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Earlham Students Will Shape For Immediate Release:  RICHMOND, Ind. — Earlham College students will have a chance to change how local news is reported, thanks to an innovative partnership between Earlham and Miami University and funded by the New Voices program of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism, administers the program. Ten innovative media projects were selected from a record pool of 312 applicants, reports J-Lab. The grant winners will receive $12,000 in first-year funding to launch their program and $5,000 in matching support in the second year. The project, known as the Miami-Whitewater Valley Public Media Project, will partner higher education with public and commercial media to create a new regional newsgathering model for Southwest Ohio and East Central Indiana. Citizen journalists along with students from Miami and Earlham will produce stories for an interactive Web site and content will be shared with more traditional media outlets. "This is a time of great change in the world of journalism," says Judi Hetrick, assistant professor of journalism at Earlham. "It's exciting to be a part of an effort which is helping to redefine how news is gathered and distributed in our region." The work of Earlham and Miami students will be shared with an impressive list of partnering news organizations including Cincinnati Business Journal, Cox Ohio newspapers in Dayton, Oxford and Middletown, WMUB-FM — the NPR affiliate in Oxford, and the Gannett-owned Palladium-Item in Richmond. "I always tell my students that the future of journalism depends on them," says Hetrick. "This project means they won't have to wait to help shape that future." — EC — Contact:
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Earlham
College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |