UPR's Sheri Quinn Among 2024 Center for Community News Faculty Champions

BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Center for Community News at the University of Vermont recently announced its third annual cohort of CCN Faculty Champions, a national initiative to support the people running local news reporting programs at U.S. colleges and universities across the country.

Sheri Quinn at Utah Public Radio/Utah State University was among those honored for their leadership in this field. News-academic partnerships have emerged as a critical contributor to the national news landscape and one solution to the crisis facing local news.

“The news coverage that these programs are providing in coordination with their local outlets is helping to meet critical information needs,” said CCN Director Richard Watts. “Most importantly, they offer students a chance to contribute to public life and develop skills that will serve them in journalism and far beyond.”

The faculty awarded this year represent 24 different. Sixteen of the honorees have proposed partnerships with public media and/or local radio stations. Eighteen will lead democracy and elections coverage this fall and three lead bilingual reporting programs.

For more info, visit https://www.uvm.edu/ccn.