(The Center Square) – A bill to protect workers employed by immigrant support services passed the California Senate on Tuesday afternoon, despite some lawmakers' comments about the legislation potentially hurting independent journalists.
After two deaths this year at an immigration detention center at the Miami Correctional Facility in north-central Indiana, I blasted the local press for not going deep enough. In my April 2026 column, I criticized reporters for their coverage, which did little to shed light on the lives of the two detainees, Lorth Sim and […]
Four years ago, Evan Newton was an intern at the Monticello News. Last month, he became the newspaper’s editor, publisher and owner after purchasing the outlet from its previous local owner. At 25 years old, Newton is one of the youngest newspaper owners in Georgia. He told the Georgia Recorder that he got a “great […]
States Newsroom on Monday announced the hiring of veteran Nebraska editor Joan von Kampen as editor-in-chief of the Nebraska Examiner, the state’s leading government-focused nonprofit news outlet.
Editor’s Note: One of Kentucky’s most familiar faces is leaving our television screens. Renee Shaw has announced she is retiring from Kentucky Educational Television, where for the past 29 years she has covered innumerable stories, anchored thousands of shows, interviewed hundreds of people, and overall, brought Kentucky’s public policy issues into our homes and consciousness. […]
MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula is in the running for USA Today’s ranking of the best college sports town in America.
The Arkansas Advocate’s series on prison overcrowding won first place for in-depth reporting in the Arkansas Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Diamond Awards over the weekend. The Advocate’s reporters were recognized in several categories in the awards, which recognize the best journalism from Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. […]
South Carolina Daily Gazette columnist Paul Hyde won three awards in the National Society of Newspaper Columnists’ 2026 contest. His first-, second- and third-place awards represent the most of any single writer among winners announced Thursday evening, who represented more than 80 publications. His awards spanned three of the contest’s six categories for commentary published […]
Back in the day, when newspapers were flush with resources, they had internal libraries or archives of all of their stories, casually referred to as morgues. It was common practice for reporters to “check the morgue” before writing any story about the community. Reporters could learn the history of almost anything in Indianapolis by checking […]
