{"id":14645,"date":"2013-07-31T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=14645"},"modified":"2013-07-31T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T15:46:27","slug":"farewell-stateimpact-new-hampshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2013\/07\/31\/farewell-stateimpact-new-hampshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell, StateImpact New Hampshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14693\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"From Left: StateImpact Reporter Emily Corwin, NHPR News Director Sarah Ashworth, and StateImpact Reporter Amanda Loder\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2013\/07\/StateImpact-NH-team.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14693\" alt=\"From Left: StateImpact Reporter Emily Corwin, NHPR News Director Sarah Ashworth, and StateImpact Reporter Amanda Loder\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2013\/07\/StateImpact-NH-team-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2013\/07\/StateImpact-NH-team-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/files\/2013\/07\/StateImpact-NH-team-620x413.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Becky Lettenberger \/ NPR<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: StateImpact Reporter Emily Corwin, NHPR News Director Sarah Ashworth, and StateImpact Reporter Amanda Loder<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After two years and hundreds of posts, multimedia features, and radio stories, StateImpact New Hampshire is freezing this website and moving our business and economic coverage to <a title=\"New Hampshire Public Radio\" href=\"http:\/\/nhpr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NHPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>StateImpact New Hampshire launched in late July of 2011 as a pilot collaboration between <a title=\"NPR\" href=\"http:\/\/npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a> and New Hampshire Public Radio.\u00a0 The mission was to cover the business beat in a way that hadn\u2019t been done before: using a combination of multimedia, data analysis, and shoe-leather reporting to break down how public policies, trends, and daily news developments affect regular people.<\/p>\n<p>A hallmark of StateImpact New Hampshire has been our flexibility.\u00a0 We began as a one-person, all-digital operation in our first year, focusing heavily on data and trends.\u00a0 In the spring of 2012, we added a team member and expanded our reach into radio features, special series, and even video.\u00a0 We will take this multi-faceted reporting mindset to the NHPR newsroom, where we will continue to find innovative ways to cover business, the economy, and other issues important to Granite Staters<i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>We thank you for following us on our social media accounts and RSS feed, and for checking in with the site.\u00a0 We\u2019re proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished in such a short stretch of time, and hope you will continue to follow our work at NHPR.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always tough to narrow down years of work into a short list of highlights\u2026but these are the stories that readers, listeners, and our peers have singled-out:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Catch Up On Our Series: Getting By, Getting Ahead\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/getting-by-getting-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Getting By, Getting Ahead<\/a>: We told the story of how each of New Hampshire\u2019s regions is faring in a tough economy through audio profiles of seven Granite Staters.\u00a0 Those stories were enhanced by a series of slideshows and web-only feature articles offering further depth on the economic trends and challenges facing each region.\u00a0 We wrapped-up the series with a <a title=\"Getting By, Getting Ahead: Voices Of The New Hampshire Economy\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/voices\/\" target=\"_blank\">web interactive<\/a> highlighting more perspectives from all seven people.\u00a0 This effort was recognized with a first place national award for <a title=\"PRNDI Presents 2013 Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prndi.org\/post\/prndi-presents-2013-awards\" target=\"_blank\">Multimedia Presentation from Public Radio News Directors Inc<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Video: Why Our Roads Cost More Now\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2013\/04\/02\/roads-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Our Roads Cost More Now<\/a>: An unchanging part of StateImpact\u2019s mandate has been to explain why parts of the economy we experience every day are the way they are.\u00a0 In this story, we used animation to show why, year after year, it gets harder for New Hampshire to maintain its roads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Local Government Center\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/local-government-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local Government Center<\/a>: The long-running fight between the state and one of the largest public insurance risk pools in the country is often opaque to outsiders. At any given time, the LGC controls up to $500 million in New Hampshire taxpayer funds.\u00a0 The state contends the LGC illegally overcharged towns, cities, and school districts millions of dollars in order to bulk up its assets.\u00a0 We made it our mission to make this dispute transparent. <a title=\"What the LGC\u2019s Reorganization Means To Communities (And Taxpayers)\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/12\/06\/what-the-lgcs-reorganization-means-to-communities-and-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is our primer on the main issues involved. We also followed up on how much money the LGC could potentially give back to communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How New Hampshire's Building A New Manufacturing Economy\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/manufacturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">How New Hampshire\u2019s Building A New Manufacturing Economy<\/a>: We used data, audio reporting, and photography to illustrate how New Hampshire is able to maintain a healthy manufacturing sector as this part of the economy struggles in many other states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2013\/07\/26\/growing-pains-can-demand-for-local-meat-sustain-n-h-s-three-new-slaughterhouses\/\">Local Food\u2019s Growing Pains<\/a>: After decades of decline, New Hampshire\u2019s local food economy is growing, fast. But challenges unique to New England can make it difficult for farmers and processors to grow their businesses. These two stories look at how farm businesses are changing to meet this new demand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How The Green Launching Pad Works\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/green-launching-pad\/\" target=\"_blank\">Green Launching Pad<\/a>: As part of the federal economic stimulus plan, the University of New Hampshire got funding to help startup businesses engaged in environmentally friendly work.\u00a0 We followed the project from the early days to when the funding ran out, counting up jobs and following up on which startups failed, which succeeded, and which are having an impact on the state\u2019s economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Why New Hampshire Is A First Choice For Second Homeowners\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/tag\/vacation-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why New Hampshire Is A First Choice For Second Homeowners<\/a>:\u00a0 New Hampshire has one of the heaviest concentrations of vacation homes in the country.\u00a0 We examined which communities benefit the most in terms of taxes and real estate values with interactive maps, and explored the impact of the so-called \u2018Silver Tsunami\u2019 on these communities as Baby Boomers convert their second homes into retirement homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Female Inmates\u2019 Lawsuit Spurs Action Among Lawmakers\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2013\/04\/11\/female-inmates-lawsuit-spurs-action-among-lawmakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Female Inmates<\/a>: Part of New Hampshire\u2019s 2014-15 budget negotiations included the decision to replace the Goffstown women\u2019s prison with a new facility in Concord. The decision was largely due to a class-action lawsuit filed by women prisoners against the state. On a trip to the prison, we found women limited to building cribbage boards and butterfly houses, while their male counterparts learned marketable skills like car repair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How New Hampshire Is Helping Nanobreweries Revolutionize Craft Beer\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2013\/01\/09\/how-new-hampshire-is-helping-nanobreweries-revolutionize-craft-beer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nanobreweries<\/a>: In 2011, New Hampshire became the first state in the nation to recognize nanobreweries as separate from large-scale beverage manufacturers. In doing so, the state lowered certain Prohibition-era liquor limitations that make it hard for the little guys to get a license, open a tap room and get brewing. We decided to check in on Throwback Brewery in North Hampton, to see how things were going a year after opening.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/10\/31\/infographic-are-you-better-off-than-four-years-ago-how-do-you-know\/\">Campaign Rhetoric<\/a>: \u201cAre you better off than you were four years ago?\u201d was a popular question during this country\u2019s 2012 presidential election.\u00a0 To help folks understand the big picture, we mapped out growth trends in New Hampshire\u2019s major job sectors over a seven-year period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two years and hundreds of posts, multimedia features, and radio stories, StateImpact New Hampshire is freezing this website and moving our business and economic coverage to NHPR. 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