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Changes and lay offs coming to the Deseret News. The industry-wide slump in circulation and ad revenue hits the DN. It sounds like an increased online LDS presence (i.e. Mormon Times) is part of their future strategy.

A committee, comprised mostly of editors, will begin immediately looking at where those cuts will be made. The paper has about 200 full-time employees.

At the same time, the newspaper will be restructured in an effort to appeal to local readers as well as a worldwide audience, particularly members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who make up the vast majority of the newspaper’s readership. The LDS Church owns the Deseret News.

Cannon described it as a 24-hour news source via words and multimedia that is “more local, more online, more Mormon.”

5 June 2008 @ 7:33 pm | No comments

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5 June 2008 @ 11:14 am | 1 comment

You can now sign up for the Newsroom.lds.org mailing list (bottom of the lefthand menu).

You can pick to get email updates for all new content or pick among news releases and stories, commentaries, video, photos, audio, public issues statements, and stories from the news media.

This feature appears to be especially targeted to involve bloggers. While not required, the submission form allows you to submit your blog address.

At BYU-I graduation, Elder Ballard renews call to participate in new media:

With all the falsehoods and misconceptions about the Church found online, Elder Ballard urged the graduates to use their knowledge and testimony of the gospel to influence seekers of truth. “Today I want to encourage you to reach out to others in the world to help change the perception and even the hearts of millions of our Heavenly Father’s children by correcting misunderstandings by sharing with them the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ,” he said.

Elder Ballard suggested that graduates join in conversations on the Internet to share the gospel and to explain the message of the Restoration in simple, clear terms. As they participate in these new media, Elder Ballard continued, the graduates should remember first and foremost that they are followers of the Savior Jesus Christ.

[via Latter-day Commentary]

14 April 2008 @ 6:37 pm | No comments

Mo’ Boy Blog has a very useful compilation of Mormon new media resources

20 February 2008 @ 2:17 pm | No comments