Swasy, Alecia (author / Washington and Lee University)
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11222
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Online from Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida. 3 pages., Observations based on analysis of thousands of articles spanning 50 years from 1964-2014. Findings prompt the author to observe that reporters given the chance to travel to remote areas have done a terrific job of putting a face on the plight of the rural poor."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25699
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Via Messenger Online. 2 pages., Announces the Ezzell family of the Canadian Record newspaper (Canadian, Texas) as winner of the Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. Award presented by the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C26009
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Via CyberJournalist.net. 1 page., Describes how a core of volunteers set up "sort of a cooperative" in Deerfield, New Hampshire, to form a citizen-written newspaper.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00590
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Via website. 2 pages., The author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, describes funding resources that can help a small daily newspaper provide depth reporting.
