Online Ideas Gallery
The Online Ideas Gallery is a compilation of hundreds of innovative, award-winning ideas in the areas
of advertising, circulation, marketing, research and online from the past four years of ACME and Digital
Edge Award competitions. Use this member resource to search for ideas and solutions you can
implement at your newspaper immediately!
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TechNews: New? Used? Or Improved?First Published: October 01, 2008
Keyword(s): Printing
Digital
Summary: Citing economic conditions, Publisher Alex Taylor of The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colo., announced in July a halt to a $35 million project that included a new press to increase color capacity and a new 80,000-square-foot facility (“New Presses Provide More Color Pages,” April, p. 78).
Cover: Inching Toward a Targeted FutureFirst Published: October 01, 2008
Keyword(s): Digital
E-Edition
microzone
Summary: On the front page of her local newspaper, Jackie, a mother of two, finds an article about a neighborhood robbery, a column about parenting and a feature about a backpacking tour in Mexico, where Jackie plans to vacation with her family this year. As she flips through her paper, she immediately finds half-page advertisements for Macy’s, Pottery Barn and Ann Taylor, three of her favorite stores.
Feature: Packaging Gets Up to SpeedFirst Published: October 01, 2008
Keyword(s): Mailroom
Preprint
Summary: In difficult economic times, funny things happen to packaging. That 32-ounce jar of mayonnaise? Better check the label—it’s probably 30 ounces now. That 3-pound tub of spread? Try 2 pounds and 13 ounces. The shrinking act on the grocery shelves will hardly surprise newspaper executives, given that the cost of the cardboard and plastic surrounding the product often exceeds the cost of what’s inside.
TechNews: Through Rain, Sleet or SnowFirst Published: September 02, 2008
Keyword(s): Distribution
Summary: As advertising revenues decline, newspapers are searching for new ways to generate income. The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction, Colo., and The Dallas Morning News are using existing resources—warehouse space, distribution centers and delivery trucks—to develop package delivery businesses.
A Study of Production Workflows, Technology and Hybrid Printing Models in Small NewspapersFirst Published: July 09, 2008
Keyword(s): Printing
Summary: During the past few years, the evolution of different media, and especially Internet-related services, has had a direct impact on the printed newspaper. Companies that have remained stable for several years are now exploring and employing new mechanisms to increase efficiency while maintaining their core audiences and expanding to include new audiences. The latest developments implemented in equipment and software for newspaper production has achieved a high degree of automation in prepress, press, and post-press. At the same time, the demand from younger audiences for increased diverse and personalized products—as well as the emergence of new services, such as the production of commercial printing jobs—has transformed the newspaper production model.
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Special Report: Best Practices 2004First Published: January 30, 2004
Summary: You won’t find the latest whiz-bang technology in the 2004 Presstime Best Practices Awards winner’s circle. Instead, this year’s honorees have tackled challenges that newspaper executives face daily, all in innovative, duplicable ways.
Presentations
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Comments of PJ Edington, Coalition on Office Technology, to OSHA on Ergonomics InjuriesFirst Published: June 22, 2007
Keyword(s): Workforce
Accidents
Ergonomics
Summary: Testimony of P.J. Edington behalf of the Coalition on Office Technology responding to OSHA's queries on "ergonomics injuuries," their causes and the federal government's role, if any, in developing a response.
Products
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Forklift Safety DVD OnlyKeyword(s): Equipment
fork lift
fork truck
Performance
Production
Safety
Training
Summary: This Training Kit consists of formal instruction; practical training and evaluation that will help employees become knowledgeable about operating a forklift.
Forklift Safety KitKeyword(s): Equipment
fork lift
fork truck
Performance
Production
Safety
Training
Summary: This Training Kit consists of formal instruction; practical training and evaluation that will help employees become knowledgeable about operating a forklift.
Hazard Communication DVD OnlyKeyword(s): chemical
Pre Press
Performance
Production
Safety
Training
Summary: This Training Kit consists of formal instruction; practical training and evaluation that will help employees become knowledgeable about OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard.
Hazard Communication KitKeyword(s): chemical
Pre Press
Performance
Production
Safety
Training
Summary: This Training Kit consists of formal instruction; practical training and evaluation that will help employees become knowledgeable about OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard.
Hazardous Waste KitKeyword(s): Emergency
Performance
Press
Production
Safety
Training
chemical
Pre Press
Summary: This Kit consists of formal instruction; practical training and evaluation that will help employees become knowledgeable about the hazardous waste requirements of the EPA and the relevant requirements of the DOT.
Reports
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Energy Management in the Newspaper IndustryFirst Published: May 01, 2008
Keyword(s): energy
Newspaper
Summary: Energy Management in the Newspaper Industry: An Introduction,” is jammed with information on how to approach your newspaper’s power needs in an era of rising prices and a destabilized supply of reliable, high quality electrical energy.
Navigating The MicrozoneFirst Published: May 01, 2008
Keyword(s): microzone
Technology
Summary: "The NAA Guide to Microzoning" covers general principles for successfully implementing a microzoning strategy, whether your newspaper has a circulation of 40,000 or 400,000.
Newsprint Waste Management SystemFirst Published: February 01, 2008
Keyword(s): Newsprint
Technology
Waste
Summary: This publication on newsprint waste introduces new waste classifications and takes a process-based approach to waste tracking. The system contains detailed formulas for measuring waste and precise definitions of each waste category. The sample waste calculations and reports highlight how easy it is to maintain and use the system.
Preserving Talent IIFirst Published: June 19, 2007
Summary: "Preserving Talent: Part II" demonstrates hopeful anticipation that the newspaper industry will apply lessons learned, past and present, to attract and retain the best people. This 2002 study updates the existing body of knowledge about newspaper employee departure and expands the work to focus on the drivers of employee attraction and retention.
NAA Reel ReportFirst Published: June 19, 2007
Summary: The reel report was developed for those pressrooms that currently do not have any method of capturing newsprint runnability data and a means of sharing that performance with their suppliers.