Online U.S. edition of the Guardian newspaper. 4 pages., "Local journalism is doing great work across the country while fighting cutbacks and tight budgets. But we need people to stop expecting news to be free.
Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Representative of a lumber association reports: "It appeared to me that there was an organized effort being made in the farm papers to foster an attitude of suspicion and distrust between the farmer and the small town merchant who sought the farm trade." Issue involves role of mail-order marketing of farm supplies in competition with local businesses.
Specific identification of the periodical is not provided in this photocopy of the editorial page, nor is the author identified. However, the topic and perspective are relevant to journalism and communications related to agricultural and rural development, internationally., Addresses criticisms of "development communication," as "controlled journalism."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D06842
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Pages 145-161 in Elisabeth Eide and Risto Kunelius (eds.), Media meets climate: the global challenge for journalism. Nordicom, Goteborg, Sweden. 340 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21774
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Pages 97-115 in Sandra Braman (ed), Biotechnology and communication: the meta-technologies of information. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, New Jersey. 287 pages.
