Newsroom-Classroom Hybrids at Universities: Student Labor and the Journalism Crisis (Routledge Research in Journalism)

This book investigates the success of U.S. nonprofit university centers, where students work alongside investigative reporters, from a professional and educational perspective. Drawing on a detailed investigation of four of the most prominent and renowned centers in the U.S. the IRP Berkeley (UC Berkeley), the Stabile Center (Columbia University), the Workshop (American University), and the New England CIR (Boston University) the newsroom role and the classroom role of university nonprofits is examined. Finding the description of a win-win situation where overstretched newsrooms get extra resources; while students learn from the best an oversimplification, the author explores learning outcomes, student experiences, financial benefits, and quality of the student output. Offering an in-depth analysis of the characteristics, challenges and benefits of different forms of journalistic cooperation, this book will be a useful resource to scholars, students and practitioners of journalism, journalism education, and media practice.