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What I want to be when I grow up: My first taste of a career in journalism

What I want to be when I grow up: My first taste of a career in journalism

It’s one thing to sit in a classroom and learn AP Style and what kind of questions to ask a source in an interview; it’s another thing to be out on the ground reporting and gaining real-life experience. OFP gave me the opportunity to do that.

Patricia Gallagher Newberry stands outside of a courthouse

‘Reporter of the Year’ at the Cincinnati Enquirer is still learning

Nearly 45 years into her career, Patti Newberry shares what keeps her pen moving.

National Public Radio gets only about 2% of its budget from the federal government.

Media Matters: Defunding or defending public radio

"A recent New York Times study showed that Ohio public radio stations, on average, get about 6% of their budget from federal dollars, while Mississippi's public radio stations get 30% of their budget from the CPB."

The exterior of the new Cincinnati Public Radio building.

Ohio public radio faces an uncertain future as Congress cuts funding

Ohio is set to lose $13.3 million in funding for public radio.

Aidan Cornue is the new editor in chief of the Oxford Free Press

From The Editor: Hello Oxford

"As I begin my chapter in Oxford, I remind myself of the ground I stand on, all 7.78 square miles of it. What makes this ground special is not a specific building, place or person; it’s the community as a whole."

Rusted newstands sit outside a building.

Media Matters: “News deserts” not just a rural problem

"Without access to local information, we listen to talk radio, we watch cable talking heads and we shadow social media influencers. These are not places where journalism happens."

From the Editor: Thank you for reading!

From the Editor: Thank you for reading!

Founding Editor Sean Scott thanks the readers and others who have made the Oxford Free Press possible as his time with the publication comes to an end.