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An update from our spring cohort
Our HBCU fellows recently met in Atlanta to meet and learn more about journalism.
Kayleigh Skinner
March 13, 2024
Greetings from Georgia
The Spring 2024 cohort convened in Atlanta last month for a training with Capital B (and, bowling!).
The third cohort of our HBCU Student Journalism Network is well underway. Though the program is remote, we recently had the chance to meet off-screen and network with professional working journalists. We were hosted by Capital B Atlanta, who let our fellows sit in on an editorial meeting and ask staff questions about how to get started in the industry.
“For the first time ever, I felt what it was like to be in a room full of journalists — journalists of colour,” said fellow Adebola Aderibigbe, a sophomore at Stillman College.
Open Campus fellows at the office of Capital B Atlanta
College sports, policing, and activism
Morehouse College sophomore Niles Garrison was curious about how HBCUs would be impacted by the antitrust lawsuits facing the NCAA, so he interviewed economist Andy Schwarz about how these schools could be uniquely affected.
Most colleges spend money on chemistry. They don’t make a lot of money from selling chemistry classes, and you don’t pay per class, you pay to the admissions department for the whole package … The question is when you’re spending money on sports, are you getting value for it that’s worth it, and are there better uses of the money that you have to forgo to get it?
Skyler Winston, a Howard University junior, recently spoke with a political science professor about the difference in political engagement on college campuses at HBCUs and PWIs.
North Carolina A&T senior Dasia Williams was also curious about differences on PWI campuses versus institutions like the one she attends. She interviewed a policing and criminology expert about what policing looks like on HBCU campuses.
Within our local reporter network, Claire Rafford of Mirror Indy wrote about how Martin University’s free child care center supports student parents. The university offers this service for free to students.
“It takes the pressure off of them trying to find child care, and then worrying about whether or not they can attend classes,” a program coordinator told Claire.
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Making connections
In addition to telling great stories about HBCUs, our fellowship has two main goals: training fellows to be better journalists and connecting them to professionals around the country. A consistent piece of feedback from previous groups is that networking is one of the most valuable parts of this program, and they really appreciate the opportunity to connect with industry professionals.
Are you interested in speaking to a future group of fellows? Please email us at [email protected].
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