“History teaches that opaque decision-making destroys trust; recent historyinvolving police body cameras emphasizes this risk.”We end 2022 with these strong words from our own North …
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Beth Soja
Hugh Stevens
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12/22/22
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Across social media, North Carolina lawmakers, media members and others are remembering Mark Binker, the veteran state political reporter who died unexpectedly on Saturday. A memorial service has …
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THAD OGBURN
togburn@newsobserver.com
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5/2/17
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The NC Media and Journalism Hall of Fame will induct Don Curtis, Lisa R. Davis, Rick French, Ken Lowe and John Sweeney on Friday, April 13, 2018.
Founded and administered by the UNC School of …
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2/2/18
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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 …
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4/18/18
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Media unions and publishers are trying to strengthen international protection for reporters, especially since an increase in reporter deaths has shaken the industry.
The valiant cause might have …
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Tom Kent
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11/27/18
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ELKIN — Bill Colvard has been named editor of The Elkin Tribune, The Yadkin Ripple, and On The Vine Magazine.The Elkin native and former local business owner assumes the post after serving five …
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6/5/19
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The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute’s innovation team is looking to tackle current technology-related challenges that local newsrooms are coping with but are unable to solve themselves.
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6/4/20
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Asheville, N.C., June 17, 2021—Carolina Public Press (CPP), North Carolina’s nonprofit, independent, nonpartisan newsroom today announced it has received a $50,000 grant from the Inasmuch …
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6/21/21
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LAKE SEMINOLE, GA – Joseph Michael “Joey” Cowart, Sr., 66, of Lake Seminole, passed away Friday, December 30, 2022.
The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, …
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1/2/23
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WILMINGTON -- Cheryl Theiss, who has worked in the StarNews Media advertising department for the past four years, is stepping into a new leadership role within the department. Starting out as a sales …
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2/13/18
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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 …
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4/19/18
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Hickory Daily Record
Sylvia Kidd Ray, a Newton resident and retired managing editor of The Observer News Enterprise newspaper, died at her residence on Sunday after a period of ill health. …
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Ralph Yerby Ray
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6/22/21
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NNA is pleased to announce that USPS has agreed to an extension period for the elimination of sacks for Periodicals and Marketing Mail. The Postal Service announced late Jan. 6 that it …
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1/9/23
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A battered news industry can find some flickers of hope in a survey that gauges public willingness to pay for journalism, as long as its leaders plan judiciously. A little more than half of American …
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David Bauder, AP
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5/2/17
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The Rocky Mount Telegram has a new person in charge. Kyle Stephens, who was the Group Publisher of Cooke Communications North Carolina’s Southern Group of non-daily newspapers, has succeeded …
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2/19/18
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More than 59 news outlets and 250 reporters with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists released one of its biggest breakout stories yet: an uncovering of the problems in the …
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Jon Allsop
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11/29/18
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Sponsored by Duke University in cooperation with NCPA, the basis for the Duke University/Green-Rossiter Award is exceptional coverage of higher education through editorials, news or feature articles, …
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6/23/21
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The High Point Enterprise has a new publisher, and the person who had been publisher has taken on elevated responsibilities.
Rick Thomason became The Enterprise's publisher on Monday. He …
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Guy Lucas, The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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1/10/23
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In a nontraditional move, officials at Northwestern University's prestigious journalism and communications school have decided not to renew the program's accreditation, letting the designation …
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Dawn Rhodes, Chicago Tribune
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5/3/17
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Lamar Smitherman announced his retirement as Publisher of the Morganton News Herald and the Marion McDowell News on Tuesday. Smitherman, who will step down from his role on March 30, has been in …
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2/20/18
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