No more #localjournalism. Online will be spotty too. #media #ruralnews #virginia

For those interested in #ruralnews and #ruraldevelopment, I've put up a blog of past (and future) columns and postings I've written for newspapers in my little corner of West Virginia. sojneighbor.org
I'd like to have on-going conversations with people interested in these topics. I'll reference articles here as they seem pertinent to other posts.

For anyone with a mind to chase the idea of #ruralnews and #ruraldevelopment, I've put together a blog with posts of past (and future) articles and op-ed pieces I've written for local press here in the Eastern Panhandle of West. Virginia. if anyone is doing anything similar to this, or aspires to, I'd welcome an ongoing conversation.
https://sojneighbor.org/

#ruralnews There was a nice thought piece in the NYT today by Tony Pipa about #ruraldevelopment. His article fronted the problems of heading off and/or reversing the demise of rural communities. A lot of the comments focus on whether this is a good thing, even if it seems largely a hopeless cause.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/27/opinion/rural-america-left-behind-places.html

@SamUpstate
I'd like to test the idea of posting #localnews to Mastodon -- and see what it might do to highlight issues of concern to other community newspapers and reporters -- mostly #ruralnews. We do get national reporters taking the pulse of small town America, but the coverage is typically sketchy.