Renee FarmerThe Pandemic PressIn a pandemic, the role of the news media is to communicate both the bad news (number of cases, deaths and restrictions) and the good news…May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Renee FarmerReflection on “All the President’s Men”The investigative journalism conducted by Woodward and Bernstein, as illustrated in the movie “All The President’s Men,” exemplifies the…Mar 31, 2021Mar 31, 2021
Renee FarmerFOIA and Sunshine LawsInvestigative journalists face many obstacles as they seek to gather information about an individual or an organization. However, when in…Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Renee FarmerOpening Blog PostI hope to one day work for a conservation-minded organization or publication of some sort, such as the National Parks Service or the…Feb 2, 2021Feb 2, 2021
Renee FarmerWhat is Community Without Community JournalismTraditionally, community was defined geographically, as the neighborhood, city, or even county that a person resided in. Geographical…Dec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020
Renee FarmerLocal Journalism in a Worldwide PandemicWe know a lot about what is going on in the world as a whole. But in times like these, what we know about what is happening in our worlds…Dec 9, 2020Dec 9, 2020
Renee FarmerPublic Trust of the MediaWith increasing access to the tools needed to share information, journalists must now prove themselves to be more trustworthy than just…Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020
Renee FarmerReflecting on Community Market ReportingWhen Taylor and I arrived at Nelson’s Farmers’ Market, we didn’t have an angle in mind. We were hoping one would present itself — and it…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Renee FarmerVendors at Nelsons’ Farmers’ Market feel varying effects of the market’s COVID-19 closure.The vendors that constitute Nelson’s Farmers’ Market in Nellysford, Virginia, were each impacted very differently when the market remained…Sep 29, 2020Sep 29, 2020
Renee FarmerState of Local JournalismIn her reader response to the New York Times article “A Future Without a Front Page,” Julie Sandorf makes a case for philanthropy as the…Sep 3, 2020Sep 3, 2020
