Opinion: Newspaper websites can succeed with paywalls

Ryan Spoehr, Copy Editor
April 10, 2013

In February, Madison.com instituted a paywall on its site, including the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times. But is this an effective and essential measure? Yes, it is. Shoveling content onto a web site for free while putting the same information in a broadsheet is not sustainable. Newspapers... Read more »

Editor says farewell, ready for his next adventure

Ryan Spoehr, Clarion editor in chief
May 8, 2012

As a student at Madison College, it has been a long, wild ride that has made me a better person because of it. But all good things come to an end at some point. Five years ago, I walked into Truax for the first time. After a disappointing high school tenure for several different reasons, I didn’t know... Read more »

Pay Up or Get Out: Could paywalls save or break journalism?

Kait Vosswinkel, News Editor
April 25, 2012

The journalism industry has been on unsteady legs for several years now. Since the broad-based publicizing of printing and news companies in the 1980’s, many newspapers haven’t been able to keep up with the incremental gains that stockholders have come to expect. Major losses in advertising and in... Read more »