News
Record grant package approved
Helping prepare young journalists for media careers is front and center in a record package of grants approved this month by the NDNA Education Foundation board. In approving 13 grants for $77,200, both record amounts, the board doubled down on the internship program, helped launch a high school and college media association, continued funding scholarships and fellowships, and initiated a new program that will put journalism students to work for N.D. Newspapers.
Medora picked as site for next joint convention
Meeting in Medora, the NDNA board last month chose the site for the next NDNA-SDNA joint convention -- Medora. Though concerned about whether the distant location would discourage some SDNA members from attending, the NDNA board saw Medora as a "destination" location that would put one of the state's crown jewels on display for newspaper folk from the south.
Oral History Documentary: July 23, Bismarck
Get a sneak peak of the documentary on notable ND journalists that will show at 2 p.m. July 23 at the North Dakota Heritage Center in Bismarck.
Newspapers, public notices maintain popularity in ND
The buzz these days is all about online devices, but North Dakotans interested in their communities still turn to newspapers for reliable information, a new study shows. It also reveals that North Dakotans are perfectly happy with newspapers as the primary carrier of public notices from local and state government entities.
Film premieres with red carpet event
With eight "movie stars" greeting them from the red carpet, some 175 people came to the historic Fargo Theatre June 2 for the premier of "Newspaper Pioneers: The History of the North Dakota Press."
North Dakota newspapers have been judged “Best of the Dakotas” in four of five circulation categories. The awards were handed out Friday, April 28, 2017 during a joint convention of newspaper association members from the two states. This is the third time that newspapers from the two Dakotas have gone head-to-head in a general excellence style competition. The first time, in 2013, North Dakota won three of the five categories.
NDNA/NDNAEF Elections
Harvey Brock, publisher of The Dickinson Press, has been elected president of the North Dakota Newspaper Association. Brock was elected Friday, April 28 at the association’s 131st annual convention in Aberdeen, S.D. He succeeds Sara Plum, editor of the Benson County Farmers Press in Minnewaukan and The Lakota American.
Speakers booked for symposium
The NDNA Education Foundation's fall conference schedule has been set. Penelope Abernathy, Tim Waltner, and Sarah Cavanah will be the keynote speakers October 14-15 at the UND Student Union.
Pulitzer winners share their philosophies
Pulitzer Prize winners Jacqui Banaszynski and Carol Guzy told their prize-winning stories at the 130th Annual North Dakota Newspaper Association convention in Crosby, ND on May 6. One of own, Mike Jacobs, formerly of the Grand Forks Herald, also told his Pulitzer story for the attendees.
Glen Froseth, retired publisher of the Kenmare News, and Mike Jacobs, retired editor and publisher of the Grand Forks Herald, were enshrined Friday, May 6, 2016 as the 53rd and 54th members of the North Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame.