Rural newspapers help job seekers with free ads

With unemployment on the rise, many community newspapers are helping out by running free ads for job seekers. Neighbor Newspapers, which owns papers in 12 Oklahoma towns, "We were looking for ways to use our newspapers and our websites to make things better, because some of our communities are struggling right now," said publisher Mike Brown. For a report by Craig Day of Tulsa's KOTV-6, click here.

The Johnstown Breeze in Colorado began a similar service last week. They say that the project stems from being part of the community. "If we all work together, we can make it through this,” said publisher Lesli Bangert. “We appreciate the continued support of the communities, and want to do something to give back to the communities.”(Read more)