Aspen Institute to host free webinar at 1 p.m. ET Friday to address the news and information gap in rural America

The Aspen Institute's Community Strategies Group will host a free webinar on addressing the news gaps in rural America this Friday at 1 p.m. ET.

The webinar is designed to explore one question with two divergent aspects: "How is your community thinking and acting on the issue of access to quality news coverage in rural communities and Native nations, as well as building trust and accurate rural narratives through national media?"

The institute says national narratives about rural areas, residents and Natives are largely inaccurate, and rural and Indigenous voices are missing from the wider discussion. It hopes to focus the webinar on solutions that will increase accurate rural narratives, "driven in part by high-quality journalism."

"We want you to join the discussion!" Aspen says. "Anyone and everyone interested in how accurate rural narratives, equitable information access, and national media coverage of rural areas can help their rural community or Native nation should plan to attend to share a success story or experience and to hear from others." Sign up here.