Joanne Williams
CCN Faculty Champion
Olivet College - Olivet, MI
Center for Community News
BIO
Olivet College - Olivet, MI
Program Summary: Share student stories on a local news platforms in communities that lack regular news sources, and in consultation and cooperation with area residents.
A former reporter for community newspapers, Joanne Williams has been at Olivet College for more than 20 years teaching media courses including media writing and editing and law and ethics, and advises the online student newspaper. She is current president of the Michigan Collegiate Press Association. Community news is her passion, and Olivet College is poised to offer student journalists the opportunity to produce and provide such information.
Bio
Olivet College - Olivet, MI
Program Summary: Share student stories on a local news platforms in communities that lack regular news sources, and in consultation and cooperation with area residents.
A former reporter for community newspapers, Joanne Williams has been at Olivet College for more than 20 years teaching media courses including media writing and editing and law and ethics, and advises the online student newspaper. She is current president of the Michigan Collegiate Press Association. Community news is her passion, and Olivet College is poised to offer student journalists the opportunity to produce and provide such information.