Communities of PracticeRegister for a Cohort
Democracy and Statehouse Reporting Cohort
Focusing on statehouse, public policy and elections reporting at the local level.
Coordinated by Alix Bryan-Campos bryaneg@vcu.edu and Sarah Gamard scbgamard@gmail.com.
Public Media
An opportunity for faculty and media professionals who run partnerships between university reporting programs and public radio/tv to connect and learn from each other.
Coordinated by Clint Schaff schaff@uark.edu and Scott Finn Scott.Finn@uvm.edu.
Arts & Culture
For student reporting programs that are leaning into coverage of arts, culture, people and history in their regions.
Coordinated by Richard Watts rwatts@uvm.edu. More on CCN's Arts & Culture initiative here.
Spanish Language Reporting
For faculty leading Spanish-language news reporting, translation and coverage of Spanish-speaking communities.
Coordinated by Rachael Montesano Rachael.Montesano@uvm.edu and Richard Watts rwatts@uvm.edu. More on CCN's Spanish-Language Reporting Initiative here.
Community Colleges
For faculty leading student reporting programs at community colleges across the country.
Coordinated by Aaron Leff aaron.leff@frontrange.edu and Gyuri Kepes gkepes@hcc.edu.
Innovation
For faculty who are interested in growing their student reporting program's use of short-form video, data visualization, social media production, and beyond.
Coordinated by Amanda Bright amanda.bright@uga.edu.
State University of New York
The Institute of Local News at SUNY is growing local reporting at SUNY's 64 campuses and 340,000 students. Meetings are monthly on Fridays. Coordinated by Todd Franko toddfranko@gmail.com.
California State University System
CCN is helping the California State University System expand student reporting opportunities across the state. Coordinated by Gina Baleria baleria@sonoma.edu
We are also building communities of practice around sports reporting, student media and environment/public health reporting. Let us know and we’ll be in touch.