Communities of PracticeRegister for a Cohort
Democracy and Statehouse Reporting Cohort
Statehouse reporting and election and democracy related reporting.
Coordinated by Alix Bryan-Campos bryaneg@vcu.edu and Sarah Gamard scbgamard@gmail.com
Public Media
Connections between public media and university student reporting programs.
Coordinated by Clint Schaff schaff@uark.edu and Scott Finn Scott.Finn@uvm.edu.
Arts & Culture
Programs covering the Arts and Culture beat across the country. See also this page. Contact: Richard Watts rwatts@uvm.edu
Spanish Language Reporting
Programs conducting reporting in Spanish or interviewing in Spanish or related. See also this page. Contact: Rachael Montesano (she/her) Rachael.Montesano@uvm.edu or Richard Watts rwatts@uvm.edu
Community Colleges
Community college university led student reporting programs.
Contact: Aaron [FRCC] Leff aaron.leff@frontrange.edu; or Gyuri Kepes gkepes@hcc.edu
Innovation
Programs telling stories in innovative ways, from Tik Tok to short form video.
Contact: Amanda amanda.bright@uga.edu
State University of New York
The Institute of Local News at SUNY aims to grow local reporting at the 64 campuses and 340,000 students. Meetings are monthly on Fridays, coordinated by Todd Franko toddfranko@gmail.com.
California State University System
Contact: 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.