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Public notices in newspapers are part of the three-legged stool of government accountability. Public notices help to inform the public on activities by the government and other public entities. ...
Public notice reporting tips
Aug 1, 2023
Learning from the master: How Jim Lockwood weaves award-winning journalism out of public notices
Sometimes full-service is better than self-service: Texas newspaper entrusts Bluefin Notice Services with entire legal ad processing
Oct 16, 2024
Bluefin Technology Partners proudly announced that the Hays Free Press of Kyle, Texas, has adopted Bluefin Notice Services for handling all its legal and public notice advertisements.
2024 Michael Kramer Best Public Notice Journalism Awards honor works by Carrie Pitzer and Alyssa Meier
Sep 18, 2024
Named in 2023 by the Public Notice Resource Center, the Michael Kramer Best Public Notice Journalism Award — part of the NNA Foundation's Better Newspaper Contest — honors the best reporting ...
Will the public be notified of water problems? Depends on notice laws in your state
Jun 26, 2024
Agencies responsible for issuing public notices failed to meet requirements about 6,000 times per year on average. As a result, citizens were not notified that the Safe Drinking Water Act passed by Congress ...
Impress upon readers the underlying value of public records
May 1, 2024
Consider these examples I encountered during my tenure as editor.
ABOUT THE TOWN: Public notice in newspapers
Mar 1, 2024
I think it is very important that public notice remain in newspapers, and I don’t mean that to be self-serving in any way. Let me give you a better understanding of where I’m coming from.
News websites eclipsing government sites as alternative source of notice?
Mar 1, 2024
Public notice legislation introduced so far in 2024 suggests state legislatures are growing increasingly comfortable allowing news websites to serve as an alternative source of official notice. That comfort ...
Public notice year in review
Jan 1, 2024
2023 was a lot like 2022: A pretty good year marred primarily by the vote of a GOP-dominated state legislature to allow some local governments to publish notices on their own websites in lieu of local ...
