<![CDATA[Democracy and the Informed Citizen]]>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:30:58 +0000Captivate.fmAlabama Humanities Alliance https://artwork.captivate.fm/6ece3213-267c-43d2-96da-20dca2ce2e25/WDoDcMbMhJjUtxXk6iBUnwxN.jpegDemocracy and the Informed CitizenAlabama Humanities Alliance Alabama Humanities Alliance Since 1900, Alabama has lost around 90 percent of its newspapers. Can citizen-created community newspapers reverse that trend? And can learning more about our neighbors generate the kind of goodwill needed for thriving communities and a healthy democracy? Host Byron Williams explores these questions and more in "Democracy and the Informed Citizen," a five-episode podcast series presented by the Alabama Humanities Alliance, featuring conversations with journalists, scholars, and community residents of rural Alabama. https://democracy-informed-citizen.captivate.fmnoepisodicWhere Do We Go From Here?Where Do We Go From Here?Conversations with Garrett Lane and Fred Fluker, whose roots in rural Alabama community newspaper efforts inspired their careers in journalism and media — and a shared hopefulness about journalism being produced by the PACERS Network today. What drives “regular citizens” to start newspapers from scratch in their own hometowns? What can media professionals learn from these citizen journalists? And what do we need to do to ensure these labor-of-love newspapers stick around long-term in our communities?

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]]>6ede89c4-46c1-440e-b692-c6a3c6083a56Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -060022:49nofull15Alabama Humanities Alliance Keeping Democracy AliveKeeping Democracy AliveConversations with Jean Mosley and Cameron Brooks of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, one-time partners in publication of the Camp Hill Chronicle. Community newspapers don’t just bring their readers together; often, they bring together staffers from vastly different ages, races, and backgrounds. Case in point: For two years, Brooks, a high school student, helped put together the Camp Hill Chronicle with Mosley, a retired librarian and the paper’s octogenarian publisher.

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]]>Conversations with Jean Mosley and Cameron Brooks of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, one-time partners in publication of the Camp Hill Chronicle. Community newspapers don’t just bring their readers together; often, they bring together staffers from vastly different ages, races, and backgrounds. Case in point: For two years, Brooks, a high school student, helped put together the Camp Hill Chronicle with Mosley, a retired librarian and the paper’s octogenarian publisher.

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]]>8d816ec3-ba06-4c1d-8ebb-07aeb112568bThu, 06 Oct 2022 09:45:00 -060018:46nofull14Alabama Humanities Alliance Newspapers Are Not DeadNewspapers are Not DeadConversations with scholars George Daniels (University of Alabama) and Nan Fairley (Auburn University) about today's media climate and the state of citizen journalism. Thank goodness that not all newspapers are dead. Community-minded newspapers are often the only journalism outlets covering local stories and local issues. They’re also the only outlets “rendering lives in full” — documenting the lives of neighbors from birth announcements and graduations to marriages and obituaries.

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]]>Conversations with scholars George Daniels (University of Alabama) and Nan Fairley (Auburn University) about today's media climate and the state of citizen journalism. Thank goodness that not all newspapers are dead. Community-minded newspapers are often the only journalism outlets covering local stories and local issues. They’re also the only outlets “rendering lives in full” — documenting the lives of neighbors from birth announcements and graduations to marriages and obituaries.

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]]>9fa21105-8182-4411-86eb-be8bdb6bd7fcWed, 05 Oct 2022 09:30:00 -060022:26nofull13Alabama Humanities Alliance Community LoveCommunity LoveA conversation with Mary and Freddie Howard of Monroe County, Alabama, publishers of The Beatrice Legacy. Here in Beatrice, as Mary Howard notes, Black people still mostly live on one side of the railroad tracks; White people on the other. Can a community newspaper successfully serve as a bridge between oft-divided townspeople?

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]]>A conversation with Mary and Freddie Howard of Monroe County, Alabama, publishers of The Beatrice Legacy. Here in Beatrice, as Mary Howard notes, Black people still mostly live on one side of the railroad tracks; White people on the other. Can a community newspaper successfully serve as a bridge between oft-divided townspeople?

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]]>972be5fc-177b-4950-848e-9f5372de4341Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:15:00 -060016:24nofull12Alabama Humanities Alliance To Build GoodwillTo Build GoodwillGary and Jerrie Burton of Montgomery County, Alabama, publishers of a community-based newspaper, The Pintlala Ledger. Can citizen journalism restore goodwill between neighbors and bring a community together? And what does a community lose when there’s no local news source — and, thus, no historical record preserved? Read the paper that inspired this conversation: The Pintlala Ledger Listen to the next episode]]>Gary and Jerrie Burton of Montgomery County, Alabama, publishers of a community-based newspaper, The Pintlala Ledger. Can citizen journalism restore goodwill between neighbors and bring a community together? And what does a community lose when there’s no local news source — and, thus, no historical record preserved? Read the paper that inspired this conversation: The Pintlala Ledger Listen to the next episode]]>00261396-a9d0-4693-bf3e-ece655670eb0Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -060022:34nofull11Alabama Humanities Alliance