Stites, Tom (author) and Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2008-12
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 170 Document Number: C28541
Notes:
Via Media Re:public Case Studies 2008: news and information as digital media come of age. 10 pages., Analyzes the role of editors in a dynamic media era. Uses local "correspondents" in rural community newspapers to illustrate potential frameworks for the operation of news organizations in a digital environment.
Posted at http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/07-4NRwinter/p57-leonard.html, Describes local news coverage in the rural and suburban areas outside Chicago.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29027
Notes:
Posted at http://www.youtube.com > Search on "grassroots journalism", Via YouTube., Describes efforts of students in a community radio class at West Virginia University to help residents of Monroe County gain access to more local news through a radio program, "News at Noon" on a station based at the Monroe County Vocational Technical Center. Part 1 (8:22) describes the program. Part 2 (5:13) presents comments by class members and one of the participating high school students about the project. It also shows students gather information at two local public meetings.
