Research
and other Reports
The
Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues produces
reports on topics of interest to rural America. Links to those
reports are below. Before the Institute was staffed in August
2004, members of its Advisory Committee and hired reseearchyers
produced proposals, correspondence, studies and speeches that
laid a foundation for development of the Institute, beginning
in Central Appalachia, the Institute's initial research area.
AGRICULTURE
Children
and Agriculture: Telling the Story
APPALACHIA
(also see Environment)
Mountaintop-mining
foes, rebuffed at local and state level, look to Washington
UMWA
has no working miners in Eastern Ky. but its heritage remains
strong
Coverage
of public-policy issues by newspapers in Central Appalachia
The
Media and Appalachia: A symposium at East Tennessee State
University
Tom
and Pat Gish, mountain publishers, receive award named for
them
Hatfield-McCoy
Institute for Agreement Training holds its first workshop
Hardship,
uncertainty and hope in the county of the 'Country Boys'
BROADCASTING
Exemplary
rural broadcasters honored by their Kentucky colleagues
Radio
outlets in Texas, Montana and Appalachia serve rural communities
COMMUNITY JOURNALISM: ETHICS ETC.
'Marlboro Marine' bonded with L.A. photog, shunned his hometown paper
Ineligible player ruins a prep team's season; paper keeps name out of print
Newsaper struggles with immigration angle of an otherwise feel-good story
An analysis of news coverage of mountaintop-removal strip mining
ECONOMICS
OF RURAL AREAS
Covering and Guiding Rural Economic Development
Covering
and Guiding Rural Economic Development: A Seminar
Issues
in the rural economy, from farms to broadband to big-box stores
How
broadband Internet access and use are keys to the future of
a rural state
Assuring
equity for rural telecommunications (report of The Aspen Institute)
EDUCATION
Beyond
the Board Meeting: Improving Your Education Coverage (videos)
ENVIRONMENT
AND LABOR
Celebrating
Earth: It’s the natural thing to do on Earth Day
Journalists,
coal-industry folks hash out issues of communication and trust
Covering
Coal conference offers ideas for journalists, citizens
Paper in heart of Appalachian coalfield tackles coal-mining issues
An analysis of news coverage of mountaintop-removal strip mining
HEALTH
Conference
on covering Health Care and Health in Central Appalachia
Special
Report: Covering the Methamphetamine Epidemic in Rural America
IMMIGRATION,
DIVERSITY, HUMANITY
'Little
Mexico' comes to rural life, and that can be a good thing
Amid
a hurricane's toll, a call to listen, be humane; journalists,
take note
Kentucky
newspaper reports on a 1963 integration that was little reported
then
NATIONAL RURAL ISSUES
CONFERENCE
Reports on sessions at Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
Keynote
speaker calls for better media coverage, a national rural policy
NEWSPAPERS
Small
newspapers will lead way as industry deals with challenges,
exec says
Hold
that Obituary! Knight Ridder sale shows health of community
newspapers
From
a small daily in Ohio, one editor's definition of community
journalism
Small-town
newspaper folks have frank discussions with Wal-Mart executives
Ky.
Journalism Hall of Famers: One chose a small town to make
a difference, another has 'a love affair with community journalism;'
others' speeches posted
Gannett
now owns more weekly newspapers than any other company
WATCHDOG
JOURNALISM
Seminar
explores how to cover state and federal governments from afar
Ex-FBI
agent shows the way to open government as county official
in N.C.
OTHER
REPORTS
Growing
Kentucky: New Directions for Our Culture of Land and Food
Reports
on November 2004 television documentaries on Wal-Mart
Research
reports on voter guides in Kentucky and North Carolina, 2004
REPORTS
ON THE INSTITUTE
Spring
2006
October
2005
September
2005
July
2005
November
2004
EARLIER
REPORTS
Director's
Remarks to Kentucky & Tennessee Press Associations, 2002
Journalism
at a Crossroads
The
Regional Role of Rural News Outlets
Creation
of the Institute for Rural Journalism
Description
of Initial Research
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