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The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting has awarded a three-person team from the Salk Lake Tribune with the 2012 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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There are some 300,000 rare books inside Brown University’s John Hay Library. For the last 20 years Marie Malchodi, one of the university’s book-conservation technicians, has helped to preserve and protect them and the untold treasures they may keep.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Media General – parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10 – posted a net loss of $146.3 million during the three months ended June 24, due in large measure to a one-time charge of $131.7 million related to the company’s sale of newspaper assets.
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By PBN Staff
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Media General Inc., parent company of WJAR-TV NBC 10, sold its last remaining newspaper – The Tampa Tribune – to Tampa Media Group Inc.
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By PBN Staff
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Successful networking and the perfection of a specific skill set are two business essentials that are commonly celebrated as keys to success.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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A.H. Belo Corp., parent company of The Providence Journal and three other daily newspapers, reported net income of $262,000, or 1 cent per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $6.8 million, or 32 cents per diluted share, during the second quarter of 2011.
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By PBN Staff
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Most Rhode Islanders knows that “Dumb and Dumber,” the 1994 movie by brothers Peter and Bob Farrelly, was partially filmed in the Ocean State thanks to shots of The Big Blue Bug and the Providence skyline. The same could be said for a few other films, including “The Great Gatsby,” released in 1974 and shot at the Rosecliff and Marble House mansions in Newport.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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WPRI-TV CBS 12, (add)ventures and 7DayPSA won local Emmy Awards at the 35th annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards on Saturday Night.
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By PBN Staff
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The Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting will host a science translation workshop at the first-ever joint private and federal conference focused on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ecosystem science.
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By PBN Staff
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More than 250 members of the Rhode Island business community weathered the cold rain on Wednesday morning to attend the Providence Business News Social Media and Marketing Summit.
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By PBN Staff
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