daily newspaper, has scaled back its roster
of critics in recent years — a reduction in coverage that put the onus on local arts promoters to get the word out through
other channels, such as blogs.
Star, other daily newspapers adapting to digital world
The Indianapolis Star has launched an armada of initiatives to bolster revenue as it reacts to seismic industry changes, many
driven by advertiser and reader flight to digital media. Daily newspapers–once one of the nation’s most stable, profitable
businesses–now face a rapidly changing marketplace that would make the most innovative business operator quiver.