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The Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, HR 3076, cleared the U.S. Senate today, sending legislation to President Biden that would give the U.S. Postal Service relief from a 16-year-old requirement to …
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Lynne Lance, lynne@nna.org
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3/9/22
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For decades North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of all states in the country when it comes to the public’s right to know what went wrong when a government employee is transferred, demoted …
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Sandy Hurley & Bill Moss
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3/7/22
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Jeff Allison named Operations Manager of Tryon Newsmedia
TRYON—Long time production manager Jeff Allison was recently named operations manager of Tryon Newsmedia LLC, which publishes the …
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3/2/22
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We all know that North Carolina law requires public bodies to follow the open meetings law, which essentially means three things: publishing notice, allowing public access and keeping minutes. …
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Beth Soja, Amanda Martin
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2/28/22
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In order to look ahead to a new advertising idea, sometimes it helps to take a look at the past. When an advertiser has been in business for a number of years, there are plenty of …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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2/22/22
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I fondly characterize newsrooms as organized chaos. I witnessed that firsthand guiding staffs when resources were plentiful and community newspapers had captive audiences.
Dynamics are even more …
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Jim Pumarlo
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2/8/22
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This column is titled “Into the Issues” because it began as an effort to help community newspapers explore issues that affected their communities, sometimes from afar. It has evolved to …
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Al Cross
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2/7/22
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A veteran journalist has joined the reporting staff of The Gaston Gazette .
Kara Fohner will be covering all aspects of county government, in addition to other news and feature-writing …
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2/2/22
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Patrick G. "Duke" Conover, News Argus editor from 2018 to 2021, died early in the morning on Jan. 27.
Conover, originally from California, worked 30 years in the newspaper …
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Becky Barclay
Goldsboro News Argus
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2/2/22
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The NC Public Records Law applies to public business documents made or received by a public agency or official. G.S. § 132-1(a). It doesn’t matter if they exist on an …
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Amanda Martin
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1/28/22
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Asheville, NC, Jan. 24, 2022—Answering the community’s call for local nonpartisan journalism toward strengthening accountability and democracy, Carolina Public Press (CPP) has launched …
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Ellen Acconcia, Director of Audience and Engagement
eacconcia@carolinapublicpress.org
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1/25/22
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The Sunshine Awards are presented each year to recognize the work of citizens, advocates, journalists, and government officials whose efforts increase transparency and accountability in public …
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1/19/22
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When asked what he did for a living, he would say he was a "newspaper man." Maddrey aspired to work in news reporting early on. As a young boy, he sold the weekly rural newspaper Grit door-to-door, …
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1/19/22
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A.C. Snow, the longtime News & Observer columnist who delighted readers with country wisdom wrapped in elegant prose for 70 years, died Friday in Raleigh. He was 97, and had written his farewell …
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1/19/22
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New York, NY – January 12, 2022
Parade Media Senior Vice President of Newspaper Relations Kevin Craig announced today the retirement of the company’s Vice President of Newspaper …
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1/13/22
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Roselee Papandrea Taylor met her husband at a job interview. Madison Taylor, who worked at the Jacksonville Daily at the time, interviewed her and immediately became her editor. The pair worked …
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Kyra O'Connor
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1/10/22
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Community newspapers are more likely to succeed with readers, advertisers and the community when all residents’ voices are heard. Such was a primary mission of Bill Horner III and his partners, …
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Bob Sillick | for Editor & Publisher
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1/10/22
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Almost a year ago, this column urged community newspapers to tell their readers the truth about the 2020 presidential election — that it was fairly held — to debunk the falsehoods …
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Al Cross
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1/7/22
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It’s standard procedure at many newspapers to chronicle headlines in year-end editions. The continuing social and economic impact of COVID-19 is certain to capture a lion’s share of …
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Jim Pumarlo
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1/7/22
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(NNPA) – Mary Alice Jervay Thatch, who often told the story of how as a baby, she used her diaper to clean the floor of the Wilmington Journal and who went on to become the editor and publisher …
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Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
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12/29/21
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