CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A reporter who covered the trial of former Massey executive Don Blankenship, who last week was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of $250,000 for conspiring to violate federal mine safety and health standards, said he hopes West Virginians understand the historical significance of the[Read More…]
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Unclaimed property insert distribution to begin
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Treasurer John Perdue’s office will begin the statewide distribution of newspaper inserts listing unclaimed property rightful owners on Thursday. The distribution schedule continues through April 21. Inserts go to the largest newspaper in each county, in addition to a certain number of direct-mailed copies. A resident[Read More…]
Ex-Daily Mail, Gazette writers to be honored posthumously
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two former Charleston Newspapers sportswriters are among the five graduates of Marshall University’s W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications who are being inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame this fall. Mike Cherry and Jody Jividen, as well as Charles Bailey, Chad Pennington and Peter[Read More…]
Bluefield editor wins column-writing award
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — Bluefield Daily Telegraph Editor Samantha Perry has been named “Columnist of the Year” in the national Best of CNHI 2015 editorial contest. It is the second consecutive year that Perry has won the “Columnist of the Year” award. The contest recognizes the individual and collective achievements of[Read More…]
Logan journalism students win first-place awards
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Wildcats recently won a statewide competition at Marshall University. Both of Logan High School’s journalism programs placed first on Saturday, March 19th at a competition held at the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism. WLHS-TV (Logan High’s broadcasting class) won best broadcast and Wildcat News (Logan[Read More…]
Charleston Newspapers to print Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Herald-Dispatch will close its press operation in Huntington next month and contract with Charleston Newspapers to print Huntington’s daily newspaper and the company’s weekly newspapers. All news gathering, page layout, advertising sales and production, distribution and delivery operations will continue from The Herald-Dispatch’s Huntington office on[Read More…]
Parkersburg paper names new ad director
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Parkersburg News and Sentinel has named a new advertising director. Ann Troutman was the advertising director for the Escanaba (Mich.) Daily Press, an 8,000 circulation newspaper owned by Ogden Newspapers, the parent company of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Troutman worked for the Daily Press for[Read More…]
Wheeling staff bonds with 42-year-old slow cooker
A column by Heather Ziegler, associate city editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — There is an important piece of equipment in our lunchroom at the newspaper office that is older than half the staff that uses it. It’s an original Crock-Pot made by the Rival company in the[Read More…]
WVU photojournalism exhibit tour set
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A guided tour of a photojournalism exhibit focused on people coping with the effects of war is available at 10 a.m. March 23, at WVU’s Downtown Campus Library. The exhibit, entitled “Fractured Spaces: Stories of Resistance and Resilience,” is a retrospective of photos by Lois Raimondo, of[Read More…]
Gazette-Mail holds 4th annual bracket party
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