Changes at rural Nebraska newspaper raise subscribers — and hope for the future • Nebraska Examiner

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Changes at rural Nebraska newspaper raise subscribers — and hope for the future • Nebraska Examiner

Christi Cooley, left, and Donnis Hueftle-Bullock work in the office of the Custer County Chief in Broken Bow, Nebraska. (Courtesy of Teri Finnegan)BROKEN BOW, Nebraska — When University of Kansas journalism professor Teri Finneman gives a talk about the survival of rural newspapers, she brings along three items: a bottle of soda pop, a Twix candy bar and a copy of a newspaper. The soda and the candy bar cost more than twice as much as the newspa…