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Author Archives: Angie Newsome

Angie Newsome is the executive director and editor of Carolina Public Press. Contact her at (828) 774-5290 or e-mail her at anewsome@carolinapublicpress.org.

Craggy Gardens
Posted inEnvironment

NC Talks: Q&A with Jack Igelman and spending more than a decade reporting about NC’s national forests

by Angie Newsome April 27, 2023April 27, 2023

Jack Igelman is an environmental reporter and also an economics professor. He has reported deeply and extensively on recent plans to rethink and edit the management plans that govern these important national forests.

Voters cast ballots at a precinct in Weaverville on Election Day. Colby Rabon / Carolina Public Press
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Quiz yourself: How much do you know about democracy and voting in NC?

by Angie Newsome and Ben Sessoms September 13, 2022September 13, 2022
Posted inCPP News

2021: What a year, what a decade

by Angie Newsome December 31, 2021December 31, 2021
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Here’s our plan for independent, in-depth and investigative news at Carolina Public Press

by Angie Newsome July 12, 2018July 7, 2020
Stock image. Carolina Public Press will hold a free forum on renewable energy in Western North Carolina
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View the Newsmakers forum on renewable energy in WNC

by Angie Newsome April 21, 2017July 7, 2020

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