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MNNS Publishes Reports From JOUR 1550

1/5/2012

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Students (from left) Kathleen Doherty, Allison Kruschke, Rebecca French and Andrea Anderson edit their MNNS projects in class.
In November, I reported that my Digital Journalism II (JOUR 1550) students had been assigned to produce two multimedia reports for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (MNNS). With yesterday's unveiling of a report by Kyle Doubrava and Eric Oliver about a veteran preschool teacher at Neighborhood House of Milwaukee (see below), the news service has published nine of 18 reports the class produced in the fall. The remaining pieces will be made available for the public on the new organization's website in the coming weeks.

This was the first time Sharon McGowan, the news service's editor-in-chief, and I teamed to enable my students to practice digital journalism in neighborhoods near Marquette's campus. It was definitely a learning experience for all involved and McGowan and I aim to collaborate again with my spring JOUR 1550 class.

In an email expressing her appreciation, McGowan said the students impressed her as motivated to do their best work. (Disclosure: their final grade was tied to being published.) "Your class has provided valuable content on some of the many organizations and people in Milwaukee’s central city who work every day to make a difference in their communities," she wrote. "I was also grateful for the opportunity to participate in the class critiques of the audio slideshows, since it allowed me to hear your students’ thoughtful comments on each others’ work. I learned a lot."

The most significant thing McGowan and I learned this time, especially related to my end: have the students' companion print stories submitted sooner to allow more time for editing and additional reporting. She also wants only one print story; this time, it would longer (650 words), multi-sourced and packaged with separate, single-sourced audio slideshows about both a provider and beneficiary from the assigned community group. We also will insist students move onto Plan B if an organization, for whatever reason, fails to provide timely access.

Here are the other JOUR 1550 reports the news service has published: Our Next Generation (Sarah Butler and Tessa Fox), Art Works for Milwaukee (Andrea Anderson and Rebecca French), COA Youth and Family Centers (Elizabeth McGovern and Benjamin Sheehan), Select Milwaukee (Erin Caughey and Heather Ronaldson), Habitat for Humanity (Sarah Hauer), Centro Legal (Kathleen Doherty and Allison Kruschke), Next Door (Alec Brooks and Ryan Ellerbusch) and Urban Ecology Center (Benjamin Stanley).
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Brynne Ramella
1/18/2012 11:24:38 am

I looked over a few of these articles and they are really great. I think this is a really nice project for students to be able to do. It is great that they were able to be published on a local website. I am excited to start this project!

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Shoshauna Schmidt
1/18/2012 11:27:03 am

I'm happy to see that this was successful and yet has room to improve. I'm looking forward to doing these types of projects.

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Rebecca
1/18/2012 01:18:01 pm

I cannot wait to have something published that I have worked so hard on!

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Olivia Morrissey
1/18/2012 01:24:29 pm

This program seems like a great way to integrate journalism students into the Milwaukee community. The post not only praises the students' for their exceptional work, but also promotes a great program to future students.

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Joe Kvartunas
1/18/2012 03:01:29 pm

This is a very cool concept for practical application of course material. I'm excited to go out into the community and report stories rather than write off of speeches or videos.

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