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The @UvaldeNews staff did what journalists do.
They held officials accountable and comforted a community in grief. @ExpressNews gift link:
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“We need to see it as a critical need, like schools, roads, bridges, clean water and emergency personnel.”
We subsidize oil and green energy initiatives, which are private interests. Some food for thought here. #localnews#communitynews@TexasPress
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BREAKING: The journalism major at Texas A&M was just approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Students will be able to enroll in a B.S. and B.A. program for the fall.
Full story to come.
Press friends. Are any of you experimenting with AI in your operations — either in newsrooms or with advertising efforts? I'm penning my next column for the @TexasPress Messenger and want to include some examples. Please respond or DM me. Danke!
Breaking: M. Katherine Banks has resigned as Texas A&M University's president following a week of turmoil over the botched hiring of a Black journalist to revive the university's journalism department. https://t.co/vmMRp2B5R6
Jesse Abrams Thomas was a prominent Texas newspaperman, owning first the Leonard Graphic and later the Mineola Monitor. He served in the 29th & 30th Texas Legislatures representing Fannin County. Served on the school boards in Mineola and Leonard, was a @TexasPress President.
When Texas A&M announced that Kathleen McElroy, a respected journalist with a long career, would spearhead the revival of the journalism program, there was fanfare. But, within days, McElroy said she was told there was a target on her back. https://t.co/Dg7CcD7p8O
Uvalde Leader-News publisher discussed covering tragic shooting one year later with @djnf@SWJournalist interns. Read what the interns thought on @collegemedia College Media Review — https://t.co/zXVYdR39BP @UvaldeNews
Congrats to our friend Kathleen McElroy on helping A&M restart its J-school. Though she was a prof at the U.T. School of Journalism and worked at larger publications, she has exhibited a care for our state's smaller publications (like ours). @TexasPress https://t.co/JalYWRt1tb
The @TexasPress convention was great! It provided so much information and opportunity to help strengthen community newspapers. Hats off to the many winners. Texas community newspapers is a giant in the arena of journalism.
ICYMI: Donnis Baggett, Executive VP of @TexasPress, joined The Infomaniacs this morning to discuss @theeagle's announcement about reducing print editions: https://t.co/1ADpOfxdFF
“These increases are punitive and misguided,” NNA Chair John Galer, publisher of the Journal-News in Hillsboro, Illinois, said. https://t.co/K7hFKoX8P1
The @TexasHouse State Affairs Committee heard another Texas Sunshine Coalition bill today, HB 2493 by @VoteGiovanni to provide certain public info in spreadsheet form. It will help everyone keeping a watch on government. Read more: https://t.co/W2f80xYN3q #txfoi#opengovt