SUNY Expands Local News Collaborations for Student Learning

Grace Tran (right), a rising senior at SUNY Oneonta, worked as an intern this summer doing video production for Capital Region Independent Media.

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Over the past decade , local newsrooms have been disappearing from the U.S., leaving communities without a trusted information source for happenings in their region. But a recently established initiative from the State University of New York aims to deploy student reporters to bolster the state’s independent and public news organizations.

Last year SUNY launched the Institute for Local News , engaging a dozen student reporting programs at colleges across the state—including Stony Brook University, the University at Buffalo and the University at Albany—to produce local news content. Faculty direct and edit content produced