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Ginny Bixby — Local Journalism, Stories & Trends, May 2024
About this meeting
Senior reporter Ginny Bixby discusses local journalism from the perspective of someone who reports on communities and their institutions. The conversation explores local news, the stories that matter close to home, and the trends shaping how that reporting reaches readers.
Bixby previously worked as the city reporter for The Daily Progress, a daily newspaper in Charlottesville, Virginia. She covered the city government and other happenings in the city, and led the publication’s coverage of the Confederate statue removal in July 2021. Bixby focused on how the historical landscape of the city affects its present day existence, especially in regards to racial segregation.
Her reporting has been picked up by state, regional, and national media – including The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and US News and World Report. And Bixby was interviewed on NPR’s Here and Now and on LBC Radio in London, UK about the removal of Charlottesville’s Confederate statues.
Her reporting has been picked up by state, regional, and national media – including The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and US News and World Report. And Bixby was interviewed on NPR’s Here and Now and on LBC Radio in London, UK about the removal of Charlottesville’s Confederate statues.