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Local journalists can build on a recent UNC data journalism project showing a decline in North Carolina public health funding — and report a local story while learning data skills — through a workshop during the NC Press Association conference this Friday and followup hands-on training March 15 for selected participants. The training draws on work by the Carolina Data Desk and students of UNC Hussman Associate Prof. Ryan Thornburg, who analyzed information from 45 counties in North Carolina...

By Eric Frederick, NC Local newsletter editor [Also in the Jan. 20 edition: Postal service worries for community newspapers, six NC media orgs join the NC Media Equity Project, a new director for Duke’s DeWitt Wallace Center, and a raft of job and grant) opportunities. Sign up to get NC Local in your inbox each week] One theme of the conversation at the NC Local News Summit on Jan. 13 was Brothers Gibb basic: Stayin’ alive. Fran Scarlett of INN summed it up: Journalism is the mission, b...

Editors note: This week, The Daily Reporter will feature local residents who have met celebrities. Today we are featuring those who have encountered actors and TV personalities.Haley Beaudin, of Coldwater, graduated from Warsaw High School in Indiana with Ben Higgins from "The Bachelor." Over the years, they’ve stayed in touch."The last I saw Ben was a few summers ago at my cousin’s wedding," Beaudin said. "He is a super down to earth guy. He portrays himself...

Coldwater, MI, USA / WTVB | 1590 AM · 95.5 FM | The Voice of Branch County Dec 17, 2020 5:53 AM The Jeryn Frederick Memorial Fund recently made several donations to organizations in Branch County, including to Scouts BSA Troop 433 in Coldwater. The Jeryn Frederick Memorial Fund was established by the family of Jeryn “Jerry” Frederick after his passing in June 2020. Jerry was a 43-year veteran in local law enforcement and pioneered the criminal justice program at the Branch Area Caree...

With Christmas near and a New Year beckoning, we at the NC Local News Workshop celebrate the many ways local journalists and media helped people in our state understand and navigate unprecedented challenges in 2020. In the year of COVID-19, we’ve seen North Carolina residents actively involved in local democracy in countless ways, including high levels of election participation, protests, community responses to the pandemic, and initiatives to address racial inequity. Our local journalists an...

By Eric Frederick, NC Local newsletter editor [Also in the Dec. 9 edition: Sharif Durhams returns to NC as The N&O/Herald-Sun’s new managing editor, and answers a few of our questions; Report for America adds NC newsrooms for grant-funded journalist jobs in 2021; and more good work. Sign up to get NC Local in your inbox each week] Tuesday was an extraordinary day, to say the least, at Alamance County’s Historic Courthouse in Graham. Tom Boney Jr., publis her of The Alamance News, was forc...