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Nov 1, 2023
Nonprofit newspaper journalism, until now largely a feature of urban areas, is going rural — especially if the National Trust for Local News keeps up what it’s doing and plans to do.
Sep 1, 2023
For more than 120 years, well ahead of the establishment of Canyonlands or Arches and most businesses in Moab, my family has served this community by publishing an independent voice filled with local reporting.
Jun 1, 2023
How do rural communities sustain local journalism that supports democracy? That is the central question of the third National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, to be held July 7 in Lexington, Kentucky, ...
Apr 13, 2023
Tatiana and Matthew Prince have agreed to acquire the Park Record, the newspaper of record for Park City and Summit County, Utah.
Jan 1, 2023
This column, which we started almost 12 years ago as a guide to covering rural issues, using examples from The Rural Blog, has a new name: Sustaining Rural Journalism.
Oct 1, 2022
It is incredibly difficult to get people to pay for news, for quality features, even as we continue to invest in them. I find it telling, and sobering, that we cannot even convince future journalists to ...
Sep 1, 2022
Before Stewart died in 2014, he converted his enterprise into a reader-funded, nonprofit news organization to keep it going with community support, Rowe said. In 2016, the newspaper’s board changed ...
Jul 1, 2022
“I leave hopeful for community newspapers,” one attendee said as she left the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America June 4. And there were reasons to have hope.
May 12, 2022
On March 31, 2022, the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM), a nonprofit organization founded in 2020 to build strong communities through journalism and civic engagement, took over the operations ...