This note to readers from Editor Arnie Robbins and Managing Editor Pam Maples appears on Page A2 of Sunday’s Post-Dispatch:

Starting Monday, you will see changes in your Post-Dispatch.We know it is popular in some circles in many cities these days…

A NiemanJournalismLab article discusses how some newspapers are migrating away from using the Associated Press. The article focuses on the 9,000-circulation Norwalk Reflector in northern Ohio — which reports that it is doing quite well without AP.

The publisher there says readers haven’t…

The “readers representative” for the Cleveland Plain Dealer (a position like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s old Readers Advocate) has explained to that paper’s readers why Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest didn’t make its Page One.

Basically, much like the Post-Dispatch, editors there strongly…

Any thoughts on the switch we recently made in covering local news?

For a couple weeks now, we’ve pretty much published a common edition for all of our readers — whether they live in St. Charles or Illinois or St. Louis…

Here’s a note from Adam Goodman, assistant managing editor for local news, about some upcoming changes in the Metro section:

Dear readers:
In coming days, you’ll notice some changes in your Metro section.

To better reflect our regional commitment, beginning Monday all of…

 The online Romenesko site about media happenings has a link to an article by The Deal.com   that praises the Post-Dispatch’s coverage of the InBev/Anheuser-Busch deal.

The Deal.com calls our A-B reporting “smart, thorough, fair-minded and exhaustive coverage.”  

The Deal.com says the coverage is an example of…

This morning’s Post-Dispatch had some strong local news reporting that dominated the front page.  It’s not uncommon for local news to fill Page One.  Readers can get national and world headlines from many sources. But our reporting numbers allow us to…