The Society for Professional Journalism of Northern California has announced its annual awards “recognizing people and organizations who have made significant contributions to advancing freedom of information and expression in the spirit of James Madison, the creative force behind the First Amendment,” naming the North Coast Journal among the winners. It’s the third time in […]
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No Leftovers and the Juneteenth Festival
On today’s episode of the NCJ Preview, we discuss how Harvest Hub is bridging the gap between farms and tables in this week’s cover story of The Journal. We’ll also discuss Humboldt County’s fifth annual Juneteenth Multicultural Festival, and this year’s new theme, Celebrates a ‘Liberated Future’ of Unity and Diversity. READ FULL STORIES HERE: […]
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NCJ’s Stansberry Nabs Local Journalism Award
The Journal‘s Linda Stansberry has won the Humboldt Journalism Project’s 40th Award for her Nov. 17 cover story “Profit and Pain,” which detailed how the owner of local nursing homes raked in profits while understaffing facilities and providing substandard care. “This was an ambitious project that cast light on a problem that had gone largely […]
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We Have a Winner!
The votes are in and the winner of the Scared of Santa (Or Not) photo contest presented by the North Coast Journal and The Enterprise is Ngan Ho. The moment captures a young Santa visiting with 6-month old Maximo. This was his first time meeting Santa Claus and he was not a fan. But […]
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North Coast Journal Inc. Purchases Ferndale Enterprise
The North Coast Journal Inc. has purchased The Ferndale Enterprise, keeping the 143-year-old weekly newspaper in local hands, and will take over publishing the paper next month. Caroline Titus, who has served as editor and publisher of the award-winning Enterprise for 25 years, said she’s excited to start another chapter in life and to have […]
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Journal Changes Ownership
The North Coast Journal Inc. — a media company that includes the 15,000-circulation weekly newspaper and website, plus nearly a dozen publications serving Humboldt County, California — has been sold. The buyer, Melissa Sanderson, 37, took over as president and publisher March 31. She has worked for the company since 2014, first as sales manager […]
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Humboldt Area Foundation Launches Project to Support Local Media
Humboldt Area Foundation and its affiliate Wild Rivers Community Foundation has invested $35,000 in a pilot project to help support local media in a new pilot project called the Community Voices Coalition that will generate “truthful, courageous and equitable stories covering vulnerable and traditionally underrepresented communities affected by the coronavirus in Humboldt, Trinity, Del Norte […]
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NCJ Seeks Staff Writer
The North Coast Journal is looking for a talented staff writer to add to our award-winning editorial team. The ideal candidate is a naturally curious critical thinker who can write clearly and compellingly, digest large volumes of information and explain complex concepts and systems. She or he is someone who is able to juggle multiple […]
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City Files Final Brief in Dash Cam Case
The police dash camera video depicting Eureka police officers’ Dec. 6, 2012 arrest of a juvenile suspect is a confidential personnel record and can only be disclosed through a strict process that governs such records, the city of Eureka argued in a brief submitted to the California court of appeals last week. The city is […]
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2015 Quotables
Humboldt County is chock full of colorful folks saying poignant, intelligent, crazy, insightful and just plain hilarious things. With the new year upon us, we take a look back at some of our favorite quotes from 2015. And, in case you missed it, check out our Top 10 stories of 2015 for a rundown of […]
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Eureka Files Opening Brief in Dash Cam Case
The city of Eureka recently filed the opening brief in its appeal of a Humboldt County Superior Court judge’s ruling that the release of a police dash camera video documenting the controversial arrest of a juvenile suspect is in the public interest. In its filing, the city argues that the video depicting the Dec. 6, […]
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We Want Short Shorts
Writers of ridiculously tiny prose, your time is running out. Friday — aka Oct. 31, aka Hallowe’en, aka (over there yonder) Nevada Day — is the last day to enter our flash fiction contest. It’s too late to snail mail those suckers to us, so e-mail them to fiction@northcoastjournal.com. Or, if you have to, drop them […]