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Wilson Times Co. purchases Johnstonian newspapers
The Wilson Times Co. will purchase the Kenly News, Pine Level News, Princeton News Leader and The Selma News and combine the four publications into a county-wide weekly newspaper under the … more
Award-winning documentary about Durham teens’ visit to Ocracoke
In early August 2016, the Durham VOICE, a community newspaper written by teens, and Partners for Youth Opportunity, the nonprofit that runs the newspaper, teamed with the Ocracoke Observer to bring … more
Salisbury Post Reduces Print Schedule Amid Newsprint Tariffs
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) — Amid rising costs associated with new tariffs, a North Carolina community newspaper has announced a reduction in its print schedule. The Salisbury Post will print five … more
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Reporters’ Lab joins N&O, UNC Reese News Lab on major fact-checking project
The Duke Reporters’ Lab is joining McClatchy Carolinas and the UNC Reese News Lab in an ambitious project to expand non-partisan fact-checking throughout North Carolina. With a $50,000 grant … more
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REVISION TO NEWSPRINT TARIFFS WELCOME, BUT DOES NOT SOLVE UNDERLYING PROBLEM
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative final determination on countervailing duties (CVD) and antidumping duties (AD) on imports of uncoated groundwood paper from … more
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FIRST FOR A REASON
MAKING SENSE OF WHAT LOOKS LIKE NONSENSE Having trouble making sense of the constitutional amendments that will appear on the ballot this November? I am, and I’m a lawyer! As … more
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Longtime publishing exec named president of 'Post' parent
Freeman Webb Company has hired Frank Daniels III to oversee the management, strategic direction and tactical operation of its recently acquired news media outlets, which include the Nashville Scene … more
Ethos of The Pilot Is Due to the Work of Dave Jones
Much of what The Pilot is today can be attributed to the guidance and wisdom of legendary newspaperman Dave Jones, who died last week at age 91. Dave was a friend and mentor, whom I admired … more
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Former Times leader Dave Jones dies at 91
Veteran newspaper executive Dave Jones, who worked as a consultant to The Wilson Times for 15 years, died Saturday at age 91.Jones served as a mentor to Times Chairman and CEO Morgan Dickerman in the … more
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
New leaders coming to Daily Herald
Two new leaders have arrived to usher The Daily Herald forward.Paxton Media Group has named Nancy Wykle, editor and publisher of The Daily Dispatch in Henderson, to the position of publisher of The … more
FIRST FOR A REASON Info & Ideas About the First Amendment & Media Law
FINDING COMMON GROUND Some of you remember Governor Cooper before he was governor - even before he was attorney general - back when he was Senator Cooper.  In 1995, then Sen. Cooper … more
Jim Harper, former photographer for The State Port Pilot newspaper in Southport, died Friday, July 6, 2018.
Jim Harper, former photographer for The State Port Pilot newspaper in Southport, died Friday, July 6, 2018, from complications following a brief battle with acute leukemia. He was 79. Harper's … more
Susan DuFour, Advertising and Marketing Director of The Mountaineer is retiring
Susan DuFour, Advertising and Marketing Director of The Mountaineer is retiring at the end of July after having served over 40 years at these newspapers: The Mountaineer, Tampa Tribune, Palm Beach … more
THE COST OF COPIES
School’s out! I am fresh off teaching media law at the UNC School of Media and Journalism over the 2017-2018 academic year. I loved it and loved my students! I am happy, though, to now have time to … more
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Burr and Tillis should oppose newsprint tax
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 … more
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Charlotte Observer publisher Ann Caulkins to step down, successor named
Ann Caulkins, The Charlotte Observer’s president and publisher, is stepping down after 12 years and will be succeeded by Rodney Mahone, a longtime media executive from Georgia, company … more
NEWS MEDIA ALLIANCE “FLY-IN” ON JUNE 13-14 IN DC
Publishers and other newspaper executives know more than anyone about the impact of newsprint tariffs on your newspaper's ability to provide news and information to your local community.  You … more
Carolina native, NPR newscaster Carl Kasell of ‘Wait, Wait’ dies at 84
Carl Kasell, longtime newscaster, University of North Carolina alumnus and co-founder of radio station WUNC, has died, NPR reported. In March 2013, the North Carolina Press Association named Kasell "North Carolinian of the Year." more
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The crisis in local journalism has become a crisis of democracy
From 1990 to 2016, the number of newspaper employees in the United States dropped from from 456,300 to about 183,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those numbers understate the decline … more
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