Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the West Virginia Press Association’s series on the “Our Children, Our Future” Coalition. Journalist George Hohmann is following the coalition’s efforts, providing reports from its organizational meetings this month through its attempts to have impactful legislation passed during the 2014 session of the[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing
Member newspaper- and West Virginia Press Association-generated news articles, series, photos, cartoons. This information is available for sharing and publication by other member newspapers.
WVPA Sharing: Third Kids’ Health Series Article Available
Kids Health article 3 – 8/23/13 Packet includes story, logo and photo Standing head: It is attached to the email Photos: Four options are attached to the email – cutlines are at the bottom of email Possible Quote: “Eighty percent of tooth decay is in 20 percent of our[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: Tom Miller’s Under the Dome available
By Tom Miller For the WVPA CHARLESTON — West Virginia has more than three dozen state parks ranging in size from 8,292 acres at Holly River State Park in Webster County to a modest four acres at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Mason County at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha[Read More…]
Dave Corcoran author’s his first ‘Past President’s Pen’
Hi, newspaper folks! Just wanted to drop you a quick line about our West Virginia Press Association’s Convention at this time. It, indeed, was a great convention, not just because Wheeling’s Oglebay Park Resort is a super place for newspaper meetings, but also because it was a “home grown” assembly, with[Read More…]
Reader advice: Weston Democrat attracts readers with useful tips
Recently, I had the experience of buying a used car as my Jeep was having some problems that I anticipated could leave me walking. I began looking around at various car lots in the area not really knowing what I wanted and after talking to various salesmen in three states,[Read More…]
WVPA Shared Column: WVONGA Executive Director sees harmful risks in Obama policies
By Nicholas “Corky” DeMarco Executive Director, West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association CHARLESTON — Guiding Washington policy these days seems to be the philosophy of picking winners and losers, and it is an approach that is doing significant harm to West Virginia because of its effects on the state’s natural[Read More…]
Second in WVPA Kids’ Health Series available: Health advocacy workshop attracts diverse statewide group
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the West Virginia Press Association’s series on the “Our Children, Our Future” Coalition. Journalist George Hohmann is following the coalition’s efforts, providing reports from its organizational meetings this month through its attempts have impactful legislation passed during the 2014 session of the[Read More…]
WVPA Sharing: ‘Our Children, Our Future’ takes aim at child poverty and health issues
Editor’s Note: The following article is part of the West Virginia Press Association’s series on the “Our Children, Our Future” Coalition. Journalist George Hohmann is following the coalition’s efforts, providing reports from its organizational meetings this month through its attempts have impactful legislation passed during the 2014 session of the West Virginia Legislative Session. By GEORGE HOHMANN WVPA Report[Read More…]
WVPA Alert: Editors should watch for Kids’ Health Series
WVPA Executive Director Don Smith advises all editors to watch for first story in the WVPA’s Kids’ Health Series. “Please alert your newsroom staff, especially the weekend editors, that the West Virginia Press Association on Saturday – and again on Sunday – will be distributing the first article in a[Read More…]
