John Marshall in Glen Dale, an adjacent community that shares key institutions with Moundsville, WV, subject of our PBS film Moundsville, is one of those
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‘Black by God’ Tells a Fresh Story for West Virginia
A community of 65,000 deserves a vibrant local newspaper. And West Virginia’s Black population of that size deserves a small media empire. That’s the
Fight Back with Music: How New Orleans Dances with Sorrow
Jason Berry’s new documentary film City of a Million Dreams, about jazz funerals in New Orleans, celebrates our dance with sorrow. The parade of brass
When a Town Loves a Shoe Store: ‘I doubt that your computers know you personally’
Last month, I published a story in the Daily Yonder, a terrific online magazine that covers rural America, about a shoe store in Moundsville, WV
‘Storm Lake’ Shows How to Save Local Journalism: Do the Work
Nobody can lecture Art Cullen, journalistic oracle and editor of the Storm Lake Times about the importance of hard-hitting investigative reporting. In 2017, Cullen won
When Neighbor Killed Neighbor: A Civil War Tragedy in West Virginia
On January, 10, 1863, Eli B. Ice, a Union soldier, shot and killed Uriah Wade, a Confederate sympathizer. This tragic story of neighbor killing neighbor