The American Press Institute’s “Newspaper Next” project is about to issue an update, and the Newspaper Association of America’s A.S. Berman takes a look in Presstime at some strategies that appear to be working, including the Wichita Eagle’s business section.
“In 2006, after years of printing a business section that carried a hodgepodge of consumer and business stories that lacked a clear target audience, newspaper staffers decided to retool it for an audience of business executives at the area’s local companies. What the focus group on the other side of the glass seemed to be saying was, ‘It’s about time,’ Fetter says. ‘It gave us a lot of wind beneath our wings to know we were on the right track.’
“With that reassurance, the newspaper, under the leadership of then-publisher Lou Heldman, launched Business Today in September 2006, a stand-alone, color-packed section that runs in the Eagle on Thursday. Other days, the business page is tucked inside the Metro section.
“Before Business Today, ‘our problem was consistency,’ says Business Editor Tom Shine. ‘Some days, the business section was packed with stories about local businesses, and other days, it was heavy on wire content about everything from personal finance to national business news.'”
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