Al Cross on Community Radio

An ambitious station in Texas, a Montana-based news network and a three-station cooperative in Central Appalachia offer hope for the future of radio news, especially in rural areas, said those who heard their stories at the nation’s largest journalism convention, which concluded yesterday. See a special Sunday edition of The Rural Blog at http://www.uky.edu/CommInfoStudies/IRJCI/blog.htm.

Al Cross

Director, Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues

Asst. professor, School of Journalism and Telecommunications

University of Kentucky

Lexington KY 40506-0042

859-257-3744

al.cross@uky.edu

www.ruraljournalism.org