FROM THE WEST VIRGINIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
Aspiring journalists looking for a pathway to newspaper ownership will get a leg up at West Virginia University thanks to the nation’s only fellowship program designed to maintain and strengthen local news ownership.
“Many current owners are aging and ready to retire but have no succession plans and don’t want to sell their legacy operations to media chains,” said Jim Iovino, director of NewStart, a new entrepreneurial media ownership program at the West Virginia University Reed College of Media which today announced a $200,000 investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation that will help students ensure communities stay informed and local democracy thrives…
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The deadline to apply for the NewStart fellowship is January 30! Applications are open to the public. Anyone with a Bachelor’s degree and an interest in owning a local newspaper may apply, and the majority of the coursework is online.
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