--- title: "Social Media Roundup: The Growing Newspaper Gap" id: "13605" type: "post" slug: "social-media-roundup-the-growing-newspaper-gap" published_at: "2012-10-01T22:30:29+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-17T17:14:07+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2012/10/01/social-media-roundup-the-growing-newspaper-gap/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2012/10/01/social-media-roundup-the-growing-newspaper-gap.md" excerpt: "Is there room for associations to fill in when local newspapers decline? Also: Should you promote your star?" taxonomy_category: - "Marketing / Communications" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Business" - "journalism" - "Social Media" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "Executive Team" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Social Media Roundup: The Growing Newspaper Gap Today is a new day in New Orleans — one without a daily newspaper for residents to call their own. [Much has been written about (opens in a new tab)](http://www.poynter.org/tag/new-orleans-times-picayune/) *The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune’s* move to three-days-per-week coverage, but is there opportunity amid the change? That and more in today’s social media roundup: ### The slow media decline > Sigh: [#TimesPicayune (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TimesPicayune?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > no longer a daily paper. [http://t.co/Lv4XmVPA (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/Lv4XmVPA) > & Burlington (VT) struggles to reinvent their paper. [http://t.co/l8H6DvUO (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/l8H6DvUO) > > — Joan Eisenstodt/she/her/they (@JoanEisenstodt) [October 1, 2012 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/JoanEisenstodt/status/252834907049586688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ***Associations Now* has some weird timing.** Today, we start a new online publication in earnest, a day after *The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune* [published its last daily print issue (opens in a new tab)](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/01/us/times-picayune-publishes-last-daily-issue.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121001) . A number of [nonprofit community journalism efforts (opens in a new tab)](https://secure.publicbroadcasting.net/wwno/Reporter/form.pledgemain) are [working to become viable alternatives (opens in a new tab)](http://thelensnola.org/) after an announcement earlier this summer that *The Times-Picayune* would be laying off much of its staff, and [DashThirtyDash (opens in a new tab)](http://dashthirtydash.org/) , a community-based nonprofit designed to help laid-off workers at the paper, got its start in July. And, we know the value of [nonprofits as community drivers (opens in a new tab)](http://associationsnow.com/2012/09/study-nonprofits-are-an-important-tool-in-economic-recovery/) . With stories like that of *The Times-Picayune* becoming more common, how can local associations and community groups step up and provide information as a community service — or provide support to struggling local media? (ht [@JoanEisenstodt (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/JoanEisenstodt/status/252834907049586688) ) ### Can promotions cause departures? > I believe this can be true RT [@GuyKawasaki (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/GuyKawasaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > How to lose top talent: Promote ’em [http://t.co/4sIqLR0u (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/4sIqLR0u) > [#assnchat (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/assnchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#eventprofs (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/eventprofs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#asae (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/asae?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > — Linda Chreno (@LindaChreno) [October 1, 2012 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/LindaChreno/status/252784658427813890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **Maybe your “star talent” isn’t looking for a new title.** Linda Chreno, CAE, IOM, of Marketing General points out a thoughtful SmartBlogs piece on the nature of promoting a rising star. “A promotion is usually more than just more money,” [writes consultant Martha Finney (opens in a new tab)](http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2012/09/28/how-lose-top-talent-promote-em/) . “It represents additional responsibility, different responsibility, often a new circle of peers, and the moving away from the work that has made that star shine. Is that really what both of you want?” (ht [@LindaChreno (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/LindaChreno/status/252784658427813890) ) What cool stuff have you seen today? Post about it in the comments! (Flickr photo by dsb nola) [Ernie Smith](https://associationsnow.com/author/ernie-smith/) Ernie Smith is a former senior editor for Associations Now. 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