2025 Faculty Profiles Report Summary & Map

Report on the field experience/education of news-academic partnership leaders finds:
🏫 87% of faculty leaders in this network have professional journalism experience
📰 The 184 leaders with journalism experience average 18+ years at 710 national & local outlets.
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Events | The University of Vermont

Our key #AEJMC2025 event, the Student Reporting Research Impact Panel, is happening Friday, 8/8, 2025 at 1:15-2:30 p.m.. The panel will review latest impact data, associated maps, growth and impact of statehouse reporting and a preliminary look at the role of student media.
www.uvm.edu/ccn/events

How is your academic program supporting local news *beyond* student reporting? Better understanding the various roles that colleges and universities play in a state's media ecosystem is important — and we need your help. This survey for the Center for Community News at the…

We want to hear about your local news culture! We're working on a new study to better understand how higher-ed programs are supporting their state's media ecosystems beyond student reporting. Please take a minute to fill out the survey here:

College-Affiliated Public Media Stand to Lose Big Under Cuts The Trump administration’s cuts to public radio and television may create news deserts and limit experiential learning opportunities for students.

Federal funding cuts to public media are poised to damage news-academic partnerships and deny student journalists critical reporting experience. Learn more in this article from @insidehighered.com:

Our friends at @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social released an ambitious new report in collaboration with Muck Rack on the number of journalists working in the U.S., revealing a nationwide shortage. Check out the Local Journalist Index here: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/local-journa...

The Surprising Breadth of Student Reporting in Public Media | The University of Vermont My UVM

At a time when both public media and universities are under attack, our research shows surprising breadth and scope of college student journalism at public media organizations. Full report:

Tomorrow we're presenting the results of our study documenting news/academic partnerships at 320 public media organizations nationwide. Join us to hear from public media leaders who run successful news partnerships with colleges and universities. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The Surprising Breadth of Student Reporting in Public Media. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Surprising Breadth of Student Reporting in Public Media. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

We documented 320 news/academic partnerships in public media organizations nationwide. Hear about our findings on June 24 in a discussion led by Scott Finn, CCN Public Media Advisor and with public media leaders. Register here:

Join us 6/24 as we present the results of our first-ever study documenting news/academic partnerships at 320 public media organizations nationwide.

Hear from public media leaders who run successful news partnerships with colleges and universities. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Community Mobilizes Amid Austin ICE Arrests As ICE activity in Austin spreads fear throughout immigrant communities, local groups respond with the power of information.

Student reporting ✏️ Community Mobilizes Amid Austin ICE Arrests via Austin Vida:

Students call for Mahdawi's release outside hearing Early in the morning of April 23, UVM students and faculty marched from the steps of the Waterman building to join Burlington community members outside of the U.S. District Court building on Elmwood…

Student reporting ✏️ Students call for Mahdawi’s release outside hearing
via The Vermont Cynic:

Undermined from the start? A look at the early challenges faced by Champaign’s police civilian review board - IPM Newsroom The issues with Champaign’s Civilian Review Subcommittee can be traced to obstacles created by officials during the decades-long push for civilian oversight of police in Champaign.

Student reporting ✏️
Undermined from the start? A look at the early challenges faced by Champaign’s police civilian review board via IPM News + @invisible.institute:

Langworthy Urges State to Slow Down EV Requirement

Student reported story - Langworthy Urges State to Slow Down EV Requirement via TAPinto Greater Orlean:

African American Center Hosts Sunday Jam Session

Student reported story - African American Center Hosts Sunday Jam Session via TAPinto Greater Olean:

LAUSD Fraud Allegations Raise Questions for Inland Empire Schools – REAL NEWS BY REAL STUDENTS REAL NEWS BY REAL STUDENTS

Student reported story - LAUSD Fraud Allegations Raise Questions for Inland Empire Schools:

Does the City of Olean Need More Solar Farms?

Student reported story - Does the City of Olean Need More Solar Farms? via TAPinto Greater Orlean:

Pedro Argaez: Transforming Erie’s youth sports scene into one game at a time April 4, 2025/Midnight Erie, PA.– When Pedro Argaez took charge of Erie Premier Sports, he wasn’t just building a business, he was creating a future for young athletes. Behind every goal scored,…

Student reported story - Pedro Argaez: Transforming Erie’s youth sports scene into one game at a time via the Gannon Knight:

Two-Gender Executive Order Could Have Dangerous Fallout

Student reported story - Two-Gender Executive Order Could Have Dangerous Fallout via TAPinto Greater Olean:

President Trump in office, students react to first weeks of executive orders implemented St. Edward’s University students are divided in their reactions to the flurry of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump in the opening days of his second term. Trump signed sweeping orders…

Student reported story - President Trump in office, students react to first weeks of executive orders implemented:

State legislatures across the nation are working on legislative solutions to strengthen local news. Student journalist Jaylen Beaner-Walker at Towson University's Baltimore Watchdog reports on Maryland's latest efforts and the state of local newsac: baltimorewatchdog.com/2025/03/11/m...

Students on the Beat The old formula went like this: Journalism undergrads would learn in classes and maybe work on the school paper and then get professional experience via internships or summer jobs at news outlets.

This article from @@localnewsini.bsky.social is a fantastic deep-dive on the growth and impact of news-academic partnerships, including a look at CCN's role in the ecosystem. Check it out!

Five years after COVID, is Massachusetts prepared for another pandemic? This is sixth of a series of stories look-

Student reporting from Boston University, published in The Sun Chronicle 📝 Five years after COVID, is Massachusetts prepared for another pandemic?

Rain, Rain, Gone Away: Massachusetts Farmers Struggle Amid Worsening Drought Crisis Shendel Bakal of Twin Birch Farms. Photo courtesy Shendel Bakal. Ipswich, Mass. – Shendel Bakal bought an abandoned farm in Ipswich in 2016 with dreams of starting her own business cultivating orga…

Student reporting from Mass News Service 📝 Rain, Rain, Gone Away: Massachusetts Farmers Struggle Amid Worsening Drought Crisis:

Maryland gymnastics scores 195.700 to finish last in session at Big Ten Championships The Terps were in position for at least a third-place finish until they posted one of their worst beam showings of the year.

Student story from @thedbk.bsky.social 📝 Maryland gymnastics scores 195.700 to finish last in session at Big Ten Championships:

China shakes up the global artificial intelligence market. February 7, 2024/Midnight Erie, PA. – Last week, a China-based artificial intelligence startup called “DeepSeek” made a big wave in the technology industry. On Monday, January 27, DeepSeek overtook…

Student story from Gannon University 📝 China shakes up the global artificial intelligence market:

Community Mobilizes Amid Austin ICE Arrests As ICE activity in Austin spreads fear throughout immigrant communities, local groups respond with the power of information.

Student story from St. Edward’s University & Austin Vida Community News Partnership 📝 Community Mobilizes Amid Austin ICE Arrests:

Great to meet some of the student reporters and faculty leading student reporting programs at the Broadcast Education Association this week. Thank you to the faculty from Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, New York, Florida, Maryland and Nevada who joined the conversation.

National Community News Wire National Community News Wire is a project of the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont. CCN’s mission is to grow and support partnerships between college reporting programs and loc…

Your students are producing some exceptional reporting, and we want to showcase it! Whether published in a university publication or local news outlet, submit your students' work to CCN's National Community News Wire here:

My in-depth story for the Medill Local News Initiative about student reporters filling local news gaps. Enjoy...

“Hands Off” Protests Protesters stand up for democracy in Wallingford By Maddie Lindgren and Madelyn Nonni, University of Vermont Protesters fill Statehouse lawn with message to Trump: “Hands Off!” By Lucy Renaud and R…

The "Hands Off!" protests were reported on by student journalists across the nation. Catch our round-up of this coverage on National Community News Wire: nationalcommunitynewswire.com/features/han...

And if your students wrote a story, consider submitting it: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...