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What You Don’t — And What You Will Never — Know About The Massachusetts Woman Accused Of Killing…

In between snowstorm overhype, it's been wall-to-wall media coverage in Massachusetts this week of a 32-year-old nurse who is charged with…

Jan 27, 2023

Jan 27, 2023

Work Hack For Journalists Who Have To Monitor A Lot Of Websites

Here’s a potentially useful trick for reporters, journalists and anyone else who needs to track websites for changes that may contain…

Dec 29, 2022

Dec 29, 2022

5 Favorite Books Of 2022

Over the past several years, I’ve had 2–3 books going at any given time, which has allowed me to get through a few dozen books each year…

Dec 15, 2022

Dec 15, 2022

You Have To Pay For Talent…Or Do You?

Fourth in a series of occasional essays on the current state of local news in the U.S.

Jul 20, 2022

You Have To Pay For Talent…Or Do You?

Jul 20, 2022

What We Lost In The ‘More With Less’ Era Of Local News

Third in a series of occasional essays on the current state of local news in the U.S.

Jul 15, 2022

What We Lost In The ‘More With Less’ Era Of Local News

Jul 15, 2022

Portrait of a Journalism Junkie as a Young Man

Second in a series of occasional essays on the current state of local news in the U.S.

Jul 11, 2022

Portrait of a Journalism Junkie as a Young Man

Jul 11, 2022

Who Will Cover America’s Cultural Civil War?

First in a series of occasional essays on the current state of local news in the U.S.

Jul 10, 2022

Who Will Cover America’s Cultural Civil War?

Jul 10, 2022

Why I Stopped Grading My Students’ Writing

I have two jobs where I spend a lot of time reading other people’s writing:

Nov 6, 2021

Why I Stopped Grading My Students’ Writing

Nov 6, 2021

Ron Gonen, AKA a ton of aliases, 1948–2020

Over the weekend I learned that Ron Gonen, the subject of my 2007 book Blood & Volume: Inside New York’s Israeli Mafia, died in October…

Apr 5, 2021

Ron Gonen, AKA a ton of aliases, 1948–2020

Apr 5, 2021

Priscilla M. Copeland, Aug. 17, 1932 — June 18, 2018

Posting this hear because I actually have friends who are not on Facebook who wanted to read it….

Jun 22, 2018

Jun 22, 2018

Dave Copeland

Dave Copeland

Writer, journalist, educator and entrepreneur trying to save local journalism. Essays on this site reflect whatever I'm interested in at the moment.

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