Bill Church, who started his newspaper career covering high school sports for an Oklahoma weekly and most recently helped oversee 150 newsrooms across the nation, will be the new executive editor of …
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9/13/21
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Veteran journalist Rana Cash will return to Charlotte this fall as the new executive editor of The Charlotte Observer, bringing a promise to ask tough questions of leadership and to cover the …
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8/25/21
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O’Rourke Media Group, which operates community-focused media publications nationwide, and Modulist, a media services company that specializes in processing user-generated content, have entered …
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8/16/21
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If you’ve made a recent request under the NC Public Records Law, you may have noticed that some government agencies -- UNC-CH, Wake County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and the city …
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Beth Soja
beth@smvt.com
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8/9/21
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The parent company of the Wilkes Journal-Patriot is shuffling regional responsibilities among its North Carolina publishers following acquisitions made earlier this year.
Lori Spurling …
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JULE HUBBARD WILKES JOURNAL-PATRIOT
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8/4/21
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Columbus County’s newspaper of record turns a new page Aug. 1, 2021, as Justin Smith, editor since 2018, becomes publisher as well. Smith has purchased the 125-year-old company from Les High …
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7/30/21
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Chowan Herald Publisher Sean O’Brien has named a new management team for the newspaper.
“We are pleased to welcome an experienced and dedicated team to Edenton to …
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7/30/21
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For a third straight year, the reporting staff of The News & Observer will be supplemented by reporters from Report for America, a nonprofit journalism organization that supports local news …
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7/29/21
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The death of NNA’s Postal Chair Emeritus Max Heath, Shelbyville, Kentucky, on July 28 set off a period of mourning across the community newspaper industry. Heath’s family told the …
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Tonda Rush
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7/28/21
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When a then-23-year-old Sherry Chisenhall was offered a job with the Charlotte Observer in 1986, she was so shocked that she forgot to ask about the pay.
She made a second rookie mistake weeks …
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7/28/21
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2021 Contact: Jenna Shackleford, Communications & Outreach Coordinator Phone: 910-240-9697 Email: jennas@bizfayetteville.com FAYETTEVILLE, NC - The …
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7/26/21
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For immediate releaseJuly 22, 2021Contact: Al Cross, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, 502-682-2848
A family that has demonstrated courage, integrity and …
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Al Cross, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues,
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7/23/21
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For immediate release:
NC Press Association membership meeting
July 22, 2021
Raleigh, NC
During a special meeting attended by NC Press Association members on Thursday July 22, …
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Phil Lucey, NCPA
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7/22/21
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From the editor: We're listing our building for sale, but The Fayetteville Observer isn't going away
The Fayetteville Observer has been serving our community for more than 200 years, and though some things are changing, our commitment to quality local journalism is not.
We will soon be …
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Beth Hutson
The Fayetteville Observer
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7/21/21
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The newsroom at The News & Observer and the Durham Herald-Sun will soon have a new leader who will focus solely on the Triangle.
Robyn Tomlin, the top editor at The N&O and Herald-Sun, …
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7/21/21
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After 32 years of guiding Community Newspapers Inc. (CNI), co-owners Tom Wood and Dink NeSmith are turning over the corporate leadership to new co-chief executive officers.
Effective …
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7/8/21
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The Local Journalism Sustainability Act (H.R. 3940) has been reintroduced into Congress. The bill, which is virtually the same as last year, has three important components:
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7/8/21
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A coalition of media organizations, including Carolina Public Press, scored a court victory last week when Buncombe County Superior Court Judge Steve Warren ruled the city of Asheville …
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Kate Martin
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7/6/21
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In my office, I have pictures of former Pilot Publishers Katherine Boyd and Sam Ragan prominently displayed on the wall.
Whenever I’m trying to make a difficult decision, I …
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David Woronoff, Publisher
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7/2/21
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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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