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• Our full-time staff— Who’s the News?

  By YS News StaffMarch 26, 2020

  

  Here we introduce you to the full-time staff of the paper.

• ‘Newspaper of the Year’— News wins state awards

  By YS News StaffFebruary 20, 2020

  

  The Yellow Springs News was honored by its peers last week as the “Newspaper of the Year” among comparable papers in Ohio.

• The top stories of 2019

  By YS News StaffJanuary 2, 2020

  

  The Yellow Springs News’ annual year in review, printed in the Dec. 26, 2019 issue, is now available online. Check out our top stories of the year.

• About the Lauren Heaton Scholarship Fund for Aspiring Journalists

  By YS News StaffNovember 23, 2019

  

  In memory of native villager and longtime Yellow Springs News reporter Lauren Heaton, the Yellow Springs News has established a fund for an annual journalism scholarship.

• The 2019-20 Guide to Yellow Springs: Activism in the Village

  By Megan BachmanOctober 17, 2019

  

  This year’s Guide presents recent articles and material from our archives to highlight the brave local activists working for a more just, fair and sustainable world.

• WYSO now independent nonprofit

  By Audrey HackettOctober 3, 2019

  

  Local public radio station 91.3 FM-WYSO, started by three Antioch College students in 1958, is now independent and community-owned. On Aug. 30, the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, gave final approval for the transfer of the station’s broadcast license from longtime owner Antioch College to Miami Valley Public Media, Inc., a newly created nonprofit governed by a seven-member community board.

• Dayton ‘Media and Democracy’ event — Journalists oppose Cox Media sale

  By Megan BachmanAugust 8, 2019

  

  Private equity firms now own more than one-third of major news outlets in the U.S. Working journalists have declined by half in a decade. And half of all Americans don’t get news from the community in which they live. 

• News reporter Lauren Heaton dies

  By YS News StaffAugust 1, 2019

  

  Lifetime villager and longtime Yellow Springs News reporter Lauren Heaton died on Sunday morning, July 28, 2019.

• ‘Media and Democracy’ event focuses on impact of Cox media sale

  By Megan BachmanJuly 26, 2019

  

  How will the proposed sale of Cox media to a private equity firm affect news coverage in the Dayton area? A panel of experts will explore that question next week at an event in downtown Dayton.

• Join the News team!

  By Megan BachmanApril 3, 2019

  

  The award-winning Yellow Springs News is looking for a production assistant.