The Feb. 27 edition of CBS's “60 Minutes” will examine the crisis in local news and how hedge funds and other financial firms have swallowed up newspapers, closed newsrooms and slashed staff. The episode will feature Report for America as one answer to the crisis and the threat
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After spending six hours sitting on the grassy shoulder of I-95 with my cat and a broken down moving truck, I’ve made it to Henrico. I moved here last week from Sarasota, Fla. to take on this role as education reporter for the Henrico Citizen. I’ll be covering
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The Henrico Citizen has hired Anna Bryson as its new full-time education reporter. Bryson, a Florida native, will join the Citizen in June. She has worked as a journalist in her home state for the The Daily Sun in Post Charlotte; the Sarasota Herald-Tribune; and the alternative weekly Creative Loafing
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Two couples rob a Short Pump business using a baby stroller; Henrico Police charge an 18-year-old with reckless driving in connection with a fatal October crash; Henrico experiences its highest two-day COVID case count; the Citizen is selected for a national program; the Henrico NAACP plans its annual meeting; Brookland
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The Henrico Citizen has been selected as one of 216 Report for America host newsrooms in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam in 2021, RFA officials announced Dec. 8. The Citizen was one of just 64 new organizations – and the only one from Virginia – selected to join the program
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