WLOS wins seven Emmy Awards

After more than doubling the number of golden accolades the local TV station took home last year, the WLOS news team won seven Emmy Awards from the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on Saturday night. Click here for the full list of award-winning pieces.  (Photo courtesy of WLOS reporter John Le. David Saich, who won two Emmys for the station, not pictured above.)

Xpress contributi­ng editor Nelda Holder arrested after participat­ing in Raleigh protest

After protesting the policies of North Carolina’s Republican legislators, freelance state government reporter and contributing editor for Xpress Nelda Holder was charged with second-degree trespassing. Consequently,  she says she acknowledges the larger implications the arrest has for her as a journalist and her work for the Asheville-based publication.

Xpress news team wins three North Carolina Press awards

At an awards ceremony held in Chapel Hill earlier this evening, the North Carolina Press Association announced the winners of its 2012 News, Editorial & Photojournalism Contest — and Mountain Xpress was one of them. This year, the Xpress news team took home three awards in the following categories: Investigative Reporting, News Feature Writing and Best Multimedia Project.

Start the presses

Student journalism is nothing new: Guided by faculty advisers, kids have been producing yearbooks, literary magazines, in-house news broadcasts and school newspapers for many years. Now, however, even those traditional activities have become another means of teaching media literacy.

Dead air?

UNCA’s student-run radio station faces challenges from year to year, usually due to spotty interest from its students. This story is the first in a new series called “Pressing Matters.” In it, Xpress will explore changes, news and trends in the media industry and, more importantly, what it all means for Western North Carolina. (Photo by Caitlin Byrd)