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The College Journalism Newsletter

A newsletter to help you teach, mentor and lead the next generation of journalists

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Barbara Allen

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It's time to kick off summer ... with a little vacation

May 17, 2026

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3 min read

It's time to kick off summer ... with a little vacation

We both deserve time off, don't you think?

Barbara Allen

May 10, 2026

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4 min read

It's OK to enjoy the silence

Plus, a university president ... hits students with his car?? AND a student journalist is on a Pulitzer team?! What a week!

Barbara Allen

Announcing the Student Media Sustainability Project participants

May 3, 2026

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3 min read

Announcing the Student Media Sustainability Project participants

Plus, first-person and on-the-scene dispatches from students at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Barbara Allen

It's time to kick off summer ... with a little vacation

We both deserve time off, don't you think?

Barbara Allen

May 10, 2026

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4 min read

It's OK to enjoy the silence

Plus, a university president ... hits students with his car?? AND a student journalist is on a Pulitzer team?! What a week!

Barbara Allen

May 3, 2026

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3 min read

Announcing the Student Media Sustainability Project participants

Plus, first-person and on-the-scene dispatches from students at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Barbara Allen

What we can learn from student farewell columns

Apr 26, 2026

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3 min read

What we can learn from student farewell columns

There's more than meets the eye. Are we seeing it?

Barbara Allen

Silver linings emerge in the wake of Indiana University's censorship attempts

Apr 19, 2026

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4 min read

Silver linings emerge in the wake of Indiana University's censorship attempts

Plus, thieves steal $20k worth of student newsroom equipment, UNC backtracks on investigation, and a student photographer in LA loses an eye.

Barbara Allen

Student journalists are on pace to produce 250,000 bylines in 2026

Apr 12, 2026

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8 min read

Student journalists are on pace to produce 250,000 bylines in 2026

What I've learned while monitoring hundreds of student newspapers' RSS feeds.

Barbara Allen

Why communicating with your students every day is no joke

Apr 5, 2026

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7 min read

Why communicating with your students every day is no joke

Plus, a campus PR pro who's pro student media, a real winner in the newsletter game, and the last week to apply for our sustainability program.

Barbara Allen

Mar 29, 2026

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8 min read

Happy 1st birthday to this newsletter — and the gift is going to you

Thanks to two founding sponsors, the College Journalism Newsletter is dropping its paywall.

Barbara Allen

Mar 22, 2026

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8 min read

March means student media love

Plus, a solo journalist comes clean about using AI to write, I chastise an Athletic reporter and Don Lemon speaks to student journalists.

Barbara Allen

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Featured Posts

It's time to kick off summer ... with a little vacation

It's OK to enjoy the silence

Announcing the Student Media Sustainability Project participants

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It's time to kick off summer ... with a little vacation

It's OK to enjoy the silence

Announcing the Student Media Sustainability Project participants

What we can learn from student farewell columns

Silver linings emerge in the wake of Indiana University's censorship attempts

Student journalists are on pace to produce 250,000 bylines in 2026

Why communicating with your students every day is no joke

Happy 1st birthday to this newsletter — and the gift is going to you

March means student media love

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