100 Days in Appalachia and its partners in the West Virginia University Reed College of Media are undertaking a survey of the information middle and high...
Rural “news deserts” are anything but arid. But the steady stream of information that flows into rural America isn’t the kind that waters the roots of...
“Get out of Missouri,” was the professional advice Tina Casagrand received as a young journalist fresh out of college. Instead, she hunkered down in a small...
Innovation has always been a driving force in America’s rural economies. Rather than throw up our hands, we should learn from small towns that are successfully...
Last week’s New York Times columns by Paul Krugman and David Brooks offer textbook examples of the unhelpful frames that define our conversation about rural America....
As local newspapers shutter across the country, the residents residing in those counties without sources of local news are forced to rely more heavily on national...
