Community-guided rural journalism education project, 2018-19

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Shors, Benjamin (author) and Jones, Lisa Waananen (author)
    Format:
    Research report
    Publication Date:
    2019
    URL:
    murrowbpj.com/rural/MurrowRuralJournalismEducationProject-201819Report.pdf
    Published:
    USA: Journalism and Media Production Department, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11227
    Subject Term:
    communication education, communities, coverage, education effects, educational methods, educational projects, information issues, participation, reporting, rural communication, rural communities, students, teaching methods, journalism education, journalism training, rural journalism, and media organizations
    Notes:
    Via online. 10 pages., "In the context of post-secondary journalism education, we investigated whether community guidance and involvement can improve 'parachute' journalism to create meaningful coverage in rural areas." Findings offered strong evidence of benefits for student learning, as well as interest from regional news organizations in greater collaboration with student journalists and need for a complete and ongoing assessment of information needs of rural communities in the region during a time of rapidly changing technology and loss of local news resources.

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