From 0671c5d847c5b8c86e4e709d81c5392ff60a1930 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Ball Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:12:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added ProPublica news article. --- News/ProPublica/README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ News/README.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 News/ProPublica/README.md create mode 100644 News/README.md diff --git a/News/ProPublica/README.md b/News/ProPublica/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4c64766d --- /dev/null +++ b/News/ProPublica/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# ProPublica + +"ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. [...]" + +Their mission is "to expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions, using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing." + +## Articles Regarding The Landfill + +1. ### Tracking PPP: Russell County Reclamation, LLC + A ProPublica article shows that Russell County Reclamation, LLC, received $269,500, in PPP loans for its 19 jobs, approved on April 6, 2020, issued by The First Bank & Trust Company of Virginia, $271,357 (including interest) of which was forgiven. + + [2021-06-01. **Tracking PPP: Russell County Reclamation, LLC.** *ProPublica.*](https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/loans/russell-county-reclamation-llc-6406017005) diff --git a/News/README.md b/News/README.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..31c2c4ca --- /dev/null +++ b/News/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# News +Multiple news outlets have covered stories on the landfill project. + +- ## [Bristol Herald Courier](Bristol_Herald_Courier) + Pulitizer Prize award-winning for Public Service, Bristol Herald Courier provides the latest news in northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. + +- ## [Cardinal News](Cardinal_News) + Cardinal News is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news site serving southwestern and southern Virginia. + +- ## [The Lebanon News](The_Lebanon_News) + Since 1880, The Lebanon News has consistently served as Russell County’s trusted source of local news coverage. + +- ## [News5 WCYB](News5_WCYB) + News5 WCYB is a Tennessee based station and a NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. + +- ## [ProPublica](ProPublica) + ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. + +- ## [WJHL-TV](WJHL-TV) + Bringing the news that matters to you wherever you are, from Johnson City, Tennessee. + +- ## [WVTF and Radio IQ](WVTF_and_Radio_IQ) + WVTF has been operating for over 50 years on the air as a service of Virginia Tech. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 50313535..352d7aa3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Multiple news outlets have covered stories on the landfill project. + ### [News5 WCYB](/News/News5_WCYB) News5 WCYB is a Tennessee based station and a NBC Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. +- ### [ProPublica](/News/ProPublica) + ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. + + ### [WJHL-TV](/News/WJHL-TV) Bringing the news that matters to you wherever you are, from Johnson City, Tennessee.