by Emily Oaks | Oct 27, 2025 | Local News Crisis, Sidebar, Top Story
‘Nothing good happens when a newspaper dies’ Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and former anchor and managing editor of the PBS News Hour, made a special appearance in Rappahannock County last Friday to support local journalism. Nonprofit news organization Foothills...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Apr 19, 2023 | Politics
printing press petersburgThe printing press at The Progress-Index in Petersburg, Virginia. Amid dire shortages of local news outlets nationwide, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, is backing a resolution recognizing the industry “serves an essential function in the...
by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Foothills Forum invites everyone to a virtual evening this Friday with Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post media columnist and author of the recently published book “Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy.” The locally exclusive Zoom...
