Economic development a main theme this summer

With Dr. Ken Troske, director of University of Kentucky Center for Business and Economics Research.

For decades, rural areas had three great advantages in recruiting and retaining jobs: Low taxes, low land costs and low wages. The first two are not as big as they were, and the third one has largely been eliminated by economic globalization, so many rural communities are suffering economically.

The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues believes that newspapers should not only help their readers understand these issues, but look for proper opportunities to guide the economic future of their communities.

That future includes the future of newspapers and broadcast stations, so this is an area where good journalism can also be good business. But it can also present special challenges.

Al Cross, director of the Institute, is talking with journalists and economic developers about how to turn such challenges into opportunities, and how rural journalists should cover and guide local economic development.

Institute for Rural Journalism & Community Issues
Phone 859-257-3744 - Fax 859-323-3168