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By Lucia Starbuck KUNR Public Radio What is the best way to find out how the last year has affected high school students? Hear from them directly....

For years, journalists have been arrested and assaulted for recording police activity in public spaces. In the protests following the death of...

By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director Today, the Radio Television Digital News Association sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security...

How one station’s experience included a surprising and unusual police response By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director On March 8, 2021,...

By Katalina Deaven Center for Media Engagement Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, television news has served as a crucial source of information...

Representative Eric Swalwell first introduced the Journalist Protection Act (JPA) to Congress in 2018. This important piece of legislation would...

By Haley Suh and Peter Freeby Between a pandemic and a presidential election, 2020 appears to have heightened a worrisome rise in misinformation...

Natalie Van Hoozer A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, KUNR Public Radio, the NPR member station in Northern Nevada, has organized four Facebook...

Every day, thousands of local journalists help shape the action we take to right wrongs, hold those in power accountable and use our power as...

Watch a press conference, turn on a newscast, or overhear just about any phone conversation these days and you’ll hear mayors discussing R...

Local news is playing a critical role in the public health response to COVID-19, including vaccine rollout, a group of scientists, science...

By Dan Shelley RTDNA Executive Director This essay originally appeared in the January 2021 edition of Crain’s NewsPro and is republished with...