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Public notices in newspapers are part of the three-legged stool of government accountability. Public notices help to inform the public on activities by the government and other public entities. ...
Aug 1, 2023
Learning from the master: How Jim Lockwood weaves award-winning journalism out of public notices
Nov 1, 2023
Unbeknownst to most in the newspaper business, two months earlier, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine had signed into law measures buried within the legislature’s 6,198-page budget bill that will bring sweeping ...
Oct 1, 2023
PNRC has been tracking approximately 230 bills introduced this year that have at least a minimal connection to public notice law.
Sep 1, 2023
These instances, and many more, occurred during my tenure as editor of the Red Wing (Minnesota) Republican Eagle. Other editors can likely relate.
Aug 1, 2023
The New York Times reported last month on several incidents in which public officials revoked public notice contracts “in an effort to punish their hometown newspapers for aggressive coverage ...
Aug 1, 2023
Jim Lockwood, a reporter for the Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania, has been named the 2023 winner of PNRC’s Michael Kramer Public Notice Journalism Award.
Jul 1, 2023
At the end of June 2023, Illinois Press Association Chief Technology Officer Ron Kline announced the hiring of Gannett's Neil Burkhouse to assist in the expansion of placepublicnotice.com.
Jul 1, 2023
Last week, Louisiana became the first state to pass a law that will eventually make newspaper websites the primary platform for public notice and Jackson County, South Dakota, government officials ...