In #Illinois, 4 counties have 0 news outlets and 34 others have 1 outlet. Over 5 years, Illinois' budget will provide $25 million to hiring and retaining #journalists. Read more on legislation designed to revitalize local news in this Forbes article: forbes.com/sites/meglittl…

CCN Faculty Champions are skilled, creative and persuasive faculty members, who are transforming local news across the country. Funding is available now for dedicated faculty who are starting or strengthening journalism programs. Learn more and apply here: legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

The walls of the journalism department corridor at Endicott College are strewn with newspaper clippings. Why? The students’ bylines. Learn how a group of versatile student reporters are making real impact here: uvm.edu/news/ccn/endic…

Funding is now available for faculty looking to start or expand a news-academic partnership! The application deadline is June 14 at midnight. Learn more here: legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

Bucket List Community Cafe in Denver is an online news publication. There is an emphasis on “community” and bringing people together through stories. Most of the team are student interns who study journalism. Learn how the soup is made here: legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/how-bucket…

Two newspapers fail in the U.S. on average every week, but a few passionate community members are determine not to let that happen to the White River Valley Herald. Learn about the extraordinary efforts a small staff as taken to continue providing news: sevendaysvt.com/news/can-a-tea…

📢 The application deadline for CCN Faculty Champion Funding is tonight at midnight! Learn more about submitting your application here: legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-ch…

OPINION — Bill Schubart: Good news at the 14th Vermont Journalism Conference buff.ly/3zx12hn

UVM’s @Center_Comm_News is expanding efforts to grow local news reporting at colleges nationwide, re-energizing coverage in underserved news regions, thanks to a $7M investment from Knight Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and other generous donors @uvmcas @uvm_alumni. ⬇️ go.uvm.edu/calm2

#ICYMI: Check out the innovative work of Vermont's Center for Community News, a research group connecting colleges nationwide to re-energize #local media. Bonus!! I got to chat with #newsdesert experts + fellow Mizzou Journalism alumni Teri Finneman and Nick Mathews. insidehighered.com/news/students/…

"By focusing community coverage on local stories, student journalists can produce important and even impactful stories, provide a real service to their communities, and enhance their own education in the process." Read the full report here: communicationleadership.usc.edu

You don't want to miss this in-depth look from Seven Days at how #Vermont media outlets are staying afloat in the digital age and creatively carving a sustainable path forward: sevendaysvt.com/news/vermonts-…

Congratulations to Jay Barber, director of the #UBuffalo Journalism Program, who has just been named a Faculty Champion by the UVM Center for Community News (Center for Community News) for her leadership in fostering a news-academic partnership at UB! uvm.edu/ccn

Knight Foundation Student media have expanded their coverage and dozens of universities have launched new student-reporting programs to provide critical local & state-government coverage, as our friends at Center for Community News have documented: uvm.edu/ccn

Knight Foundation Center for Community News As student journalists evolve, SPLC is evolving alongside them to help this growing cohort of newsrooms navigate the legal considerations that come with sophisticated accountability and investigative reporting in their states and local communities.

We're always thrilled to showcase such creative collegiate journalism programs, courses, and partnerships! If you haven't check out our recent write-up on how news-academic collaboration is changing the narrative in Atlantic City, now is the time to check it out. 👇🏼

Our new study on the impact of news-academic partnerships reveals that student-reported stories were published nearly 12,000 times last year, reaching potentially 25 million readers. Check out our key findings and related research here: legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/student-re…