Center for Community News

04/09/2025

Student journalists are providing communities with more critical civic information than ever. 📝 Our new report details the state and impact of university statehouse reporting programs. Check it out here: https://uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/ccn/research-reports-and-case-studies/reports/2025-statehouse-reporting-data

02/17/2025

CCN Director Richard Watts with Eileen Gilligan of SUNY Oswego and Laney Salisbury of SUNY Albany at Public Good U: Strengthening the Case for Public Higher Education in Albany, NY last week. They met with roughly 40 SUNY faculty and staff from across the state in a session called “Watering News Deserts.”

01/23/2025

Tomorrow is the final chance to apply to be a Faculty or Public Media Champion! Build or grow a sustainable news-academic partnership as members of our next cohort by applying here: https://uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-champions-and-fellows

01/20/2025

📢 The deadline to apply for our Champion programs is coming! 📢 Through our programs, faculty and public media professionals will receive:
✔️ Coaching
✔️ Peer mentoring
✔️ $1,000 award

Apply to become a champion for journalism by 1/24 here: https://www.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-champions-and-fellows

01/17/2025

There's officially one week left to apply for our Faculty Champion and Public Media Champions cohorts! The CCN team is here to help you strengthen news-academic partnerships as part of our programs, connecting newsrooms with talented student reporters, providing mentoring and peer support, and granting a $1,000 award. Learn more and apply here: https://uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-champions-and-fellows

01/09/2025

Curious about what our Faculty Champions program can do for you and your students? Come to next week's info session to learn about the supports we can provide, so that you can grow or strengthen your news-academic partnership. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElf-yoqTIrGtzKcww1q0CRCFJ2qNFi5X1B #/registration

01/07/2025

Last year was a big one for CCN! Here are just a few highlights:
🤝 130 news-academic partnership supported
🎓 20+ CCN college visits across the US
👩🏼‍🏫 52 Faculty Champions honored
💰 $7 million raised to fuel our mission

Learn more about our recent impact and plans for 2025 in our latest impact report here:https://uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/d10-files/documents/2024-12/CCN-Annual-Report-2024.pdf

01/06/2025

Save the date for our spring virtual event series! Some of our webinar topics include:
💻 Data visualization, mapping, and photojournalism
🏈 The local sports beat
🤝 Collaborative partnership models

See our full schedule (registration links coming soon) here: https://uvmd10.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/events

01/02/2025

Deadline extended: January 24 📢 If you want to start or strengthen a partnership between your university and local public media, apply join our first Public Media Champion cohort. You'll will receive coaching, peer mentoring and other support to become champions for journalism by college students on public media platforms. Learn more and apply here: https://www.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-champions-and-fellows

12/26/2024

University at Albany, SUNY 🤝Spotlight News
When universities and local media partner, everybody wins. Students are getting on-the-ground experience as community reporters and the outlet has four more sharp minds to write stories. Watch the video linked below to see their partnership in action:

Students in Elaine Salisbury's journalism class spent the Fall 2024 semester reporting for the Spotlight News in Delmar as part of a new program that aims to...