Case Studies CCN has compiled case studies and fact sheets on over 100 news-academic partnerships around the U.S. Recent Case Studies SUNY Institute for Local News Revitalizes Student Reporting Opportunities and Local Newsrooms How New Jersey colleges are working together to cover their statehouse New Hampshire news collaborative fosters student journalism, makes an impact Expanding Opportunities UVM Students Provide Critical Election Day Support More Case Studies SUNY Institute for Local News Revitalizes Student Reporting Opportunities and Local Newsrooms For college journalists, a summer internship working beside seasoned reporters is second to none for skill development, said Susan Mehalick, Managing... How New Jersey colleges are working together to cover their statehouse Launched in the summer of 2023, the New Jersey Statehouse News Service is a collaborative nonprofit involving Rutgers University, Rowan University... New Hampshire news collaborative fosters student journalism, makes an impact The Granite State News Collaborative began in 2018 with a group of local journalists who, lamenting the state of the news industry, decided to... Expanding Opportunities Ever wondered what it would be like to help produce a podcast or a live daily radio show? Through a new partnership betweenVermont Public,... UVM Students Provide Critical Election Day Support With the 2024 presidential election nearly upon us, the stakes have never been higher. And while the national contest is getting the most airtime,... Data Journalism Class at University of Houston Partners with Community Impact There’s no shortage of news coverage in Houston. But, “what kind of sets Community Impact apart is our hyperlocal focus,” said Kelly... University of Oregon’s Catalyst Journalism Project Produces Solutions-Based Investigative Stories and Saves News Outlet In the spring of 2023, Alexis Weisend published a series of investigative stories revealing how the city of Eugene, Oregon, was skirting the law by... From Students to Reporters: Community Journalism at University of Texas at Austin Most of the students who start out in Kathleen McElroy’s 2-year-old reporting capstone course at University of Texas at Austin have never been in a... Students Collaborate on National Investigations at Northwestern University When Sela Breen read about Nelson Lee Graham, who died after a Georgia sheriff’s deputy tased him, she wanted to tell the bigger... Bethel University Students Spin Yarns Off Campus and Abroad Ten years ago, Bethel University’s only journalism professor, Scott Winter, drove the student editor of the campus newspaper he advises, The... University of Richmond Community Journalism Goes Abroad When Kelsey McCabe wrote about the latest charity events and traffic light repairs in South London this summer, echoes of her professor’s words... University of South Carolina Students Learn Investigative Journalism Riley Edenbeck, a recent graduate at the University of South Carolina, spent nearly three months of her senior spring semester researching and... Statewide Student Collaborative in Connecticut Forms to Offer Comprehensive Community Journalism The Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative (CTSJC) has taken the idea of a news-academic partnership to the next level. Instead of being based... Stockton University Reshapes Atlantic City Narrative, Gets Students Jobs Samantha Hildebrandt turned the channel to Fox 5 New York in high school and marveled over the glamorous, well-spoken anchors on her... CU-Citizen Access News Outlet Gets Students Their Clips, and the Community Their News If you pick up Brant Houston’s 2023 book, “Changing Models for Journalism,” you would read about the collapse of traditional media and the... Boston University Statehouse Program Provides Localized Coverage to Outlets Across the State When Jerry Berger covered the Massachusetts Statehouse for United Press International, he said they had four reporters covering the Legislature. The... UVM Launches Nationwide Effort to Grow Local News Reporting at Colleges Across the U.S. The Center for Community News (CCN) at the University of Vermont (UVM) will dramatically expand efforts to grow partnerships between local news... How Bucket List Community Cafe unites students, universities and community in Denver Despite the name, Bucket List Community Cafe in Denver does not serve coffee. Instead, it is an online news publication founded by Vicky Collins... Brandeis University Student Reporting Provides Community Information to Brookline and Waltham River Simard wrote an investigative piece on electronic Soofa signs in Brookline, Massachusetts, revealing the digital advertising signs collect data... University of Washington Journalism Program Places Students in Newsrooms in Olympia and Around the World Jadenne Radoc Cabahug had no idea that a story she wrote for University of Washington’s student-run paper would follow her to the Seattle Times.... UMass Dartmouth's Student Media Collaborative Creates Journalism Opportunities University of Massachusetts Dartmouth sold their radio station, WUMD, to Rhode Island Public Radio — since renamed The Public’s Radio — in... University of Southern Mississippi to deploy students in 10-county region to confront 'intense news desert' Starting next fall, The University of Southern Mississippi will roll out an expansive community journalism project to supply a major news desert with... Creating Real-World Journalism Experience in Southeast Missouri State University Emma Kratky did not realize the backlash that would ensue when she embarked on an exposé about the hazing culture of fraternities at Southeast... Endicott College “Filling the Gap" in Local Media The walls of the journalism department corridor at Endicott College are strewn with newspaper clippings. Why? The students’ bylines. “It's... CUNY School Offers an Outlet for Students, and the City Jere Hester doesn’t think of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY as a school — he calls it a “training ground.” He... University of Florida's Fresh Take Florida Launches Journalism Careers In southern Florida, the losing Democratic candidate of a special election for a U.S. House seat filed a lawsuit against his winning opponent. Some... Student-Driven Media is a Staple at Biola University Near Hollywood, California, there are many reporting operations working to cover local culture, politics, and celebrities. Among the most prolific... Gaylord News Brings Statewide and National Coverage to Oklahomans In December 2016, the last reporter covering Washington D.C. for Oklahoma retired — and with that, a crucial line connecting Capitol Hill to the... Colorado Student News Service Brings Quality Reporting to Underserved Communities Beth Potter’s newsroom was struggling to keep up with the demands of a 24-hour news cycle with dwindling resources—a problem faced by a growing... Governors State University funds investigative partnership with a Center for Community News grant Governors State University's Center for Community Media added another local news partnership to their list: the Invisible Institute. The Invisible... University of Minnesota Creates Opportunities for Students to Report on Campus and Beyond Opportunities abound for journalism students at the University of Minnesota (UMN), including a community journalism course and practicum... Bloomfield’s Journalism Courses Create Hands-On Reporting Experience Trey Williams fondly remembers the feeling of seeing his first article published in January in the Essex News Daily. His story covered efforts at... Engaging Communities in the Political Process Through the University of Mississippi’s Democracy Dashboard Two years ago, Marquita Smith missed her chance to vote in a local election. For many, missing a local election is common, but it was rare for Smith,... Sacred Heart Resurrects East Courier Newspaper In 2018, Hersom Acorn Newspapers sold off its 18 community publications in New England, most of them serving small towns. The vast Hearst Newspaper... Deliberative Journalism at CSU Tri Duong did not expect to become a journalist when he first started college at Colorado State University. For two years he studied biochemistry and... University of Washington Journalism Program Places Students in Newsrooms in Olympia and Around the World Jadenne Radoc Cabahug had no idea that a story she wrote for University of Washington’s student-run paper would follow her to the Seattle Times.... Creating Journalism Opportunities in South Jersey Madison Miller, a junior at Rowan University, found her niche in business and sustainability reporting. For six months, she embarked on a long-form... Iowa student newspaper acquires two local outlets The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa’s independent student newspaper, purchased two local newspapers in early February — and with that, became... Michigan State University students report on politics with Capital News Service Danielle James —-who is currently a political correspondent for MIRS News based in Lansing Michigan —- said her favorite story she has written to... Cronkite News Students Are Arizona’s Political Source From Phoenix to Washington From the Arizona statehouse to the nation’s capital, Arizona State University students are reporting on the issues that matter to their... Drake University Develops Course to Fill Gap Created by Decline in Local Reporting Following a national trend, the number of reporters covering Iowa politics continues to decline, limiting the ability of the public to have a... University of South Carolina Students Dive into Investigative Journalism When South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson called for the criminalization of AI-generated “child sex abuse materials” in 2023, University... Students Report on South Florida Through the MediaLab@FAU A budding student-driven journalism initiative based at Florida Atlantic University, known as MediaLab@FAU, is giving students the opportunity to... UVM Experts for Vermont Primaries and Town Meeting Day As Vermont prepares for Town Meeting Day, presidential primaries, and municipal elections on March 5, University of Vermont scholars are available to... University of Vermont's Community News Service engages students from all fields The Community News Service (CNS) was founded in 2019 with the expressed intent to foster a thriving community news landscape in Vermont. CNS began... Buffalo State University online news site fills void in community coverage With the shutdown of the local newspaper on the west side of Buffalo, Annemarie Franczyk saw a void she could fill. Through her Online Newsroom... Fitchburg State University journalism program creating solutions to local news crisis When Wafa Unus was hired six years ago, she was the only journalism professor at Fitchburg State University. Her primary aim was to revitalize the... Hyperlocal news in a Chicago neighborhood Some may think that AustinTalks covers the sprawling metropolis in Texas, but the news outlet actually produces stories focused somewhere much... Abilene Christian University students fill news gaps and win awards In Abilene, Texas, the local Abilene Reporter-News is understaffed and overburdened, according to Kenneth Pybus, professor and chair of the... Spanish-language reporting at Columbia College Chicago Columbia College Chicago offers something no other school in Illinois does: a 300-level journalism class conducted entirely in Spanish. Elio... New Hampshire students produce key public radio coverage During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when news reporters had to write about state legislative activity from afar, New Hampshire Public... Elon News Network sends student journalists into their community At North Carolina’s Elon University, student journalists are covering more than just the happenings on campus. Their reporting reaches into their... Students learn critical reporting skills at Delta Digital When Delta Digital at Arkansas State University came into being in 2016, its purpose was to create an online showcase for the reporting work that... The Eudora Times at the University of Kansas When University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Teri Finneman learned that Eudora, a town of... Students Expand Texas Community Health News At Texas State University, the Translational Health Research Center has received more than $1 million in grants to collect public health data, study... Deliberative Journalism at Colorado State University Jenny Fischer defines "deliberative journalism" as stories that foster conversation about shared issues in the community. The instructor at Colorado... Students working with local newsrooms at the University of Wyoming Former Wyoming Public Radio intern Ivy Engel now works full-time for the public media network. Water bears are microscopic, but their use in... Justice Media co-Lab at Boston University Boston Globe readers were probably jarred when they saw the data revealed in a piece published two years ago: a journalistic investigation had shown... El Don at Santa Ana College For the community of Santa Ana, California, there is a lighthouse of information at Santa Ana College. The community college is home to the el Don, a... Local News Collaborations at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute In the media epicenter that is New York City, it might seem that every bit of news is being covered by some news outlet. Not so, says Whitney... Media innovation and local support at Point Park University Point Park University’s Center for Media Innovation, started in 2016, is the hub of a number of initiatives to support local journalism. The... Borderzine at the University of Texas El Paso Along the U.S.-Mexico border of western Texas, residents regularly cross back and forth, shopping, learning, working, switching between English and... Hawk News Service at Montclair State University Carla Baranauckas spent the first four weeks of her Hawk News Service course at Montclair State University last fall describing for her students the... Students in the field at Murray State University On December 10, 2021, an EF-4 tornado struck western Kentucky. The town of Mayfield was hit especially hard, and in the midst of the tragedy and... Students publish content through Florida media network The Miami Herald’s Wish Book series calls attention to Floridians in need every winter holiday season. The series features those like Orlando... Alabama students gain hands-on experience at media center Chandra Clark remembers a "serious situation where a man had taken people hostage" at Alabama Credit Union Bank in 2017. Clark, an assistant... El Inde at the University of Arizona The University of Arizona has a long history of providing community news. Nearly 50 years ago, Professor Emerita Jacqueline Sharkey started El... FAMU's Capital Bureau Class Early this year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis muscled out the leadership of New College, a well-respected liberal arts school in Sarasota and the... Tarleton University's Texan News Service “Why should we care about community journalism? Because all journalism is community journalism,” says Tarleton University Journalism and... NKU partners with a community news organization Some student media advisors and student editors are building partnerships with local media organizations to give the students broader audiences and... Bilingual student journalism serves community in Nevada In 2015, the Online News Association awarded just 11 grants for Innovation in Journalism Education, one of which was given to the Reynolds School of... Local News Sustainability at Colorado College Colorado College has a satellite campus in Crestone, Colo., about a three-hour drive from its main campus in Colorado Springs. Known as the Baca... Student reporting highlights religion and sports in Charlotte, North Carolina In 2021, then 12-year-old Mohsin Siddiqui in Charlotte, North Carolina completed memorizing the entirety of the Quran, a practice known as hifz.... Student Voices at the University of Minnesota-Duluth At the University of Minnesota-Duluth, journalism students are learning many approaches to community news, and reporting local stories along the... NSULA Students Support Local Broadcast Coverage In rural communities like Natchitoches, Louisiana, the local holiday parade or high school football game can be big news. And the students of... Search Case Studies All case studies and fact sheets Learn more about CCN's Impact All Reports National Community News Wire Interactive Map Back to Research, Reports, and Case Studies
