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INFOGRAPHIC: Navigating the news

Heidi Marttila-Losure — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 03:56:11 +0000

Here’s our brief guide to learning this increasingly important skill called news literacy.

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Quiz: How much do you know about … VOTING?

Heidi Marttila-Losure — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 00:32:48 +0000

The Constitution is talking to you, my friend. Well, and to me, too. To all of us citizens, actually. That’s what that “We the People” is referring to—in a democracy, it’s really our job to run the country. Sure, we delegate it during elections every few years, but the responsibility to pay attention is written…

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Redfield works for a bright future with new housing, new school, new faces and community pride

Heidi Marttila-Losure — Sat, 17 Sep 2016 21:47:47 +0000

Redfield, S.D., could be called a small city or a big town. It has features that are the best of both. “Main Street is a very interesting, fun place to go visit on a Saturday afternoon. You’ve still got those good, enjoyable family things and shopping” as in a larger community, according to Lisa Zens,…

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Redfield, S.D., to be featured in September/October edition

Wendy Royston — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 01:42:32 +0000

Redfield, S.D., will be featured in the November/December edition of Dakotafire magazine and the premier edition of Spark magazine.

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Facing the past: A few lessons from Berlin

Heidi Marttila-Losure — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:04:37 +0000

How should we deal with the painful chapters of our history? Bring them up and make people uncomfortable? Think about only the parts that make the people who are most like us look good? Skip them altogether? I was fortunate enough to go to Berlin in June—not only fortunate to go, but also fortunate to go at a time when…

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Dakotafire Media announces changes

Heidi Marttila-Losure — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:14:14 +0000

Note: This is an updated version of the editorial that appears in the July/August 2016 issue. We at Dakotafire Media are making changes in how we distribute our content—changes that we think, overall, will make us a stronger company and better able to do our central work: in-depth, solution-focused journalism that helps rural places thrive. End of most…

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Hoven, S.D., to be featured in July/August edition

Wendy Royston — Sat, 09 Jul 2016 06:31:45 +0000

July/August Dakotafire community feature: Hoven, S.D.

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Dakotafire staffers among recognized Press Women

Wendy Royston — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 22:16:40 +0000

Staff of Dakotafire Media were recognized for their work at the South Dakota Press Women convention in Deadwood last month. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Heidi Marttila-Losure: Publications Regularly Edited by Entrant: 1st “Clean and appealing design, feels very professional without being too ‘slick,’” the judge wrote. Editorial Opinion: 1st Place, for her September/October editorial from the…

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Community Spotlight: Armour: S.D. town finds ways to make things happen

Wendy Royston — Sun, 22 May 2016 01:11:17 +0000

Anything is possible in Armour, S.D.

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8 great reasons to become a Fired Up member today

Heidi Marttila-Losure — Sat, 21 May 2016 04:23:03 +0000

YES, I’M FIRED UP! MAKE ME A MEMBER!

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