Editors gain new perspectives at international conference

Editor’s note: Cedar County News Publisher Rob Dump participated in an International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors conference last week in Brookings, S.D. About 70 journalism professionals from North America, the United Kingdom and Nepal gathered for the educational event at South Dakota State University. The editors, reporters, journalism professors and retired professionals took part in several workshops, lectures, tours and an awards banquet. This article summarizes a lecture, which addressed the role of small town newspapers in today’s evolving media landscape.