Romenesko

GateHouse Newsroom
"Re-inventing anything is tough," notes Andrew Analore, editor of the Freeport (Ill.) Journal-Standard. But the GateHouse paper's staff has tried. Page one includes a picture of a local person who is asked why he or she is smiling. "One idea we borrowed, a Sunday 'Brag Book' of reader-submitted baby photos, has proved to be a huge hit with readers," writes Analore.