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Newsletters Present Opportunity for Audience Engagement in Newsrooms

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The News Building, located at 1 Press Place in downtown Athens, is home to the Athens Banner-Herald. In June, the Athens Banner-Herald will create the Athens Equality Lab with the help of Report for America. (Photo/Jordan Bischoff)

Athens Banner-Herald to Implement Athens Equality Lab: Here’s What You Should Know

News deserts, or areas that lack local journalism, have been increasing over the last ...

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Recycling, trash and compost roll-away bins before dinner service at Maepole, a local restaurant in Athens, Georgia, on March 5, 2021. While customers picked up to-go orders from inside the restaurant, members of the staff sat in a meeting at outside tables on the cool Friday afternoon. (Photo/ Antonia Bottinelli aabottinelli@gmail.com)

Spread of Sustainable Restaurants in Athens: How Composting Is Making Local Restaurants Greener

The last Maepole customer stands from their table and makes their way to a ...

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Avid Bookshop’s New Book Club Promotes Literature About Race and Labor

After the George Floyd protests, members of the University of Georgia’s United Campus Workers ...

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Graphic of Black Journalists dealing with reporting on Black trauma and dealing with their mental health
Graphic emphasizing how Black journalists constantly reporting on Black trauma can negatively affect mental health. (Graphic/ Laura Nwogu)

Black Journalists Express Strain That Reporting On Black Trauma Takes On Mental Health

For Black journalists, covering race and reporting on tragedy can be especially triggering when ...

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Navigating the Pros and Cons of the Leather Industry

“The consumption of leather products by the humans is very common and used almost ...

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University of Georgia Students study in the Tate Student Center on Friday, Mar. 5, 2021. (Photo/Mackenzie Miles)

UGA’s COVID-19 Learning Formats Yield Benefits, Obstacles

The University of Georgia has instituted a variety of classroom instructional formats, which have ...

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The Red & Black Publishing Co. is an independent, private, not-for-profit corporation that gives students hands-on training in the news industry and providing our audience with credible, high quality news and information. The Red & Black is another one of these local publications that are fighting against this era of distrust towards the media. (Photo/Cullen Davis) The Red & Black

The Red & Black Navigates Intentionally Through Era of Distrust Toward Media

  Twenty seven percent of Americans have “not very much” trust in the mass ...

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Movie Theater Industry Works To Pivot, Stay Afloat During COVID-19

The smell of buttery popcorn and light chatter fill the cool theater as viewers ...

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Caitlyn Stroh-Page, the executive editor of the Athens Banner-Herald, posed for a picture Feb. 15, 2021. Stroh-Page is reviewing the Feb. 14 issue of the paper. (Photo/Olyn Gee)

Executive Editor of the Athens Banner-Herald Reflects on Nonprofit Elements in the News

Caitlyn Stroh-Page, the executive editor of the Athens Banner-Herald, said the future of many ...

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Kilcrease (left) and Brooks (right) are recent UGA graduates who adopted different self-care methods to cope with COVID-19. Both revealed that they found success in the those methods even a year after lockdown began. (Photos/ Sydney Kohne, Kala Horvat)

One Year Later: How Sustainable Are Our Self-Care Methods In A Pandemic?

Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national state of emergency in March 2020, ...

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The streetside view of The Sparrow’s Nest off of Prince Avenue in Athens, GA. The “come one come all” policy is advertised as much as possible to any who may happen to come by in need of aid.

“From A to B to Z”: The Sparrow’s Nest Commits to Community-Based Approach to Poverty

“Putting people experiencing poverty on track “to go on to the next step: from ...

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