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Three of four credit media for keeping public officials from wrongdoing

Wave after wave of digital innovation has introduced a new set of influences on the public’s news habits. Social media, messaging apps, texts and email provide a constant stream of news from … more

BY AMY MITCHELL, JEFFREY GOTTFRIED, MICHAEL BARTHEL AND ELISA SHEARER (Journalism.org) | 1/30/17

N&O Jailed to Death series

The News & Observer began a five-part investigative series, Jailed to Death, that exposes dozens of deaths in which North Carolina jails failed state supervision requirements for the safety and … more

Dan Kane | 8/8/17

A dark day at the NYDN, while tariffs imperil local news across the country

The New York Daily News was in for an unpleasant surprise when moments after a regular morning staff meeting, tronc, sent an email announcing the editorial staff would be cut by 50 percent and … more

Pete Vernon | 7/23/18

A spotlight on students helped one small North Carolina paper shine

The Daily Dispatch is uniting the community by focusing on its youngest members in a new series called Student Spotlight. The project began in August 2017 with the goal to recognize … more

Kristen Hare | 2/12/19

The Citizen Times at 150 -- We're still here, and punching above our weight

Somewhere out there, Randolph A. Shotwell is having a good laugh. Or maybe he's spinning in his grave just a touch. Shotwell, you see, founded this newspaper 150 years ago — actually, … more

John Boyle Asheville Citizen Times | 12/26/20

Dallas Morning News cuts 25 jobs, moves design to GateHouse

The Dallas Morning News will outsource the design and layout of its print edition to GateHouse Media and cut around 20 jobs from its 50-person print team. Five other positions in the newsroom have … more

2/1/17

FIRST FOR A REASON Info & Ideas About the First Amendment & Media Law

Dealing with non-employees and non-employee content We all know that there is a fair amount of red tape that comes with having employees. You have to supervise and mentor them. They want to … more

8/8/17

Sunshine Day 2019 annual awards

Sunshine Day 2019 will mark the fifth annual awards program from the Sunshine Center recognizing individuals from across North Carolina whose work exemplifies the value we place on keeping citizens … more

2/11/19

Tom Bennett, retired journalist and Scout columnist dies

Tom Bennett, a retired journalist, advocate of speech and press freedoms, historian of daily newspapers in Atlanta, environmental columnist for The Cherokee Scout, and a disabled Army veteran, died … more

1/4/21

Guardian Media Group digital revenues outstrip print for first time

For the first time in the Guardian’s history, the publication is making more money from its digital operations than from its print newspapers. Part of the reason the digital side is making more … more

Jim Waterson | 7/24/18

Poynter Institute and Craig Newmark Philanthropies to launch a new center on ethics

More than ever, journalists are faced with ethical dilemmas. They have to decide between exposing the truth in the face of graphic information. They are also responsible for combatting … more

Neil Brown | 2/8/19

Morefield named News-Topic publisher

The new publisher of the News-Topic is a North Carolina native who has spent over 33 years in the newspaper business. Keep reading more

1/4/21

FIRST FOR A REASON Info & Ideas About the First Amendment & Media Law

“Personal Email” as Public Records Gmail. Yahoo! AOL. Do these sound like official email accounts for the conduct of public business? They can be. The NC Public Records Law … more

Amanda Martin | 8/15/17

Boosting local news with data journalism and automation

Data journalism might be the answer to sustainable journalism business models. A new project called Reporters and Data and Robots is taking data journalism and automation to a new level. RADAR is … more

Nicholas Diakopoulos | 1/31/19

USPS delays are threatening small-town newspapers. So is a postage price increase.

Jeff Wagner hardly knew what to tell his delivery driver when the man returned one day in late December from a run to the post office in their northern Nebraska town with a trailer still full of … more

Jacob Bogage Washington Post | 1/5/21

How Bloomberg Media beat the pandemic blues with explosive growth

Most print-based media — newspapers and magazines — have been struggling for at least a decade to pick up the pace of digital transformation. Just as momentum was building, two years of … more

Rick Edmonds | Poynter | 3/11/22

National Newspaper Week is Oct. 1-7 “Real Newspapers ... Real News!”

National Newspaper Week is Oct. 1-7 This year we mark the 77th anniversary of National Newspaper Week (NNW), Oct. 1-7 . The annual observance celebrates and emphasizes the impact of … more

NCPA | 8/15/17

Journalists invited to apply for Media Law School 2018 fellowships

Working journalists are invited to apply for fellowships to attend Media Law School 2018, to be held Sept. 19-22 in Columbia, South Carolina at the University of South Carolina. Media Law School … more

7/25/18

Woronoff to be inducted into NC Media and Journalism Hall of Fame in 2019

The NC Media and Journalism Hall of Fame will induct Taylor Branch, Margaret Johnson, Mary E. Junck, Rochelle Riley and David B. Woronoff on Friday, April 12, 2019. Founded and administered by the … more

1/30/19

Beth Hutson named news director for The Fayetteville Observer

Beth Hutson, who started at The Fayetteville Observer as a copy editor in 2008, has been named the newspaper’s news director. Hutson, who has been serving as the newsroom editor … more

1/7/21