Kevin Slimp, The “News Guru”

...about paragraphs styles, colors, photo settings and ligatures So, what do professional speakers do during a pandemic? I can’t speak for all the speakers in the world, but among other…

Just before the world turned upside down in early March, I was making preparations to speak at the Kansas Press Association Convention. One of my keynotes had to do with…

Finding new ways to generate income during times of crisis. Like many of you, I’ve been working out of my home office for six weeks. Not only am I a…

Can we get away from paying monthly fees to Adobe?I spent my morning writing about mergers, buyouts, and bankruptcies. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to spend a…

Trying to Determine What's Working at Community PapersI will remember fall ’19 as a season of research. I was involved in two major news-paper studies: one related to Millennials for…

Focus Groups Lead to a Better Understanding of Young AdultsSteve Andrist, executive director of North Dakota Newspaper Association, asked me an interesting question yesterday. It was related to my visit…

I was excited about the opportunity to speak to the publishers of New York recently at the NYPA Spring Convention. Let’s face it, New Yorkers take their newspapers seriously, and…

There’s a question I get asked a lot by friends, colleagues and audience members at conferences. There are variations, but they all go something like, “How do you find time…