Discusses the career and contributions of Dorothea Lange in documenting, through her photography, the plight of impoverished agricultural workers in the West during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Shafer, Mary Jo (author) and Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, Lexington, Kentucky.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2007-04-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25727
Notes:
Via Institute web site. 5 pages., Summarizes discussion at the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, April 20-21, 2007, at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.
Hunt, James (author / President, National League of Cities)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2006-02-16
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23748
Notes:
Presented at 2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture in Arlington, Virginia, February 16-17, 2006. 15 pages., "Because we know that when our rural communities are not thriving, our nation will not thrive."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: C26273
Notes:
Posted at http://www.wkkf.org > Search on title., Via W. K. Kellogg Foundation. 2 pages., Identifies, describes and provides audio access to nine half-hour radio programs about challenges facing rural America today. Produced by
