Dossier
Neil Ryan
Coverage of Neil Ryan in the Nexus archive.
- Vermont’s media has a rural blind spot
Neil Ryan, a Vermont farmer, criticizes local media outlets like Vermont Public, VTDigger, and Seven Days for underrepresenting rural grassroots movements and overemphasizing institutional environmental interests. He argues that coverage of Act 181, a land-use law, and related issues like farmland affordability is biased toward corporate and nonprofit stakeholders, neglecting rural perspectives and ecological benefits of managed landscapes.