Report for America announced today that applications are now open for news organizations interested in hosting more than 300 emerging journalists in their newsrooms for up to three years, beginning …
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7/23/20
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Research indicates that reductions in local news coverage lead to reduced civic engagement, inflated city budgets , more polarization and lower voter turnout . We also …
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Linda Miller, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
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7/17/20
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the Local Journalism Sustainability Act, a bipartisan bill that helps preserve community …
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7/16/20
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Report for America announced today that applications are now open for news organizations interested in hosting more than 300 emerging journalists in their newsrooms for up to three years, beginning …
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7/15/20
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SPRUCE PINE — The Mitchell News-Journal has a new publisher and editor.
Former News-Journal reporter Cory Spiers, 27, has taken the position, Community Newspapers Regional Publisher Rachel …
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7/9/20
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With the General Assembly about to head home early last Friday morning, one of the strongest “right to know” voices in the NC House, Rep. Josh Dobson, advanced a public records …
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John Bussian
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6/29/20
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This will be an election like no other as the Covid crisis has forced us into remote work stations and candidates into dramatically different campaign strategies. But that is just where the …
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6/24/20
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The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s innovation team is looking to tackle current technology-related challenges that local newsrooms are coping with but are unable to solve themselves.
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6/4/20
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Rodney Mahone, who as publisher of the Observer also oversaw some of the company’s South Carolina papers, was named president of the company’s Georgia markets. He also will expand his …
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6/2/20
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Once again, journalists find themselves at the intersection of indispensability and danger. You are uniquely poised to be the eyes and ears of the public, to stand in their shoes, to report …
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6/1/20
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June will be a month of transition at The Warren Record as longtime editor/general manager Jennifer Harris prepares to retire, and veteran journalist Gary Band assumes the role of managing editor …
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5/29/20
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A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets including The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 …
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NICK OCHSNER
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5/29/20
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Reporters covering government in the last two months know public bodies have changed their way of doing business. Members of the press were granted essential worker status, but that didn’t mean …
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Amanda Martin
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5/13/20
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Just when news organizations are feeling the weight of unprecedented audience urgency, the numbing sear of burnout, and the effects of cratering ad revenues, foundations are uncorking millions of …
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LIZZY HAZELTINE
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5/5/20
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Kenneth Edmonds, the publisher of The Carolina Times, died Saturday, possibly signaling the end of a historic newspaper that has been informing and advocating for African Americans in Durham and …
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VIRGINIA BRIDGES
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5/4/20
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Veteran journalist Sherry Jones has been named executive editor for Gannett’s eastern region of North Carolina, overseeing the Wilmington StarNews, the Fayetteville Observer, the Jacksonville …
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4/28/20
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Under pressure from advocacy groups and media organizations, North Carolina health officials said they would release details for the first time Monday on the locations of dozens of nursing homes and …
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4/27/20
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74 senators sent a letter to the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget asking him to direct federal agencies to shift existing government advertising campaigns to local newspapers …
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Paul Boyle, NMA
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4/27/20
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The Washington Post reports Capitol Hill is paralyzed over a failure to agree on a temporary remote Congressional hearing and voting bill. Yet as Congress grapples …
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John Bussian
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4/27/20
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TROY, MI, April 6, 2020 – NTVB Media will provide a weekly roundup of television viewing recommendations to newspapers at no charge until at least May 31.
Curated by NTVB’s …
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4/21/20
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