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When and Where
When:Thursday, 24 October 2019
Time6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Where:UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media's Park Library
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27712
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The Park Library at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will host Newspapers in North Carolina Edit-a-thon.

The edit-a-thon is open to the public. We will improve current and historic N.C. newspaper entries in Wikipedia, focusing on smaller circulation papers and African American papers. All are invited, with no specialized knowledge of the subject needed. Library resources will be on hand along with a list of suggested topics.

Resources for Individual Newspapers

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Online Research Sources - North Carolina Specific

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Online Research Sources - Newspaper History

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Print Research Sources - Newspaper History

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  • Louis Austin and the Carolina Times: A Life in the Long Black Freedom Struggle. Jerry Gershenhorn. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2018. Online for UNC members.
  • A Historical and Analytical View of Black Newspapers in North Carolina. by Bernadine Moses. MA thesis of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1976.
    • Covers the Carolina Times, Winston-Salem Chronicle, Carolinian, and the Carolina Peacemaker.
  • Contemporary Black Newspapers in North Carolina. by Sherri Denise Belfield. Honors essay of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1989.
    • Covers the Carolina Times, Winston-Salem Chronicle, Carolinian, the Charlotte Post, and the Carolina Peacemaker.
  • The Black Press in the South, 1865-1979. edited by Henry Lewis Suggs. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1983.
    • See Chapter 8, "North Carolina" written by Suggs and Bernadine Moses Duncan.

Awards for Current Papers

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see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CogSciLibrarian/Subpage_2

Details

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WHEN: Thursday, October 24 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Come when you can, stay as long as you would like.

WHERE: UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Park Library, second floor of Carroll Hall, on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.

WHO: Anyone!

  • Experienced or new Wikipedians (We will provide assistance with Wikipedia formatting and syntax.).
  • Amateur historians or research pros (We will have a selection of resources and a mini reference desk available for your use. We can also pull additional materials from the UNC Libraries collections as needed.).
  • UNC faculty, staff, and students.

Dashboard NC News Dashboard - Sign in please!

WHAT TO BRING:

  • A laptop. We'll help you access the University's wireless network.
  • Create an account ahead of time here: Create a Wikipedia Editor Account. (Pseudonyms are encouraged, as is an email for password recovery.) Volunteers will also be available onsite to help you create an account.

WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU ARRIVE:

WILL THERE BE FOOD?

  • Yes, we will provide pizza and soda.

Suggested Topics

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The following are articles that UNC Libraries staff have identified as needing attention, but participants are encouraged to pursue their own interests as well.

Start with Stubs (an article deemed too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject.)

  • N.C. newspaper stubs Papers that don't have much info.
    • Introduction along the lines of this:
      • The Amherst Bee is an American newspaper established in 1879 which serves the Buffalo and Williamsville area of New York, and is part of the Bee Group Newspapers.[1] It is published weekly on Wednesdays. Its estimated circulation is 27,000. [1]
    • Info Box Add an information box for newspapers using the code listed here [2]
    • History (older editors, start date, sale of paper to different owners)
    • Notable Stories (link to stories that won awards or changed community)
    • Awards (Pulitzer Prizes, NCPress Assn awards,etc.)
    • Microfilm Available (for DTH, eg)
    • Archives Available (for North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (NCDHC) papers)[1]

Other Papers to edit

African American Papers

Papers that have a large number of digitized issues available


RSVP

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Please add your name below if you are planning to attend. When you arrive to the edit-a-thon please sign-in with your username by adding four tildes (~) in place of your name.

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Wikipedia Help

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Event Outcomes

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Articles improved:

References

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  1. ^ "DigitalNC Home". DigitalNC. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
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