Editorial Mission: The Journal publishes peer-reviewed academic and community-based research, commentary and policy articles that address issues related to the Great Plains. We also publish invited articles from leading researchers. Research in a broad range of areas--art to zoology, engineering to modern languages, community development to geography--are appropriate. The only criteria we require is that the information offered is related to the Great Plains. This region--undergoing major change and its accompanying social, economic and infrastructure stress--needs new ideas that flow from research and discussion. OJRRP offers a unique subject-driven platform for this research, while generating conversations through its book reviews and blogs.
OJRRP also understands and respects the disciplinary lines that can be crossed in journals that address multiple subject areas. We encourage authors to step outside their traditional comfort zones and engage scholars interested in all facets of the Great Plains.
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Rural Veterinary Special Issue |
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The Rural Veterinary issue will be published soon. We can report we received a large number of submissions and that a large number, in fact, the largest number we have ever poublished in a special issue, were accepted. [Read More] |
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| Posted: 2009-12-31 |
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Vol 5, No 6 (2010): Special Issue: Community Journalism
Whether we call it community or rural, small-town newspapers, radio, and to a lesser extent, television stations, are still out there pumping the news to a largely loyal following. What is "community journalism?" Wiki says "Community journalism is locally oriented, professional news coverage that typically focuses on city neighborhoods, individual suburbs or small towns, rather than metropolitan, state, national or world news." It goes on to note that these "Community newspapers, often but not always published weekly, also tend to cover subjects larger news media do not, such as students on the honor roll at the local high school, school sports, crimes such as vandalism, zoning issues and other details of community life. Sometimes dismissed as "chicken dinner" stories, such 'hyperlocal' coverage often plays a vital role in building and maintaining neighborhoods."
They also rarely get much attention from national media or academic researchers. For our part, the Online Journal of Research & Policy proudly offers three research articles addressing rural mass communication.
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| Introduction to the Community Journalism Special Issue |
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Tom Gould |
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| Adapting Small Market Rural Media to the Challenges of New Media: Interviews with Small Market Rural Managers |
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Cindy J. Price, Michael R. Brown |
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| Salamosa: Examining a Small-Market Newspaper Covering a Local Crisis |
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Mark L. Finney |
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| VillageSoup: Sustaining News in a Rural Setting |
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Norman Sims, Bill Densmore, Sara Majka |
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