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Journalism education
Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues to host informational webinar on hosting a Report For America journalist — Thursday, Aug. 31
Aug 28, 2023
Report for America is making a special effort to place more of its reporting corps members in rural newsrooms for up to three years, and will hold a one-hour webinar for rural news media at 4:15 p.m. ET ...
Report for America is looking for rural newspapers
Jun 1, 2023
Rural newspapers are missing out on a great deal — subsidized, eager, young reporters who can boost coverage and build the paper’s brand as a public service.
Third National Summit on Journalism in Rural America to be held July 7
Jun 1, 2023
How do rural communities sustain local journalism that supports democracy? That is the central question of the third National Summit on Journalism in Rural America, to be held July 7 in Lexington, Kentucky, ...
The future of journalism in northeast Wisconsin lies at the intersection of newspapers, big tech, universities and football
May 1, 2023
What do Multi Media Channels of Wisconsin, Microsoft, Nicolet Bank and the Green Bay Packers have in common?
Make the business of news personal
Oct 1, 2022
It is incredibly difficult to get people to pay for news, for quality features, even as we continue to invest in them. I find it telling, and sobering, that we cannot even convince future journalists to ...
RJI announces newest class of journalists receiving innovative fellowship
Sep 15, 2022
Authors and students will produce books and articles on the industrial and cultural degradation of the American prairie; the rising incarceration rate among women; and the FBI’s infiltration of Black ...
Report for America encourages rural newsrooms to apply as RFA host newsrooms
Sep 1, 2022
Report for America announces that applications are now open for news organizations interested in partnering to host emerging and experienced journalists in their newsrooms for up to three years, beginning ...
In this generation of whataboutism, what does it mean to cover your community fairly?
Aug 1, 2022
Pew asked people about “whataboutism”-- giving equal play to both sides, a journalistic tactic I learned decades ago in my first college journalism course. Actually, I probably learned it even ...
Hawaii signs into law the Hawaii Student Journalism Protection Act, becoming the 16th state
Jun 1, 2022
The legislation overrules the U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1988 that gave high school administrations substantial control over the content of student publications.
