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As traditional news organizations struggle to make ends meet because of declining advertising revenue, the media world has been buzzing over how to save journalism. One model for the future of journalism envisions partnerships between universities and other media organizations.
One of the first examples of such a partnership was announced earlier this month by The New York Times, which handed control of its hyperlocal blog covering Brooklyn, part of its The Local Web site, over to City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism.
The Seattle University Spectator and CapitolHillSeattle.com are proud to announce the start of their own partnership bringing together the talents of this student-run news organization and a national leader in the hyperlocal news movement.
CapitolHillSeattle.com, or CHS, began in January 2006 and has grown to be a leading source of information for residents of our vibrant neighborhood. The site daily delivers information that matters to community members who, in many cases, couldn’t find that information from Seattle’s larger publications.
Our partnership will start simply: We hope to share news and information with our readers from our respective communities. Our goal is to solidify the connection between Seattle University and its neighborhood while learning how to shape a model for independent, community news to collaborate with the next generations of student journalism. As the partnership forms, look for collaborations on coverage and highlighting news from each partner’s communities.
The Spectator hopes to enhance the education of the editors, writers and photographers it employs through the partnership by providing them with a firsthand glimpse of what they may find themselves doing one day—producing community-oriented journalism for a hyperlocal publication.
We are proud to create a partnership that will benefit our neighbors, readers, students and community while shaping a model for the future of community journalism.
Reach the editorial board at opinion@su-spectator.com.
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