The Boston Globe has a new partnership with Boston
University College of Communication to expand news coverage in the city of Newton while also helping
to train the next generation of journalists, the paper said. Under a pilot
program, the school will devote one of its beat reporting classes to covering
the city of 90,000 residents for The Globe throughout the academic year.
The
partnership will allow the Globe to deepen its coverage of Newton and test whether this attracts and
retains subscribers, a news release from the paper said.
"Newton has long been
among the Globe’s most loyal communities. This pilot will test if adding fresh
voices with a digital-first approach helps us grow while fulfilling our civic
role,” said Brian McGrory, editor of The Boston Globe, "We're thrilled to
be working with Boston University to nurture the next generation of community
journalists.”
The Globe
will publish a weekly newsletter, host a dedicated section on bostonglobe.com and
publish both student stories and pieces from Boston Globe reporters beginning
in early September.
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