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
Devon 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-NDThe 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,...



