VA: Media Reform
Media Coverage of COVID Underserves Rural Communities
COVID has been in and out of the news cycle for over two years now, but that news cycle is driven by the experience in major cities. Coverage of the …
Survey Reveals Major Barriers to Online Learning for VA Students
RICHMOND, Va. -- With Virginia students about to return to online classrooms amid the coronavirus pandemic, a new report shows one-in-five-5 K-12 and …
Tronc Journalists in VA File for Union Recognition
NORFOLK, Va. – Reporters wary of uncertainty at the Daily Press in Newport News and The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk have announced plans to form …
Post Net Neutrality, Many Look to Municipal ISPs
RICHMOND, Va. -- The Federal Communications Commission vote to kill net neutrality has some communities looking to create or expand cheap, open …
Protests of FCC Net-Neutrality Moves Planned in VA, D.C,.
RICHMOND, Va. – Protesters are gathering in hundreds of cities and towns across the nation beginning Thursday to show support for a free and …
Civic Rights, Free Speech at Issue in Photojournalist’s Felony Trial
RICHMOND, Va. – Press groups and photojournalist Alexei Wood say there are troubling implications to Wood's trial on charges of multiple …
Rural Virginia Could Miss Out on Internet Speed Under FCC Plan
RICHMOND, Va. – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to redefine broadband by lowering the standard for speed, a move …
Researcher: Net Neutrality Rollback Claims Based on Biased Study
RICHMOND, Va. – As the Federal Communications Commission considers reversing net neutrality, researchers say a key assumption for the move does …
Research: Fake News Doesn't Have Big Impact
RICHMOND, Va. – Despite claims by some politicians, fake news, social media and search algorithms don't sway public opinion, according to a …
New Kind of Polling: What Can the Tweets Tell Us?
RICHMOND, Va. -- Americans have learned a lot about how Donald Trump feels about people through Twitter. But how do Twitter users feel about Donald …
Federal Court Backs FCC's Treatment of Internet as Utility
WHITESBURG, Ky. – A federal court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission's decision to treat the Internet like a utility – a …
New FCC Regulations Could Boost Internet for Rural Virginians
RICHMOND, Va. - Internet use in Virginia and across the nation soon may be regulated as a utility. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom …