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From the Editor: We loved telling Virginia Beach’s stories

December 19, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Dec. 15, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — What follows is based upon my remarks to the

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Media Uncategorized Virginia Beach

From the Editor: A decade of stories about communities in Virginia Beach told by locals themselves

December 1, 2024January 2, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, Dec. 1, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — Jane Bloodworth Rowe, an experienced journalist and native of

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Media Uncategorized Virginia Beach

From the Editor: Local photojournalism reflects events and people that define Virginia Beach

November 17, 2024January 2, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, Nov. 17, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — One of the hardest things about of shuttering The

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Government Media Virginia Beach

From the Editor: Local journalists, amid decline, are outmatched by those they cover

October 23, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Oct. 20, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — One Monday in July, someone called me with a tip

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Back Bay Business Government Media Norfolk Virginia Beach

From the Editor: Local journalism is doing just great, and, gosh, I do like to kid

October 17, 2021November 17, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Oct. 17, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — “Local journalism is in peril,” writes Dr. Robert McNab, a

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Business Media Virginia Beach

From the Editor: As The Pilot turns, local news, our upcoming voter guide

July 18, 2021August 23, 2021 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — I try to be direct about the health of this newspaper, and I want to do that again because this edition

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Back Bay Government Media Virginia Beach

From the Editor: An open letter to the City Council about life after The Virginian-Pilot

July 9, 2021 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — Dear Mayor Dyer and members of the Virginia Beach City Council: I live in Back Bay, and I publish

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Government Media Virginia Beach

From the Editor: Toward a Virginia Beach Task Force on Local Journalism

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — Because I went and started a newspaper, the remarkably kind and patient Dr. Elizabeth Janik from Old Dominion University

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2020: The year in photos by The Princess Anne Independent News

December 21, 2020December 23, 2020 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — This is a look back at some of the images from our newspaper in 2020, a tough year for

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Business Chesapeake Media Norfolk Virginia Beach

Editorial: Restore local ownership to save The Virginian-Pilot

March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 The Independent News

THE INDEPENDENT NEWS VIRGINIA BEACH — The coming move of The Virginian-Pilot’s newsroom from South Hampton Roads to the Peninsula is a culmination of events

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