Today, Dean Ridings, the new CEO of America's Newspapers – an organization that resulted from the combination of the Inland Press Association and the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association – talks to Editor & Publisher editor-in-chief Nu Yang.

Ridings shares his thoughts on how America's Newspapers will strengthen local journalism, where the news publishing industry is heading, and why newspapers are still an important part of the industry's brand and mission.

"E&P Reports" is hosted by Bob Andelman.

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• America's Newspapers:

http://newspapers.org/

• Complete 2019 EPPY Award winners list: https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/2019-eppy-award-winners-announced/

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