Last year, Grist awarded more than $20,000 to local newsrooms to produce stories on the intersection of climate change and rural America. We’re pleased to now be able to share the coverage that emerged from this initiative, which dug into topics as varied as community tensions over solar power development, shifting agricultural seasons, clean drinking water, and the inaccessibility of disaster preparedness for people with disabilities.
The grant opportunity was part of the Rural Newswire project, a content-sharing service to support the rural U.S. news ecosystem, which Grist launched with the Center for Rural Strategies in 2023. Grist and the Center for Rural Strategies gave out a first round of grants that same year, supporting more than 50 stories.
“The media has largely ignored the impacts of climate change on America’s vast, complex rural regions,” said Grist Editor-in-Chief Katherine Bagley. “This reporting shows just how many stories there are to tell, and how desperately readers need to se... Read more
