Newspapers need to explain "How We Work"

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Cross, Al (author / Director, Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky )
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2018-03
    URL:
    https://irjci.blogspot.com/p/into-issues-columns-about-rural.html
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 8 Document Number: D10311
    Subject Term:
    community newspapers, credibility (media), information issues, journalism, newspapers, rural communities, role, trust, transparency, journalist effectiveness, rural journalism, editorials, community journalism, media policy, editorial policy, information verification, and verification
    Notes:
    2 pages., Online from the Institute of Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky. Published earlier in the Publishers' Auxiliary, newspaper of the National Newspaper Association., "We need more letters from the editor, not just statements of general principle, but explanations of how and why we do certain tings. If we demand transparency from officials and institutions, we must practice it ourselves."

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