February 26 is Student Press Freedom Day, a national day of awareness for student media that highlights the challenges and experiences of high school and college journalists. Growing up in a small town has become a sort of glorified trope in movies and television. The idea of living in a […]
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Commentary: In Appalachia, Women are the Change Our Communities Need
In the summer of 2018, my hometown town of Clarksburg, West Virginia, seemed to be experiencing a major crisis. We had a large number of unsheltered residents in our small town and a lack of resources to help them. On any given day, you could drive through town and see […]
Read MoreNational Media Are Platforming Domestic Extremists, Leaving Local Journalists to Deal with the Fall Out. Here’s How We Can Do Better.
Anyone who’s worked in local or regional newsrooms knows what it’s like to have a national news outlet publish irresponsibly inaccurate reporting on something happening in your community. At best, these reports result in additional work for local journalists who now have to push back against this top down misrepresentation. […]
Read MoreCommentary: Biden Shouldn’t Forget His Promise to Alleviate Student Loan Debt
College is the way to a better life. At least, that’s what I was told growing up in east Tennessee. The textile mills that employed my great-grandparents and grandparents were shuddered, leaving behind only defaulted pensions and a polluted river. The plant that made toothpaste and hair care products that […]
Read MoreOur Top 10 Stories of 2020
Headlines across the country were dominated this year by three issues: COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter movement and the 2020 presidential election. So too is the case for the digital pages of 100 Days in Appalachia. But in this list of our top 10 original stories of 2020, decided by […]
Read MoreSteal Our Stories (Well, Credit Us When You Republish)
100 Days in Appalachia is a collaborative nonprofit newsroom. We prioritize working with other publications on creating new content, but know that ours aren’t the only voices in the region, so we also work to bring more attention to the work of our partners. We invite other media outlets to […]
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