Journalism Student Work


THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM NEWSROOM

RNewsroomoll up your sleeves and start reporting!

Journalism students at Northeastern have been reporting as early as their first journalism class, Journalism 1.  

Under the direction of the School of Journalism's lab director, Lincoln (Link) McKie, students report and write news and feature stories for the Boston-area publications the Dorchester Reporter and the Fenway News.  Although not all stories are published, the experience of reporting and writing a story for publication is a valuable learning experience, says Mr. McKie. 

Journalism students have many opportunities to get published, says Steve Burgard, journalism school director. “Two years ago, we opened a state-of-the-art newsroom for our students so they can experience a newsroom environment.  The idea is to do real journalism as early as possible in the program. This trend is in step with a shift in the industry where programs like ours use university-based reporting to supplement the work of existing news organizations."  Last year, Prof. Burgard announced a new program, in conjunction with The Boston Globe, that offers students a chance to report for the Globe's online community news site, "Your Town" as part of their classwork. Students in Prof. Dan Kennedy's Reinventing the News and Lisa Chedekel's Journalism 2 class have already published stories in the Roxbury and Back Bay sites.  

Besides the community newspapers, students also have an opportunity to write for the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s e-Bulletin.  This class is offered to graduate and undergraduates and is also supervised by Mr. McKie.  

The core of the School of Journalism's practice-oriented work remains centered around its celebrated co-op and internship programs. These additional "real-world classes, along with Prof. Walter Robinson’s Investigative Reporting class, serves the university’s experiential mission and its commitment to maintaining Northeastern’s community relations.

Your Town

View the local editions of "Your Town."

Click on the "Your Town" logo and select one of the local areas covered by "Your Town."  The program is under the direction of Lisa Chedekel.  Click here to view the sites.>>

NENPA e-Bulletin

View student work on the New England Newspaper & Press Association e-Bulletin under the direction of Lincoln McKie.  Click here to view the latest edition.>>

J-students in Jordan and Turkey get stories posted on Boston.com

Nineteen journalism and photography students are traveling through Jordan and Turkey as part of the university's Dialogue of Civilization program. Reporting from Jordan, The students, led by Prof. Carlene Hempel are chronicling their experiences in a blog, "NU Journalism Abroad 2011."They returned in July. Read their work and check out their individual blogs.>> Read the rest of the story.>> 

Student work in investigative reporting classes.

Read investigative news stories published in the Boston Globe by students in Prof. Walter Robinson's Investigative Reporting classes. Click here to read the stories. >>

COMMUNITY REPORTING AND OTHER STUDENT PROJECTS

Fall 2011

November 11:  Your Town/Boston, "A book is born at historic Beacon Hill Pub," by Melissa Tabeek, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

November 8:  Your Town/South Boston, "Institute of Contemporary Art connects Boston area teens to art," By Julia Swanson, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

Your Town/Lexington, "Lexington native finds his game on Itlay's basketball courts," by Sam Perkins, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

November 4:  Your Town/Boston, "Dorchester could see two new 'urban farms' next spring," by Kristina Finn, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class.  Read the story.>>

November 1: Your Town/Boston, "28 formerly homeless people settle in Mulhern House," by Matt Kauffman, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

October 28: Your Town/Boston, "As transit ads end, Kim's Project continues to fight human trafficking," by Samantha Laine, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

October 28: Your Town/Jamaica Plain, "North American Indian Center in Jamaica Plain looks to the future," by Kade Krincho, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

October 27:  Your Town/Boston, "Vegetarian Food Festival in Roxbury growing in popularity," by Rachel Weiss, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town class.  Read the story.>>

October 25: Your Town/Mattapan, "Bobby Jenkins and other community volunteers to be honored," by Melissa Tabeek, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

October 14: Your Town/Boston, "Boston Green Academy in South Boston stresses global citizenship," by Julia Swanson, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class.  Read the story.>>

October 13: Your Town/Roxbury, "Mission Hill School makes strides with wellness campaign," by Kristina Finn, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the story.>>

October 12: Your Town/Roxbury, "Roxbury Latin students learn the importance of arts," by Mekhala Roy, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class. Read the Story.>>

October 12: Your Town/Roxbury, "Redesign of Mission Hill intersection hits snag over open space," by Rachel Weiss, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class.  Read the story.>>

October 7:  Your Town/Boston, "Charlestown artists' group celebrates 14th anniversary, by Matt Kauffman, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class.  Read the story.>>

September 30:  Your Town/Boston, "Store owners say curb on e-cigarettes would have little impact," by Samantha Lane, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Writing for the Globe's "Your Town" class.  Read the story.>>

Summer 2011

May 3:  Your Town/Dorchester & Roxbury, "Bootstrap program pulls up Roxbury, Dorchester middle-schoolers," by Alexandra Legend Siegel.  Read the story.>>

May 3:  Your Town/Fenway, Kenmore, "Fenway Health Launches 'Know Your Rights' palm card campaign," by Anna Westendorf. Read the story.>>

May 3:  Your Town/Roxbury, "30 years later, Roxbury Youthworks still growing," by Alexandra Legend Sioegel. Read the story.>>

May 4:  Your Town/West Roxbury, "Familiar face takes helm of West Roxbury Main Streets," by Laura Finaldi.  Read the story.>>

May 4:  Your Town/Fenway, Kenmore, "Fenway may bet boost as an official state cultural district," by Anna Westendorf.  Read the story.>>

Spring 2011

February 8: Your Town/Beacon Hill,  "Beacon Hill seeing influx of young professionals," by Hanna Trudo.  Read the story.>>

Fall 2010

December 9:  Your Town/Back Bay, "Bay State College quietly expands its reach," by Kelsey Crouse.  Read the story.>>

December 8:  Your Town/Roxbury, "Northeastern aims to house more of its students on campus," by Mike Brown and Owen Cluer.  Read the story.>>

November 24: Your Town/Back Bay, "Amid downturn, circulation surges at public library," by Zach Hayes.  Read the story.>>

November 23:  Your Town/Dorchester, "Dever School's dual-language program grows in popularity," by Zac Estrada.  Read the story.>>

Novembr 17:  Your Town/Dorchester, "Intersections on Dorchester Ave. to get makeovers," by Laura Finaldi.  Read the story.>>

November 12: Your Town/Back Bay, "Graffiti in the Back Bay. Who you gonna call?"  by Jill Bongiorni, a student in Lisa Chedekel's Journalism 2 class.  Read the story.>>

November 10: Your Town/Roxbury, "With residents' input, dodgy intersection could get a redesign by," Rachel Weiss.  Read the story.>>

October 2010: Your Town/Roxbury, A video report by graduate student Callum Borchers about the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School was featured recently on the Boston Globe's "Your Town/Roxbury" web site. Borchers' story was produced for Prof. Dan Kennedy's Reinventing the News Class, and was the first to be done for the site in the coming months by students in the School of Journalism. Students will have an opportunity to report on Boston's neighborhoods for New England's largest daily newspaper.  Watch Borchers' story on Roxbury Prep.>>

Fall 2009