What happens when a newspaper owner is ready to retire and there’s no one in line to take over? “As I go around the country and talk to different people…
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Why are some educators better than others at gathering and supplying data about their institutions or students to the press? Whose privacy is protected by barriers to school data reporting:…
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In the past few years, the attacks on journalism – and journalists – have increased. But so too have donations to independent, investigative news organizations, thanks in part to the…
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A nameless man led Joanne Faryon on the journey of her life. A reporter who’s worked in radio, TV and newspapers, Faryon heard about a man in California who had…
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The News Reporter of Whiteville, North Carolina is one of those iconic southern newspapers. Founded in 1896, the paper has a long history of serving rural Columbus County, including winning…
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Dale Beran first heard about 4chan around 2005, when he began seeing referrals from the website to a first-generation web comic he was working on. Later, he encountered some of…
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Should readers pay for local news as a private enterprise or should local news be subsidized with government funding? News sustainability experts pondered this question Monday during a policy discussion…
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It’s not all high-profile meetings and running through airports for reporters who work internationally. They need on-the-ground help to find a place to stay, a reliable translator if they don’t…
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It’s not exactly a chicken-and-egg question, but it’s one Anna Mortimer has thought about quite a bit. Does working in journalism cause anxiety, or do people who have higher-than-average levels…
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As both a staff writer and a freelancer, Punteha van Terheyden has been sharing “true life” stories of real people for many years. But last summer, she had a week…
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