And, you know, when youre on the air and youre doing a live interview, as somebody who does a radio show, I can tell you this, you misspeak. KARLO: And then television became really big, and then it redefined themself with home videos. And for us, as a nonprofit organization, weve actually been growing. Grant Barrett, Voice of San Diego. Principles of Journalism: . Its hard to predict. Credit:Ian Kenins. To hear more from Reed Anfinson, I encourage you to watch these episodes on rural newspapers on Pioneer Public . How Important Is Local News To A Community? He probably did some good for San Diego with that nonsense that he got involved in with defense contractors, bringing business to San Diego. I dont think it will. 2 Rural students may have less access to high-speed internet, AP coursework, or . BARRETT: Oh, yeah, Im part of the cabal, is it? Were working to restore it. BARBARA: Many of them do not read on a The average American, I believe, the NEA found, the average American today reads on a fourth grade level, if that high, and cannot, does not have the ability to interpret, to compare, to question even. So that way, all the work our people are producing is going to be on all of the different platforms, reaching what I would say is the traditionalists or the mature audience, KARLO: on television, the baby boomers on radio, and my children on the digital cell phones. Healthy, sustainable and inclusive food systems are critical to achieve the world's development goals. In fact, survey data from rural communities shows higher levels of social cohesion, stronger beliefs in community safety, and stronger . We have somebody on military now full time. EIN: 85-1311683. philanthropy is funding innovative local newsrooms. The first is that size matters. All too often, that news is little more than rumor, sometimes made up out of whole cloth and at best some grain of truth exaggerated in its retellings vastly, and often alarmingly out of proportion. DAWSON: Yeah, absolutely. The importance of newspapers is an underestimated factor. We'll look at the changing relationship between the media and public and how local news organizations will survive in the future. KARLO: and then home videos have gone away. BARRY (Caller, Mission Beach): Yes, you pretty well phrased it right there. Thats just part of the process. Theyre doing great work, you know. Many news organizations, like newspapers, TV and radio stations, are in a frenzy to reinvent themselves to keep up with these changes. I dont have to worry about a 20% margin or a profit to investors or shareholders or a corporate company. Our number is 1-888-895-5727, thats 1-888-895-KPBS. Watch video for more explanation of this concept. Sign up to The Sydney Morning Heralds newsletter here, The Ages newsletter here, Brisbane Times' here and WAtoday's here. The answers are generally favorable, with improved employment conditions, earnings, and incomes; lower poverty rates; and healthier and better educated populations. Its important that it be respected and it is even more important that it be trusted. So peopleI think you used the word scrambling in the opening of the show. Members of the targeted community across the world can always browse to read the online edition to keep abreast of what happens in their village. People always, you know, try and be balanced, and I hear people say things that are blatantly not true. So if youre coming only to us just for our point of view, youre getting more than that. KARLO: ..the populous make, you know, informed and educated decisions. The primary task is to . KARLO: Yeah. The Importance of Community Medicine in a Rural Area - Sandoval County The Importance of Community Medicine in a Rural Area By Stephen Montoya It's no secret that hospitals nationwide are experiencing an influx of patients given the scope of the global pandemic. BARBARA: No, Im talking about the public. But other local governments have invested in their newspapers after recognizing the critical role they fill, Omdahl writes. Its not the particular thing that happened, its the way it was handled and the way its been handled for quite some time. In Nigeria for instance, most people who dwell in rural communities have their relations living in the city. NELSON: Well, Im glad for the call, Hugh. BARRETT: Jeff, let me ask you, how did you find out that they werent true? And we. The Force has received eight reports of the theft of sheep-related farming equipment since the start of January across the county, with sheep hurdles, sheep handling systems, weigh scales, sheering machines, guillotine gates and sheep feeders being targeted.. With investigations into these offences continuing, the Rural Crime Team has issued a timely reminder to farmers and landowners on the NELSON: information is that its sort of tribalizes the groups. Let me ask all of you to respond to this in one way or another. KARLO: instantly contact us in our newsroom. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. But in our realm at KPBS, in the nonprofit mode, we raise money in a variety of ways, KARLO: including membership, corporate support and philanthropy to, in fact, produce programs that are of value. Its been tried and its almost always a big failure. have not only recognized the fact of the important roles which the rural sector plays in the generation of national wealth but also that over 70% of Nigerians live in rural . Without the paper, they are left unsung," Omdahl writes. Importance of Rural Development Rural development is important not only for the majority of the population residing in rural areas, but also for the overall economic expansion of the nation. he issue of identity and role in community development outreach is then explored. Those things are all different. But the next day, we might do very in-depth discussions on why did it break, what do we need to do, how does this affect the infrastructure of all of our sewer systems and things like that. 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In a small town the local newspaper is not like the local hardware store. Please try again later. NELSON: Where were all of you on this whole pension thing? They play an important role in poverty alleviation in rural areas, enable transportation of men, material and goods, lead to diversification of agricultural activities and boost rural as well as overall economic growth of the country. Rediscovering the Importance of Rural Communities. KARLO: that Hugh is talking about. My contention is, is that there are a section of local government that is pretty much a shadow government and with very little oversight and I dont know who to go to. Okay. ERS examined some key questions about the socioeconomic effects of rural recreation development. In our digital, 24/7 world, people can get their news and information in an instant. The increasing number of drug overdose deaths in the United States has hit rural areas particularly hard. With the current scenario being dynamic, 5 - 10 % of the active cases still need hospitalization. Contributions some of them in barely legible handwriting came from the mayor, the police sergeant, the progress association, members of parliament, teachers and schoolkids, sporting club secretaries and the town gossip, whose back page column was often the first read by nervous characters hoping their goofy mishaps of the past week didnt get reported. Local newsletters are so important that the State Library of WA collects each one published from around the state to store in its archive. LIGHT: Yeah, I mean, I would say that right now print is very, very strong. The pages roll off an 1894 Miehle printing press at The Bridge's office in 2003.Credit:Ian Kenins. So local news is really important. However, The Bridge, now in the hands of former sheep farmer and diesel mechanic Lloyd Polkinghorne, has not only continued to print throughout the COVID-19 crisis but has expanded its circulation, and in early June this year posted its first online edition. That, folks, is what makes the Deer Creek Pilot mighty, mighty important to those people who call that place home. So, you know, you see these companies sort of restaffing themselves, re-engineering how they approach things, rewiring their culture to be leaner, more creative, more public facing, more engaged. BARRETT: personal story as well as a statewide story, just fantastic stuff. LIGHT: So I think right now were at a point of rethinking those things and trying to put together organizations that will meet the public demand and the public responsibility that we have. 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So, you know, people get this idea, oh, my gosh, newspapers, what will happen? LIGHT: Well, I would say we very much see newspapers now. I sit next to him and I gotta tell you, the mans a hes amazing. Were not trying to get in the breaking news business, were trying to get into the thoughtful news analysis where people have a chance across television, radio and the web to be well informed. The most important news, analysis and insights delivered to your inbox at the start and end of each day. NELSON: Right, youre trying to merge them. I really I just dont I dont really agree with that perspective. And I think all of us in this room dont let anything out in our medium without it going through some sort of editorial review. And youre right, theres been a lot of change sort of even preceding the sale of the paper to Platinum and the new management team thats been brought in has been pretty focused on moving the business forward so, yeah, weve got a lot going on. It is a newspaper that primarily focuses on the coverage of issues, events and developments in a specific rural community. The paper is shrinking. In survey after survey, it is these little community-minded newspapers that are continuing to thrive. If somebody sees something and they want to contact the Union-Tribune, how do they do it? Overview. They know nothing about current events. Even at present 80 percent of the population in India is rural. We are one of the last owned and operated radio and television stations, locally owned and operated, KARLO: and our role is to serve the local community and to also provide people with the stuff that comes from NPR and PBS. And thats why right now for us, the delivery piece is not what were going to spend a lot of time and attention on because we cant affect that change. KARLO: Yeah, theres a contact, you can go to the website. NELSON: Actually, Barbara, if I could interject Could I interject? I mean, this is a problem with live television, as Grant has brought up, right? Become a newsletter subscriber to stay up-to-date on the latest Giving Compass news. The importance of local newspapers. KARLO: that we have to do as our own industry to make sure that we can remain trustworthy to our public with accurate information. And thats what our role is. If it covers wider topics, community journalism concentrates on the effect they have on local readers. I guess this would be more toward Grant and Tom, Grant Barrett from voiceofsandiego.org and Tom Karlo from KPBS. It happens throughout all of the media here. RAY MOSBY IS EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE DEER CREEK PILOT IN ROLLING FORK, MISS. 00:00. The pages roll off an 1894 Miehle printing press at The Bridge's office in 2003. Many in Corporate India also prefer to view such developments as milestones in India's growth story. But what you get over the course of your consumption of media, be it from one outlet or many outlets, is you get a steady improvement of the kinds of facts and detail that youre getting. The learning curve was steep and lesson No.1 was that it was more than just media folk who contributed to The Bridge, and the publication offered its community more than just local news. I mean, thats the concept. We may not follow breaking news when its happening. LIGHT: Oh, I think were doing well. KARLO: but I also put it in perspective. So we have to protect that and being five minutes behind or five hours behind, I dont believe, you know, is important enough to risk that mistake. In fact, it is estimated that at least half the healthcare providers in rural areas are registered nurses. So, you know, there are. Who cares if its not something youd read in a big city newspaper? she said. NELSON: Were going to take a break. Such an emphasis is important for a number of different reasons. LIGHT: Yeah, and it was done with ill intent, right? The community newspaper is not some monolithic entity; its editor is not some ivory towered big shot. He or she is also a neighbor. So where is that line? And so in our partnership with NBC, we can take that kind of journalism, package it up, and say, look, here is this issue explained in a nutshell. Most of our food products come from the country crops, fish, poultry, you name it and chances are it originated . So investigative reporting is something that is on our radar screen and we hope that we dont miss, in the future, those kinds of stories because I think theyre important. The news they deliver might be pretty much the same as before, but the model under which they operate is not. Hugh from Mission Hills, go ahead. 1 In 2015, they surpassed the death rate in urban areas. How is your organization doing these days? NELSON: Sure. You have beat reporters who found these beats that they can develop. So thats our work. NELSON: And, finally, Tom Karlo, general manager for KPBS. ]]> Rural development is considered to be of noticeable importance in the country today than in the olden days in the process of the evolution of the nation. And we were taking information from people in the community on evacuating, where the fires are, where the road closures are. I have this feeling that with all this emphasis on local news and hyper-local news, that those bigger pieces maybe arent going to happen anymore. LIGHT: Things were edited down to manipulate the news and spread propagandathe death panel conversation came up. BARRETT: We do. Well, no, because the stock market was going great and everybody could point to numbers saying its not going to be a problem. In a small town the local newspaper is not like the local hardware store. NELSON: And do Greg Dawson from NBC 7/39, youve heard this about television probably your entire professional career. Your email address will not be published. Jeff Light from the Union-Tribune, with all of the cutbacks in your shop in particulareverybody has done it obviously but yours seems to be the at the Union-Tribune, the largest. It doesnt say death panel at all. Its really the only thing we have, you know, in the grand scheme that does set us apart. For these contributors, the act of writing gave them a sense of duty, of adding to the local conversation. It matters to her grandmother and all her friends and family, and they read this paper.. Were very good at it. The deadline was 4pm, for at 4.01 a queue of mostly elderly residents would be at the front office waiting for their weekly news fix. COVID-19 brought these disparities to the surface within most rural communities in the United States, highlighting the limited access to health care specialists and subspecialists. Abundant research in recent years has found that strong local journalism builds social cohesion, encourages political participation, and improves the efficiency and decision-making of local and state government. NELSON: I mean, whats the matter with just getting it the old way? Country Australians are renowned for their resilience, but 2020 has so far tested even the most stoic. As I said at the beginning of the program, voiceofsandiego.org, on a nonprofit model, has shown year over year increases in the amount of revenue thats come in. CNI Newspapers, Webb is now publisher/editor at Smoky Mountain Times. Every facet and feature of marketing demands a refashion when the focus is shifted to rural marketing. March 15, 2013. Where we used to be able to run around and get all that, we cant anymore. Why dont you ask your question here? NELSON: Barbara, thank you for your call. Rural development is considered to be of noticeable importance in the country today than in the olden days in the process of the evolution of the nation. NELSON: Lets take another caller. The rural social system was marked with minimum of social differentiation and social stratification. Good, and I want to hear from the rest of you on this local news thing but first I want to take a caller, Iad (sp) calling from San Diego. As we went into, you know, the difficult times of the last couple of years, DAWSON: I probably, you know, echoed that sentiment of, DAWSON: uh-oh, this is going to be bad for America, you know, DAWSON: fewer investigative reports, etcetera. Seeing their stories and their names in print gives meaning to their lives and their part of the world. You know, those are the things that are very powerful in peoples minds and its really the job of everybody who traffics in honest information to help people look at the facts rather than these emotional issues, you know, that they want to believe which often, as in this case, are untrue and damaging. It is almost impossible to do a live television or radio show and do instant fact checking. Tell us where youre getting your news information and how well the local media are doing. So weve got a lot of change coming up, already in the pipeline, and, you know, were working hard. They used to have deep faith in religion and duties. Agriculture, including food, fiber, fuel and other bio-based products, has been an important economic and social driver in rural communities. You know, the fabric of the community is directly affected and improved by the amount of local news there is, you know. Locals find a piece of themselves in the country newspaper - and will lose it if the paper folds.Credit:Ian Kenins. LIGHT: No, I think those big pieces absolutely will happen. Even though this is a global trend, it is steadily trending in developing societies. Im Dean Nelson sitting in for Maureen Cavanaugh and youve been listening to These Days on KPBS. JEFF: I I read the bill. Responsibility: the right of a journalist is to write and attract the readers to the issues of public welfare. And we have that kind of talent on staff, and I believe that all the organizations here probably have that kind of talent. Were doing that kind of stuff. Youre on These Days. Most rural schools and the communities that they serve are not broken. And, you know what, theres been a couple of examples the last year that Im not going to talk about where we actually said something that wasnt accurate because we got it from a blog and we didnt check it. We have Union-Tribunes reporters posting things online without going through editing. And, you know what, I just want to reiterate that to our staff all the time that we have to do this, and this is one of the checks and balances. NELSON: Im sure theres a contact us back, right. Learn more about us. document.write(new Date().getFullYear()); And a lot of the journalism that is being done now, when we talk about getting rid of the fat middle, the stuff that was fun to do but maybe didnt impact our readers, a lot of the journalism that weI think everyone at this tableis focusing on now is the journalism that matters most to our readers, listeners, consumers, users, whatever you want to call them. Our year-on-year growth is up for every metric that you might possibly look at, user involvement, readership, donations from foundations, donations from individuals, commenting, following us on the social media. Keep up with all the latest news, arts and culture, and TV highlights from KPBS. LIGHT: Yeah, I mean, all of our writers have their e-mails right at the bottom of the stories. According to a. But theres probably more there than I would venture most people are reading every day. In 2003, I had the pleasure of editing a country newspaper for two weeks while the publishers, Lindsay and Sue Harrington, took a long-overdue holiday. Your email address will not be published. We have In our newsroom, were very cognizant of it. Is this a fact or is this an opinion? The year began with . LIGHT: hundreds of journalists at the U-T and altogether in San Diego, many, many more. To some in social work and beyond, the news that ruralitythe condition of being ruralstill exists in the United States may be a surprise.That this book is published by Columbia University Press, in many ways the most obviously urban of university presses . DAWSON: that lead to that, that allow us to do things we never thought possible even two years ago. Local newspaper owner and CRPD board member Reed Anfinson talks with us this week about the the importance of local newspapers, the impact of the Internet and why this matters to communities. For more than 20 years now, I have put out a little country weekly thats been published continuously for 138 years in what most folks might consider Backwater, U.S.A., the two poorest counties in the poorest state in the union with a combined population of less than 6,500 men, women and children. Producers, distributors, processors and retailers all play a role in the food system to get agricultural products from farm to table in both domestic and international markets. And, KARLO: you put commercials on and it has to have a return on investment. As long as we finish a dollar in the black at the end of the year, Im a happy boy. Please ??? A Pew Research study found that as of 2016, about 25 percent of Americans express high levels of trust in news they get from local news organizations, while about 15 percent trust information. DAWSON: You know, the new iPads or the tablets that are coming out allow you to still read that paper in the newspaper form and not read it as a website. Or it is all local news. And that, in a nutshell, is the secret to the continued success of community newspapers. Rural marketing is a different ballgame that drives marketing gurus to unlearn the traditional concepts. If you looked at the footprint of the U-T in this market, it is many fold larger, the print piece alone, than any other medium. Im glad that someone brought up the Duke Cunningham story for which I think the previous San Diego Union received some journalism award. On the surface, most people do not feel that their local newspaper is a key source that they rely on for local information. KARLO: Well, I dont have the number on the top of my head and maybe we can provide it for Barry offline but we have a, you know, a number that we make public that can get ahold of KPBS. NELSON: Well, in fact, go ahead. Rory Devine is now almost exclusively doing education, which she was always kind of doing education but. One of Just to respond to what you just said, you know, at the Voice of San Diego, we make a practice of pointing out great journalism elsewhere. The local newspaper gives enduring evidence of their efforts. DAWSON: We certainly come through, you know, a really challenging couple of years and I think all of us in the media felt it and kind of a double whammy.