Bill Reader | Athens, OH | (740) 597-1294 | E-mail
Bill Reader, a professor at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. recruited and trained citizens in three rural villages in Southeastern Ohio to create a monthly print newsletter on local government, schools, business and organizations. The project is now inactive.
Project Updates
- Route 7 Report: Regular, Dependable, Popular and in Print (October, 2008) - The Route7Report serving the communities of Coolville and Tuppers Plains, Ohio has successfully published its local newsletter every month since January 2007. The Report is mailed to 2,500 homes, and a few hundred copies are distributed at the local library, post office and several local businesses. According to project director Bill Reader, the report is […]
- Route 7 Report: Please Come to Our Town Next! (November, 2007) - As of June 2007, The Route 7 Report (R7R) project in Coolville and Tuppers Plains, Ohio, had published seven editions of a free monthly newsletter distributed by mass mailing to residences and available in stacks at various public spaces and businesses throughout the community. The largely volunteer-produced newsletter offers a mix of local news, features, […]
- Route 7 Report Launches as Newsletter and Web Site (April, 2007) - The Route 7 Report covering Coolville and Tuppers Plains, Ohio, debuted in mid-January, 2007, with the launch of a Web site and printed newsletters that are being delivered each month to local mailboxes. Stacks of the newsletters are also being made available at local businesses. We are “running on all eight cylinders,” said Bill Reader, […]
- Citizen Newsletter Web Site Launches (November, 2006) - In mid-January, the first monthly issue of the Route 7 Report hit area Ohio mailboxes, and the Web site launched at www.route7report.com. The first issue is four pages and is the work of volunteers who meet at the Coolville Public Library twice a month. The core group of four volunteers recruited three new members: a […]
- Route 7 Report Launches Early for Elections (August, 2006) - The first issue of the Route 7 Report arrived in the mailboxes of residents in Coolville and Tuppers Plains, Ohio, on October 24. While this pilot issue was only two pages, it introduced the project to citizens and let them know that the newsletter would begin monthly publication with a four- to eight-page edition in […]
