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‘A reporter in every county’: WSU, Report for America launch groundbreaking program to confront Washington’s local news crisis

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Murrow College of Communication and Report for America have launched an ambitious partnership to cover every one of Washington’s counties by 2029, aiming to fill reporting gaps as newsrooms shrink and misinformation spreads across the state.

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Murrow College to Map State’s Local News Landscape

Amid a nationwide decline in local journalism, Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication is leading a new research initiative to assess the health of Washington’s local news industry. Continue reading the WSU Insider article.

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Hosts Selected for 7 Murrow Local News Fellows

Nine newsrooms will host seven journalism fellows across Washington as part of a state-funded program to improve coverage of civic issues in underserved communities. The program, operated by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, places reporting fellows in communities for two years. The College also offers ongoing training for the […]

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Murrow College Names News Organizations to Host Inaugural Murrow Fellows

Nine sites have been selected to host the inaugural cohort of Murrow News Fellows, a two-year appointment designed to strengthen local newsrooms and better inform underserved communities in Washington state. A team of evaluators selected the sites after a review of proposals and interviews with newsroom leaders over the past two months. With 40 newsroom […]

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16 Murrow News Fellows to be Reporting by Summer

The inaugural group of Murrow News fellows, now interviewing for this vanguard program, is expected to begin reporting on local civics in April, with the second cohort likely to be in the field by summer 2024. That’s quite a feat since the last state legislative session gave the nod to the Murrow College to use […]

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Jody Brannon appointed program manager for Murrow News Fellowship

The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication is pleased to announce the appointment of Jody Brannon as program manager for the new Murrow News Fellowship at Washington State University. Brannon, a nationally recognized leader in journalism innovation, brings a wealth of experience and a strong commitment to the news industry and journalism education. She previously […]

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