Tag: rural journalism

News Analysis: Rural journalism needs more study, broader understanding

By Media News, Midwest, , , ,

The state of rural journalism in the United States is parlous. Just how parlous is hard to tell. Journalism in rural America comprises mainly newspapers. Few rural radio stations cover local news in the way that newspapers do, and the few TV stations that can be classified as rural cover vast areas and are not…

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State of rural journalism: Buyers needed, news deserts expanding

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The challenges of rural journalism are mainly the challenges of the communities it tries to serve, and many of those challenges are daunting. But they are not dispositive. That was made clear at the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America by some sharp, innovative and courageous editors, publishers, academics and other journalism supporters. “Community…

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