Rust Communications encompasses 15 newspapers across five states, though most are located in Missouri. Almost all of them, from the Town Courier in rural Blytheville, Arkansas, to the flagship Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, now use a content management system (CMS) that one might expect to find in Silicon Valley or at a high-powered national media conglomerate. more

President Trump announced his America First Trade Policy on Inauguration Day stating that he plans to institute tariffs of 25 percent on all products imported from Canada and Mexico. These crippling … more

President Donald Trump said Monday that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month, ending a monthlong suspension on the planned import taxes that could potentially hurt economic growth and worsen inflation. more

The Postal Service announced on Feb. 18 that Louis DeJoy, the 75th Postmaster General, has notified the USPS Board of Governors that it is time for them to begin the process of identifying his successor. more

Carpenter Media Group announced Jan. 27 that it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Salem Publishing Company, a 75-year-old family-owned media company with deep roots in South Central … more

Southeast Missouri Press Association held a special sales training Jan. 30, at the Rust Center for Media in Cape Girardeau. The agenda included idea sharing and featured sessions with Mark Millsap, former general manager of the Jefferson City News Tribune and current executive director of Tennessee Press Association. more

Nominations for the Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame and William E. James Outstanding Young Journalist are available to fill out on the Missouri Press website, www.mopress.com. Each form contains … more

Chad Stebbins is Missouri Press Association’s next executive director, succeeding Mark Maassen, who will officially retire from the role later this month. A former communications professor … more

On the first business day of January this year, the judge in Gross v. Parson pending in Cole County Circuit Court issued a nunc pro tunc judgment on his earlier partial judgment declaring the state … more

If you have the opportunity to visit Leader World Headquarters in Festus, be sure to ask someone, “What’s the deal with the bells?” We’d love to demonstrate the power of a … more

The A-Mark Prize for Investigative Journalism will award a first-place prize of $5,000 to the winning journalist and $2,500 to their news organization. Second place awards $3,000 to the journalist … more

The 2025 Missouri Press Foundation Better Newspaper Contest template is now open and members can begin submitting entries. If you haven’t yet, gather your entries for this year’s contest … more

Missouri Press Association members attending this year’s Day at the Capitol had the opportunity to hear from the state’s new Secretary of State, Speaker of the House and both Lieutenant … more

Thank you to everyone who came Thursday to Columbia to wish Mark Maassen well as he prepares to retire from Executive Director of Missouri Press Association. He has worked for the Association since … more

Pleasantly, I needed to rewrite this column because right before Christmas, a Cole County judge declared unconstitutional the statute requiring redaction of witness names in court records. The … more

The Missouri School of Journalism is hosting an event — Community News & You — to bring together students and Missouri Press editors and publishers. This event is a combination of … more