Roundup: Post and Courier wins Headliner Award for 'Undercover' series; AP gets a director from small papers

Newsprint rolls at a Kentucky newspaper (KPA photo)

Here's a roundup of recent happenings in journalism and the news business:

The Charleston Post and Courier has received a National Headliner Award for "Undercover," its collaborative series with 18 non-metropolitan papers aimed at exposing government corruption and misconduct throughout South Carolina. Read more here.

The Associated Press has a new director on its board, Mark Adams, to represent the interests of small-market newspapers. He is president and CEO of Adams Publishing Group, which he launched in 2013. The company says it employs 2,000 print and digital professionals in 13 states.

There's still a newsprint shortage, Kentucky Press Association Executive Director David Thompson reports in his weekly newsletter: "Requiring longer contracts, requiring orders placed a year in advance and refusal to add any new customers for the rest of 2022 seem to be the threads in each report from around the state."

A nationwide survey of 1,000 adults found that 79% believe that big tech companies such as Google and Facebook have too much power over news publishers and want Congress to pass the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, which would allow news publishers to bargain collectively to get better compensation when tech companies use their content. Results were similar across the political spectrum. Read more here.