Point Pleasant Daily Register COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Finalists have been announced in the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors’ 2017 newspaper contest and Ohio Valley Publishing (OVP) will be vying for an award. OVP Editor Beth Sergent has been nominated for Best Feature Writer for her work which appeared in[Read More…]

Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Longtime Charleston Gazette investigative reporter Paul J. Nyden was honored with a memorial resolution during the House of Delegates session Monday morning. Nyden’s son, Christopher Nyden, left , received the resolution from House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha. Paul Nyden, who detailed coal industry[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Companies placing bids to purchase the Charleston Gazette-Mail won’t have to include provisions as to how they intend to treat current employees once they own the paper, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Volk said he wanted to make[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Ogden Newspapers bid nearly $11 million to purchase control of the Charleston Gazette-Mail and its related assets, according to documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Charleston on Tuesday. The figure — $10.911 million — was included in an asset purchase and[Read More…]

The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va.  — The Charleston Gazette-Mail on Monday announced it would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and that The Ogden Newspapers Inc. has emerged as the high bidder for the company. The Gazette-Mail plans to file for bankruptcy today, officials with the newspaper said.[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An Oscar nomination won’t entice Elaine McMillion Sheldon and her husband, Kerrin, away from their passion: telling the stories of their home state of West Virginia in hopes of bringing attention, and solutions, to its problems – especially opioid addiction. The couple has been nominated[Read More…]

Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Julianne Kemp, who worked as a reporter and editor at the Charleston Daily Mail for more than half a century and was also a leading figure at the Charleston Ballet, died this week at the age of 87. Known as Julie, she was born on[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University Reed College of Media students will work with local communities to tell and “sell” their stories thanks to a grant from the American Electric Power Foundation. The $250,000 grant supports WVU’s Community Branding Initiative, BrandJRNY. Students enrolled in specialized upper-level strategic communications courses[Read More…]

WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University Reed College of Media has topped two different “best of” lists for innovation. MediaShift, the premier destination for insight and analysis at the intersection of media and technology, recently announced its top picks for media innovation in several areas. Dean Maryanne[Read More…]