“We all need each other”: Rural journalists, collaboration, and the journalistic field

Louisa Lincoln, University of Pennsylvania, Gregory Perreault, University of South Florida, Mildred Perreault, University of South Florida, Jessica Fargen Walsh, University of Nebraska

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on July 07, 2025

Abstract

Journalism, Ahead of Print.
An emerging body of literature has documented a recent collaborative turn across the journalism industry. Given the current economic circumstances plaguing the field — conditions that are heightened in rural newsrooms — journalistic collaborations can be ...