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…]
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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…]
Body scanners to be installed in jail system
By COURTNEY HESSLER The Herald-Dispatch BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — The Western Regional Jail in Barboursville will be the first to receive a body scanner before a statewide implementation, which is part of a continuing effort to combat contraband entering jail facilities. Lawrence Messina, director of communications for the state Department of Military[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…]
Minden PCB report shows samples 10 times the actionable standard set by EPA
By JESSICA FARRISH The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — Samples taken along Arbuckle Creek in Minden show elevated levels of PCB contamination, a report by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows. Minden is home to what was once the Shaffer Equipment Company, which EPA agents declared a Superfund site in[Read More…]
$73 million fuel plant proposed in Sam Black area
By TINA ALVEY The Register-Herald LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Amid the optimism created by the prospect of a $73 million synthetic fuel facility being constructed in the Sam Black area, Greenbrier County Commission President Woody Hanna found himself allaying a few fears about the project. Lewisburg resident Robin Spence broached the[Read More…]
Email suggests offer to trade legislation for WV road bond support
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An internal email from the West Virginia Municipal League appears to detail a trade between the association and Gov. Jim Justice – the municipalities’ support for the road bond referendum in exchange for legislation. The Sept. 8 email, from Debbie Price, a[Read More…]
