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David Oplinger passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Goshen News on 2024-05-23.

Colleagues remember former Beacon Journal reporter and editor Timothy D. Smith, who became legal expert and influential professor at Kent State.

America is extremely polarized – and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. So is there value, then, in at least getting people to agree to disagree?

(Getty Images) This article is provided by Eye on Ohio, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Ohio Center for Journalism, in partnership with the independent, nonprofit Matter News. Please join Eye on Ohio’s free mailing list and follow Matter News as this helps us provide more public service reporting. Exacerbated by a polarized political climate, an increasing number of reporters in the U.S. are facing unrelenting threats of violence and harassment from people online. In Columbus, several reporters have experienced harassment directly. “It was maybe a week after we ran the piece,” recalled And...

Ohio journalists examine their role in political divisiveness, serving community By Doug Oplinger - Your Voice Ohio It was a steamy July week in Ohio as folks from around the state sat in front of computers and smartphones for two-hour online conversations. The purpose of the sessions was so reporters and editors in the Your Voice Ohio media project could hear and better represent what was on people’s minds as the presidential election loomed less than four months away. But it was an awakening for those journalists, who are steeped in politics and acutely tuned to the news. Ohioans had more...