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NC senators: Personnel records on educators, police and others shouldn’t be secret

It’s no secret that disciplinary records of taxpayer-funded employees are kept behind lock and key. That shroud of secrecy prevents the public from finding out why a teacher moves from school … more

NORMAN SANDERSON, BILL RABON AND JOYCE KRAWIEC | 5/27/21

Paxton Media Group Acquiring Six North Carolina Titles

Burlington, NC – November 21, 2022 Paxton Media Group is acquiring six newspapers in North Carolina from Gannett Co., Inc. The titles include Lexington Dispatch, the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, … more

11/21/22

A new look at an old sales technique

Carla has been selling advertising for many years. She has researched and tried a variety of techniques to answer objections. “Just about everybody knows the Feel-Felt-Found formula,” she said. … more

John Foust Raleigh, NC | 4/13/18

Publisher of The Carolina Times dies, possibly marking the end of the historic paper

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 … more

VIRGINIA BRIDGES | 5/4/20

9 ways newsrooms can incorporate more audio in their work

In 2021, the media platform with the highest weekly reach in the United States is audio. Data published last month by Nielsen revealed that radio — just one component of this medium … more

6/1/21

Court of Appeals to review ruling in Brown shooting footage case

The N.C. Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear an appeal on Monday of a Superior Court’s judge’s year-old ruling dismissing media companies’ petition for release of law enforcement … more

11/28/22

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

4/13/18

Post editor Elizabeth Cook will retire at end of 2018

This will be Elizabeth Cook's final year as editor of the Salisbury Post. She has been an editor for 25 years. Cook, 62, looks forward to spending more time with family after she … more

Mark Wineka | 11/12/18

How COVID-19 is reshaping grantmaking and what news organizations should know

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 … more

LIZZY HAZELTINE | 5/5/20

USPS announces postage rate increase

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — May 28, 2021 Contact: Tonda Rush, tonda@nna.org NEWS OF STARKLY HIGHER POSTAGE RATES GREETS AMERICAN PUBLIC AT START OF HOLIDAY WEEKEND The United … more

6/2/21

Report: More than half of digital advertising is mobile

Last year was officially the much-awaited “year of mobile” in the advertising industry. For the first time, mobile advertising represented more than half of the spending that marketers … more

Mike Shields, Wall Street Journal | 4/27/17

Colorado group pushes to buy embattled Denver Post from New York hedge fund

Together for Colorado Springs is a civic group that is thinking about buying the Denver Post from Alden Global Capital, the company that is facing criticism from The Post for continual layoffs and … more

Sydney Ember | 4/13/18

McClatchy partners with RIP Medical Debt to ease financial burden on veterans

Military veterans struggle with crippling medical debt, and many are uninsured, which causes their medical bills to pile up. McClatchy is hoping to help uninsured veterans by collaborating with … more

Melynda Fuller | 11/13/18

STATE OF EMERGENCY = OPEN MEETINGS LAW AMENDMENTS

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 … more

Amanda Martin | 5/13/20

Veteran statehouse journalist Mark Binker dies at 43

Longtime North Carolina political reporter Mark Binker died early Saturday morning.Binker, 43, was well-known through the halls of the N.C. General Assembly during his 12 years covering state … more

Charles Duncan, News & Observer | 5/1/17

Ayers to succeed Raney as Herald publisher

Herald Circulation Director Jeff Ayers has been promoted to publisher to replace Rachael Raney who is moving on to a position in Georgia. Raney served as The Herald's publisher/advertising director … more

11/14/18

N.C. newspaper continues coverage in the dark after substation attack

Journalists at the Pilot were finalizing coverage Saturday night of a drag show targeted by protesters, when they spotted social media chatter about a power outage. John Nagy, the editor of the … more

Brittany Shammas | 12/8/22

AdLibs: Expectations are like icebergs

Saundra’s experience as a sales manager has given her a unique perspective on client relationships. “Most sales people in the advertising business are taught to discover problems and … more

John Foust | 5/1/17

Wilson retires from Telegram

Mark Wilson, the Rocky Mount Telegram's publisher for the past five years, has retired. The 67-year-old newspaperman guided his staff through a devastating hurricane, the creation of an offshoot … more

2/19/18

New publisher announced for The High Point Enterprise; McClure appointed Director of Advertising Sales at Goldsboro News-Argus

Nancy Baker will assume the role of publisher at The High Point Enterprise following Rick Bean’s retirement in January. Baker, a 24-year veteran of the newspaper industry, has been with The … more

11/14/18