Emus loose in Egnar : big stories from small towns

 by Judy Muller. Unlike in larger metropolitan areas, newspapers in small towns and rural America remain robust, quirky, central resources of information. With solid reporting and an engaging and humorous writing style, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist Muller (communication & journalism, Univ. of Southern California; Now This: Radio, Television.and the Real World) presents perspectives from publishers and editors of weekly newspapers from small towns across America, including Norwood, CO, where she currently resides. The interviews reveal how these hardworking editors provide a voice for the community, while at the same time often dealing with the isolation and social ostracism that come with covering news about their neighbors and friends. Muller also spent time with the townspeople to find out what their paper meant to them and their community. VERDICT These accounts of small-town journalism and small-town life will delight armchair travelers and give hope to journalism students and newspaper aficionados alike. --Library Journal (Check Catalog)