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Reporters and educators ask legislature to fund journalism fellowships to bolster local news pipeline
Summary
Newsroom and university leaders told the committee HB 7099 — a bill to fund journalism fellowships for graduates of public colleges — would help replenish local reporting capacity, train early‑career journalists and produce more local coverage. Testimony described program models and said fellowships create career pipelines into local newsrooms.
Local news leaders and journalism educators urged lawmakers to support HB 7099, a proposal to fund journalism fellowships for graduates of public institutions.
Bruce Putterman, publisher and CEO of the Connecticut Mirror, told the committee…
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