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Last week, I wrote about the student journalists who are stepping up to cover what’s happening both on their campuses and in their communities. That newsletter asked for more examples, and I got them!
Nadia Knoblauch is a freshman at Barnard College and a university news staff writer for the Columbia Daily Spectator.
“At Spectator, breaking news has been constantly rolled out in regard to the Columbia administration, federal investigations into the university, and student protests,” Knoblauch said in an email.
She shared a few examples of her work, including requests from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce about on-campus sit-ins ([link removed]) , the announcement of mandatory Title IX training at Barnard ([link removed]) in the midst of an investigation, and coverage of the amicus brief filed by 27 Jewish organizations against the deportation of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ([link removed]) .
Students at LION Online, the student publication of Lyons Township High School in La Grange, Illinois, included breaking news coverage of an on-campus fight. ([link removed]) Thanks to English and journalism teacher and newspaper adviser Jason Scales for sharing that one.
This is the first year of publication for The Del Mar Dispatch at Del Mar High School, in San Jose, California. Adviser Jessica Olamit wrote about “one of our lead editors who covered a story about the CA Student Aid Commission issuing a caution to students and families of mixed immigration status from filing the FAFSA due to concerns that the Trump administration will access that data to deport people,” she wrote. “Sophia Urias researched, wrote, and published this story ([link removed]) less than 48 hours after the news broke on our campus.”
Thanks to the people who wrote in and shared this valuable work. Don’t stop!

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That’s it for me. I’m keeping today’s newsletter short because I’m on very low sleep thanks to our first night with our new pup. Thought you might like to see him. Meet Banks!
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Kristen Hare
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The Poynter Institute
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