OP-ED BY NINA BOARD MEMBER ROGER RUTHHART Thirty-seven years ago, in the days before “Internet news,” I was invited to join the Northern Illinois News Association board. In the many years since, this organization -- which celebrated its 60th anniversary last year -- has done an amazing job on behalf of its members in support …
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“Facts Matter” Columnist Bob Oswald will be the highlight speaker at the annual conference of the Northern Illinois News Association -- and this year, there will be no cost for those who attend. The Northern Illinois News Association is shifting its annual journalism conference and awards presentation to an interactive digital program to increase the …
The Northern Illinois News Association joins with all who cherish press freedom in expressing concern over the almost unprecedented Aug. 11 police search of the Marion County (Kansas) Record offices and the home of its publisher as well as the subsequent seizure of the news organization’s computers and other devices. The material was seized through …
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It's Time to Enter NINA's 2023 News Contest It’s time to collect your best work and enter it into Northern Illinois News Association’s annual competition. Work published between May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023, is eligible. The association code, as in years past, is NINA. Continued this year: There is no limit to the number of entries per …
DEKALB, IL – Two outstanding student editors will receive scholarships from the Northern Illinois News Association for their extraordinary work and commitment to the highest standards of journalistic excellence. NINA Board President John Lampinen announced that Sarah Lin, co-editor-in-chief of the New Trier News, has won the 2023 John Etheredge Award for Northern Illinois High School Journalist …
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DEKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois News Association continues its growth and positive momentum with the addition of three outstanding journalists to its board of directors. The board voted unanimously on March 9 to welcome Evanston RoundTable Publisher and Manager Mary Helt Gavin, Beacon-News (Tribune Publishing) Reporter Megan Jones and DeKalb Daily Chronicle (Shaw Media) …
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DEKALB, IL – The Northern Illinois News Association is pleased to announce the addition of journalists Madhu Krishnamurthy and Julie Mann to its board of directors. Mann is the public information officer for Kane County Government and Krishnamurthy is diversity editor and assistant city editor for the Daily Herald. “I am pleased to welcome Julie and Madhu …
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The Northern Illinois News Association will award a $1,000 scholarship to the high school senior who earns the John Etheredge Award for "Northern Illinois High School Journalist of the Year." The scholarship competition, recently named after longtime NINA board member and Record Newspapers Editor John Etheredge, is open to graduating high school seniors who plan …
BY RICK NAGEL The future of local journalism isn’t something to d**k around with. There’s a vulgar lead and a dangling participle to start your day. But maybe it will grab your attention long enough for me to get you to the nut graph. The Northern Illinois News Association (that’s right, it’s “News” Association and not …
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2023 promises to be a special year for the Northern Illinois News Association under the leadership of legendary Daily Herald Editor John Lampinen. After announcing a name change from “newspaper” to “news” association in late 2022, NINA kicked off the new year by adopting a new vision statement and setting goals to broaden the organization’s …
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