Center for Community News

Communities of Practice

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

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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.

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