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Local editor urges collaboration with community press to improve public understanding of restoration work
3615654 · May 28, 2025
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Summary
An editor of the Park Record advised WRI partners to build ongoing relationships with local reporters, speak plainly, anticipate tough questions and use the press to document restoration outcomes over time.
Don Rogers, editor and publisher of the Park Record, told WRI participants that local newspapers and reporters are time‑pressed laypeople who can cover restoration topics well if agencies build relationships and explain work in plain language.
Rogers said reporters are typically bright but have many assignments and limited subject‑matter expertise;…
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