Center for Community News

🧵This fall, in a first-of-its-kind national project, the Center for Community News has been working with 125 colleges across 46 states to fill local news gaps by having students report the stories that professional newsrooms may not have the time or resources to cover.

Congratulations to all the 2025 Center for Community News @Cent_Comm_News Champions Many outstanding Journalism educators honored: @Nicole_Kraft @joshuadarr @CoreyHutchins & our own @UMaine Journalism Lecturer @storycooking Ellie Markovitch, among others. uvm.edu/ccn/2025-cente…

.@joshuadarr has been announced as a @Cent_Comm_News Faculty Champion for 2025! For @NewhouseSU / @NewhouseMND students interested in political reporting on local government, please reach out to Prof. Darr at jpdarr@syr.edu

Tomorrow is the final chance to apply to be a Faculty or Public Media Champion! Build or grow a sustainable news-academic partnership as members of our next cohort by applying here: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

📢 The deadline to apply for our Champion programs is coming! 📢 Through our programs, faculty and public media professionals will receive: ✔️ Coaching ✔️ Peer mentoring ✔️ $1,000 award Apply to become a champion for journalism by 1/24 here: uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

Only one week left to apply for our Faculty Champion and Public Media Champions cohorts! Our programs help start and strengthen news-academic partnerships by providing mentoring and peer support, granting a $1,000 award, and beyond. Learn more and apply: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

You can still join us for our first Expert Series event of 2025! Strong collaborations between student reporting programs and community newsrooms fuel partnerships. We'll explore ambitious approaches, including statewide programs and beyond. Register: lnkd.in/gyTGCm-V

Our Faculty Champion programs go beyond funding. These programs are designed to grow sustainable news-academic partnerships by providing coaching, peer mentoring, and a $1000 award. Join us 1/17 for a live info and Q&A session to learn more. Register: lnkd.in/g24YMaSb

Help us kick off the new year with our first Expert Series virtual event! In Collaborative Models and Statewide Programs, we will explore ambitious new approaches with leaders of innovative and high impact programs. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Educators and public media professionals seeking to start or grow partnerships with local newsrooms can attend a free online information session presented by @Cent_Comm_News on January 17 at 1 PM. Learn more and ask questions about this year's initiative. nenpa.com/join-ccn-for-a…

This Friday, 1/17, join us for an info session and Q&A all about our Faculty Champions program. Learn about all the benefits our program offers and check in with the CCN team by registering to join us here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Interested in starting or growing a university partnership with your local public media outlet? Apply for our new, six-month program, where you will get coaching, peer mentoring, and other support to creating a sustainable program. Learn more and apply: uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

CCN's Sima Bhowmik interviewed 15 journalists in Bangladesh to understand strategies they use to report on the government despite it being a punishable offense to publish work critical of the government. Learn more: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/ccn/resear…

Curious about what our Faculty Champions program can do for you and your students? Come to next week's info session to learn about the supports we can provide, so that you can grow or strengthen your news-academic partnership. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

ICYMI: University at Albany students are getting hands-on experience as community reporters at Spotlight Newspapers. See how meaningful news-academic partnerships can be for aspiring journalists, newsrooms, and communities: youtube.com/watch?v=Dgp-b6…

Last year was a big one for CCN! A few highlights: 🤝 130 news-academic partnership supported 🎓 20+ CCN college visits across the US 👩🏼‍🏫 52 Faculty Champions honored 💰 $7 million raised to fuel our mission Learn more here: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/d10-files/docu…

Check out this interview that CCN's Todd Franko did with WCNY's Capitol Press Room about the expanded opportunities for student journalists at the Institute for Local News at SUNY. capitolpressroom.org/2024/10/31/con…

Save the date for our spring virtual event series! Some of our webinar topics include: 💻 Data visualization, mapping, and photojournalism 🏈 The local sports beat 🤝 Collaborative partnership models Full schedule (registration links coming soon) here: uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/events

Deadline extended: January 24 📢 If you want to start or strengthen a partnership between your university and local public media, apply be a Public Media Champion. Get coaching, peer mentoring and other support. Learn more and apply here: uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

“[Students] provide reporting power, youthful energy, and diverse viewpoints that can help expand audiences.” One of Nieman Lab's predictions for journalism in 2025 is that more newsrooms will partner with student journalists. Learn more: niemanlab.org/2024/12/more-n…

When universities and local media partner, everybody wins. Students are getting on-the-ground experience as community reporters and the outlet has four more sharp minds to write stories. See their partnership in action: youtube.com/watch?v=Dgp-b6…