Larry Phillips
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Lede Ai claims national Technology Innovation Award
MANSFIELD — Lede Ai has won the national Technology Innovation Award from the Local Independent Online News agency. The Mansfield company utilized its editorial team at Richland Source, along with software development team at Abundat to produce high school sports briefs from crowdsourced data provided by Scorestream, the world’s leader in fan-driven high school sports […]
Posted inSolutions
Let’s ponder public art and its potential impact in Mansfield
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a four-part Solutions Journalism series on public art and its impact on a community. Driving south on Ohio 13 one will pass through the little burg of Utica, which features a striking mural on a brick building. It’s the most fascinating landmark in town, and makes me nearly stop every […]
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Richland Source wins 4 national awards, finalist for a 5th
NASHVILLE — Richland Source captured four national first-place awards Friday night at the Local Independent Online News Publishers Summit in Nashville, Tenn. The local site claimed the most honors of any news organization in the country. Richland Source earned top honors for LION Publisher of the Year, Technology Innovation of the Year, Best Solutions Journalism […]
Posted inSports
Jack Soliday Press Box dedicated to the Voice of the Tygers
MANSFIELD — There are precious few people who can rival the passion for the Mansfield Senior athletic teams that Jack Soliday has displayed for nearly a half century. The 1969 Malabar graduate has been the Voice of the Tygers since 1996, and that’s just the latest example of his loyalty to the school. A former baseball, basketball […]
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Mansfield’s journalistic teams put under national microscope
The news about local news in America stinks, but there’s a few organizations fighting back and making it work. That was the subject of a cover story in the Christian Science Monitor that went live earlier this week. We thought you might want to read it. Richland Source and the Mansfield News Journal, two of […]
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Buckeyes bury Bearcats during intrastate mismatch
COLUMBUS — That hand-wringing over facing an in-state foe with a pulse built to a crescendo Saturday morning in Columbus when Paul Sabin at ESPN analytics fired a warning shot on the worldwide network’s website. “Ohio State is on upset watch today,” Sabin posted just before kickoff. “Cincinnati has a 24% chance to win per FPI. That’s the highest […]
Posted inFootball
Ohio’s all-time football team is a loaded outfit
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s story concludes a 12-part series on Ohio’s historic football personalities. The series began on Aug. 5. It continued on Aug. 6, Aug. 7, Aug. 8, Aug. 9, Aug. 10, Aug. 11, Aug. 12, Aug. 13, Aug. 14 and Aug. 15. Let’s say you wanted to start an all-time Ohio football team. There is no shortage of material. Hall of Fame players, in college and […]