NSB Spring 2013 - University of Nevada, Reno

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Photo by Michael V. Marcotte
The Nevada Media Alliance on the steps of the Nevada State Capitol. From left,
students Scot Jenkins, Molly Moser, Lindsay Toste, Jeri Chadwell, Abbie Walker,
Stephanie Glantz, Alex Pompliano, Riley Snyder and Paul George. Not shown:
Natasha Vitale and Laney Olson.
Nevada Media Alliance offers
students real-world experience
In an effort to provide additional experiential-learning opportunities for
students, the Donald W. Reynolds School of Journalism and Center for Advanced
Media Studies has established the Nevada Media Alliance in partnership
with Reno news outlets.
Overseen by Michael Marcotte, Reynolds Chair for the Ethics of Entrepreneurial
and Innovative Journalism, the alliance seeks to create collaborations
among students and professional news organizations, experiment with new
forms of multimedia storytelling and serve Nevadans with better-fortified
news coverage.
Financial support for equipment, facilities, support personnel and other
resources has been provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the
E.L. Cord Foundation and the Charles H. Stout Foundation.
This semester, the alliance has focused on covering the Nevada State Legislature
in Carson City, in collaboration with founding media partners KUNR
Public Radio, KNPB television and the Reno Gazette Journal. Students at the
alliance are providing timely posts from the capitol, regular in-depth features
on major issues, multimedia presentations for radio, television and web and
social media updates.
“The students were very excited about covering the legislature,” Marcotte
says. “It’s a way to practice everything we preach about quality journalism.”
—Roseann Keegan
To learn more about supporting the Reynolds School of Journalism, please
contact Kristin Burgarello ’97, director of development, (775) 784-4471 or
kburgarello@unr.edu.
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