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Initiative could provide in-depth reporting across N.D.
An idea that sprung from the Future of Newspapers Committee is gaining steam: the potential for a nonprofit news service in North Dakota that would provide high-quality, in-depth reporting for all the state’s newspapers.
A new project preserving the history of the impact of COVID-19 on community journalism in the middle of the country is now live on Poynter’s website. About 700 pages worth of interviews with journalists from North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana capture the challenges and opportunities faced by rural newspapers in the early days of the pandemic.
Newspapers successfully rally lawmakers
Newspaper voices have been heard loud and clear during this legislative session. Every bill that would have negatively affected public notice requirements has been effectively killed either in committee or on the floor, and a bill that would have made mug shots confidential in most instances failed by a narrow margin on the House floor.
Time to rally against harmful legislation
The 67th session of the North Dakota State Legislature is in full swing – albeit with some modifications in place to help curb the potential spread of Covid-19. Public testimony is in some cases limited to written submissions, but that presents an opportunity: Even if you aren’t able to travel to Bismarck to testify, your outreach to legislators can have a big impact in ensuring proposed legislation that would harm the state’s newspapers is dead on arrival.
Legislative interns ready for important session
Three interns are gearing up to cover the upcoming legislative session as part of the North Dakota Newspaper Association Education Foundation internship program. Alexandra Kautzman, Dylan Sherman, and Brayden Zenker said they are excited to learn from the opportunity while sharing their legislative session articles with member newspapers.
Survey shows strong readership in state
North Dakotans read newspapers even more today than they did six years ago, according to the results of a new survey conducted for NDNA by Coda Ventures of Nashville, Tenn. The survey shows that 86 percent of North Dakota adults read a local newspaper, up 3 percent from the NDNA's last survey, in 2014.
Free speech author speaks to Dakotans Oct. 15
Author Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, will present a free online "Gamechanger" program at 4 p.m. Oct. 15.
Three join NDNA's 50 Year Club
Three North Dakota newspaper staffers have joined the NDNA 50-year club after each completed a half century of service to the newspaper industry.
Cares grant multi-faceted
NDNA has received a CARES Act grant to promote the history and interpretation of the Constitution. Constitution columns and newspaper relief are part of grant package.
History project features two ND newsmen
The first 13 oral history interviews by former ND journalist Teri Finneman, now an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Kansas, were video interviews. The Dobson and Kelly interviews will be audio only however.