OAKLAND,
Calif., July 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- EdSource,
California's largest nonprofit
newsroom focused on education journalism, announced today that it
will partner with the California Local News Fellowship program to
host an early-career journalist.
This fellowship, based at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of
Journalism, is a state-funded initiative aimed at improving local
journalism – particularly in underserved communities.
"The survival of local journalism is in the balance, and its
survival is not optional," said Berkeley Journalism dean
Geeta Anand. "Robust local reporting
makes a difference for all that we hold dear: the education of our
children, safety and dignity for vulnerable community members, the
protection of our environment and more."
Fellowship participants across the state will gain crucial
experience in daily newsrooms alongside training and mentorship
from leaders in the journalism industry.
EdSource's fellow, Vani
Sanganeria, will be based in the Los Angeles area, covering the local community
and other education stories across the state as needed. Sanganeria
grew up in Kolkata, India, before
moving to the U.S. in 2012. She has spent the past five years in
Los Angeles, as a journalism
student at the USC Annenberg School of
Communication and Journalism. At USC's
student newsroom, Annenberg Media, Sanganeria served as
South Los Angeles editor, equity
board leader and investigative reporter, and her work has been
published in L.A. Public Press, Knock LA and L.A. TACO, among
others.
EdSource is committed to working closely with young journalists
and empowering them to launch a career in the field, especially for
first-generation college students and students from local public
universities. Through its California Student Journalism Corps,
EdSource mentors and trains college students, and publishes their
work.
"Supporting young journalists is a critical component of
EdSource's mission to ensure that key stakeholders have clear,
accurate, relevant information to use in making decisions that
impact students, teachers and families across California not only today, but in the future.
As an organization, we're proud to partner with UC Berkeley to open
up new opportunities for young journalists to take the first steps
to a career in education journalism," said Adam Eisenberg, EdSource managing editor.
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organization, EdSource knows that an informed, involved public is
necessary to strengthen schools to improve opportunities now and in
the future. Since 1977, EdSource has delivered education news
analysis and continues to report on the most pressing education
issues in California and the
nation.
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