As a president who promised hope and change starts to lead the country out of its worst recession in 50 years, where will your rural communities fit into the recovery? The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and Jacksonville (Ala.) State University have designed a unique conference to answer that question for journalists, business leaders and public officials – sharing facts, opinions, tactics and strategies with experts and each other.
REWRITE$: Main Street, Media and the Recovery will recognize and enhance the roles rural newspaper publishers and editors, and broadcasters, play in their communities’ economic development. They seek expert advice and the best available information to cover the subject. To exercise editorial leadership, they need good examples from other rural media. To fulfill their civic role, they need support in dealing with both the opportunities and the conflicts that can result. Business developers in private and public enterprise also need to embrace the role of media in supporting, guiding or blocking developments.
The conference will begin at Jacksonville State at 1 p.m. CST Thursday, March 5, and conclude at 3 p.m. CST Friday, March 6. For a PDF of the conference brochure, click here. The earlybird registration deadline is Jan. 31.
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