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Route 7 is a community journalism project produced by the members of the Coolville, Ohio community in conjunction with the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.

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• CJ and the Jena 6 from Community Journalism
• One reason community journalism tends to fly under the radar of media watchers (including many in journalism education) is because the work is intensely localized. A simple example can be found every election day - community media often report on the outcome of local races (county offices, town council, school boards) that would be of little interest to people not living in those localities. Rarely does a story published in a community medium get picked up by regional, national or international news media.
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• What’s the difference? from Community Journalism
• At first pale, there may seem to be little difference between community journalism and the so-called ’mainstream media’ journalism of big-city newspapers, global magazines, national broadcasting and cable media, and national/international Web sites. But there are many profound differences, and countless subtle differences. Here are but a few:
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• What is ’community journalism’? from Community Journalism
• There’s a lot of buzz in both the industry and the academy these days about ’community journalism,’ and many pros and profs who are doing the talking think the concept is somehow new.
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