Reports from the front line of journalism instruction. How colleges can support local journalism. This is a cross-post from a blog that is part of a class. With many local news organizations struggling, the quality and quantity of news they are producing has dipped over the past several years. But in many places, local colleges and universities are stepping up to fill the gaps, according to a report on the MediaShift blog by John Clark and Josh Stearns. The authors are correct in argu.

Observations on teaching a semester abroad in Ireland. Blog because of its commentary on the state of news reporting around the issue. On Friday I thought more about Ireland, the UK, and my friends there than on any other day since I returned from my semester in Galway seven weeks ago. The reason, of course, was all the news on the UK referendum vote to leave the European Union.