More than 14 million views: The impact of student reporting
Over 1300 colleges and universities are located in or near counties defined as news deserts by Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. What is the relationship of news deserts to college campuses? Explore our new maps to learn more about how universities can support local news.
Visualizing the Power of Universities: Maps & News Desert Solutions
CCN research found that 2,000 student reporters in university-led programs published more than 10,000 stories in local news outlets last year. Check out our maps, research, and reports.
National Community News Wire
Reporting from across the U.S. from the next generation of great journalists. Our mission is to grow and support news-academic partnerships. In service of that mission, this site celebrates the superlative community reporting that college students are producing today.
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Creating Real-World Journalism Experience in Southeast Missouri State University
At SEMO, students are empowered to do real journalism through an unique “hybrid public-private model,” according to Tamara Zellars Buck, multimedia journalism professor and chairperson of the Department of Mass Media.
Endicott College “Filling the Gap" in Local Media
The walls of the journalism department corridor at Endicott College are strewn with newspaper clippings. Why? The students’ bylines. Students from all disciplines can enroll in the beat reporting at Endicott College and have the opportunity to visit newsrooms, work with editors, and have their work published by 50 local news outlets.
University of Florida's Fresh Take Florida Launches Journalism Careers
In southern Florida, the losing Democratic candidate of a special election for a U.S. House seat filed a lawsuit against his winning opponent. Some of the most important reporting cited in the case against the elected Republican legislator was uncovered not by a major news organization, but by a senior in college.