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The Local Newsroom That Took Down USA Gymnastics' Larry Nassar

The Local Newsroom That Took Down USA Gymnastics' Larry Nassar

20 Aug, 2020

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The Local Newsroom That Took Down USA Gymnastics' Larry Nassar

In a Michigan courtroom in 2018, just before former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar was to be sentenced for molesting multiple teenage girls, then-state Attorney General Angela Povilaitis credited reporters at the Indianapolis Star for exposing Nassar’s years of abuse.

The Local Newsroom That Took Down USA Gymnastics' Larry Nassar

Why We Need Public Journalism

Why We Need Public Journalism

20 Aug, 2020

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Why We Need Public Journalism

Victor Pickard’s latest book about journalism and democracy concludes that dark political moments are precisely when we should be envisioning a different future.

Why We Need Public Journalism

The context for the crisis: A Q&A with Penny Abernathy

The context for the crisis: A Q&A with Penny Abernathy

19 Aug, 2020

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The context for the crisis: A Q&A with Penny Abernathy

For years, Penny Muse Abernathy—the Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism—has been studying the disintegration of journalism’s traditional business model, mapping lo

The context for the crisis: A Q&A with Penny Abernathy

The newsroom was the beating heart of a local newspaper. What’s lost when the owner shuts it down?

The newsroom was the beating heart of a local newspaper. What’s lost when the owner shuts it down?

18 Aug, 2020

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The newsroom was the beating heart of a local newspaper. What’s lost when the owner shuts it down?

Through war, depression and every kind of turmoil the country endured over the past 100 years, the Morning Call’s newsroom was on the same downtown corner in Allentown, Pa. Until now.

The newsroom was the beating heart of a local newspaper. What’s lost when the owner shuts it down?

Newspaper play a key role in local communities

Newspaper play a key role in local communities

14 Aug, 2020

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Newspaper play a key role in local communities

What would my town be without a newspaper? If you haven’t asked yourself that question, perhaps it is time to consider just what the newspaper means to this community.

Newspaper play a key role in local communities

Consolidations come at a cost

Consolidations come at a cost

12 Aug, 2020

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Consolidations come at a cost

Last week, in a Q&A about covering losses in the journalism industry, Poynter reporter Kristen Hare observed that the newsroom mergers and consolidations that have resulted from the coronavir

Consolidations come at a cost