Staff report The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Submissions are being accepted for the annual Veterans Tab published by The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. The tab is a collection of reader-submitted stories and photos about veterans in Wood, Washington and surrounding counties, living or deceased in any period[Read More…]
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John Douglas, longtime Messenger editor, dies at 70
The Morgan Messenger BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — We are saddened to learn of the death this morning of John Douglas, the former longtime editor of this paper and The Hancock News. He died at his Berkeley Springs home with family present. Douglas became a reporter for the papers in 1974[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media launches new Sports and Adventure Media major
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University’s Reed College of Media has developed the only known undergraduate major in the country to focus on sports and adventure media. With its big-time college sports programs and beautiful natural setting, the Mountain State is a mecca for sports and adventure enthusiasts, and[Read More…]
WVPA adds public notice categories to advertising, editorial contests
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia newspaper industry works hard to ensure greater public access, open meetings and government transparency. Now there is an industry incentive for that effort. The WVPA is targeting those areas in the WVPA newspaper contests. There will be two new contest categories considered for the 2017[Read More…]
WVU Reed College of Media hosts panel on diversity
By ALI BARRETT The Daily Athenaeum MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The WVU Reed College of Media moderated a panel on diversity in the media featuring four panelists from diverse backgrounds in print and broadcast journalism on Tuesday. Mizell Stewart III, vice president of news operations at Gennett and USA Today Network,[Read More…]
Facebook Live workshop this weekend in Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Learn how to use Facebook LIVE in your newsroom in a hands on workshop presented by the Online News Association West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 7. Why use Facebook live to enhance your reporting? Because 1.28 billion people use its services every single day. That’s up a whopping[Read More…]
‘Ghost Stories’ supplement accepting spooky submissions
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Something wicked this way comes … again. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel’s annual “Ghost Stories,” a collection of the unexplained, other wordly and paranormal, is accepting stories from residents of the Mid-Ohio Valley and beyond. How far beyond? Far. Submissions will be[Read More…]
5 inducted into Marshall journalism hall of fame
The Herald-Dispatch Staff Report HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Alumni, faculty, friends and family gathered Sept. 29 at Marshall University’s Memorial Student Center to celebrate the career accomplishments of five inductees to the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism & Mass Communications Hall of Fame. Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert welcomed the crowd[Read More…]
From Your Eyes to Your Ears… WVU Magazine unleashes Sparked, a new podcast
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — You’ve read our magazine. Now you can experience it in an auditory realm. Sparked is a podcast of West Virginia University Magazine that is all about the people who are changing Appalachia’s future for the better. We know you’ve heard about our challenges. But there’s more to[Read More…]
Note to readers about the Charleston Gazette-Mail Monday editions
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As previously announced, the Gazette-Mail will no longer print a physical copy of the newspaper on Mondays. The change takes effect Monday, when no Monday newspaper will be delivered or sold. The Gazette-Mail will continue to print papers the other six days of[Read More…]
