Candidate coverage and more discussed during ‘Tales From the Trail’ program in DeKalb

By KATHY BALCAZAR - kbalcazar@shawmedia.com DEKALB – The Northern Illinois Newspaper Association hosted its annual spring training program June 16 at the Northern Illinois University Campus Life Building in DeKalb. "Tales From the Trail" was the title of the program, which examined how the media covers elections. The event was broken down into three sections: …

NINA kicks off annual contest with new categories

The Northern Illinois Newspaper Association is accepting entries for its annual news competition, which this year includes four new categories. Contest organizers have added categories for Best Niche Publication, Best Watchdog Reporting, Best Use of Social Media by an Individual and Best Use of Social Media. Although no categories have been eliminated, the submission information …

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NINA members should be seeing the print version on our summer newsletter in their mailboxes this week. Learn about our scholarship winner and categories added to our annual news competition.   1NINASummerNewsletter2016 2NINASummerNewsletter2016 3finalNINAsummerNewsletter 4FinalNINAsummerNewsletter