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Saturday, September 29, 2018

Solidarity among journalists matters because most people don't understand the work, session on paper shooting is told

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An audience member asks a question as Gina Carvallo, Trif Alatzas, moderator Deborah Weiner and Bruce Shapiro listen. No employee in th...
Friday, September 28, 2018

'Radically Rural' report: Local news outlets feel the 'fake news' heat, are turning to transparency to trump Trump

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A sign directed people to sessions on journalism. By Al Cross Director and Professor, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Iss...
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CJR profiles Maine newspaper owner Reade Brower: focused on profitability, not at newroom's expense

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Reade Brower Though 61-year-old Reade Brower is most known for his Maine newspaper empire, he said he wasn't always a fan of the in...

Cheap knock-offs of Juul e-cigarettes popular with teens; FDA promises 'additional action . . . very soon'

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Using a Juul device ( KentWired photo) Cheap knock-offs of the Juul electronic cigarettes popular with teens have been showing up in ...

GateHouse buys The Oklahoman, lays off 37

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After employees of The Oklahoman Media Co.  sat through a 35-minute presentation yesterday about the company's sale to GateHouse Media ...

Appalachian health researchers advised to stop 'helicopter' research and truly engage with the region

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"A big step toward improving health in Appalachia would be closer relationships between residents of the region and researchers -- who...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Volunteer firefighters and medics declining in rural areas

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Rural communities depend on volunteer firefighters and paramedics, but their numbers have been dropping in recent years, Mary Cloud Taylor ...
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Census Bureau urges local leaders to tell constituents it's important to fill out the form; rural news media can help too

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The Census Bureau has a homework assignment for state and county officials: make sure your constituents know it's important to fill ou...

Brazil expected to buy 1 million tons of soy from U.S.

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U.S. soy farmers have an unexpected customer: their number one global competitor. Brazil, the world's top soy exporter, is expected to ...

Seven-decade old vision for America by 'philosopher of the New Deal' remains relevant today, ag columnists write

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As negotiators wrangle over reconciling the Farm Bill, which Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, says won't be...

Lee Enterprises backs off hire of GateHouse sales executive as regional publisher after questionable tweets come to light

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Two days ago Lee Enterprises named GateHouse Media sales executive Paul McArthur as its regional publisher for western Montana, but rever...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

How well does your county run elections? Map shows local data that can form the basis for questions

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This ProPublica map shows how much of the population is voting age. ( Click here for the interactive version) With Election Day loom...

Rural colleges get creative to attract students and faculty

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Rural colleges are getting creative to attract students and faculty as the number of high-school graduates is falling in parts of the count...

Inland Press Association contest winners announced

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The Inland Press Association has announced the winners of its 2018 news and photography contests. Each contest was co-sponsored and judg...

Register for rural obesity webinar set for 2 p.m. Oct. 11

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The Rural Health Information Hub will present a free webinar Thursday, Oct. 11, discussing how the National Health and Nutrition Examinati...

Apply by Oct. 8 for paid D.C. fellowship to study pensions

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The National Press Foundation invites journalists to apply for an all-expenses-paid fellowship to study pension issues. The fellowship wil...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Researchers urged to engage more with Appalachian communities, stop drop-in 'helicopter' research

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Joyce Bells-Berry of the Mayo Clinic spoke at the Appalachian Translational Research Network Summit. (Photo by Melissa Patrick) ...

Senate Ag Committee chairman says new Farm Bill won't likely pass before election day; current law expires Sept. 30

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Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, said Monday that Congress won't likely pass a new Farm Bill before the cu...

Judge blocks Yellowstone grizzly hunt, says feds shouldn't have taken the bears off the endangered species list

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"The Matriarch" is Thomas Mangelsen's most famous photo of Grizzly No. 399. On Monday a federal judge in Montana reverse...
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Increased soy sales to E.U. bring some relief to U.S. farmers, but can't make up for loss of Chinese buyers

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The U.S. recently passed Brazil to become the top seller of soybeans to the European Union, but that "doesn’t come close to replacing...