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Mark Rogers named editor of The Sanford Herald

A newspaper editor with more than three decades of experience has been named editor of The Sanford Herald. Mark Rogers, 57, of Archdale, began his duties Monday. “I’m excited to … more

2/10/21

Judge quietly seals death records of NC man that deputies are accused of killing

Forsyth County prosecutors asked a judge Friday to prevent state records on the death of Forsyth County jail inmate John Neville from being released to The News & Observer. The … more

DANIELLE BATTAGLIA | 2/5/21

Counties once again looking to operate in the dark

Like a bad penny, legislation to hide public notices from the public is back in N.C. General Assembly. House members have filed separate bills that would allow 14 counties in the Piedmont and … more

Philip M. Lucey NC Press Association | 2/4/21

DTH settles lawsuit over alleged Open Meetings Law violations in BOG Silent Sam meetings

DTH Media Corp., parent company of The Daily Tar Heel, settled its lawsuit against the UNC System over allegations of violating state Open Meetings Law on Monday. As part of … more

Anna Pogarcic | 2/3/21

In a career that started and ended at UNC, he molded generations of young journalists

Mike Yopp spent most of his life molding generations of journalists. But his legacy as a mentor and leader began when he was just a young journalist himself. Yopp died from a stroke Thursday at … more

LUCILLE SHERMAN | 2/3/21

LMA’s NewsFuel to oversee well-known journalism grants directory developed at Raleigh News & Observer

A robust online directory of funders and grant opportunities for journalism, started by a news executive in Raleigh, N.C., will move to a new home beginning Feb. 1 as part of the NewsFuel program at … more

1/28/21

DOL ruling allows for reporters, photographers to be treated as salaried employees

The United States Department of Labor published four opinion letters in response to requests for an opinion regarding an interpretation of various aspects of federal wage and hour laws. One of those … more

1/28/21

2021 NCPA Convention Agenda

Day 1 (Thursday) Feb 25, 2021 3:00 NCPF board meeting Meeting will be held live via Zoom Day 2 (Friday) Feb 26, 2021 9:00 NCPA/NCPS Board meeting Meeting will … more

1/27/21

North Carolina Open Government Coalition supports new campaign finance analysis project

The North Carolina Open Government Coalition supported and released a new project Friday that allows for a new understanding of the players that fund state campaigns in North Carolina and how federal … more

1/15/21

New market leaders chosen, advertising manager named for Times-News

A trio of Gannett publications tucked into North Carolina’s Piedmont area – The Times-News in Burlington, The Courier-Tribune in Asheboro and The Dispatch in Lexington – recently … more

1/12/21

First African-American woman to lead the YES! Weekly newsroom

NC TRIAD — YES! Weekly , the oldest and largest circulated alternative weekly newspaper in the North Carolina Piedmont Triad region, is getting a change in leadership. Chanel … more

1/8/21

Campaign seeks to save The Wilmington Journal, a historic voice for Black community

WILMINGTON – On Nov. 10, 1898, the office of The Daily Record, a Black-run newspaper published by Alexander Manly, was burned to the ground by a mob of white supremacists who would go … more

1/7/21

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

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

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

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

Mountain Times Publications earns RFA reporter for 2021

Report for America has become a local enterprise, as the nonprofit organization announced that Mountain Times Publications had successfully applied for a RFA reporter to join the newsgroup in June … more

12/30/20

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

Stella Anderson Trapp

Stella Anderson Trapp, who published and edited The Transylvania Times for more than 30 years and loved Transylvania County with all her heart, died Thursday, Dec. 17, at … more

12/22/20

Guidance for journalists on trusted messengers and effective COVID messaging

The National Association of Broadcasters and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute have shared initial findings of nationwide research conducted to equip local journalists with insights to … more

12/22/20