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CCN Announcements

¶¶Òõ̽̽ Launches Nationwide Effort to Grow Local News Reporting at Colleges Across the U.S.

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New CCN Study: Student-Reported Stories Were Published Nearly 12,000 Times Last Year, Reaching Potentially 25 Million Readers

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Meet CCN's 2024 Faculty Champions

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The impact of student reporting

Over 1300 colleges and universities are located in or near counties defined as news deserts byÌý Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. What is the relationship of news deserts to college campuses? Explore our new maps to learn more about how universities can support local news.

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Visualizing the Power of Universities: Maps & News Desert Solutions

CCN research found that 2,000 student reporters in university-led programs published more than 10,000 stories in local news outlets last year. Check out our maps, research, and reports.

National Community News Wire

Reporting from across the U.S. from the next generation of great journalists. Our mission is to grow and support news-academic partnerships. In service of that mission, this site celebrates the superlative community reporting that college students are producing today.

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Mission

In communities across the U.S., student journalists now provide millions of people with trustworthy, professional local news coverage. Our mission is to grow and support partnerships between college reporting programs and local news outlets.

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Latest Research

Student-Reported Stories Were Published Nearly 12,000 Times Last Year, Reaching Potentially 25 Million Readers

A new study from the Center for Community News at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ demonstrates the extraordinary reach and impact of university-led local news reporting.

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Faculty Profile

John Tomasic

A prolific journalist in his own right, John Tomasic works to support student journalists as an artist-in-residence and faculty leader of two experiential journalism programs at the University of Washington.

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