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UVM’s Center for Community News breaks ground with nationwide journalism collaboration - Editor and Publisher

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By richard watts, Bob Miller
| Editor & Publisher Verified
In 2019, [UVM] asked me and some others to start a minor essentially And when we did that, we said, ‘We’re not going to invent another journalism school. There are too many great ones already.’ Right? So we said, ‘Let's do everything in partnership with local media and make it super-applied.’” The University of Vermont doesn’t carry the reputation of the legacy journalism powerhouses, but it is making a journalism splash far beyond the confines of its campus and state borders.
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The college solution to rural news deserts - Editor and Publisher

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By richard watts, Meg Reilly
| Editor & Publisher Verified
Posted Tuesday, February 13, 2024 9:27 am The most recent annual report of the State of Local News Project by Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism revealed an alarming uptick in news deserts across the country. Since 2005, the country has lost almost 2,900 newspapers and 43,000 journalists. ... One bright spot in the report is the potential for university reporting programs to be part of the solution by partnering with local news outlets.
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The College Solution to Rural News Deserts

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By richard watts, Meg Reilly
| The Daily Yonder Verified
The most recent annual report of the State of Local News Project by Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism revealed an alarming uptick in news deserts across the country. Since 2005, the country has lost almost 2,900 newspapers and 43,000 journalists. Of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., more than half, or 1,766, have either no local news source or only one remaining outlet, according to the report.
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