One year into the Association's bold project to improve business processes at newspapers, Presstime offers reports from the field. One minute you're the bossed, the next, you're the boss. This guide steers first-time managers through the dangers. State legislatures' efforts to protect the businesses of ranchers and farmers could compromise news coverage. The New Media Index , plus Melinda Gipson discusses how online activities can boost print in the New Media Column .
Readers write the punch lines for political cartoons.
Editors and researchers probe ways to win readers. High-court case could affect retail pricing of papers. A sampling of ESL and high-school equivalency students confirms newspapers' value as learning tools. Alternative medicine wins some respect from insurers. Lotus makes its way from the business office into the newsroom.