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CJC Alumna Shares Stories of Racial and Rural Inequities as Report for America Journalist

Katie Hyson, M.A.M.C. 2020, joined the College’s Innovation News Center in June 2021 as a Report for America journalist for WUFT. Report for America is a national, non-profit service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. We interviewed Katie on Dec. 6, 2021 about her experience with Report for America, and how the College of Journalism and Communications helped prepare her for this role.

If you would like to support Hyson’s reporting for WUFT, visit: https://www.wuft.org/news/wuft-and-report-for-america/.

Posted: December 17, 2021
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