FLINT, Michigan -- Dave Sharp, a newspaperman for nearly four decades and publisher of The Flint Journal since 2005, has announced his retirement. Full story »

In a year of huge change -- the first African-American president, a financial system gone amok -- are you ready for more? Ready or not, here comes the new Flint Journal. I know, I know, you're not ready. But we're hoping you will be by June 1, when we convert to our new newspaper model. That model, as you've... Full story »

Newspapers will survive. But they'll be different. That's been my answer to people who've asked, "Ohmygosh, what's happening to The Journal?" In some ways, I'm guessing, we'll be bad different. In other ways -- down the line, in ways we don't yet understand - we'll be good different. Either way, change has come, and there's no denying it. The... Full story »

Follow this link to mlive.com/flintforward to read about those changes. FLINT, Michigan -- The Flint Journal will stop publishing a daily newspaper in June and instead print only Thursday, Friday and Sunday editions, employees were told today. The production cuts were announced along with layoffs and reduced wages and benefits for those who remain. Publisher David C. Sharp said... Full story »

The Flint Journal and two other major newspapers on the east side of Michigan announced today a new publication model that calls for fewer days of print publication, but with more local content, enhanced by greater Web offerings throughout the week. Beginning June 1, The Journal, The Saginaw News and The Bay City Times will publish intensely local print... Full story »