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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues helps
non-metropolitan media define the public agenda in their communities,
through strong reporting and commentary on local issues and on broader
issues that have local impact. Its initial focus area is Central
Appalachia, but as an arm of the University of Kentucky it has a
statewide mission, and it has national scope. It has academic collaborators
at Appalachian State University, East Tennessee State University,
Eastern Kentucky University, Georgia College and State University,
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Marshall University, Middle
Tennessee State University, Ohio University, Southeast Missouri
State University, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill,
the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Washington and Lee University,
West Virginia University and the Knight Community Journalism Fellows
Program at the University of Alabama. It is funded by the John S.
and James L. Knight Foundation and the University of Kentucky, with
additional financial support from the Ford Foundation. To
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