Sustaining Rural Journalism A commitment to updating websites with breaking news can lead to more traffic and help communities Published April 2024 By Benjy Hamm, Director, Institute for Rural Journalism When I recently heard about a major news event in an area where I have friends, I instinctively called up...
Readers need news organizations to help them navigate their ‘world’
Sustaining Rural Journalism Readers need news organizations to help them navigate their ‘world’ Published April 2024 By Benjy Hamm, Director, Institute for Rural Journalism One of the primary roles of news organizations is to help readers better understand the world around them – even if that “world” might be just...