Bottom-Up Shorts: How Local Papers Can Help Combat Social Isolation

In this episode of Bottom-Up Shorts, host Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Jake Loftis, a pastor and leader of the Local Conversation group Strong Towns Blair. They discuss the ways that North America’s built environment can lead to social isolation and how Loftis used his local paper to combat that isolation and encourage engagement in his community.

ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES

• Transcript available on our site.

• Read more about Loftis and Strong Towns Blair.

• Norm Van Eeden Petersman (LinkedIn).

• Do you know someone who would make for a great The Bottom-Up Revolution guest? Let us know here!