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
Joe Burrow’s Dream: Why the Ohio is the River Jordan of Pro Football
Joe Burrow played football at Athens High, in southeastern Ohio in the foothills of Appalachia, 21 miles from the Ohio River. As a senior, he
Moundsville: PBS Film & Magazine 