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June will be a month of transition at The Warren Record as longtime editor/general manager Jennifer Harris prepares to retire, and veteran journalist Gary Band assumes the role of managing editor …
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5/29/20
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A coalition of more than two dozen media outlets including The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking the release of a list of records related to COVID-19 …
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NICK OCHSNER
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5/29/20
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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 …
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Amanda Martin
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5/13/20
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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 …
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LIZZY HAZELTINE
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5/5/20
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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 …
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VIRGINIA BRIDGES
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5/4/20
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Under pressure from advocacy groups and media organizations, North Carolina health officials said they would release details for the first time Monday on the locations of dozens of nursing homes and …
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4/27/20
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74 senators sent a letter to the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget asking him to direct federal agencies to shift existing government advertising campaigns to local newspapers …
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Paul Boyle, NMA
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4/27/20
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The Washington Post reports Capitol Hill is paralyzed over a failure to agree on a temporary remote Congressional hearing and voting bill. Yet as Congress grapples …
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John Bussian
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4/27/20
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HIGH POINT — The new editor of The High Point Enterprise has over 30 years of experience as a reporter, editor and executive in the news industry. Guy Lucas, 54, who most recently has been …
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4/15/20
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Jewell Walston, a former Citizen Times sports editor, is returning to Asheville to lead the newsroom as executive editor.
Walston was introduced as executive editor of Gannett's Western North …
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4/13/20
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Arlington, VA – Today, four national media organizations representing thousands of local newspapers and local broadcast media outlets – the News Media Alliance, National Association of …
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4/9/20
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Continuing on the theme of government transparency and how you get the information you need to cover the developing COVID-19 crisis, I have outlined here some principles to …
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Amanda Martin
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4/8/20
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We have compiled the following useful and concise information for your reference as you consider the various planning opportunities available to address the impact of the COVID-19 situation on your …
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3/31/20
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As the toll of the coronavirus rises daily, we are getting calls about what to do if you cannot put out your print newspaper. That might happen either because your advertising drops to the …
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Amanda Martin
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3/23/20
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As many states have done we have filed a letter with our Governor to ensure existing press freedoms are not impeded should any mandates require citizens to stay indoors or workforces reduced as they …
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3/20/20
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If a Florida parent wants to see the personnel file for their child’s public school teacher, the school would hand it over.
In North Carolina, that parent probably would be turned away, …
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Brooke Conrad
Carolina Journal
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3/17/20
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I want to begin with my gratitude for the vital and hard work that you all have been doing to report on the coronavirus crisis. Personally, I check five or six news websites about every hour to …
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Amanda Martin
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3/16/20
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Abby, who owns a retail store, told me about an appointment with a salesperson from her local newspaper. “I did plenty of research before I contacted him and decided to run a campaign in his …
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John Foust
Raleigh, NC
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2/3/20
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I have fingers crossed that the many 2020 elections will bring an avalanche of ad dollars to your newspapers! With those dollars come some regulation, though. Much as I think it is …
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Amanda Martin
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2/1/20
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Have you gotten a letter from someone asking you to take down an old story because the person has gotten their record expunged? Or maybe a lawyer has written and cited G.S. § 15A-152, a …
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Amanda Martin
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1/27/20
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