Sept. 13: How to Pursue an Investigative Project While Juggling Other Stories webinar. Details

Sept. 14: Digital Monetization webinar. Details

Sept. 30-Oct. 2: SNPA News Industry Summit at Naples, Fla. Details

Oct. 3-7: NNA Annual Convention & Trade Show. Charleston, S.C. Details

Oct. 4: Entry deadline for the News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest. Details

Oct. 4: Smartphones – Smart Journalism webinar. Details

Oct. 19: APME NewsTrain at Chapel Hill. Details

Focus turns to editorial contest
Wednesday was the deadline for entries in the 2012 Best Ad Contest. Now the attention switches to the 2012 News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest. If you haven’t already downloaded the contest instructions and rules, you can go here. There are separate packets for Dailies and for Communities. The deadline to enter the editorial contest is Oct. 4. The price per entry went up this year to $9. So far we know of 10 members who have signed into the system. We suggest all members set up their accounts and get used to the system as soon as possible. If you have questions, remember you can check out Blogging on the Contest. To leave a question for the blog, submit a comment on one of the entries already in the blog.

NewsTrain headed our way
The APME NewsTrain is scheduled to make a stop at Chapel Hill on Oct. 19. This will be a full day of training on topics suggested by NCPA members including “How to Shoot Great Short Video” and “Beat Mapping.” The sessions will be in Carroll Hall, home of the UNC School of Journalism & Mass Communication. Registration costs $50 per person. Deadline to sign up is Oct. 12. For more details and to register online click here.

DNC keeping our Charlotte members busy
Today is the final day of the Democratic National Convention at Charlotte and our members have been working hard to cover the national event from a local perspective. Below are links to some of our papers to give you an idea of what their staffs have been doing.

Photos from ECU v. USC game will be available
Thanks to members of the South Carolina Press Association, game photographs from the East Carolina-South Carolina football game on Saturday will be available for free to NCPA members. Photos may be used in print and online, provided credit is given to the photographer. The photos should be available by 8 p.m. To obtain the photos, go to www.SCNewsExchange.com. Be sure to thank the folks at SCPA for this opportunity!

• Pam Sander has been named executive editor of the StarNews at Wilmington. She had been the paper's digital/newsroom operations editor.
• Hunter Lewis, formerly the restaurant critic for The Herald-Sun, will be the new executive food editor of Southern Living magazine.

• NCPF has a column that newspapers may use for International Literacy Day

• Circulation revenue rises despite newspaper price hikes
• How the Times-Picayune and Nola.com covered Hurricane Isaac
  • Storm coverage online hints at future of Times-Picayune
• A quick preview of the new ‘compact’ Columbus Dispatch
• Democrats and the ‘very conservative’ say social networks important for tracking political news
• Halifax Media papers won't be making candidate recommendations or endorsements
• Journal Register Co. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• French publishers fighting back against Facebook's and Google's display ad dominance
• Publishers beefing up their digital deals
• 20 trends for 2020, from the staff of News & Technology
• How National Geographic Traveler exposes problematic entries in its photo contest
• Public interest outweighs confidentiality in Kentucky juvenile sexual assault case

• ALAN D. MUTTER: Twin threats for preprint newspaper ads
• LYNNE BRENNEN: Circulation leadership challenges to tackle this fall
• C.W. ANDERSON: What's the best model for a digital news business?
• KEN DOCTOR: The newsonomics of leapfrog news video
• PATRICK THORNTON: How news organizations are taking advantage of the latest iPad’s features