Kaz in KsSep 1, 2023
If you've ever stopped at the Garden of Eden in northwestern Kansas, here's that little town's local newspaper. Subscriptions are on offer!
#Journalism #RuralJournalism #CommunityJournalism #SmallTownPapers
https://kansasreflector.com/2023/09/01/marions-is-national-news-but-kansas-is-rich-with-small-town-papers-meet-the-lucas-sylvan-news/
Marion’s is national news, but Kansas is rich with small-town papers. Meet the Lucas-Sylvan News. - Kansas Reflector

Another 50 subscriptions would help Rita Sharp sustain her small-town newspaper. Sharp has owned the weekly Lucas-Sylvan News since 2012.

Kansas Reflector
Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Apr 26, 2023

McCurtain Gazette Reporter Speaks Out 🗞️

“They’ve tried to intimidate me and my family and retaliate and spread horrible lies about me,” he said. “They can keep doing that. They can do whatever they want but they’re not going to silence me.”

#ErinChristy #2NewsOklahoma #McCurtainCounty #ChrisWillingham #BruceWillingham #SheriffKevinClardy #Oklahoma #RuralJournalism

https://youtu.be/H7s67bMLlT8

McCurtain Gazette Reporter Speaks Out

McCurtain Gazette Reporter Speaks Out

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Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Apr 25, 2023

Letter Shared With The Oklahoma Attorney General In March 2023

"I was astounded to hear discussion of killing my son and me and burying us. In that portion of the meeting, present are the sheriff Kevin Clardy, jail administrator Larry Hendrix, sheriff’s department Captain of Criminal Investigations Alicia Manning, and commissioners Mark Jennings and Robert Beck. The commissioners’ secretary may be there as well."

#McCurtainCounty #Oklahoma #Racism #RuralJournalism

https://mccurtaingazettenews.com/letter-03-2023/

Letter shared with the Oklahoma Attorney General in March 2023. - McCurtain County Gazette News

I am Bruce Willingham, publisher and majority owner of the McCurtain Gazette since 1988. I have reported on courthouse matters and court cases since 1980. My son Chris has been a police beat reporter at the McCurtain Gazette for 18 years.

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Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦Apr 25, 2023

The McCurtain County Gazette News in southeastern Oklahoma now has a website. 📰

Courageous rural journalism exposed corrupt sheriff & racist county law enforcement officials. ✍️ 💪

@dangillmor @jeffjarvis @mmasnick

#McCurtainCounty #Oklahoma #ChrisWillingham #BruceWillingham #SheriffKevinClardy #CaptainAliceManning #Racism #RuralJournalism #GovernorStitt

https://mccurtaingazettenews.com/county-officials-discuss-killing-burying-gazette-reporters/

County officials discuss killing, burying Gazette reporters - McCurtain County Gazette News

New Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced in March the initiative of Sunshine Week, an annual and nationwide celebration of access to public information and open government. Drummond wished to highlight government transparency in open meetings.

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Bob StepnoNov 23, 2022

Thanks to a conversation with @gentlegardener about #nonprofitjournalism and #ruraljournalism (especially in #Virginia) I just did a search for "100 Days in Appalachia," but also found some promising #journalism things I *haven't* read... but will...

https://www.100daysinappalachia.com/who-we-are/

https://www.journalismliberty.org/publications/local-news-and-community-resiliency-in-appalachia

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2020/12/appalachian-stereotype-storytelling/

https://www.wkms.org/news/2020-10-05/new-appalachian-journalism-outlets-tackle-stereotypes-media-economy

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/local/app-state-professor-publishes-research-on-rural-journalists-reporting-on-hate/article_7193932a-1741-11ed-aca3-ff6df9cb2c95.html