A Community Check-In

We're almost 80 stories deep on The Goldenrod. What issues are we missing?

We've published almost 80 (!) stories over on The Goldenrod since launching in late July 2021 and are looking for feedback as to how we can continue to grow and develop in ways that best serve the interests and needs of rural communities across central and eastern Kentucky.

Below is a short (5-6 minutes, tops!) survey about what has resonated with you thus far and how you'd like to see us grow. (Feel free to send any additional comments to: thegoldenrodnews@gmail.com)

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We took last week off from posting to recalibrate next steps, do a few outreach activities and assess our community’s needs. Also, this interview with Darryl Holliday is great, and for any fans of where I think journalism is headed among the discourse, it’s an ideal read:

Sarah Baird @scbaird

really love this whole thing from @d_holli: “journalism has this hero mentality that i think is really at odds with how communities work…journalists use words like empowering, and a voice for the voiceless, but like, who said we get to do that?”

medium.comQ&A: Darryl Holliday on why journalism should be more like community organizingDarryl Holliday is a co-founder of City Bureau, a nonprofit civic media organization based in Chicago. With programs like Documenters and…

This week, we’re back on our regularly scheduled programming with two very different, but equally resonate, stories on Tuesday and Thursday then our legislative superlatives on Friday. Y’all be safe out there.