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T. Parker Maddrey 1934 - 2022

When asked what he did for a living, he would say he was a "newspaper man." Maddrey aspired to work in news reporting early on. As a young boy, he sold the weekly rural newspaper Grit door-to-door, … more

1/19/22

Columnist A.C. Snow dies after 70 years at NC newspapers and ‘a love affair with words’

A.C. Snow, the longtime News & Observer columnist who delighted readers with country wisdom wrapped in elegant prose for 70 years, died Friday in Raleigh. He was 97, and had written his farewell … more

1/19/22

PARADE MEDIA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF NEWSPAPER RELATIONS EXECUTIVE AND SUCCESSOR APPOINTMENT

New York, NY – January 12, 2022 Parade Media Senior Vice President of Newspaper Relations Kevin Craig announced today the retirement of the company’s Vice President of Newspaper … more

1/13/22

Elon University staff member, former Burlington Times-News editor, dies at 62

Roselee Papandrea Taylor met her husband at a job interview. Madison Taylor, who worked at the Jacksonville Daily at the time, interviewed her and immediately became her editor. The pair worked … more

Kyra O'Connor | 1/10/22

The Chatham News + Record On a mission to embrace the entire community

Community newspapers are more likely to succeed with readers, advertisers and the community when all residents’ voices are heard. Such was a primary mission of Bill Horner III and his partners, … more

Bob Sillick | for Editor & Publisher | 1/10/22

Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, Freedom Fighting Publisher of Wilmington Journal Dies

(NNPA) – Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, who often told the story of how as a baby, she used her diaper to clean the floor of the Wilmington Journal and who went on to become the editor and publisher … more

Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent | 12/29/21

Gary Band hired as Wake Weekly editor

A veteran journalist who’s led newspapers in four states has been named editor of The Wake Weekly and the Butner-Creedmoor News. Gary Band started work in the Wake Forest and Creedmoor … more

12/15/21

Friends remember Bill Turner, who worked 55 years at The SNAP

Newspaper people often say that once a person gets the ink in their blood, it is hard to get it out. That statement has never been more true than with the story of Bill Turner, who died Saturday … more

11/30/21

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CAN STILL MAKE HISTORY

The North Carolina General Assembly remains poised to make open government history next week when lawmakers return to Raleigh for the last time in 2021. It has been a while since our legislature has … more

Sandy Hurley & Bill Moss North Carolina Press Association | 11/22/21

Former Greenville News editorial page editor, Tom Inman, dies

Thomas P. Inman, a longtime editorial page editor for The Greenville News who was known for holding government officials accountable, has died. Inman, who served as the editorial … more

11/9/21

AP launches AI readiness survey for local newsrooms

The project is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation . AP is distributing AI readiness scorecards to leaders of local newsrooms in the form of short surveys … more

Lauren Easton AP | 10/15/21

History-Making Access to State & Local Government Records now within Reach

When the 2021 session of the General Assembly began, passage of legislation to advance public access to records of disciplinary actions taken by those employed by taxpayers in state and local … more

Sandy Hurley and Bill Moss | 9/27/21

No postage increase in January, but two are on deck each year beginning January 2023

The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will not implement a postage increase in January 2022. The next increase will be in July 2022. Then it will begin a new regime of twice-yearly … more

NNA | 9/15/21

The Robesonian names David Kennard its new executive editor

LUMBERTON — The task of overseeing The Robesonian’s news-gathering operations has been given to a man with almost 30 years of experience in the newspaper industry. David Kennard … more

9/13/21

Longtime journalist Bill Church will be new executive editor of N&O and Herald-Sun

Bill Church, who started his newspaper career covering high school sports for an Oklahoma weekly and most recently helped oversee 150 newsrooms across the nation, will be the new executive editor of … more

9/13/21

Rana Cash, Observer’s new top editor, pledges accountability, tough questions, solutions

Veteran journalist Rana Cash will return to Charlotte this fall as the new executive editor of The Charlotte Observer, bringing a promise to ask tough questions of leadership and to cover the … more

8/25/21

O’Rourke Media Group, Modulist enter into strategic partnership

O’Rourke Media Group, which operates community-focused media publications nationwide, and Modulist, a media services company that specializes in processing user-generated content, have entered … more

8/16/21

PUBLIC RECORDS PORTALS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

If you’ve made a recent request under the NC Public Records Law, you may have noticed that some government agencies -- UNC-CH, Wake County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and the city … more

Beth Soja beth@smvt.com | 8/9/21

Spurling new Wilkes Journal-Patriot publisher

The parent company of the Wilkes Journal-Patriot is shuffling regional responsibilities among its North Carolina publishers following acquisitions made earlier this year. Lori Spurling … more

JULE HUBBARD WILKES JOURNAL-PATRIOT | 8/4/21

Paper stays in local hands; Smith is new owner and publisher

Columbus County’s newspaper of record turns a new page Aug. 1, 2021, as Justin Smith, editor since 2018, becomes publisher as well. Smith has purchased the 125-year-old company from Les High … more

7/30/21