Justin Paprocki

Student Niner Media winning big at MediaFest25

LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Opinion: Newspapers are cool, especially the student ones Journalism has been dying for years. Digital papers have replaced print, social media is the new news source and the Trump administration has sued news stations and newspapers alike for

Can't argue against it ...

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

A Center for Community News report found 88% of public media stations deploy student journalists. As Congress claws back federal funding, the consequences will be severe — both for our access to local information and for students' opportunities to cover their communities. www.uvm.edu/ccn/ccn/rese...

NEW: SPLC and 18 other organizations write to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and @barnard-college.bsky.social expressing deep concern over their recent treatment of student journalists. Read the letter ➡️ splc.org/2025/05/coal...

Times Corps | The New York Times Company

The Times Corps is a program for college students in the United States to receive career guidance from New York Times journalists over a multiyear period www.nytco.com/careers/news...

Congrats @charlotteobserver.com!

UT Dallas bars FIRE from speaking at student event In trying to silence student journalists, UT Dallas only made them louder. Now after censoring the campus paper and banning FIRE from speaking, the backlash is bigger than Texas.

UT Dallas is at war with its student journalists. The university continues its campaign against a student newspaper by denying recognition and then stripping the paper of its ability to invite speakers.

Well, it's about time ... CMA has its own Bluesky account: @collegemedia.bsky.social

Student journalists are doing the work many newsrooms can’t afford - Poynter A growing movement has students covering towns their local papers can no longer reach

With the local news industry reeling, some communities and often-short-staffed outlets are looking to a new strategy to fill local news gaps – partnering with student journalists.

From Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative:

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Journalism Advisory Organizations Issue Rare Alert to Student News Outlets - Nieman Reports Student media advisors modify long-standing advice in the wake of ‘unprecedented’ threats to student speech

🔔 A coalition of national student media advisory organizations has issued a rare alert to student journalists, revising long-standing guidance on journalistic practices in light of what it calls an “unprecedented” threat to free speech on campuses across the U.S.

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⚠️ NEW: The nation's student media groups issue an unprecedented alert warning of threats to student speech and recommending student editors revisit their policies on takedowns and anonymity. Read the alert: splc.org/2025/04/stud...

ICYMI: We, alongside 11 other press rights groups, called on officials to take immediate action to secure the release of the Tufts University student detained on the apparent basis of an op-ed she coauthored in the student newspaper. The statement ➡️ splc.org/2025/03/splc...

'Not backing down': Student Press Freedom Day 2025 - Student Press Law Center A sense of urgency and conviction underscored Student Press Freedom Day this year. We share highlights of how students marked the occasion.

A sense of urgency and conviction underscored #StudentPressFreedom Day last month. We share our three takeaways from what we heard from students across the country, plus links to dozens of their inspiring op-eds, stories and more. splc.org/2025/02/cele...

Student press freedom isn’t universal Student journalists outside the U.S. navigate restrictions without First Amendment protections.

"Korean student journalists must take extra precautions. This often means self-censoring topics that might not sit well with the administration and consulting advisers on what is safe to publish."

UT-Dallas students launch alternative newspaper after clash with administration Students at the university created their own news organization — The Retrograde — after they reached an impasse with administrators regarding oversight and the firing of the campus newspaper’s editor-...

I love reading about courageous student journalists

National News Literacy Week Discover free educator events, tools and resources to help students develop critical media and news literacy skills. Take part in National News Literacy Week, Feb. 3-7, 2025.

Access to trusted, fact-based reporting is a key element of news literacy. This #NewsLiteracyWeek, we reflect on the essential role #localnews outlets — including the 50 in AJP’s portfolio — play in providing context and information that communities can rely on.

Since a lot of folks have joined the BlueSky bandwagon, I thought it might be a good idea to repost this starter pack of good accounts to follow if you like journalism, journalism education or general j-nerdery. Feel free to hit me up if you want to be added:

go.bsky.app/EJaCvhn

The Power of Positivity and a Mighty Pen - Inside UNC Charlotte The Power of Positivity and a Mighty Pen Award-winning Niner Times reporter and editor Bryson Foster ’23 is writing his way to sports journalism success By: Susan Messina Main Photo: Ryan Honeyman Bry...

Just wanted to share this story the university's comms team put together about one of our students. It's a wonderful story, and Bryson is truly an inspiration: inside.charlotte.edu/digital-feat...

News literacy isn't just a topic for English classes. It can be worked into any subject matter (and should be) #MediaLiteracy #classrooms #discussions #CriticalThinking

More newsrooms will partner with student journalists "They provide reporting power, youthful energy, and diverse viewpoints that can help expand audiences."

Sumi Aggarwal of @theintercept.com: Student journalists "provide reporting power, youthful energy, and diverse viewpoints that can help expand audiences. If we want to cover news deserts and grow our reach, student journalists can be a part of the solution." www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/more...

"With the accelerated loss of local newspapers, many more communities will become news deserts, leading to decreased civic and political engagement. Journalism programs and independent student media will continue to fill these information gaps."

Podcasting becomes the primary strategy, not an afterthought "At a time where traditional media trust continues to hit historic lows, podcasts can help long-standing organizations establish stronger relationships with audiences and, in the process, drive real…

"If we learned anything in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election, it’s that podcasting has evolved from a supplementary media channel into a primary battleground for political discourse and voter engagement," @achangeoftune.bsky.social says.

Speaking of starter packs, if you're a journalist or care about journalism, can I recommend this one

Happy to add more people to it.

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@mikereilley.bsky.social and @chatwan-mongkol.bsky.social today

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Stanford Persecutes a Student Journalist, Again If ever there were a time for forbearance, this is it.

"There’s something unsettling about the spectacle of Stanford’s administration refusing to relent in the case of an intrepid first-year journalist who found himself in a complex and fast-changing situation. If ever there were a case for forbearance, this is it"
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Young journalists will reimagine a better press "The newest generation of journalists will not give in to pessimism about whether their profession still matters in an age of cynicism about the press."

"Experiencing the stings of leadership and policy errors in 21st-century America has led students to pursue callings whose purpose is to ameliorate them," @mergerson.bsky.social writes.

Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters? Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.

A student reporter at Stanford embedded with pro-Palestinian protesters. Cops arrested him alongside them, which he knew was a risk.

What he didn't expect: Stanford pushing prosecutors to charge him criminally with burglary, vandalism, and conspiracy—all felonies. www.cjr.org/getting-the-...

One of the things that astonishes me about Big Journalism Discourse is how little we talk about college media. I think we assume universities take care of funding for the student press and ... mostly that is not true, or the funding is wildly inadequate to the task at hand, or it comes with strings.

Congrats to the college winners and finalists of the 2024 Reveille Seven Courage in Student Journalism Award! 🏆 splc.org/2024/11/arre...

Their experiences represent the big challenges of the past year, and they exemplify the courage it took to stand up for #studentpressfreedom:

In Trump’s America, the national media should learn from student journalists “As the next administration begins, national media should follow the example of student journalists and pay closer attention to the situations on each campus, breaking national storyline tropes when t...

In this op-ed, Princetonian opinion editor lists ways student journalists have had to correct false national narratives about their campus recently. dailyprincetonian.com/article/2024...

"Why is the ‘Prince’ more likely to get these facts right?" Answer below ⤵️