State-Sponsored News Fellows to cover the 2025 Legislative Session

In a recent update from the Edward R Murrow College of Communication, three Murrow news fellows will be sent to Olympia to cover the 2025 state legislative session. The fellows, whose salaries are financed through a $2.4 million apportionment in state funds, will be responsible to hold state politicians up to scrutiny. This update comes […]
State-funded journalism is here in Washington state

By summer’s end, 16 journalism fellows will begin their two-year, state-funded fellowship led by the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. The fellows will travel to newsrooms across the state to cover multiple news deserts where underserved communities lack access to local journalism. The fellowship is modeled after the recently established […]