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…2 min read·May 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…4 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Mar 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…2 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Dec 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…2 min read·Dec 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…3 min read·Nov 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…2 min read·Oct 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…3 min read·Sep 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…2 min read·Sep 3, 2020----