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2. Community-guided rural journalism education project, 2018-19
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shors, Benjamin (author) and Jones, Lisa Waananen (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: Journalism and Media Production Department, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11227
- Notes:
- Via online. 10 pages., "In the context of post-secondary journalism education, we investigated whether community guidance and involvement can improve 'parachute' journalism to create meaningful coverage in rural areas." Findings offered strong evidence of benefits for student learning, as well as interest from regional news organizations in greater collaboration with student journalists and need for a complete and ongoing assessment of information needs of rural communities in the region during a time of rapidly changing technology and loss of local news resources.
3. Engaging journalism in rural communities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wenzel, Andrea (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- USA: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10622
- Journal Title:
- Journalism Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- 13(6) : 708-722
- Notes:
- 16 pages., via online journal., Case study examined the efforts of a rural hyperlocal outlet to adapt community traditions as engagement interventions by reimagining "society columns" as community contributors -- and using "liars tables" as listening circles. Findings show promising signs by making the processes of journalism more participatory, allowing residents to represent and share their own stories and cover a wider range of stories that are not exclusively negative. The "liars table" concept "has a steeper road ahead."