News Connection

2010 annual report

60 6060 107 MEDIA OUTLETS 72 81 93 92 81 90 107107 8181 90 City Map # Outlets City Map # Outlets 90 64 64 63 63 78 52 111111 78 Adrian 1 , WABJ AM, WLEN-FM Ecorse 38 Ecorse Telegram 69 29 6363 78 76 63 41 45 Allegan 2 WQXC-FM Elkhart, IN 39 WBYT-FM, WFRN-AM, WFRN-FM, 41 13 27 95 41 53 27 104 Allendale 3 WGVU-FM WVPE-AM, WVPE-FM 102 41 27 12 5 Alma 4 WFYC-AM, WMLM AM, WQBX-FM Elmwood Township 40 WLJN-AM, WLJN-FM 71 25 118 5 85 18 7 5 Alpena 5 The Alpena News, WATZ FM, WCML-FM Escanaba 41 WCHT-AM, WDBC-AM, WGLQ-FM, 47 47 44 Ann Arbor 6 WIQB-FM, WLBY AM, WQKL-FM, WTKA- WYKX-FM 47 117 105 AM, WUOM-FM, WYBN-AM Flint 42 WFBE-FM, WFUM-FM, WTRX-AM, 117 117 50 87 96 77 77 59 7 Montmorency County Tribune WWCK AM 103 114 115 115 7575 70 54 Auburn Hills 8 WXOU-FM Galesburg 43 Kalamazoo Weekly Newspaper 114 9 9 108 21 46 9 Gaylord 44 The Gaylord Herald-Times 21 80 99 40 23 Bad Axe 9 Huron Daily Tribune, WLEW-AM, 21 89 14 74 Gladstone 45 WGKL-FM 16 89 8 86 1111 22 WLEW-FM 89 84 100 16 16 106 17 22 100 Battle Creek 10 The , WBCK FM, Gladwin 46 Gladwin County Record 91 91 4 28 42 100 100 62 4 106 100 WBCK-AM, WBFN-AM, WBXX-FM Glen Arbor 47 Glen Arbor Sun, WGFN-FM, WJZJ-FM 91 37 65 42 42 91 24 51 4 6 6 79 49 37 33 97 6 42 11088 32 Bay City 11 Bay City Times, WUCX-FM Grand Haven 48 WGHN AM, WGHN FM 48 48 68 49 62 6 6 6 32 49 37 37 66 66 32 Bear Lake 12 WCUZ-FM Grand Rapids 49 Grand Rapids Press, WBCT-AM, WCSG-FM, 49 49 37 38 32 3 49 49 57 73 61 30 32 49 43 112 34 20 32 32 Beaver Island 13 Northern Islander WOOD-AM, WOOD-FM, WTKG-AM, 98 67 67 56 32 32 119 2 73 73 73 32 3232 Beaverton 14 WMRX-FM WVGR-FM, WVTI-FM 31 67 10 3232 32 109 67 10 73 36 Grayling 50 WGRY AM 55 83 82 10 1 32 Benton Harbor 15 WCNF-FM, WHFB AM 26101 10 101 1 113 35 101 10 1 Big Rapids 16 WBRN-AM, WWBR-FM, WYBR-FM Greenville 51 WSCG AM 15 113 116 26 67 58 58 Bingham Farms 17 CIDR-FM Gulliver 52 WCMM-FM 15 19 35 3939 39 94 94 39 39 Boyne City 18 WBCM FM Harbor Springs 53 WCMW-FM 94 94 Bridgman 19 WYTZ-FM Harrison 54 Clare County Cleaver Brooklyn 20 The Exponent Hartford 55 WHIT-FM City Map # Outlets Cadillac 21 WATT AM, WCKC-FM, WLJW-AM Hastings 56 WBCH FM Caro 22 WIDL FM, WKYO AM Highland Park 57 WHPR-FM Mount Clemens 88 Macomb Daily Cass City 23 Cass City Chronicle Hillsdale 58 WCSR AM, WCSR FM Mt. Pleasant 89 WCMU-FM, WCZY FM, WMHW-FM Cedar Springs 24 Cedar Springs Post Houghton Lake 59 Houghton Lake Resorter Munising 90 Munising News, WQXO-AM, WRUP-FM Charlevoix 25 WCZW-FM Houghton 60 Daily Mining Gazette, WCCY-AM, Muskegon 91 Norton-Lakeshore Examiner, WGVS-AM, Charlotte 26 WJXQ-FM, WLCM-AM WHKB-FM, WOLV-FM WGVS-FM, WSNX-FM Cheboygan 27 , WCBY-AM, Howell 61 WHMI-FM Negaunee 92 WKQS-FM WGFM-FM Iona 62 WION AM, Ionia Sentinel-Standard Newberry 93 WNBY AM Clio 28 Genesee County Herald Iron Mountain 63 The Daily News, WHTO-FM, WIMK-FM, Niles 94 Niles Daily Star, WAOR-FM, WGTO AM, Crystal Falls 29 WOBE-FM WJNR-FM, WMIQ-AM WNIL-AM Dearborn 30 WNIC-FM Ironwood 64 WIMI-FM, WJMS-AM Norway 95 WZNL-FM Decatur 31 Decatur Republican Ithaca 65 Gratiot County Herald Oscoda 96 WCMB-FM 32 , Michigan Citizen, Telegram Jackson 66 WKHM AM, WVIC-FM Parma 97 County Press Newspaper, WDET-FM, WDFN-AM, WDTK- Kalamazoo 67 Kalamazoo Gazette, WKDS-FM, WKZO-AM, Paw Paw 98 Courier-Leader AM, WJLB-FM, WKQI-FM, WKRK-FM, WLLC- WQLR-AM, WQSN-AM Pinconning 99 Pinconning Journal FM, WLQV-AM, WMGC-FM, WMXD-FM, Kentwood 68 WGVU-AM Port Huron 100 Port Huron Times Herald, WGRT-FM, WRIF-FM, WXDX-AM, WXYT AM Kingsford 69 WEUL-FM WHLS-AM, WPHM-AM, WSAQ-FM DeWitt 33 WQHH-FM Lake City 70 Missaukee Sentinel Portage 101 WFAT-FM, WNWN-AM, WNWN-FM Dimondale 34 WXLA-AM Lake Leelanau 71 Leelanau Enterprise & Tribune Powers 102 WXPT-FM Dowagiac 35 Dowagiac Daily News, WDOW AM Lanse 72 Lanse Sentinel Reed City 103 WDEE-FM Dundee 36 Independent Lansing 73 City Pulse, Gongwer News Service - Rogers City 104 WRGZ FM East Lansing 37 WFMK-FM, WKAR-AM, WKAR-FM, Michigan, Michigan Bulletin Community, Roscommon 105 WQON FM WMMQ-FM, WVFN-AM WILS-AM, WJIM-AM, WJIM-FM Saginaw 106 WSGW AM, TCT Network Lexington 74 WBTI-FM Sault Sainte Marie 107 Evening News, WCMZ-FM, WSOO AM Ludington 75 WKLA-AM, WKLA-FM Scottville 108 WKZC-FM Mackinaw City 76 WLJZ-FM South Haven 109 WCSY-FM Manistee 77 WMTE-AM, WMTE-FM Southfield 110 - Oakland Bureau Manistique 78 Pioneer-Tribune, WPIQ-FM, WTIQ-AM St. Ignace 111 WIDG-AM, WMKC-FM Michigan News Connection produced 128 news Marine City 79 WHLX-AM St. Johns 112 WQTX-FM stories which ran approximately 7,800 times on 188 Marion 80 Marion Press St. Joseph 113 WIRX-FM, WSJM-AM radio stations, 53 print outlets, and 1 television station Marquette 81 Mining Journal, WDMJ AM, WFXD-FM, Standish 114 Arenac County Independent, WWCM-FM WUPK-FM Tawas City 115 WIOS AM, WKJC FM for a total of 242 media outlets in Michigan and border Marshall 82 WRCC-FM Three Rivers 116 WLKM AM states. Nationally, our stories were picked up by over Mattawan 83 WZUU-FM Traverse City 117 WCCW-AM, WCCW-FM, WTCM AM 554 outlets, and shared on hundreds of websites Mayville 84 Mayville Monitor Vanderbilt 118 Our Home Town Newspaper Zeeland 119 WGNB-FM, WJQK-FM, WPNW-AM including our own -- publicnewsservice.org, which Menominee 85 WHYB-FM Midland 86 WMPX-AM Statewide The Network generated over 14,000 views, alone. Mio 87 WAVC-FM Arizona News Connection News Connection News Service North Carolina News Service Phoenix, AZ 34% Bloomington 40% Columbia 36% Charlotte-Gastonia 31% Tucson, AZ 13% 14% Fayetteville, AR 1% Chattanooga, TN 8% Additionally, 68 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Decatur 18% Joplin 41% Fayetteville 15% Dubuque, IA 21% Kansas City 20% Greensboro-Winston-Salem 17% Big Sky Connection Evansville, IN 19% Marion-Carbondale, IL 1% Greenville-New Bern 6% Billings 39% LaSalle-Peru 2% Pittsburg, KS 18% Greenville-Spartanburg, SC 2% Great Falls 23% Marion-Carbondale 36% St. Louis 29% Knoxville, TN 1% Kalispell-Flathead Valley 22% Peoria 4% Additionally, 133 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Myrtle Beach 2% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Quad Cities 3% Raleigh-Durham, SC 49% Rockford 1% Rocky Mount-Wilson 28% California News Service St. Louis, MO 7% Wilmington 49% Additionally, 114 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bakersfield 22% Nevada News Service Chico 28% Las Vegas 21% Fresno 5% Reno 27% 20% Additionally, 55 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Merced 19% News Service Oregon News Service Modesto 4% Cedar Rapids 32% Bend 57% Monterey-Salinas 19% Des Moines 19% News Connection Boise, ID 3% Oxnard-Ventura 14% Dubuque 41% Augusta-Waterville, ME 3% Eugene-Springfield 38% Redding 6% La Crosse, WI 2% , MA 2% Las Vegas, NV 2% Riverside-San Bernardino 15% LaSalle-Peru, IL 2% Concord (Lakes Region) 32% Medford-Ashland 51% Sacramento 20% Mason City 36% Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction 17% Portland 19% San Diego 21% Quad Cities, IL 36% Lewiston-Auburn, ME 8% Tri-Cities, WA 2% 19% Rochester, MN 2% Manchester 51% Additionally, 99 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. San Jose 23% Sioux City 12% Montpelier-Barre St. Johnsbury, VT 3% San Luis Obispo 5% Waterloo-Cedar Falls 47% Portland, ME 5% Santa Barbara 39% Prairie News Service Portsmouth-Dover 38% Santa Maria-Lompo 12% Additionally, 155 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Bismark 79% Additionally, 38 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Rosa 13% Fargo-Moorhead 49% Stockton 5% Grand Forks 45% Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Victor Valley 26% News Connectioin New Mexico News Connection Visalia-Tulare 4% Albuquerque 40% Bowling Green 15% Additionally, 98 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Santa Fe Clarksville, TN 18% 32% Te nnessee News Service Waco, TX Cookeville, TN 2% 3% Bowling Green, KY 5% Evansville, IN 29% Additionally, 45 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Chattanooga 41% Huntington-Ashland, WV 4% Clarksville 18% News Connection News Connection Lexington-Fayette 21% Cookeville 60% Albany-Schenectady-Troy 63% Cheyenne, WY 48% Louisville 22% Jackson, MS 3% Binghamton 37% Colorado Springs 29% Nashville< TN 7% Johnson City-Kingsport 51% Buffalo-Niagara Falls 28% Denver-Boulder 38% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 14% Jonesboro, AR 6% Danbury, CT 8% Fort Collins-Greeley 49% Additionally, 104 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Knoxville 25% Elmira-Corning 9% Pueblo 33% Memphis 29% Hamptons-Riverhead 17% Additionally, 81 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Nashville 21% Ithaca 43% Additionally, 50 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Keystone State News Connection Middlesex-Somerset-Union 12% Allentown-Bethlehem 24% Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 5% Virginia News Connection Commonwealth News Service Morristown, NJ 15% Altoona 20% , MD 2% Boston 13% Nassau-Suffolk 32% Atlantic City, NJ 2% Charlottesville 61% Cape Cod 16% New York City 26% Binghamton, NY 9% Frederick, MD 7% Hartford-New Britain, CT 3% Newburgh-Middletown 10% Erie 11% Greensboro-Winston-Salem, NC 1% New Bedford-Fall River 20% Harrisburg-Lebanon 41% Olean 37% NUMBER OF STORIES | MEDIA OUTLET USAGE* Harrisonburg-Chambersburg-Waynesborro, MD 1% Portsmouth-Dover, NH 5% Poughkeepsie 16% Johnstown 5% Harrisonburg 60% Providence, RI 7% Rochester 35% Lancaster 39% Totals 128 | 7,774 Johnson City-Kingsport, TN 5% Springfield 35% Stamford-Norwalk, CT 17% 25% Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News 14% Worcester 26% Syracuse 51% STORY BREAKOUTReading 25% Richmond 28% Additionally, 27 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Sunbury-Selinsgrove-LewisburgBudget Policy & Priorities 6 |26% 704 Utica-Rome 23% Budget Policy & Priorities 10 | 759 Roanoke-Lynchburn 27% Children’sTrenton, Issues NJ 9% Watertown 9% Children’s Issues 3 | 321 13 | 895 Additionally, 78 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. ConsumerWheeling, Issues WV 2%1 | 102 Additionally, 70 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. News Service Citizenship/Representative Democracy 1 | 26 WilkesCriminalConsumer Barre-Scranton Justice Issues 2 | 232 7 27%| 308 Bridgeport News Service 9% Early ChildhoodWilliamsport EducationDisabilities 1 1 | | 54 132 19% Danbury 19% Domestic Violence/SexualWilmington,Education Assault DE 2 | 13% | 136 222 -Tacoma 11% Hamptons-Riverhead, NY Early Childhood Education 1 | 74 Northern Rockies News Services 2% Endangered Species & WildlifeYork 27% 9 | 1,005 Spokane 34% Hartford-New Britain Education 7 | 522 18% Additionally, 62 stationsEnergy outside Policy the major markets aired the8 stories.| 912 Bend, OR 10% Tri-Cities 36% We rely on a wider variety Endangered Species & Wildlife 3 | 146 New Haven 19% Environment 18 | 2,052 Boise 57% of news sources than ever Energy Policy 14 | 826 Yakima 28% New London 23% Environmental Justice 2 | 236 Spokane, WA 46% before. Traditional media still Environment 8 | 451 Additionally, 76 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Springfield, MA 4% Global Warming/AirHealth QualityIssues 5 | 210 16 | 2,748 Additionally, 57 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. provide newsAdditional andly, 52 stations information outside the major markets aired the stories. Human Rights/Racial Justice 1 | 122 Health Issues 17 | 948 West Virginia News Service for a large majority of our Public Lands/WildernessImmigrant Issues 5 | 382 23 | 2,757 Beckley 50% population and social media InternationalRural/Farming Relief 1 | 41 16 | 1,947 SocialMentalMaine JusticeHealth News 33 Service || 218176 Ohio News Connection Charleston 35% has transformedFlorida our News ability Connection Public Lands/Wilderness 2 | 124 Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston 20% SustainableAugusta-Watervile Agriculture 2% 6 | 726 Akron 21% Brunswick, GA 8% Senior Issues 9 | 559 Hagerstown-Chambersburg-Waynesboro, MD 4% to discover new stories and WaterBangor 1 | 123 59% Canton 29% Social Justice 7 | 375 Daytona Beach 19% Women’s Issues 2 | 256 Huntington-Ashland 54% interact with our audience. Portsmouth-DoverToxics 2% 2 | 112 Charleston 1% Dothan, AL 4% Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont 36% Additionally, 11 stationsWater outside the 2 major | 146 markets aired the stories. 62% Fort Myers-Naples Parkersburg-Marietta 43% Follow us on Twitter! 6% Women’s Issues 8 | 504 29% Pittsburgh, PA 2% Fort Pierce-Vero Beach 14% Columbus 31% Wheeling 42% twitter.com/pns_Fort Walton BeachMI 12% Dayton 44% Gainsville-Oscala 16% Additionally, 61stations outside the major markets aired the stories. MichiganMINC Market News ShareConnection Information Huntington-Ashland, WV 5% Jacksonville 30% Lima 47% Like us on Facebook! Battle Creek 53% Lakeland-Winter Haven 24% Parkersburg-Marietta, WV 17% News Connection Melbourne-Titusville Detroit 31% facebook.com/ 22% Toledo 32% Appleton-Oshkosh 30% -Fort Lauderdale Flint 10% publicnewservice 11% Wheeling, WV 36% Dubuque, IA 5% Mobile, AL Grand Rapids 32% 5% Youngstown-Warren 49% Duluth-Superior, MN 24% Orlando Kalamazoo 38% 19% Additionally, 80 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Eau Claire 68% Panama City Muskegon 16% Find us on Google+ and 31% Green Bay 35% Pensacola South Bend, IN 19% other networks! 22% La Crosse 42% Sarasota-Bradenton Toledo, OH 2% 31% Madison 29% Sebring Traverse City-Petoskey 45% 10% -Racine 21% Tallahassee Additionally, 140 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. 13% Sheboygan 9% Tampa-St.Petersburg 29% Wausau-Stevens Point 8% The Florida Keys 46% Additionally, 67 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton 17% Additionally, 56 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. MINC News Connection Media Print Outlets 53 Total News Service Duluth-Superior, MI 57% Radio Stations 188 Casper 97% Outlet Fargo-Morehead,Television Stations ND 51% 1 Greater Dakota News Service 242 Cheyenne 48% Types Grand Forks, ND 31% Fort Collins-Greeley, CO 2% La Crosse, WI 3% OnlineLa — Crosse, Stories WI live 5%on 100s of news/bloggers/advocacy sites Rapid City, SD 34% Rapid City 69% Mankato-New Ulm 29% Additionally, 112 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Additionally, 157 stations outside the major markets aired the stories. Mason City, IA 21% Minneapolis-St. Paul 22% Rochester 24% St. Cloud 31% Public News Service Michigan News Connection 888.891.9416 • faxAdditional 208.247.1830ly, 182 stations outside the major markets aired the stories.800.931.0085 [email protected] [email protected] www.publicnewsservice.org

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