Media Matters: Telling our story, sustaining our paper
More than 300 nonprofits are working to address the collapse of the for-profit business model, recognizing that democracy works best when citizens are informed.
Journalism
‘Channel 85:’ Talawanda High School students produce their own broadcast news show
“The goal of this class is to get these kids experience and then to cover things that showcase stuff inside the school that doesn’t usually get showcased.”
Why journalism?
I always look forward to staff meetings because I know I get to work with people I consider friends and are just as excited about this paper as I am.
Media Matters: Local news and state support
“The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.”
–Bill Moyers
Media Matters: OFP is 2 years old!
“Local news is the glue that helps hold communities together.”
– Margaret Sullivan, former media columnist, Washington Post
Media Matters: Objectivity and news – a history lesson
“My job is to spend half the time repeating what one side says, and half the time repeating the other. Little thing called 'objectivity' – might want to look it up….” – ‘Senior Media Correspondent’ Rob Corddry to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show (2004)
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.