This day has been coming for some time, but I kept putting it off.
I’d wake up and convince myself I still have the drive of that first summer I showed up at 6 a.m. at the …
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EARL VAUGHAN JR. | CityView Sports Columnist
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4/18/24
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When I recently heard about a major news event in an area where I have friends, I instinctively called up the website of the local newspaper. What I found was unfortunately all too common – …
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Benjy Hamm
Director, Institute for Rural Journalism
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4/12/24
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The North Carolina General Assembly earned the infamous ‘Black Hole Award’ from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) in March, which is an annual award bestowed upon one …
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BRIANNA KRAEMER. Carolina Journal.
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4/8/24
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Laney Crawley's signature color is pink.
She enters The Daily Tar Heel newsroom every day in a rosy ensemble, right down to the backpack, ready to get to work as the newspaper's opinion …
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4/8/24
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We’ve all heard challenges described as puzzles. With that in mind, let’s take a look at a real puzzle and see how it relates to the particular challenges of creating advertising. Jigsaw …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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4/3/24
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—March 25, 2024
Three years of planning and effort by the National Newspaper Association and its partners resulted this weekend in an emphatic recognition by …
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Lynne Lance, NNA executive director, lynne@nna.org
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3/25/24
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The 2023-24 NCPA Contest is open for entries! Rules packets for all entries can be found here . Please upload your entries here and make sure to re-register in the contest system, even if your …
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3/19/24
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On assignments, News & Observer photographer Chuck Liddy would refer to a writer colleague as “my reporter,” causing the scribbler’s eye to twitch.
The way Liddy saw the …
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MARTHA QUILLIN
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3/12/24
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Sunshine Week is a nonpartisan collaboration among groups in the journalism, civic, education, government and private sectors that shines a light on the importance of public records and open …
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3/8/24
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Questions are always deserving of answers and I’ve made it a personal choice to be truthful when I do respond to someone’s inquisitive nature. After all, in my line of work as a reporter, …
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Cal Bryant
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3/6/24
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At the end of 2023, ownership of the NC Insider transitioned from The McClatchy Company to State Affairs, Inc., a national company specializing in business-to-business news and data products for …
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CLIFTON DOWELL, THE INSIDER
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2/5/24
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Jim, who used to work with a local volunteer fire department, told me about the technique they used to keep everyone on the right roads to arrive at fire sites. “It was in the days before …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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2/5/24
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We have big news for our readers and subscribers as we enter the new year. It’s a big change, but one we believe will prove beneficial and provide opportunities. As of the end of January, Womack …
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Dale Edwards/Mebane Enterprise
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2/1/24
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The First Amendment provides access to many – if not most – court proceedings and judicial records. This article is not intended to analyze the jurisprudence confirming the rights of …
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Mike Tadych, Counsel to the NC Press Association
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1/31/24
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Linda Topp, who brings a decade of experience in nonprofit leadership, has been named Asheville Watchdog’s executive director.
Topp has volunteered as The …
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1/31/24
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Responding to subscription and editorial growth and emerging staff increases, Angela Kuper Copeland has been promoted to managing editor of The Paper, a new position, effective Feb. 1.
Copeland …
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Press Release | The Paper
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1/27/24
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It’s become conventional wisdom that the advertising-based business model of newspapers has failed. But that is not true in many small communities, which could become the nuclei of a national …
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Al Cross
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1/9/24
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Anthony is a veteran ad salesperson with a common sense philosophy. “You’ve got to have a parachute,” he told me. “When you’re in the middle of a presentation, and you …
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John Foust
Greensboro, NC
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1/9/24
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The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISWNE) is accepting entries for its annual Golden Quill editorial writing contest. Deadline is Feb. 1, 2024. Entries should reflect the purpose …
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1/3/24
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Erik Wemple’s coverage of the Scranton, Pa., newspaper’s sale reflected a daily newspaper journalist’s take on the newspaper world [“ Could the local news crisis get any …
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K. Brett Wesner, San Francisco
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1/3/24
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