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Committee advances bill to fund journalism fellowships for public-college graduates
Summary
The committee voted to send HB 5159 to Appropriations with substitute language directing the Office of Policy and Management to contract with a student journalism collaborative to administer yearlong fellowships for recent graduates of public institutions; members debated whether state funding of journalism is appropriate.
The Higher Education Employment Advancement Committee voted to send HB 5159, an act to fund journalism fellowships for graduates of public institutions of higher education, to the Appropriations Committee with JFS language that would have the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) contract with a nonprofit student journalism collaborative to administer the program.
Supporters said the program would help address a shortage of local journalists. “I thought we had a great public hearing last week and heard some valuable perspectives from folks who teach journalism students, have been journalism students, and our local news…
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