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Lehighvalleylive.com’s Brad Wilson named nation’s top wrestling writer
Wilson was named the recipient of its Bob Dellinger Award, which is considered the nation’s oldest wrestling media award.
The Oregonian/OregonLive Announces $2.5 Million in Matching Grants
Individual grants will range from $500 to $15,000 per month. All businesses in need are encouraged to apply now and can get started at: OregonianCares.com
Cannabis commission chair Steven Hoffman to speak at cannabis industry insider event May 13
During the Advance 360 Cannabis Insider Live Online event, panelists will speak about challenges the industry is facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Columnist Kyle Whitmire wins national writing award
Whitmire was announced as the winner of the 2019 Scripps Howard Award for opinion writing Tuesday, over finalists from The New York Times and Kaiser Health News.
On the eve of Cleveland Rising, consider how far we’ve already traveled on our journey toward social justice in Cleveland
Here’s something I think we fail to recognize: Cleveland Rising is not the start of our social justice movement in Cleveland. Many efforts have long under way to to bring social justice to Cleveland. It’s just that no one stops to think about those efforts in the aggregate as a movement.
Epilepsy Foundation and Advance Local Forge Strategic Partnership to Enhance Digital Engagement with the Epilepsy Community
Partnership will create a multiplatform content hub to show progress in epilepsy treatment and research.
NJ Advance Media’s Steve Politi, Matt Stanmyre grab top honors from Associated Press Sports Editors
Politi is named nation's top sports columnist, while Stanmyre takes honors as best beat reporter. Photographer Andrew Mills wins Top 10 award with action photo of "Philly Special" TD in Super Bowl.
AL.com partnering with MIT-based non-profit
Alabama Media Group will partner with Cortico, a MIT-based nonprofit dedicated to fostering public conversation in communities and media, as part of a $2 million from The Knight Foundation.
New Michigan’s Best website features the best of the Mitten state
"This is Michigan's Best" is a spot where stories about great food and drink come together with travel ideas, adventure tips and uplifting highlights of our state.
Ghosts of Highway 20
Along a stretch of Oregon highway, women vanished. Some were assaulted, others murdered. Some are still missing. One man might be responsible for it all.
NJ.com's ground-breaking look at police force
Reporters at NJ.com took 72,607 incident forms from 565 municipalities in the last five years.
How the food team at the Times-Picayune transformed itself
The food team at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune has its own Instagram account
Alabama Media Group boosts audience, advertiser engagement with new brand
Alabama Media Group's “This is Alabama” campaign began with an effort to boost engagement by highlighting positive news stories. It was so successful during the past two years it has evolved into its own brand with a huge reader following, 14 business sponsors, and even a line of logo apparel.
Free Cleveland Clothing Co. tote bag, 2 drink coupons when you buy ticket to Homegrown Cleveland
Get a free Cleveland Clothing Co. tote bag Saturday at Homegrown Cleveland.
Cleveland Cookie Dough Company puts nostalgia back on the menu: Homegrown Cleveland
Cleveland Cookie Dough Company serves up memories of eating raw cookie dough in your grandmother's kitchen. They will serve their nostalgic treat as part of Homegrown Cleveland in November.
This series is traveling the country to show why local news matters
The 10 newsrooms Ian Hoppe has visited this year — from Jackson, Mississippi, to Carbondale, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California— are al
Legal weed is heading to N.J. and this event will light your fires
NJ Cannabis Insider will host its inaugural live event on the Hamilton Stage at the Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway on Oct. 3
Chasing Corruption
Follow Chasing Corruption on Facebook Watch for stories about crooked public officials around the country, and the local reporters who uncovered their secrets.
The Times-Picayune spent an entire school year with a kids' football team to tell the story of childhood trauma
In their work covering crime in New Orleans, Richard Webster and Jonathan Bullington often saw neighborhood kids who’d been witnesses, lo
Advance Local convenes tough talks with readers. Issue one: guns
Opening minds, telling stories differently
From banning them to embracing them, a group of Americans got together to talk about guns
"Guns: An American Conversation" Participants from across the country came together in Washington, D.C., and started an on-going discourse about guns, gun violence and personal rights.
With its Facebook Watch news show, Alabama’s Reckon wants to make a national audience care about local news
More Facebook Watch news shows are on the way — but is the effort worth it for all local publishers?
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune wins national 'finest in features' award
The staff won seven awards in the national contest.
The story behind 'The Children of Central City,' premiering June 13
Like so many media outlets, we've parachuted in the neighborhood for a story and left after it's published. This would be different.
Nora the polar bear series wins prestigious Mayborn writing prize
The series about Nora the polar bear by reporter Kale Williams has won first place for narrative nonfiction writing.
Reckon by AL.com teams with Facebook for 'Chasing Corruption' video series
Reckon by AL.com will shine a light on hard-hitting local investigative journalism across America in a video series premiering later this summer on Facebook Watch.
Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard win 28 awards in annual AP contest, most in state
The Oregonian/OregonLive's Bethany Barnes named national education reporter of the year
Bethany Barnes, education reporter for The Oregonian/OregonLive, won two national first place awards, including education reporter of the year at a medium-sized news outlet, at the Education Writers Association national awards Wednesday.
MassLive sees growth in Central Mass.
New York-based Advance Local is growing its presence in Central Massachusetts. The company is set to open an office for its MassLive Media division near the Worcester Common this month.
The Oregonian's Bethany Barnes named finalist for nation's best young local news journalist
Bethany Barnes was named Tuesday as a finalist for the prestigious Livingston Awards, which honor outstanding achievement by journalists younger than 35.
Arc Publishing signs Advance Local
The Post’s technology to power sites in major markets across the U.S.
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Disagreement doesn't always lead to dysfunction.
"Guns: An American Conversation," a Facebook conversation among people with diverse points of view, yielded this reflection from a participant.
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