A conversation with Gary and Jerrie Burton of Montgomery County, Alabama, publishers of a community-based newspaper, The Pintlala Ledger. Can citizen journalism restore goodwill between neighbors and bring a community together? And what does a community lose when there’s no local news source — and, thus, no historical record preserved?

Read the paper that inspired this conversation:

<a href="https://issuu.com/thepintlalaledger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Pintlala Ledger</a>

<a class="btn-default btn-brand mt-1" href="/captivate-podcast/community-love">Listen to the next episode</a>

A conversation with Gary and Jerrie Burton of Montgomery County, Alabama, publishers of a community-based newspaper, The Pintlala Ledger. Can citizen journalism restore goodwill between neighbors and bring a community together? And what does a community lose when there’s no local news source — and, thus, no historical record preserved? Read the paper that inspired this conversation: The Pintlala Ledger Listen to the next episode

A conversation with&nbsp;Gary and Jerrie Burton&nbsp;of Montgomery County, Alabama, publishers of a community-based newspaper, The Pintlala Ledger. Can citizen journalism restore goodwill between neighbors and bring a community together? And what does a community lose when there’s no local news source — and, thus, no historical record preserved?

Read the paper that inspired this conversation:

<a href="https://issuu.com/thepintlalaledger" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Pintlala Ledger</a>

<a href="/captivate-podcast/community-love" rel="noopener noreferrer">Listen to the next episode</a>

To Build Goodwill

Since 1900, Alabama has lost around 90 percent of its newspapers. Can citizen-created community newspapers reverse that trend? And can learning more about our neighbors generate the kind of goodwill needed for thriving communities and a healthy democracy? Host Byron Williams explores these questions and more in "Democracy and the Informed Citizen," a five-episode podcast series presented by the Alabama Humanities Alliance, featuring conversations with journalists, scholars, and community residents of rural Alabama.

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