--- title: Read PHC Grad Gracy Olmstead's New York Times Opinion on Localism description: "\"At a time in which many Americans feel disenfranchised, disillusioned and defenseless, [localism's] empowerment may act as a sort of balm.\"" image: https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(14).png --- 540-338-1776 [![Patrick Henry College logo](https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/Shield%2c%20Tag%2c%20Color%2c%201%20line%2c%20RGB.jpg "Patrick Henry College logo")](https://www.phc.edu) # Journalism | Home #### Main Menu #### Watch [![Journalism Program guide pop-up cover](https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/Campus_Documentation/Journalism/Journalism%20Program%20guide%20pop-up%20cover.jpg "Journalism Program guide pop-up cover")](http://fliphtml5.com/cpesn/nupq) [![Read the Journalism & Digital Media Program Guide](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1718959/79b62949-fdb6-4813-9dd1-ccb3f8c6054c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1718959/79b62949-fdb6-4813-9dd1-ccb3f8c6054c) #### Meet the Board [![Board Photo Preview](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Desktop%20Wallpaper%20%E2%80%93%20Untitled%20Design%20(3).jpg?width=500&name=Copy%20of%20Desktop%20Wallpaper%20%E2%80%93%20Untitled%20Design%20(3).jpg "Board Photo Preview")](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-advisory-board) ### Popular Posts ### Categories - [journalism (18)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/journalism) - [Alumni Spotlight (17)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/alumni-spotlight) - [political journalism (7)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/political-journalism) - [Alumni Work (5)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/alumni-work) - [politics (4)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/politics) - [College Education (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/college-education) - [Faculty (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/faculty) - [Lifestyle Writing (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/lifestyle-writing) - [Student Spotlight (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/student-spotlight) - [Technical Writer (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/technical-writer) - [alumni (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/alumni) - [students (2)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/students) - [Business News (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/business-news) - [Education News (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/education-news) - [Filmmaking (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/filmmaking) - [Food Writing (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/food-writing) - [Graphic Design, (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/graphic-design) - [PR (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/pr) - [Reporter (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/reporter) - [Storytelling (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/storytelling) - [Teaching (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/teaching) - [author (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/author) - [full-time-faculty (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/full-time-faculty) - [local politics (1)](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/tag/local-politics) [see all](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/04112018-read-gracy-olmstead-nyt-opinion-localism#) [![Journalism Alumni Scholarship](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Graphics/Jrn%20page/Journalism-Alumni-Scholarship-Ad.png?width=500&name=Journalism-Alumni-Scholarship-Ad.png "Journalism Alumni Scholarship")](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-scholarship) - [![sillars touchstone slide](https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/sillars%20touchstone.png "sillars touchstone slide")](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/04232018-the-liberal-art-that-wasnt-journalism) - [![harvest home](https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/harvest%20home.png "harvest home")](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/watch-home-ache) - [![gracy nyt slide](https://www.phc.edu/hubfs/gracy%20nyt%20slide.png "gracy nyt slide")](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/opinion/wendell-berry-agriculture-farm-bill.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage) ## Read PHC Grad Gracy Olmstead's New York Times Opinion on Localism Posted by [Evie Fordham](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc/author/evie-fordham) on April 11, 2018 at 2:45 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![download](https://www.phc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/download.jpg?width=300&name=download.jpg) "At a time in which many Americans feel disenfranchised, disillusioned and defenseless, [localism's] empowerment may act as a sort of balm," writes [Gracy Olmstead](https://www.phc.edu/news/alumni-update-grace-olmstead) in her April 11 [opinion in the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/opinion/localism-partisanship-local-politics.html). Read the rest of the opinion [here](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/opinion/localism-partisanship-local-politics.html). Olmstead[ (Journalism, '13](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-at-phc)) is living and writing near D.C., and is a [member of the PHC Journalism Advisory Board](https://www.phc.edu/journalism-advisory-board#Gracy). You can learn more about the Idaho native's journey to the East Coast in [this profile.](https://www.phc.edu/learnphc/2016/02/29/alumni-update-grace-olmestead/) You can also read her essay about hookup culture, which appeared in the Washington Post, by clicking [here](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/01/22/divorcing-sex-from-love-hasnt-made-sex-more-fun-more-safe-or-less-complicated/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7d8df61b6ebe). Follow Olmstead on Twitter[ here](https://twitter.com/gracyolmstead?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), or read another of her [NYT articles on farming here.](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/opinion/wendell-berry-agriculture-farm-bill.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage) ------- Did you enjoy Gracy Olmstead's essay? 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