Rural Narratives
AMERICAN JOURNALISM PROJECT
American Journalism Project
Local journalism keeps communities informed and holds the powerful accountable. It is the key to an informed citizenry and provides the tools to safeguard a healthy democracy — but the industry is in crisis.
The Rural Blog
Institute for Rural Journalism
A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, based at the University of Kentucky.
WHAT’S IN AND WHAT’S OUT IN NATIVE REPRESENTATION
Illuminative
This framework outlines how Native peoples should be represented in media today — with accuracy, dignity, and depth. It emphasizes...
HOW TO TALK ABOUT RURAL ISSUES
Frameworks Institute
This brief summary highlights FrameWorks Institute’s research on public perceptions of rural issues. See research highlights, recommendations, and examples of framing decisions this research helps to clarify.
3 LESSONS FROM A STORYTELLING PODCAST
Hattaway Communications
Hattaway Communications interviews Brookings Institute Senior Fellow Tony Pipa on his podcast Reimagine Rural. Tony shares three best practices for challenging negative cultural narratives through storytelling.
SMALL TALK WITH COMMUNITIES UNLIMITED
Communities Unlimited
Small Talk with Communities Unlimited (CU) is a new podcast for rural communities to help highlight the challenges they face and introduce solutions CU is using to address them.
NARRATIVE CHANGE
Strengthen ND
Case studies and reports from StrengthenND about narrative change around newcomers to North Dakota
THE YONDER REPORT
The Daily Yonder
The Yonder Report is a short, fast-paced roundup of rural news, featuring a wide variety of rural voices. Despite the news media’s consolidation into big cities, stories coming from thousands of small communities across the country are no less urgent and relevant to our national conversation.
ERADICATING RURAL POVERTY: THE POWER OF COOPERATION
Nonprofit Quarterly
Rural America is far more diverse than how it is portrayed in media and popular culture. This series from Partners for Rural Transformation and NPQ highlights that topic and efforts to address multi-generational poverty.
N.C.’S BORDER BELT INDEPENDENT PROVIDES A NEW APPROACH TO RURAL JOURNALISM
The Daily Yonder
Read this Daily Yonder article about a nonprofit newsroom in southeast North Carolina helping change the journalism landscape in four rural counties.
Sustaining Momentum in Rural Development
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Anita Brown-Graham describes the key components of lasting development in rural communities. She shared these insights in her keynote at the...
RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL NEWS IN COLORADO
Colab - Colorado News Collaborative
These reflections on how local news and Indigenous communities interact were among many that surfaced during the 2022 Indigenous Voices working group discussions.