''Triad City Beat'' is a free weekly alternative newspaper with distribution in

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Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...

, and High Point in

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. It was founded in 2014 by Brian Clarey, Jordan Green and Eric Ginsburg, who were former editors and reporters for ''

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''. The newspaper primarily covers topics local to the ''Triad'' such as news, politics, culture, opinion, music, and food. It describes itself as an independent voice to hold "economic and governmental powers accountable" across the Triad and North Carolina, and as a defender of democracy, as well as "LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice and an urban sensibility". It has an estimated circulation of 10,000, and is published every Thursday. In 2023, the Triad City Beat hired a new "CityBeat" reporter specifically to expand its coverage of city council meetings in Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The newspaper releases the CityBeat content for free use by others under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives license.

Notable reporting

Some of the newspaper's deeper reporting includes a profile of the group

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, investigations into substandard housing in Greensboro and High Point, and coverage following the in-custody homicide of a local man by the Greensboro Police Department. In September 2019, ''Triad City Beat'' broke the news of child sexual abuse allegations at a group home run by the Greensboro Deputy Chief of Police. ''

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'' has cited reports from the ''Triad City Beat'' and then-associate editor Eric Ginsburg in their front-page story and followup story concerning the disproportionate harassment of black drivers in Greensboro by city police. The ''Triad City Beat''s independent reporting had been cited by other national media outlets besides ''The New York Times'', including ''

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'', ''

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''. They have also been extensively cited by ''Triad'' and North Carolina outlets such as the ''

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'', WUNC,

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, and

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Awards

In 2016, senior editor Jordan Green won second prize for Best Political Column for newspapers with fewer than a 45,000 print run for the national group

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. He also won second place in 2018, again for his column Citizen Green, and freelance reporter Jonathen Michels won third place in the Longform News category the same year. In 2019, publisher and executive editor Brian Clarey won first prize for Best Political Column. Jordan Green won third place in the same category for his column Citizen Green.

Leadership

The newspaper lists its directors and editors as: *Publisher/Executive Editor: Brian Clarey * Managing Editor: Sayaka Matsuoka * Art Director: Aiden Siobhan

External links

''Triad City Beat'' Website

References

{{Reflist Weekly newspapers published in North Carolina Independent newspapers published in the United States Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States Mass media in Greensboro, North Carolina Mass media in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Publications established in 2014

Notable reporting

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