Annette Nevins, Southern Methodist University
CCN Faculty Champion
Center for Community News
BIO
Annette Bernhard Nevins, Visiting Professor of Practice for the Division of Journalism in the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, supports student journalists in growing partnerships between college reporting programs and local news organizations to amplify community voices and to explore solutions for actionable change in underreported neighborhoods. This summer she led a group of students to report on revitalization efforts along historically disinvested areas along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas. Her journalism students collaborate with other university programs and professionals on innovative storytelling, podcasting, and video projects to create empathy, understanding and pathways for change to systemic inequalities in areas often not covered in growing news deserts. Other planned student projects include reporting on young voters and challenges in finding affordable student housing in a tightening rental market. Nevins, who has over 30 years of experience as a professional journalist, continues to write and report for national publications, most recently contributing to a team reporting project that has been recognized as a Pulitzer finalist.
Bio
Annette Bernhard Nevins, Visiting Professor of Practice for the Division of Journalism in the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, supports student journalists in growing partnerships between college reporting programs and local news organizations to amplify community voices and to explore solutions for actionable change in underreported neighborhoods. This summer she led a group of students to report on revitalization efforts along historically disinvested areas along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in South Dallas. Her journalism students collaborate with other university programs and professionals on innovative storytelling, podcasting, and video projects to create empathy, understanding and pathways for change to systemic inequalities in areas often not covered in growing news deserts. Other planned student projects include reporting on young voters and challenges in finding affordable student housing in a tightening rental market. Nevins, who has over 30 years of experience as a professional journalist, continues to write and report for national publications, most recently contributing to a team reporting project that has been recognized as a Pulitzer finalist.