Journalism students are traveling to small towns in Washington and Idaho on Oct. 3-4 to report on what's happening in rural communities.
Students, submit photos and other work here:
You can also email any materials to lisalynn@wsu.edu
Key instructions for 2025:
Travel expense form for reimbursement:
Other forms:
About this project from previous years:
Examples of professionals doing similar adventures:
Recommended reading about rural reporting:
About This Project
The Journalism and Media Production Department at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication launched the Rural Reporting Project in partnership with Northwest Public Broadcasting. The project involves experimentation with community-guided rural reporting and the potential to improve rural news coverage and immersive student learning.
Murrow College rural reporting events are supported by the Roundhouse Foundation. The Rural Reporting Plunge has been supported in previous years by the Student Media Challenge grant from the Solutions Journalism Network and the Samuel H. and Patricia W. Smith Teaching and Learning Endowment at Washington State University. During the 2018-19 academic year, this project was administered by the Online News Association with support from Excellence and Ethics in Journalism Foundation, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund, Rita Allen Foundation and the Scripps Howard Foundation.
Send project inquiries to Prof. Lisa Waananen Jones at lisalynn@wsu.edu.