Caroline Carlson

The Daily Yonder • 9th May 2025

Q&A: Wisconsin's Driftless Region Provides Shelter and Storm for Writer Tamara Dean | The Daily Yonder

Dean’s new collection of essays documents her move to rural Wisconsin in an attempt to live more lightly on the planet.

The Daily Yonder • 18th May 2023

Small-Town Comedian Leanne Morgan Is Back, and This Time She's on Netflix

Leanne Morgan’s new comedy special, “I’m Every Woman” draws on her rural roots to deliver tastefully irreverent and hilarious material.

The Daily Yonder • 31st March 2023

Q&A: 'Going, Going, Gone!' One Man's Path to Becoming an Auctioneer

Nick Bennett is an award-winning auctioneer based out of Montana who answered some of our most pressing questions about what working in this industry is really like.

Rural Assembly • 22nd March 2023

Rural Journalism Collective | Unpacking Food and Ag Reporting

"Unpacking Food and Ag Reporting" features journalists Chris Clayton, Claire Carlson, and Tom Philpott, former food and ag correspondent for Mother Jones. The three, along with moderator Caroline Carlson of the Daily Yonder, discuss food and ag policy, journalism, and advocacy, and answer questions from participants.

The Daily Yonder • 14th February 2023

Have you Received a Valentine Today? Thank a Rural Mail Carrier.

Rural mail carriers are the real MVPs. (And you’ve got a not-so-secret admirer.)

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 • 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.

30th September 2020

Farm-to-Table, Reinvented: Wise Acre Eatery in the COVID-19 Era – Heavy Table

Restaurants in the age of COVID-19 are scrambling to adapt to an inhospitable environment. With indoor seating limited and the threat of cooler weather ahead, it’s a challenging time to be a restaurateur.

Growler Magazine • 30th July 2020

Who’s Your Farmer? Minnesota farmers and consumers are taking out the middleman

With legions of restaurants and bars closed or operating in a very limited capacity, demand for wholesale ingredients from local farmers has plummeted.

Growler Magazine • 9th July 2020

The Growler's 2020 Outdoor Guide: Biking Edition

There is something about the joy of pedaling a bike—legs pumping, wind in your face—that verges on transcendent. Even now, in the midst of incredible upheaval and uncertainty.