The News Media Alliance has been monitoring research on the powerful impact that print and digital publications can have on the audience they reach. In their summary they feature data from Kantar …
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Rebecca Frank
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6/5/18
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News deserts have increased since 2004, and continue to show an upward trend. A news desert arises when a community does not have the resources to maintain its local newspapers, causing original …
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Tom Stites
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6/4/18
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A reporter and a photojournalist for WYFF News 4 were covering the weather damage from Subtropical Storm Alberto when, in a fatal accident, a tree crashed down on their sport utility vehicle.
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Matt Stevens
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5/29/18
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WRAL.com blocked European users from accessing its website on Friday, May 25 as the General Data Protection Regulation act came into effect.
It is not just WRAL that is doing this. Capitol …
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5/28/18
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The General Data Protection Regulation act is in effect today, and Congress wants consumers in the U.S. to be treated the same way as European Union members will be treated with the new …
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Wendy Davis
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5/25/18
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On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that President Trump can no longer block users on Twitter based on their political views because it violates the First Amendment due to Twitter being a "designated …
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Pete Vernon
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5/25/18
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Research suggests that journalists might have some responsibility in popularizing extremist views, even if it is accidental. The research says this can happen by journalists reporting on certain …
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Mathew Ingram
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5/24/18
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Journalists and newsrooms all over the country have protested their corporate owners for many reasons including staff layoffs and draining papers' profits. One of the latest cases that has drawn …
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Gerry Smith
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5/22/18
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With a single vote, North Carolina’s U.S. senators can help stop a trade war in its tracks, preserve American jobs and prevent government from taking an unseemly swipe at the media watchdogs that …
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Wilson Times
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5/18/18
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Sources say that the technology company might be investing in the Research Triangle Park, and will create 10,000 jobs out of the venture. If the project were to go through, Apple is setting its …
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Travis Fain & Rick Smith
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5/17/18
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Senators called for the protection against newsprint tariffs with the Protecting Rational Incentives in Newsprint Trade Act of 2018, otherwise known as the "PRINT Act".
The act would halt …
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Paul Boyle
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5/15/18
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Monday morning the Supreme Court opposed a law that allows sports gambling to be banned. Now, sports gambling will be able to occur more frequently and with less restrictions. The law allows states …
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Joshua Benton
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5/14/18
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ESPN has been the latest to let go its public editor. While newspapers see the public editor position as vital to their success, consumers might not even notice the absence. Some may not even know …
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Pete Vernon
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5/11/18
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Faceterbot is the latest fact-checking technology in the news industry and may even be saving social media site Facebook one fact at a time.
The chatbot lives in Facebook Messenger, where …
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Daniel Funke
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5/10/18
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The Kingsport Times News, a Tennessee newspaper is cutting costs and improving its paper at the same time. It recently has become Prolmage's newest customer by buying the company's ink-saving …
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5/8/18
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The International Trade Commission will listen to testimonials from both supporters and non-supporters in regards to Canadian paper tariffs on July 17. The tariffs have been in place since January …
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Tonda F. Rush
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5/8/18
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For almost 40 years, Alan Ford has reported on Shelby's sport scene as the sports editor of The Shelby Star. The Star commemorates him by compiling testimonials from community members that have …
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5/7/18
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Journalists who have either decided to leave their papers because they don't want to work for corporate owners who don't take care of their newspaper or those who have been let go in a series of …
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Corey Hutchins
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4/27/18
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Local newsrooms in Europe are trying to appeal to increasing digital demands as audiences today obtain their news from the internet more so than newsprint. Newspapers in the U.K., Germany and France …
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4/26/18
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Student journalists are the next targets in the latest battles that newsrooms have had to face including layoffs, consolidation and other threats to the industry. Many student papers face an uneasy …
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David Beard
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4/24/18
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