Even as local papers struggle financially and sometimes make editorial decisions that alienate readers, many still have deep ties with their communities.
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President Trump ordered American flags lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of a deadly shooting last week at theAnnapolis, Md., Capital Gazette. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told CNN that the president made the decision to lower the flags after he received a request to do so from Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley. Buckley said Trump had initially declined his request to lower flags in honor of the victims and their families, the Capital Gazette reported Monday.
DMA 15: MINNEAPOLIS
KMSP-WFTC Expands News, Names Anchors
Tim Blotz and Naomi Pescovitz have been named co-anchors of the Fox 9 News at 6:30 p.m. and the expanded hour-long Fox 9+ News at 7 p.m. at Fox owned […]
With more than 100 documentaries, news series, digital projects, podcast episodes, news packages and more recognized this year, the 2018 National Murrow Award winners are fertile ground for new and seasoned journalists alike looking for examples of the best in the craft of broadcast and digital journalism. In looking at the list of winners from this year, a few patterns emerge. These commonalities are clues into what makes good journalism
JOURNALISM
NJ Bill Slots $5M To Help Local Media
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is approving a bill that dedicates $5 million to strengthen local media outlets in the state. The state legislature passed the “Civic Info Bill” late last month. The bill created the Civic Information Consortium — a unique nonprofit developed with five universities — to promote the spread of news and information throughout the state. The bill was conceived by the Free Press Action Fund, an advocacy group on media issues.
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Patrick Leahy, the chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have called on the Supreme Court to release same-day audio of all oral arguments. That […]
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Newsroom Jobs In TX, MS & MA
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DMA 87: WACO, TX
KCEN Intros New A.M., P.M., Weekend Anchor Lineup
Tegna-owned NBC affiliate KCEN Waco, Texas (DMA 87), has named long-time Texas Today morning anchor Kris Radcliffe, weekend anchor Chris Rogers and reporter Emani Payne to new positions. The shift […]
DMA 48: ALBUQUERQUE-SANTA FE, NM
KRQE Cancels Newscast After Intruder Walks Into Newsroom
A New Mexico television station abruptly canceled its evening newscasts Sunday after an unknown man walked into the building and onto the station’s news set. In a brief statement late Sunday night, […]
Brian Ross, the veteran ABC News investigative correspondent who embarrassed the network late last year with an on-air report suggesting former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had been told by President Donald Trump to make contact with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign for the Oval Office, is leaving the network, along with Rhonda Schwartz, who served as the chief investigative producer for Ross’ team.
In an effort to address the issue of dwindling trust in the media, the Society of Professional Journalists has named veteran journalist Rod Hicks as its first Journalist on Call. SPJ’s Journalist […]
DMA 46: GREENSBORO, NC
Tracy Clemons Named Morning Anchor At WGHP
Tracy Clemons has been named morning news anchor at WGHP, Tribune Broadcasting’s Fox affiliate in Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem (DMA 46). Clemons joins Cindy Farmer, Brad Jones, Melissa Painter and Meteorologist Emily […]
DMA 48: GREENSBORO, NC
WXII Brings On New Morning Meteorologist
DMA 18: ORLANDO, FL
WTMO Orlando Adds Two Multimedia Journalists
Telemundo-owned WTMO-CD Orlando, Fla. (DMA 18) today announced that Felix Pirela and Yunaisy Garcia have been named multimedia journalists. They will report for the station’s weekday newscasts that air at 5, 5:30, […]
Mitchell, who’s about to celebrate 40 years at NBC, remains one of Washington’s most dogged reporters, literally outrunning — and scooping — colleagues, many of whom are decades her junior. At 71, she has covered seven presidents, the nuclear arms race, and such events as the Jonestown massacre and the Three Mile Island accident, and she’s as busy as ever now as the chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News and the host of MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports.
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