A Boston student journalism program is giving hyperlocal newsrooms what they want. And what they really, really want? Reported, ready-to-go stories they can trust.
Bright-eyed students need real-world journalism experience and a bevy of clips. Resource-strapped local news organizations — many operating without full-time paid reporters — need polished pieces that don’t require a lot of time-consuming edits. Editors at these hyperlocal outlets rarely have the time to handhold new reporters or shape unsolicited end-of-semester submissions into workable pieces of news.
Putting all those together, Boston University has pioneered a win-win student journalism program that’s bringing a surge of reporting power to dozens of local news outlets in and around Boston.
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