Publishers of rural newspapers invited to take quick survey

Tony Baranowski

Research on rural journalism and small-town newspapers is lacking. Tony Baranowski of the Iowa Falls Times Citizen is trying to fill some of the gap with a survey of rural newspaper publishers, to wrap up his work in the NewStart program at West Virginia University. Because such research is relatively rare, it's important that he have a broad sample.

The survey has 19 questions, is easy to complete via SurveyMonkey. Tony would like to wrap it up in about two weeks. The heart of it is about revenue, so it's designed for publishers, but in community journalism the publisher and editor roles often overlap, so editors should feel free to take a look. It's at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SXGZ7BH.