Triad City Beat

{{Infobox newspaper|name=Triad City Beat|image=Triad_City_Beat_logo.jpg|caption=|type=Alternative weekly|format=Tabloid|foundation=February 2014|publisher=Brian Clarey|editor=Brian Clarey|language=English|headquarters=Greensboro, NC
United States

|owner = Beat Media Inc.

|website={{URL|https://triad-city-beat.com}}}}

Triad City Beat is a free weekly alternative newspaper with distribution in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point in North Carolina.{{Cite web |last=Poe |first=Kelly |date= 10 February 2014|title=New weekly to cover the Triad City Beat |url=https://www.greensboro.com/new-weekly-to-cover-the-triad-city-beat/article_51c32288-ad0e-53cd-a628-c22e48b85609.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803125726/https://www.greensboro.com/new-weekly-to-cover-the-triad-city-beat/article_51c32288-ad0e-53cd-a628-c22e48b85609.html |archive-date=2020-08-03 |access-date=2019-06-16 |website=Greensboro News and Record |language=en}} It was founded in 2014 by Brian Clarey, Jordan Green and Eric Ginsburg, who were former editors and reporters for YES! Weekly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/blog/morning-edition/2014/02/new-weekly-newspaper-launches-in-triad.html|title=New weekly newspaper launches in Triad|last=Braun|first=Amy|date=|website=Triad Business Journal|access-date=2019-06-16}}{{Cite web|last=Staff Reports|date=2013-11-05|title=Brian Clarey dismissed as editor of Yes! Weekly|url=https://greensboro.com/news/local_news/brian-clarey-dismissed-as-editor-of-yes-weekly/article_297a004e-4674-11e3-9ab1-001a4bcf6878.html|access-date=2021-02-28|website=Greensboro News and Record|language=en}} 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".{{Cite web|title=About Triad City Beat|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/about-us-and-staff-bios|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207094303/https://triad-city-beat.com/about-us-and-staff-bios|archive-date=2022-12-07|access-date=2022-12-07|website=Triad City Beat|date=30 December 2021 |language=en-US}} It has an estimated circulation of 10,000, and is published every Thursday.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.altweeklies.com/aan/triad-city-beat/Company?oid=8225887|title=Triad City Beat {{!}} AltWeeklies.com|website=archive.altweeklies.com|access-date=2019-06-16}}

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.{{Cite web |last=Matsuoka |first=Sayaka |date=2023-01-08 |title=Triad City Beat launches the CityBeat, new nonprofit-funded, free-to-share reporting |url=https://triad-city-beat.com/citybeat-launch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115164948/https://triad-city-beat.com/citybeat-launch/ |archive-date=2023-01-15 |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Triad City Beat |language=en}}

The paper announced it was facing "financial difficulties" and needed to raise $20,000 by the end of January 2025 to continue operations.{{Cite web |last=Vernon |first=Jeremy |date=2024-12-21 |title=Triad City Beat asking for community support amid 'financial difficulties' |url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/triad-city-beat-fundraiser/83-19504dd4-f512-471c-afda-c86e23a5f6a2# |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=WFMY |language=en-US}}

Notable reporting

Some of the newspaper's deeper reporting includes a profile of the group Redneck Revolt,{{Cite web|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/anti-racists-guns/|title=Anti-racists with guns|last=Green|first=Jordan|date=2018-04-11|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}} investigations into substandard housing in Greensboro {{Cite web|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/condemned-greensboro-struggles-with-housing-code-enforcement/|title=Condemned: Greensboro struggles with housing code enforcement|last=Ginsburg|first=Eric|date=2015-02-18|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}} and High Point,{{Cite web|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/owns-ghetto-high-point/|title=Who owns the ghetto in High Point?|last=Green|first=Jordan|date=2017-01-18|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}} and coverage following the in-custody homicide of a local man by the Greensboro Police Department.{{Cite web|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/man-died-custody-hogtied-greensboro-police/|title=A man died in custody while hogtied by Greensboro police|last=Green|first=Jordan|date=2018-11-20|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/group-home-abuse/|title=BREAKING: Group home owned by GPD Deputy Chief faces allegations of child sexual abuse, possible cover-up|last=Matsuoka|first=Sayaka|date=2019-09-04|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-04}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/new-york-times-the-disproportionate-risks-of-driving-while-black-in-greensboro/|title=New York Times: The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black (in Greensboro)|last=Ginsburg|first=Eric|date=2015-10-24|website=The NC Triad's altweekly|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/us/greensboro-puts-focus-on-reducing-racial-bias.html|title=Greensboro Puts Focus on Reducing Racial Bias|last=LaFraniere|first=Sharon|date=2015-11-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-16|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

The Triad City Beat{{'}}s independent reporting had been cited by other national media outlets besides The New York Times, including Vice,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/undocumented-grandma-forced-to-hide-in-church-to-avoid-ice/|title=Undocumented Grandma Forced to Hide In Church to Avoid ICE|last=Lawson|first=Kimberly|date=2017-06-01|website=Vice|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}} Bustle,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/what-happened-to-duane-deaver-the-staircase-examines-how-his-testimony-impacted-the-michael-peterson-murder-trial-9320133|title=This Piece Of Testimony Changed Everything For 'The Staircase' Subject Michael Peterson|website=Bustle|date=8 June 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}} Colorlines,{{Cite web|url=https://www.colorlines.com/articles/greensboro-police-release-graphic-video-officer-killing-vietnamese-woman|title=Greensboro Police Release Graphic Video of Officer Killing Vietnamese Woman|last=Rao|first=Sameer|date=2016-05-12|website=Colorlines|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}} and The Jewish Press.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/nc-pluralistic-jewish-academy-shuts-down-abruptly-but-wait-theres-more/2019/06/12/|title=NC Pluralistic Jewish Academy Shuts Down Abruptly, But Wait, There's More|last=Israel|first=David|date=12 June 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}} They have also been extensively cited by Triad and North Carolina outlets such as the Triad Business Journal,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/10/21/the-owners-of-josephine-s-bistro-are-opening.html|title=The owners of Josephine's Bistro are opening another Greensboro restaurant|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2018/08/01/early-wrong-concepts-too-little-capital-comer.html|title=Early? Wrong concepts? Too little capital? Comer talks Morehead Foundry closure|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2014/07/31/crafted-opening-second-downtown-greensboro.html|title=Report: Crafted opening second downtown Greensboro location|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2019-06-20}} WUNC,{{Cite web |last1=Pellicer |first1=Laura |last2=Stasio |first2=Frank |title=A Pair Of Triad Police Interventions Raise Questions About Use Of Force |url=https://www.wunc.org/post/pair-triad-police-interventions-raise-questions-about-use-force |access-date=2019-06-20 |website=WUNC |language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunc.org/post/tearing-down-monuments-and-their-myths|title=Tearing Down The Monuments And Their Myths|last=Stasio|first=Jennifer Brookland , Frank|website=www.wunc.org|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}} WFDD,{{Cite web|url=https://www.wfdd.org/story/secret-greensboro-police-department-launches-crowd-response-unit|title=In Secret, Greensboro Police Department Launches Crowd Response Unit|date=2015-12-15|website=88.5 WFDD|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}} and NC Policy Watch.{{Cite web|url=http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2018/11/16/democrats-saw-gains-in-suburban-typically-republican-areas/|title=Democrats saw gains in suburban, typically Republican areas|date=2018-11-16|website=The Progressive Pulse|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}{{Cite web|url=http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2019/06/19/114243/|title=Report: Clients, employee allege Medicaid exploitation in housing scheme|date=2019-06-19|website=The Progressive Pulse|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-20}}

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 Association of Alternative Newsmedia.{{Cite web|url=https://aan.org/aan/2016-aan-awards-winners-announced/|title=2016 AAN Awards Winners Announced|last=Zaragoza|first=Jason|date=2016-07-09|website=Association of Alternative Newsmedia|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-16}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://aan.org/aan/2019-aan-awards-finalists-announced/|title=2016 AAN Awards Finalists Announced|first=Molly|last=Sinead|date=2019-06-13|website=Association of Alternative Newsmedia}}

Leadership

The newspaper lists its directors and editors as:{{Cite web|title=About Triad City Beat|url=https://triad-city-beat.com/about-us-and-staff-bios|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207094303/https://triad-city-beat.com/about-us-and-staff-bios|archive-date=2022-12-07|access-date=2022-12-07|website=Triad City Beat|date=30 December 2021 |language=en-US}}

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

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