Can defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting jeopardize national safety? Jennifer Shutt of Iowa Capital Dispatch reveals how GOP efforts to cut CPB funding risk destroying essential emergency alert services in rural areas by disrupting grants for local NPR and PBS stations. This threatens critical public communication infrastructure at a time when reliable alerts are vital. Learn why bipartisan voices warn of operational gaps and uncertain funding amid CPB's closure. Read the full article: https://www.alternet.org/cpb-emergency-alerts/ #JenniferShutt #IowaCapitalDispatch #CPB #defunding #emergencyalerts #NPR #PBS #mediafunding #publicbroadcasting #FEMA #NextGenerationWarningSystem #ruralnews #congress #Trump #publicservices

For anyone with a mind to chase the idea of #ruralnews and #ruraldevelopment, I've put together a blog with posts of past (and future) articles and op-ed pieces I've written for local press here in the Eastern Panhandle of West. Virginia. if anyone is doing anything similar to this, or aspires to, I'd welcome an ongoing conversation.
https://sojneighbor.org/

@SamUpstate
I'd like to test the idea of posting #localnews to Mastodon -- and see what it might do to highlight issues of concern to other community newspapers and reporters -- mostly #ruralnews. We do get national reporters taking the pulse of small town America, but the coverage is typically sketchy.