Thank you to our 2024 Summit Level sponsors!
Every person who cares about their community will love attending Radically Rural. Each year, we promise you will leave overflowing with inspiration, ideas, connections, and tools that will be useful in your personal, professional, and community life. Our sessions spread throughout downtown Keene will inspire you to reimagine rural under the backdrop of a quintessential New England main street with the fall breeze on your face.
2023 Summit Recap:
Get a Taste of Radically Rural with Year-Round Virtual Programming:
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When Disasters Hit Home: How Local Journalism Can Build Resilient Communities During Emergencies Wednesday, August 14 | 2:00-3:00 PM EST Have you experienced a disaster in your community? If you haven’t yet, you will — and local journalism can play a crucial role in helping communities prepare, respond, and recover during emergencies. In rural areas, it is local media who are the first responders of information and are best positioned to get accurate information to those who need it most. Local media is in a unique position to reach underserved residents, verify quickly changing conditions, and provide accountability through disaster recovery. Like many other response organizations, local and rural newsrooms can be strained by few resources, and rely on collaboration to be most effective. This session will be led by Kate B. Maxwell and Maria Arce, two Reynold’s Journalism Institute Innovation Fellows and community news leaders experienced with covering emergencies and centering community information needs before, during, and after disasters. They will share cost-effective strategies, including emergency tools for newsrooms, how to take advantage of ham radio communications when all other means fail, and means of collaboration between media and community groups. Resources will be available in both English and Spanish. |
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