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Herald names new opinion editor

Jon Bauer, a longtime editor and writer at the Daily Herald, will assume the title of editorial page editor Oct. 4.
Bauer replaces Peter Jackson, who has overseen the Opinion page and Viewpoints section of the Daily Herald since 2012. Jackson is leaving to work on a book and to…

2014-09-24
Bellingham meeting will explore democracy in digital age of journalism

A public meeting called “Sustaining Democracy in the New Age of Journalism” will be hosted at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, by the League of Women Voters and Bellingham Public Library.

The meeting in the downstairs lecture room of the library’s main branch, 210 Central Ave., will feature…

2014-09-19
Carolyn Dale set to retire from WWU Sept. 15 2014-08-14
Disappearing Rio Grande

The Rio Grande is disappearing. Demand for water is growing as average temperatures rise faster than they ever have in the past 11,000 years. The water that remains is being fought over by the countries and states that agreed to share the river. At the same time, a border fence is being built…

2014-08-13
Young journalism students camp at WWU 2014-08-07
Keller has chapter published in 'Contemporary Media Ethics' 2014-08-05
Keller presents paper at Western Social Sciences Association conference 2014-08-05
Inventor Insight: Crowdfunding a game changer for Whatcom entrepreneurs

For anyone who spends time on social media, it won't be long before you will be asked to support a Kickstarter, IndieGOGO, GoFundMe or other crowdfunding campaign. The new and nebulous world of crowdfunding is rapidly becoming a tool entrepreneurs are using to help fund their startup…

2014-08-04
Former Daily Record reporter’s hiking book highlights Washington

A former Daily Record reporter released a new book this month highlighting 75 hikes around Washington state.
Oliver Lazenby, the former Upper County reporter for the Daily Record, left his position last year to finish writing “Hiking Washington: A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hiking…

2014-07-30
Bellingham writer recounts ups and downs of healthcare during wife's 18 months with fatal brain tumor

Bellingham writer Robert Duke's book, "Waking Up Dying: Caregiving When There Is No Tomorrow," is graphic, intense and frightening.

Graphic because he doesn't hold back describing the damage from the brain tumor that killed his wife of 40 years…

2014-07-28
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