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News Articles: Local Journalism

A copy of <em>The Birmingham News</em> rests on a rack at the downtown public library in Birmingham, Ala. The company that runs the newspaper and two sister papers says it will permanently stop print publication after Feb. 26, 2023.

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  • Media

For 3 big Alabama newspapers, the presses are grinding to a halt

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

December 30, 2022
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By:
  • Debbie Elliott
The Tribune Tower, the iconic former home of the Chicago Tribune, seen in Chicago, Illinois in 2015. The <em></em>newspaper lost a quarter of its staff to buyouts after it was acquired by Alden Global Capital in May.

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  • Business

When this hedge fund buys local newspapers, democracy suffers

NPR's A Martínez talks to McKay Coppins of The Atlantic about how a hedge fund, Alden Global Capital, is buying and then gutting newspapers — and the implications for democracy.

October 18, 2021
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Selene San Felice's editor, Rob Hiaasen, was killed during the shooting. She was assigned a new editor, and even though their first edit went well, she said, "It felt so bad to get that from somebody that wasn't Rob." She went out in the hallway and cried.

'People Will Forget About Us': The Capital Gazette Shooting Survivors, Years Later

After the shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, the surviving staff resolve to rebuild their paper.

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Chris Benderev,
  • Rhaina Cohen,
  • and 1 more
News organizations around the country, like NPR (pictured), have reevaluated their relationships with politicians and the White House in the past few years.

CNN White House Lawsuit And Media's Changing Role

After a contentious interaction between CNN's Jim Acosta and President Donald Trump during a briefing, Acosta's press pass was revoked. CNN later sued...

November 28, 2018
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By:
  • Elena Rivera and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Monday, April 9, 2018

The ransomware attack that crippled Atlanta a few weeks ago isn't the only high-profile cyberattack Georgia has faced in recent years. Two years ago, a...

September 25, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 6 more
Virginia Prescott (left) and Monica Pearson at the GPB Atlanta studio.

Monica Pearson Reflects On Changing The Face Of Local News

Monica Pearson changed the face of local news in Atlanta in 1975 when she became the first woman and African-American to anchor the evening news on WSB...

July 09, 2018
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By:
  • La'Raven Taylor and
  • Virginia Prescott
Longtime Atlanta Jewish Times editor Michael Jacobs leaves the newspaper this month.

Atlanta Jewish Times Editor Michael Jacobs Reflects On Communities, Stories Covered

The Atlanta Jewish Times has a history as varied and complicated as the community it covers. In 1924, the Southern Israelite was founded as a family...

June 26, 2018
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By:
  • Susie Davis and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Friday, May 5, 2018

The face of local news in Macon, Georgia, is changing. After nearly four decades, Friday is Oby Brown's last day at The Telegraph in Macon. Brown's...

May 04, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 5 more
Judy Woodruff in the early 1980s (left) and a current photograph of the sole PBS NewsHour anchor.

Judy Woodruff: In Fake News Era, We Need Great Journalism 'More Than Ever'

Last month, Georgia Broadcast Hall of Famer Judy Woodruff was named sole anchor of PBS NewsHour. Woodruff began her journalism career as a reporter in...

April 09, 2018
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By:
  • Fenly Foxen and
  • Tony Harris

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