The Texas Center for Community Journalism helps community journalists by providing free workshops and an interactive online community.
Fort Worth, TX, USA
Joined February 2009
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Seems that some school boards are looking for any reason/justification for restricting public input tccj.tcu.edu/can-school-boar…
Reflections after a decade in community journalism, from a Texas publisher. tccj.tcu.edu/relections-afte…
Everybody's looking for creative engagement ideas -- and Al Cross (@ruralj) has some good ones gleaned from a recent NNA convention. tccj.tcu.edu/great-ideas-for…
What did William Faulkner know about time management that newspaper people need to learn? tccj.tcu.edu/is-it-time-to-r…
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Make a pot of coffee or open a bottle of wine, then settle back with the new edition of Community Journalism. This online scholarly journal -- it publishes the latest research about community journalism -- contains worth-your-time insights. journal.community-journalism…
Every newsroom needs a hard copy of this report -- for when people people tell you that other media can take the place of community newspapers. Research sez: They're not covering local news like we are. dewitt.sanford.duke.edu/whos…
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Darrell Royal's football wisdom of dancing with them what brung 'ya is relevant for today's newspapers. But we have to identify what brung us. tccj.tcu.edu/darrell-royal-w…
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Community newspapers are among the few media still trying to maintain objectivity in news reporting. tccj.tcu.edu/is-community-jo…
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We can't just expect Millennial and Gen-Z readers to search out news printed on dead trees. We have to go to them, not wait till they come to us. This young reporter, Brooke Crum, explains it from a Millennial's point of view. tccj.tcu.edu/if-were-going-t…
Al Cross reminds us that we have to show our readers the value that a local newspaper adds to all facets of the community -- because many don't realize it until it's too late. tccj.tcu.edu/in-todays-media…
Al Cross says there is a future for community newspapers, but we have to be willing to adapt to new media realities. tccj.tcu.edu/community-newsp…
Al Cross says we need more letters FROM the editor, not just TO the editor.
Every community journalist should read this: the importance of newspapers explaining how they work to their readers. tccj.tcu.edu/newspapers-need…
Community newsrooms represent "relationship journalism," according to Al Cross (@ruralj). tccj.tcu.edu/community-newsp…
Save this article from TCCJ presenter Jim Pumarlo for when you have to report on suicides in your community. tccj.tcu.edu/heres-some-help…
The Hood County News' Kathy Cruz appeared in all four shows examining the murder case that send Darlie Routier to death row. xitter.cf/thomason/status/101513…
Here's how a Texas community journalist came to be featured in an ABC four-part prime time documentary. bit.ly/2zh9D8y
According to this Economist reporter, American community journalism has been surprisingly resilient, despite the declines among the metros and larger newspapers. economist.com/united-states/…
Al Cross @ruralj offers more ideas on stories you can localize. tccj.tcu.edu/stories-to-loca…
Al Cross offers ideas for local stories based on national politics. tccj.tcu.edu/national-politi…
Check out Randy Keck's column on the proposed newsprint tariffs. And Randy says you can run this column in your newspaper -- it's written not to journalists but to our readers, to show them how important this issue is. tccj.tcu.edu/proposed-newspr…