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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. ...
Public notice reporting tips
Aug 1, 2023
Learning from the master: How Jim Lockwood weaves award-winning journalism out of public notices
Ohio enacts law curtailing newspaper notice
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 ...
Public notice picture coming into focus
Oct 1, 2023
PNRC has been tracking approximately 230 bills introduced this year that have at least a minimal connection to public notice law.
Be responsible in exercising rights to public information
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.
Is New York the Wild West of public notice?
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 ...
Pennsylvania reporter Lockwood wins public notice reporting award honoring late Michael Kramer
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.
Burkhouse joins Illinois Press to assist in public notice project
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.
What's new with public notices?
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 ...
