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Postcard from behind the paywall: Ugh | Newsroom With A View
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Newsroom With A View. Thoughts on the changing media landscape. Laquo; Editing on the margins of discussion. Doing the right thing depends on the definition of ‘right’. Postcard from behind the paywall: Ugh. July 15, 2015 by Guy. My company’s group of NC papers is migrating to a new CMS. I’m the lead for my paper. Within the setup questionnaire that started the process, there was an option for a free “day pass” for non-subscribers. I checked that box. Why not? The iTunes 99 cents? I likened it to erectin...
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Moral March on Raleigh: Be there | BlueNC
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Skip to main content. Moral March on Raleigh: Be there. Mon, 02/03/2014 - 08:54. Press release with details on Moral March. Mon, 02/03/2014 - 10:04. Received via email from the NCNAACP:. Diverse North Carolina Coalition Kicks Off a Year of Nonviolent Direct Action, Popular Education, Litigation and Voter Engagement. Secure pro-labor, anti-poverty policies that insure economic sustainability;. Provide well-funded, quality public education for all;. The Moral March convenes at Shaw University on Wilmington...
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Doing the right thing depends on the definition of ‘right’ | Newsroom With A View
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Newsroom With A View. Thoughts on the changing media landscape. Laquo; Postcard from behind the paywall: Ugh. Journalism’s coming era of rural electrification. Doing the right thing depends on the definition of ‘right’. July 16, 2015 by Guy. What’s wrong with news companies? Do they have a strategy for surviving past the age of print? Why aren’t they executing it? Why do they only cut expenses? Why don’t the billionaires build the digital news business model? That might seem like a slam dunk to those in ...
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small-town journalism | Newsroom With A View
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Newsroom With A View. Thoughts on the changing media landscape. Posts Tagged ‘small-town journalism’. A political idea that’s easy to swallow. On June 26, 2016 1 Comment. When I first heard that the local Republican Party was moving into the vacant space beside Lenoir City Hall that most recently was the Azteca Burrito restaurant, I had a thought. The Democrats have beer, but so do we, AND we have freshly grilled burgers, the Republicans could say. Of course, I know the idea is too good to be true. Don’t...
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Now wait just a fracking minute... | BlueNC
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Skip to main content. Now wait just a fracking minute. Wed, 05/20/2015 - 14:05. The NC Mining and Energy Commission is not permitted to issue permits. Since their very existence is under question by the courts. Like a stopped clock, McCrory (accidentally) got this one right by challenging the NCGA. Not that his choices would have been any less unethical, but we takes our victories where we can get 'em. Sorry, it's not really. Here are a few options:. It's probably time for Dallas. Sure seems like it.
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Coal Ash Wednesday: Starve the coal, feed the frackers | BlueNC
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Skip to main content. Coal Ash Wednesday: Starve the coal, feed the frackers. Wed, 05/20/2015 - 11:19. Duke Energy to replace coal plant with natural gas plant. Duke Energy spokesman Dave Scanzoni says with projected population growth in North Carolina, the energy supplier was looking for a way to meet practical needs and local demand for cleaner energy. Republican attack on the environment. Sorry, it's not really. Here are a few options:. It's probably time for Dallas. This seemed like good advice.
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southernconnections: October 2008
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Christian Science Monitor's new model for digital survival. Tuesday the Christian Science Monitor. Offered other nonprofit, church-sponsored newspapers one business and publication path. From death on paper to digital survival. That in April, 2009, it will save millions in printing/circulation costs by becoming the first national newspaper to discard daily print publication in favor of continuously updated online publication. Currently, the Monitor prints a 20-page. Read the ...
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southernconnections: August 2012
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Beauty and the noxious weed. A Male Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Feeding on Musk Thistle. Flowers across the fence from an unmowed horse pasture between William B. Umstead State Park. And the North Carolina Museum of Art. He may have eaten tulip tree ( Liriodendron tulipifera. Leaves in the nearby forest, as my Grandmother Memommy (Jackson) Frink explained to me when I was a child in her garden on the Honey Hill Road in Columbus County, learning the names of butterflies. And sho...
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southernconnections: February 2008
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Thursday, February 21, 2008. Just two old men, talking to the lunar eclipse. My next-door neighbor Steve and I watched the total lunar eclipse. Together in downtown Raleigh last night. Actually, I was trying to catch glimpses of it through the low-hanging clouds and Steve came tapping up the sidewalk with his red-and-white-striped cane. So we just naturally started talking about why I was out there. A song my elder son once enjoyed was on earworm. For unspoken reasons, others paused to join us in marveli...
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