From statewide collaborations to basics like voter registration guides and candidate platform information, here’s how student newsrooms across the country have been gearing up to preview and cover the midterms.
Author: Student Press Report
Levin: The open records stonewalling is working
Student journalist Joshua Levin writes that government officials have found a trick to keep the public from seeing what they are up to: They don’t have to always say no. They can simply make getting the records so difficult that nobody wants to try.
College journalism is thriving at schools that don’t teach it
Hundreds of college newspapers publish at universities that don't offer journalism majors — and that's no problem for the students.
Bauknecht: Like Millennials with social media, will news execs force Gen Z to set the AI agenda?
Educator Sara Bauknecht writes that, this time around, professional newsrooms should avoid assuming that today’s college students and recent grads are AI experts here to save the day. She offers some ways professional and student journalists can work together and help each other explore AI’s possibilities and potential pitfalls.
Canan: Philanthropy must invest in student journalists
Mike Canan, who served as the Senior Director of Journalism Strategies for the Scripps Howard Fund/Foundation, writes that investing in today’s college journalism students prepares the storytellers, innovators and leaders of tomorrow.
The reporting their universities didn’t want
Four college journalists speak out on the importance of standing up to administrators
In student newsrooms, Trump’s press hostility forces editors to revise tradition
Campus journalists are rewriting the playbooks on takedowns, anonymous sources and other longstanding J-school ‘rules’
As statehouse coverage shrinks, student journalists are stepping in to fill the void
Across 30 states, college reporters are covering statehouse journalism gaps — and the experience is changing their lives. This story was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed. It is supported by lead partners Student Press Law Center and Flytedesk, with secondary support from the Associated Collegiate Press,… Continue reading As statehouse coverage shrinks, student journalists are stepping in to fill the void
One student creator. 12,000 newsletter subscribers. Zero competition.
How a USC student is ‘setting a precedent’ for newsletters and collegiate creator journalism This story was originally published in the Student Press Report, a national news desk covering student media and journalism education in higher ed. It is supported by lead partners Student Press Law Center and Flytedesk, with secondary support from the Associated Collegiate Press, the Association of University Student… Continue reading One student creator. 12,000 newsletter subscribers. Zero competition.
Don Lemon is ready to stand up for press freedom — and he has some advice
Former CNN anchor and independent journalist Don Lemon hopes that his arrest will be an example of the sacrifices that journalists must be prepared to make — including being willing to fight for freedom of press nationwide.