The United Media Guild

UMG endorses early voting ballot initiative

  At its March executive committee meeting, the United Media Guild unanimously endorsed a ballot initiative that would amend the Missouri constitution to allow for six full weeks of early voting in regular elections.  Signatures are currently being gathered around...

STL Organizing Committee forms unit, elects first chair

The St. Louis Organizing Committee has become a unit within the the United Media Guild.  During its first meeting Wedneday morning, members elected organizer  Celena Stien-della Croce as their unit chair and steward. STLOC employees originally came into the UMG...

Elisa Crouch wins Terry Hughes Award

St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Elisa Crouch received the 2014 Terry Hughes Award from the United Media Guild during a reception Wednesday night. A panel of former Hughes Award winners selected her work for this honor, given annually by the UMG...

Lee Enterprises eyes digital growth, refinancing

Lee Enterprises faces two critical near-term challenges: Building digital revenues to offset the decline in print revenue and restructuring the rest of its debt. Lee chairman and CEO Mary Junck offered brief overview of the company's strategies during Lee's annual...

Journalism happy hour set for Feb. 26

The United Media Guild will host a happy hour to honor our 2014 Terry Hughes Award winner and celebrate good journalism in general. The event will run from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in the upper level at The...

Springfield journalists show solidarity

Our members at the State Journal-Register are eager to resume bargaining their first contract with GateHouse Media. They expressed that desire -- and their Guild solidarity -- by displaying balloons in their newsroom in Springfield. Our negotiations with GateHouse resume...

UMG hosts social media seminar Feb. 24

Progress Missouri executive director Sean Soendker Nicholson will lead a social media seminar at noon Monday, Feb. 24. This event, sponsored by the United Media Guild, will take place in the 10th floor conference room at 1015 Locust Street in...