Marina Hendricks, PhD
@mhendwv.bsky.social
WV ex-pat. Assoc prof teaching PR, writing & campaigns. Researching youth journalism, student journalists & issues in journalism.
Views: my own.
Views: my own.
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The small community of Webster Springs has honored West Virginia National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom with days of candlelight vigils, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
‘Quiet strength’ — Sarah Beckstrom’s West Virginia hometown remembers slain National Guard member • West Virginia Watch
Webster Springs community members gathered Saturday to honor West Virginia Army National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The small community of Webster Springs has honored West Virginia National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom with days of candlelight vigils, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
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A Q and A of an extended interview with fired @idsnews.bsky.social media adviser Jim Rodenbush
dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/17/t...
dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/17/t...
“This was never about money, and I think that their actions prove it.” A Q and A With Fired Indiana Daily Student Media Adviser Jim Rodenbush (Part I)
In the span of one week, the Indiana University attempted to censor the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, fired student media adviser Jim Rodenbush for not enforcing the censorship and killed the ID…
dynamicsofwriting.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A Q and A of an extended interview with fired @idsnews.bsky.social media adviser Jim Rodenbush
dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/17/t...
dynamicsofwriting.com/2025/10/17/t...
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There are many reasons that are causing increased electricity rates for West Virginians. But the explosion of data centers is making it worse.
mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/05/r...
mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/05/r...
Data centers in other states are raising power costs in West Virginia
West Virginians are seeing higher power costs as AI and data centers increase electricity demand across the regional power grid.
buff.ly
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There are many reasons that are causing increased electricity rates for West Virginians. But the explosion of data centers is making it worse.
mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/05/r...
mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/05/r...
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"(The Indigenous Journalists Association's Freelancer Database) was created to support and spotlight IJA members while connecting them with vetted organizations looking to hire journalists, photographers, editors and other media professionals." via @indigenousja.bsky.social
The IJA Freelancer Database is live 💫 Join or explore today!
mailchi.mp
September 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"(The Indigenous Journalists Association's Freelancer Database) was created to support and spotlight IJA members while connecting them with vetted organizations looking to hire journalists, photographers, editors and other media professionals." via @indigenousja.bsky.social
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Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.
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"When these papers abruptly shut down, everybody in the community kind of realized that they actually missed their newspaper, and they wanted it more than they were giving the paper credit for."
Q&A with an executive from the company that reopened four closed #newspapers in SD ⬇️
Q&A with an executive from the company that reopened four closed #newspapers in SD ⬇️
Q&A: New owner hopes revived SD newspapers will ‘continue forever,’ if not always in print • South Dakota Searchlight
The new owners of four recently shuttered South Dakota newspapers say the future is bright for local journalism in the state.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"When these papers abruptly shut down, everybody in the community kind of realized that they actually missed their newspaper, and they wanted it more than they were giving the paper credit for."
Q&A with an executive from the company that reopened four closed #newspapers in SD ⬇️
Q&A with an executive from the company that reopened four closed #newspapers in SD ⬇️
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My students broke the Taylor Swift news to me and I love that for them.
August 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My students broke the Taylor Swift news to me and I love that for them.
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As state officials praise the relocation of SD's medical school to Sioux Falls, the mood in Vermillion is resigned. "We recognize the university’s challenging position and understand the factors that led to this choice," the mayor said, "but we also know that change is never easy.” buff.ly/Ww8MJIX
South Dakota’s only medical school will move from Vermillion to Sioux Falls • South Dakota Searchlight
USD President Sheila Gestring said the university plans to build a new Sioux Falls facility in seven to 10 years, costing about $150 million.
southdakotasearchlight.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
As state officials praise the relocation of SD's medical school to Sioux Falls, the mood in Vermillion is resigned. "We recognize the university’s challenging position and understand the factors that led to this choice," the mayor said, "but we also know that change is never easy.” buff.ly/Ww8MJIX
“In areas where newspapers have folded and cellular service is unreliable, a community radio signal is often the only consistent source of information. Without these stations, many Tribal citizens … would lose essential access to news and public discourse.”
-Loris Taylor, Native Public Media
-Loris Taylor, Native Public Media
Quite the line in this excellent @niemanlab.org piece: "These stations are not just media outlets; they are cultural infrastructure." www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/how-...
How tribal radio stations are preparing for a future without the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
“These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.”
www.niemanlab.org
August 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“In areas where newspapers have folded and cellular service is unreliable, a community radio signal is often the only consistent source of information. Without these stations, many Tribal citizens … would lose essential access to news and public discourse.”
-Loris Taylor, Native Public Media
-Loris Taylor, Native Public Media
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If you missed our refereed research panel at #AEJMC25 on training future journalists, we pulled some highlights for you. Featuring @tweetinginla.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
If you missed our refereed research panel at #AEJMC25 on training future journalists, we pulled some highlights for you. Featuring @tweetinginla.bsky.social
Just in time for #aejmc25, the Scholastic Journalism Division has joined Bluesky! We’re also on LinkedIn, Instagram & FB. Look for us on those platforms at SJD of AEJMC - and see you in San Francisco.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just in time for #aejmc25, the Scholastic Journalism Division has joined Bluesky! We’re also on LinkedIn, Instagram & FB. Look for us on those platforms at SJD of AEJMC - and see you in San Francisco.
bsky.app/profile/sjdo...
bsky.app/profile/sjdo...
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J-School student Makayla Voris is working with Sioux Falls Simplified on several projects, including a civic health guide that launched this month. #MissouriMethod
July 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
J-School student Makayla Voris is working with Sioux Falls Simplified on several projects, including a civic health guide that launched this month. #MissouriMethod
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On what we can all take away from putting someone like McAfee in front of a large audience.
"Few of us command an audience the size of McAfee’s, but there are definable spheres in which we have more influence than others. And it’s in those spheres where we can do the most good or the most damage."
"Few of us command an audience the size of McAfee’s, but there are definable spheres in which we have more influence than others. And it’s in those spheres where we can do the most good or the most damage."
Apologize, cash your paycheck
Pat McAfee ruined a person's life, but it's all just content until there are meaningful consequences for what we say.
jeremylittau.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
On what we can all take away from putting someone like McAfee in front of a large audience.
"Few of us command an audience the size of McAfee’s, but there are definable spheres in which we have more influence than others. And it’s in those spheres where we can do the most good or the most damage."
"Few of us command an audience the size of McAfee’s, but there are definable spheres in which we have more influence than others. And it’s in those spheres where we can do the most good or the most damage."
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NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics…
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NEW: Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
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COOL FELLOWSHIP ALERT: Today at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline to apply for NPR's Reflect America Fellowship, a paid, full-time, 12-month reporting position. You join NPR's Education Desk to report on education in Indigenous communities across North America. DETAILS: loom.ly/DYMj4H0
Apply for the 2025-26 Reflect America Fellowship
Strengthen your journalistic skills while bringing new, diverse sources to NPR during this 12-month fellowship.
loom.ly
June 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
COOL FELLOWSHIP ALERT: Today at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline to apply for NPR's Reflect America Fellowship, a paid, full-time, 12-month reporting position. You join NPR's Education Desk to report on education in Indigenous communities across North America. DETAILS: loom.ly/DYMj4H0
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COOL JOB ALERT! There is a opening at the school where I am headed to teach, Washington & Lee University in Virginia, for an assistant professor of journalism w/emphasis on broadcast and digital journalism. It's tenure track; starts July 1 2026. DETAILS: https://loom.ly/WzQ6ezk
June 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
COOL JOB ALERT! There is a opening at the school where I am headed to teach, Washington & Lee University in Virginia, for an assistant professor of journalism w/emphasis on broadcast and digital journalism. It's tenure track; starts July 1 2026. DETAILS: https://loom.ly/WzQ6ezk
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Know a courageous or transparency-loving student journalist? Help us recognize them! 🏆 splc.org/awards
Until June 30, we're accepting nominations for our 2 national awards, both presented (with cash prizes!) at the HS and college levels. There's no cost to enter, and self-nominations are welcome!
Until June 30, we're accepting nominations for our 2 national awards, both presented (with cash prizes!) at the HS and college levels. There's no cost to enter, and self-nominations are welcome!
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Know a courageous or transparency-loving student journalist? Help us recognize them! 🏆 splc.org/awards
Until June 30, we're accepting nominations for our 2 national awards, both presented (with cash prizes!) at the HS and college levels. There's no cost to enter, and self-nominations are welcome!
Until June 30, we're accepting nominations for our 2 national awards, both presented (with cash prizes!) at the HS and college levels. There's no cost to enter, and self-nominations are welcome!
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The @mujschool.bsky.social an opening for an endowed chair in journalism strategy and business operations to lead, practice, and teach at the intersection of news, technology and sustainability among our six community-facing newsrooms serving Columbia and Missouri: bit.ly/ReynoldsMizzou
June 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The @mujschool.bsky.social an opening for an endowed chair in journalism strategy and business operations to lead, practice, and teach at the intersection of news, technology and sustainability among our six community-facing newsrooms serving Columbia and Missouri: bit.ly/ReynoldsMizzou
West Virginia, which has long paid the human, environmental and economic cost of extractive industry, now faces a new threat: data centers.
‘It will destroy this place:’ Tucker County residents fight for future against proposed data center westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/28/i...
‘It will destroy this place:’ Tucker County residents fight for future against proposed data center • West Virginia Watch
Fundamental Data applied to build a natural gas power plant between Thomas and Davis to power an enormous data center.
westvirginiawatch.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
West Virginia, which has long paid the human, environmental and economic cost of extractive industry, now faces a new threat: data centers.
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In a court hearing, an international student from India recounted the moment she received an email saying her visa was revoked: "I was numb at the time." She's suing to prevent further #immigration enforcement against her, after her recent graduation from South Dakota Mines. buff.ly/TkwctlG
International student recounts ‘numb’ feeling after receiving email about her potential deportation • South Dakota Searchlight
Priya Saxena was staying up late to read comments about her doctoral dissertation around 1 a.m. on April 7 when she saw the message in her email.
southdakotasearchlight.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In a court hearing, an international student from India recounted the moment she received an email saying her visa was revoked: "I was numb at the time." She's suing to prevent further #immigration enforcement against her, after her recent graduation from South Dakota Mines. buff.ly/TkwctlG
A tidbit about K.W. Lee’s reporting days in West Virginia:
“Assigned to the race beat in the 1960s, Lee was ordered by Charleston Gazette Publisher Ned Chilton to ‘open up the Jim Crow places.’ Lee followed through on this assignment without hesitation.”
magazine-archive.wvu.edu/stories/2017...
“Assigned to the race beat in the 1960s, Lee was ordered by Charleston Gazette Publisher Ned Chilton to ‘open up the Jim Crow places.’ Lee followed through on this assignment without hesitation.”
magazine-archive.wvu.edu/stories/2017...
WVU Magazine Past Editions | Truth, Justice and Karma: The Life of the Godfather of Asian-American Journalism
Known as the
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May 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A tidbit about K.W. Lee’s reporting days in West Virginia:
“Assigned to the race beat in the 1960s, Lee was ordered by Charleston Gazette Publisher Ned Chilton to ‘open up the Jim Crow places.’ Lee followed through on this assignment without hesitation.”
magazine-archive.wvu.edu/stories/2017...
“Assigned to the race beat in the 1960s, Lee was ordered by Charleston Gazette Publisher Ned Chilton to ‘open up the Jim Crow places.’ Lee followed through on this assignment without hesitation.”
magazine-archive.wvu.edu/stories/2017...
A film that takes place where you’re from.
April 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A film that takes place where you’re from.