Problem displaying Posts on Blog Page

you need to add a custom query to get a list of posts shown on a page teplate;

review for example: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Page_Templates#A_Page_of_Posts

Thanks for the link. Based on the info on the link I revised the code for my page template to read as shown below, but when I go the site page I get a message that says:
“Nothing Found. It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.”
Is there something missing from my new page teamplate file?

<?php
/*
Template Name: newsArchiveTemplate
*/

/**
 * Beekman custom page template file.
 *
 * This is the custom page template file, called newsArchiveTemplate.
 * Beekman will be able to select this file from the Add Page drop down menu.
 */

get_header(); ?>
<?php include("leftSidebar.php"); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
	<div id="primary" class="content-area" style="width:300px;  position:relative; left:300px; top:-1380px; margin-left:20px; float:left;">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

			<?php
        /* The loop: the_post retrieves the content
         * of the new Page you created to list the posts,
         * e.g., an intro describing the posts shown listed on this Page..
         */
        if ( have_posts() ) :
            while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

              // Display content of page
              get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
              wp_reset_postdata();

            endwhile;
        endif;

        $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

        $args = array(
            // Change these category SLUGS to suit your use.
            'category_name' => 'music, videos',
            'paged' => $paged
        );

        $list_of_posts = new WP_Query( $args );
        ?>
        <?php if ( $list_of_posts->have_posts() ) : ?>
			<?php /* The loop */ ?>
			<?php while ( $list_of_posts->have_posts() ) : $list_of_posts->the_post(); ?>
				<?php // Display content of posts ?>
				<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
			<?php endwhile; ?>

			<?php beekmantheme_paging_nav(); ?>

		<?php else : ?>
			<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>
		<?php endif; ?>

		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->

<!--<?php get_sidebar(); ?>-->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

try to change:

'category_name' => 'music, videos',

to (untested):

'category_name' => array('music', 'videos'),

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters

or use category IDs with 'category__in'

Thanks for the help. I can now see the full posts, but am also getting a warning message at the top of the blog page that says: “Warning: urlencode() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in /home/bfd/public_html/beekman/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 3690”

Here’s the latest code on my template file:

<?php
/*
Template Name: newsArchiveTemplate
*/

/**
 * Beekman custom page template file.
 *
 * This is the custom page template file, called newsArchiveTemplate.
 * Beekman will be able to select this file from the Add Page drop down menu.
 */

get_header(); ?>
<?php include("leftSidebar.php"); ?>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
	<div id="primary" class="content-area" style="width:300px;  position:relative; left:300px; top:-1380px; margin-left:20px; float:left;">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

			<?php
        /* The loop: the_post retrieves the content
         * of the new Page you created to list the posts,
         * e.g., an intro describing the posts shown listed on this Page..
         */
        if ( have_posts() ) :
            while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

              // Display content of page
              get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
              wp_reset_postdata();

            endwhile;
        endif;

        $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;

        $args = array(
            // Change these category SLUGS to suit your use.
            'category_name' => array('music, videos'),
            'paged' => $paged
        );

        $list_of_posts = new WP_Query( $args );
        ?>
        <?php if ( $list_of_posts->have_posts() ) : ?>
			<?php /* The loop */ ?>
			<?php while ( $list_of_posts->have_posts() ) : $list_of_posts->the_post(); ?>
				<?php // Display content of posts ?>
				<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
			<?php endwhile; ?>

			<?php beekmantheme_paging_nav(); ?>

		<?php else : ?>
			<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>
		<?php endif; ?>

		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->

<!--<?php get_sidebar(); ?>-->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I opened the formatting.php file that’s referenced in the warning message above, and I’m seeing the following function, called wp_basename:

/**
 * i18n friendly version of basename()
 *
 * @since 3.1.0
 *
 * @param string $path A path.
 * @param string $suffix If the filename ends in suffix this will also be cut off.
 * @return string
 */
function wp_basename( $path, $suffix = '' ) {
	return urldecode( basename( str_replace( array( '%2F', '%5C' ), '/', urlencode( $path ) ), $suffix ) );
}

It looks like parameter 1 of urlencode() is currently
basename( str_replace( array( '%2F', '%5C' ), '/'

I’m wondering what would need to be done here to make this a string, as expected.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Just noticed that line 3690 of formatting.php file actually says “urldecode” instead of the “urlencode” that’s indicated in the warning message.

I’m lost.