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Triad City Beat
TypeAlternative weekly
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Beat Media Inc.
PublisherBrian Clarey
EditorBrian Clarey
FoundedFebruary 2014
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersGreensboro, NC
United States
Websitetriad-city-beat.com

Triad City Beat is a free weekly alternative newspaper with distribution in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point in North Carolina.[1] It was founded in 2014 by Brian Clarey, Jordan Green and Eric Ginsburg, who were former editors and reporters for YES! Weekly.[2][3] 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".[4] It has an estimated circulation of 10,000, and is published every Thursday.[5]

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.[6]

The paper announced it was facing "financial difficulties" and needed to raise $20,000 by the end of January 2025 to continue operations.[7]

Notable reporting

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Some of the newspaper's deeper reporting includes a profile of the group Redneck Revolt,[8] investigations into substandard housing in Greensboro [9] and High Point,[10] and coverage following the in-custody homicide of a local man by the Greensboro Police Department.[11] 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.[12]

The New York Times 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.[13][14]

The Triad City Beat's independent reporting had been cited by other national media outlets besides The New York Times, including Vice,[15] Bustle,[16] Colorlines,[17] and The Jewish Press.[18] They have also been extensively cited by Triad and North Carolina outlets such as the Triad Business Journal,[19][20][21] WUNC,[22][23] WFDD,[24] and NC Policy Watch.[25][26]

Awards

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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 Association of Alternative Newsmedia.[27] 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.[28]

Leadership

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The newspaper lists its directors and editors as:[29]

  • Publisher/Executive Editor: Brian Clarey
  • Managing Editor: Sayaka Matsuoka
  • Art Director: Aiden Siobhan

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Poe, Kelly (10 February 2014). "New weekly to cover the Triad City Beat". Greensboro News and Record. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. ^ Braun, Amy. "New weekly newspaper launches in Triad". Triad Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  3. ^ Staff Reports (2013-11-05). "Brian Clarey dismissed as editor of Yes! Weekly". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. ^ "About Triad City Beat". Triad City Beat. 30 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. ^ "Triad City Beat | AltWeeklies.com". archive.altweeklies.com. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  6. ^ Matsuoka, Sayaka (2023-01-08). "Triad City Beat launches the CityBeat, new nonprofit-funded, free-to-share reporting". Triad City Beat. Archived from the original on 2023-01-15. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  7. ^ Vernon, Jeremy (2024-12-21). "Triad City Beat asking for community support amid 'financial difficulties'". WFMY. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  8. ^ Green, Jordan (2018-04-11). "Anti-racists with guns". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  9. ^ Ginsburg, Eric (2015-02-18). "Condemned: Greensboro struggles with housing code enforcement". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  10. ^ Green, Jordan (2017-01-18). "Who owns the ghetto in High Point?". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  11. ^ Green, Jordan (2018-11-20). "A man died in custody while hogtied by Greensboro police". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  12. ^ Matsuoka, Sayaka (2019-09-04). "BREAKING: Group home owned by GPD Deputy Chief faces allegations of child sexual abuse, possible cover-up". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  13. ^ Ginsburg, Eric (2015-10-24). "New York Times: The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black (in Greensboro)". The NC Triad's altweekly. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  14. ^ LaFraniere, Sharon (2015-11-11). "Greensboro Puts Focus on Reducing Racial Bias". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  15. ^ Lawson, Kimberly (2017-06-01). "Undocumented Grandma Forced to Hide In Church to Avoid ICE". Vice. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  16. ^ "This Piece Of Testimony Changed Everything For 'The Staircase' Subject Michael Peterson". Bustle. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  17. ^ Rao, Sameer (2016-05-12). "Greensboro Police Release Graphic Video of Officer Killing Vietnamese Woman". Colorlines. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  18. ^ Israel, David (12 June 2019). "NC Pluralistic Jewish Academy Shuts Down Abruptly, But Wait, There's More". Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  19. ^ "The owners of Josephine's Bistro are opening another Greensboro restaurant". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  20. ^ "Early? Wrong concepts? Too little capital? Comer talks Morehead Foundry closure". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  21. ^ "Report: Crafted opening second downtown Greensboro location". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  22. ^ Pellicer, Laura; Stasio, Frank. "A Pair Of Triad Police Interventions Raise Questions About Use Of Force". WUNC. Retrieved 2019-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ^ Stasio, Jennifer Brookland , Frank. "Tearing Down The Monuments And Their Myths". www.wunc.org. Retrieved 2019-06-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ "In Secret, Greensboro Police Department Launches Crowd Response Unit". 88.5 WFDD. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  25. ^ "Democrats saw gains in suburban, typically Republican areas". The Progressive Pulse. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  26. ^ "Report: Clients, employee allege Medicaid exploitation in housing scheme". The Progressive Pulse. 2019-06-19. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  27. ^ Zaragoza, Jason (2016-07-09). "2016 AAN Awards Winners Announced". Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  28. ^ Sinead, Molly (2019-06-13). "2016 AAN Awards Finalists Announced". Association of Alternative Newsmedia.
  29. ^ "About Triad City Beat". Triad City Beat. 30 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
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