Research, Reports, and Case Studies

The report is the most comprehensive accounting of news-academic partnerships in the U.S. and a bellwether for where the field is headed. This year’s findings clearly indicate that news-academic partnerships continue to grow, with more students and schools involved than ever before.

At a time when both public media and universities are under attack, our research shows surprising breadth and scope of college student journalism at public media organizations:

As local newsrooms across the country have fewer resources to cover policy and politics, community reporting programs at U.S. colleges and universities have stepped up to provide dedicated reporting on this critical beat.