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Month: October 2016

Architect's drawing of the new station, which will serve the east side of town. (Town of Davidson)

After years of planning, Davidson breaks ground Friday on Fire Station No. 2

October 19, 2016

The Town of Davidson breaks ground Friday morning on a long-needed second fire station off Davidson-Concord Road, near the Beaver Dam historic site.

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Alberto Ibarguen of the Knight Foundation opened Tuesday's Knight Media Forum with a look at how the news business has changed over the 13 years since Knight began these annual meetings. Troubling stat: 25% of the U.S. newspapers existing in 2008 have now closed. It's not about the loss of newspapers, but the loss of local reporting, which is critical to our democracy, he said. What's needed are new models for news and community information sharing. In the face of a diminishing local press, Ibarguen said, "We need to build a broad coalition of Americans who give a damn about our democracy. ... This is not a spectator sport." If you're an American who cares, you need to participate. #futureofjournalism #kmf20 #supportlocalnews

Beautiful #sunrise in downtown Miami this morning. Had a run along the water just before it came up, then watched from my room.

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Alberto Ibarguen of the Knight Foundation opened Tuesday's Knight Media Forum with a look at how the news business has changed over the 13 years since Knight began these annual meetings. Troubling stat: 25% of the U.S. newspapers existing in 2008 have now closed. It's not about the loss of newspapers, but the loss of local reporting, which is critical to our democracy, he said. What's needed are new models for news and community information sharing. In the face of a diminishing local press, Ibarguen said, "We need to build a broad coalition of Americans who give a damn about our democracy. ... This is not a spectator sport." If you're an American who cares, you need to participate. #futureofjournalism #kmf20 #supportlocalnews

Beautiful #sunrise in downtown Miami this morning. Had a run along the water just before it came up, then watched from my room.

Kicking off the 2020 Knight Media Forum in Miami is a conversation about the importance of investigative journalism with Miami Herald publisher Mindy Marques and Washington Post exec editor Marty Baron, moderated by Knight's Jennifer Preston. They're talking about investigations in their own newsrooms - from pharmaceutical company misdeeds to the Boston Globe's "Spotlight" investigation of sex abuse by Catholic priests to the sexual assault allegations against Jeffrey Epstein. "It's an expensive proposition," Marques said, not just the cost of reporters but also the cost of lawyers. Looking forward to more conversations over the next 2 days about the future of #journalism. I'll be on a panel Wednesday morning about collaboration between "enemy" news organizations, and specifically "I Can't Afford to Live Here," the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative',s current focus on #affordablehousing in #CLT. #kmf20

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