journalism

It was announced on Thursday morning that Casper native, NCHS Graduate, and NBC News correspondent Pete Williams is set to retire in July.

Pete Williams, a Casper native, forged a career as one of the most respected journalists of his time, serving as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs under the George H. W. Bush administration and as an NBC News correspondent for nearly thirty years.

The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and recorded the police restraint and death of George Floyd has been awarded a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes.

The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations.

The new general manager of K2TV did not respond to repeated requests to provide comment for this story.

It said its news coverage will still be accessible online at WyomingNews.com.

Some 1,800 newspapers have closed in the United States over the last 15 years, according to research out of the University of North Carolina.

Elise Schmelzer was recently named “Young Journalist of the Year” by the Wyoming Press Association.

Earlier this month, the Casper News Guild said negotiating a collective agreement for the news staff will allow it to create more stable reporting jobs.

Bob Kennedy, owner of the Cody Enterprise, says he diverted the Bruce M. Kennedy Scholarship to help fund of the journalism department.