Announces Sigma Delta Chi award presented to the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper (Pennsylvania) for coverage of terrorism in an Amish community. "A world apart, shattered" was published October 3, 2006, p. A01.
Summarizes activities at the first National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, convened by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.
Announces Sigma Delta Chi award presented to two reporters from Chicago Public Radio for their radio documentary about funding disparities for education in Illinois due to reliance on property taxes. Two rural schools and communities highlighted. The 29-minute program was available on
