Renee Farmer·May 14, 2021The 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…
Renee Farmer·Mar 31, 2021Reflection 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…
Renee Farmer·Mar 11, 2021FOIA and Sunshine LawsInvestigative journalists face many obstacles as they seek to gather information about an individual or an organization. However, when in…
Renee Farmer·Feb 2, 2021Opening 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…
Renee Farmer·Dec 16, 2020What is Community Without Community JournalismTraditionally, community was defined geographically, as the neighborhood, city, or even county that a person resided in. Geographical…
Renee Farmer·Dec 9, 2020Local 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…
Renee Farmer·Nov 11, 2020Public Trust of the MediaWith increasing access to the tools needed to share information, journalists must now prove themselves to be more trustworthy than just…
Renee Farmer·Oct 1, 2020Reflecting 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…
Renee Farmer·Sep 29, 2020Vendors 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…
Renee Farmer·Sep 3, 2020State 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…
