July 2018 – CU-CitizenAccess.org

Analysis: News coverage of rural America

Post author:Emily Scott / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:July 20, 2018
Post category:Blog

The issue of covering rural America adequately and accurately matters because public trust in the media is at an all-time low, according to a January 2018 report on news and public trust from the Knight Foundation. Inaccurate, inadequate reporting could lead to more distrust.

Read more about the article Closed Vermilion Power Station receives second EPA violation notice

Contributed/Eco-Justice Collaborative

A section of the seeps in the riverbank of the Middle Fork river bordering the coal ash ponds at Vistra's Vermilion Power Station May 2, 2018. The Illinois EPA noted the discolored seeps were discharging into the river, staining portions of the waterway and creating “offensive conditions.”

Closed Vermilion Power Station receives second EPA violation notice

Post author:Jack Brighton / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:July 19, 2018
Post category:Environment

A former Vermilion County coal plant heavily criticized for contaminating groundwater has received a violation notice from the Illinois EPA for alleged contamination of the Middle Fork River.

Friend and supporter of CU-CitizenAccess.org passes away

Post author:CU-CitizenAccess.org
Post published:July 5, 2018
Post category:Article

Foreman, 65, was instrumental in the creation of CU-CitizenAccess.org, persuading the Marajen Stevick Foundation to fund the online newsroom with $50,000 that was matched with $100,000 by the James L. and John S. Knight Foundation community news grant.