Caroline Carlson

Organic Valley • 27th October 2022

Life on a Hilltop Dairy Farm in Maine

Glendon and Jodie didn’t ever imagine that they’d end up together, milking organic dairy cows on a 200-acre farm with a hilltop house where, on a clear day, you can see all the way to Camden, Maine, and the coast.

The Daily Yonder • 6th October 2022

#Cottagecore: Rural Life Goes Viral

The #Cottagecore craze sweeping social media idealizes rural life. Is it a celebration? Or a perversion?

The Daily Yonder • 27th May 2022

Q&A: Improving Access in Rural Alaska with Ms. Wheelchair USA Contestant Kristie Lent

Kristie Lent is the first contestant to represent Alaska in the history of the Ms. Wheelchair USA pageant. She is an advocate for expanding access for people with disabilities in rural areas.

Rural Assembly • 25th May 2022

Covering Rural Education | Rural Journalism Collective

Hear from national higher education reporter Nick Fouriezos, Daily Yonder digital editor Caroline Carlson, and Alan Richard, former education reporter and current news manager for the Southern Regional Education Board as they discuss news coverage of rural higher ed and K-12.

Rural Assembly • 11th May 2022

Reporting on Rural: The How and the Why | Rural Assembly Everywhere May 2022

The Rural Journalism Collective hosted a discussion at Rural Assembly Everywhere May 2022, to explore why accurate representation of rural communities in media is important.

The Daily Yonder • 25th March 2022

Q&A: The Magic of Bookstores in Rural Communities

In Viroqua, Wisconsin, an old tobacco warehouse-turned bookstore filled with over a million books shows that bookselling can still be sustainable, even and especially in rural communities.

Organic Valley • 14th March 2022

Women in Ag: Feeding the Future

Kristina Ralph knows first-hand that being a farmer, a mother, and even simply a woman in agriculture is both hard and rewarding.

The Daily Yonder • 11th March 2022

Q&A: "Cidiot" Podcast Host Mat Zucker on Urbanites in Rural Areas

“Cidiot” is a podcast about the transition from city to rural life. Mat Zucker talked with us about how his perspective has changed over the podcast’s four years of production.

The Daily Yonder • 25th February 2022

Q&A: How to Love a Hometown with J.P. Brammer

¡Hola Papi! columnist John Paul Brammer on growing up queer and biracial in rural Oklahoma.

The Daily Yonder • 8th November 2021

Your Support Helps Us Tell More Small-Town Stories

Until I was 18, I’d only known one place intimately. I first arrived to this blue house, with its red door and corner lot, when I was four, but it’s the longest tenured house in my life thus far. It’s the place I call “home-home,” as opposed to the more ephemerally classified “home” of my current apartment.

Rural Assembly • 26th October 2021

Women Working in Rural Journalism How We Tell Stories

A panel discussion on women woking in rural journalism at the Rural Assembly's Rural Women Everywhere conference.

The Daily Yonder • 1st September 2021

Are Farmers Destroying Their Crops? An Internet Hoax, Explained

A so-called joke going viral on TikTok may have amused some, but the trend also gave rise to confusion, at best, and wild conspiracy theories, at worst.

The Daily Yonder • 20th August 2021

Q&A: Native Musician Robin Hairston on Setting Indigenous Experiences to Blues-Rock Melodies

The Chiricahua Apache singer, harmonica player and lyricist talks about experiences and encounters that have shaped his career, as well as the recent attention Blue Mountain Tribe, his all-Native blues-rock band, has received.

The Daily Yonder • 25th June 2021

10 Rural Recommendations that Celebrate LGBTQ Experiences and Artists

Here at the Daily Yonder (and our publisher, the Center for Rural Strategies) we aim to address rural life and issues in all their fullness and complexity.

The Daily Yonder • 10th June 2021

Rural Readers Relieved, Hopeful After Receiving Covid Vaccine

On May 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their Covid-19 guidelines and restrictions, indicating that in many cases, fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks.

The Daily Yonder • 28th May 2021

Q&A: Azuré Kauikeolani Iversen-Keahi on Rural Hawaii and Regenerative Agriculture

I grew up with parents who keep a garden that can produce just about anything. I’ve helped plant lettuce seedlings, tie-up tomatoes and dig bright carrots and pearly potatoes from the ground.

The Daily Yonder • 30th April 2021

Getting Vaccinated: More Rural Readers Share Their Experiences

Some drove an hour or more for Covid-19 vaccines, others made appointments at local pharmacies. With shots being administered at community colleges, detention centers, and old square dance clubs, readers report from their communities.

The Daily Yonder • 7th April 2021

Readers Report on Rural Vaccinations

The race to vaccinate the U.S. against Covid-19 is underway, even as cases are on the rise and President Biden’s chief medical advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warns of a potential new surge.

The Daily Yonder • 26th March 2021

Share Your Rural Vaccination Story with the Daily Yonder

It’s finally spring and the Covid-19 vaccine rollout is picking up speed.

The Daily Yonder • 22nd March 2021

Confronting Division in America, Two Organizations Work Toward Unity

In January, President Joe Biden said the word “unity” nine times in 20 minutes during his inaugural address, nodding to a renewed interest among many—especially given the conspicuous and violent divisions of recent months—in bringing people together in spite of their differences.