Local journalism in the U.S. remains at a crisis point: newsrooms that existed for decades have vanished or are at risk of disappearing. At the same time, there are urgent external crises that make the need for communities to receive information all the more critical – namely climate change.
The Rural Newswire exists in order to help provide resources to newsrooms that serve rural communities. For editors and publishers looking for editorial support, all of our stories are free to redistribute, republish, and share.
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11/05/2024
Disaster on Top of a Disaster: Can Western North Carolina’s Child Care Infrastructure Recover After Helene?
Hurricane Helene put rural Western North Carolina’s home-based childcare providers under an existential threat. The natural disaster washed over years of insufficient funding and lack of support, causing many childcare providers to fear they won’t be able to start over.
11/04/2024
The race for clean energy is local
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
11/04/2024
Q&A: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Optimism and the Rural Vote
The rural vote, combatting partisanship, and showing up: how a Democratic governor increased his popularity among rural voters.
11/04/2024
A Guide to the Rural Vote: The Places and Races to Watch on Tuesday
The rural vote will provide dozens of fascinating stories for election observers, if you know where to look. Nick Jacobs, co-author of “The Rural Voter,” offers his take on bellwether counties and key down-ballot races.
11/02/2024
Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.
11/01/2024
How climate voters could swing the presidential election
In battleground states like Georgia, tens of thousands of climate-conscious voters who didn't show up in 2020 have already cast their ballots.
11/01/2024
Accidental Rancher: Of Fires and Floods, of Joys and Sorrows
Eliza Blue reflects on natural disasters both big and small, ones enveloping entire communities and those quiet and personal.
11/01/2024
Commentary: Tim Walz’s Asheville Rally Reclaims Rural Identity
Rural themes were on proud display at a Tim Walz rally in Asheville, North Carolina, this week.
11/01/2024
Seeing Rural Life Through the Missouri Photo Workshop
From Facebook posts to camera rolls, our lives are flooded with images of the world. The Missouri Photo Workshop helps photographers see how to better tell stories from the opposite end of the camera lens.
11/01/2024
Q&A: Identity-Making on Georgia’s Geechee Coast
Neesha Powell-Ingabire is the director of popular education at the Southern media collective Press On and the author of the new book, Come by Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia's Geechee Coast.
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