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Media Shift features Coester piece on Mobile Main St. project

Assistant Professor Dana Coester recently published a piece detailing the Mobile Main St. project on PBS’ Media Shift. 
“We took a leap into mobile in 2008 at the West Virginia University P.I. Reed School of Journalism as part of a rural mobile early adoption initiative to help address West Virginia’s digital divide,” said Assistant Professor Dana Coester of the beginnings of the Mobile Main St. project. Her piece details the project and it’s “build and break” journey through the sometimes-rough waters of rapidly advancing technology.

Read the piece in its entirety on Media Shift.