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Student reporters fill crucial gap in state government coverage

  • Written by Richard Watts, Senior Lecturer of Geography and Founder of the Center of Community News, University of Vermont
Student reporters fill crucial gap in state government coverageDevon Sanders, a statehouse reporter and student at the Lousiana State University Manship School of Mass Communication, interviewed State Rep. Katrina Jackson in 2018.Richard Watts, CC BY-ND

The local news business is in crisis. The nation is currently losing two community newspapers a week, on average, and 70 million Americans live in news deserts,...

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