Impact Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

May 6

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Ohio Valley ReSource Work Recognized With Regional Murrow Awards

Ohio Valley ReSource reporters and their colleagues at partner stations won two regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association, or RTDNA, which is the world’s largest professional organization devoted to broadcast and digital journalism. The winning stories focused on a Kentucky town in a moment of reckoning over its racist […]

By Staff

May 6

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Ohio Valley ReSource Work Recognized With Regional Murrow Awards

By Staff

May 13

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Join The ReSource For “Coal’s Deadly Dust” Film Screening And Meet NPR’s Howard Berkes

Join Louisville Public Media, Appalshop, and the Ohio Valley ReSource for free screenings and panel discussions of the FRONTLINE/NPR film “Coal’s Deadly Dust,” an investigation of the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners, and the failure of regulators and the mining industry to respond. These special events allow you to hear from […]

By Jeff Young

May 13

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Join The ReSource For “Coal’s Deadly Dust” Film Screening And Meet NPR’s Howard Berkes

Jeff Young

May 7

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Justice Dept. Seeks $4.7M In Overdue Mine Safety Fines From WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against 23 coal companies owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, seeking more than $4.7 million in unpaid fines and fees for mine safety and health violations. The delinquent fines were brought to light by investigations by NPR and the Ohio Valley […]

By Brittany Patterson

May 7

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Justice Dept. Seeks $4.7M In Overdue Mine Safety Fines From WV Gov. Justice’s Family Companies

Brittany Patterson

Apr 25

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ReSource Reporting On Coal, Opioids, Wins Regional Murrow Awards

The Radio Television Digital News Association honored partner station West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Glynis Board with two regional Murrow Awards for her reporting with the ReSource on the coal industry and the opioid crisis. In the Region 8 winners announced Tuesday Board won in the “Hard News” category for her story “Paradise Cost,” and in the […]

By Jeff Young

Apr 25

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ReSource Reporting On Coal, Opioids, Wins Regional Murrow Awards

Jeff Young

Mar 22

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Brittany Patterson Joins ReSource To Cover Energy & Environment

The Ohio Valley ReSource is pleased to welcome a new member to the reporting team. Brittany Patterson is now the ReSource reporter covering energy and environment, a crucial beat for the region. She’s based at partner station West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s Morgantown studios. Patterson comes to the ReSource from Washington, D.C., where she spent three […]

By Jeff Young

Mar 22

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Brittany Patterson Joins ReSource To Cover Energy & Environment

Jeff Young

Apr 25

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Health Care Journalists Cite ReSource Work On Rural Health, ACA

The Association of Health Care Journalists singled out the Ohio Valley ReSource for “some fine multimedia work on rural health and Affordable Care Act” changes. The ReSource’s recent series on what changes to the ACA might mean for the Ohio Valley region provided “a nice mix of narrative and policy,” according to AHJC’s Joanne Kenen […]

By Jeff Young

Apr 25

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Health Care Journalists Cite ReSource Work On Rural Health, ACA

Jeff Young

Apr 20

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ReSource Reporter Honored For Investigation Of Frack Waste

Ohio Valley ReSource energy and environment reporter Glynis Board earned top honors in competition among the Virginias Associated Press Broadcasters for her investigation of illegal dumping of fracking waste. The story, titled “Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes And Schools,” was the first piece the ReSource aired upon launch in June, […]

By Jeff Young

Apr 20

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ReSource Reporter Honored For Investigation Of Frack Waste

Jeff Young

Apr 4

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NPR, ReSource Honored For Black Lung Investigation

Investigative Reporters and Editors has honored NPR’s Howard Berkes and the Ohio Valley ReSource for reporting on the resurgence of black lung cases in Appalachia. ReSource reporter Benny Becker worked with Berkes to gather data and interviews for an NPR investigation that documented far more cases of complicated black lung – the worst stage of the […]

By Jeff Young

Apr 4

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NPR, ReSource Honored For Black Lung Investigation

Jeff Young