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Journalists affiliated with the Washington State University Murrow Local News Fellowship earned numerous honors in the 2025 Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards and the Evergreen State A-Mark Prizes, underscoring the impact of local accountability reporting, investigative journalism and community-centered storytelling across Washington state. Managed by WSU’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, the fellowship places early-career journalists in newsrooms across Washington to strengthen local and civic coverage.

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.

Jennifer Henrichsen, who studies how shifting media landscapes and emerging technologies affect journalism and democracy, is Washington State University’s first faculty member selected to the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]