JOVRNALISM Spring 2017: Salton Sea

Class, News, Project

The Desert Sun and JOVRNALISM students kicked off the spring semester together.

As the dust begins to settle on the Fall 2016 semester, I wanted to post a preview toward what is coming in the new year.

My J489 class is being offered again and this time we are partnering with The Desert Sun, in Palm Springs. Unlike past partnerships, we are working on a brand new journalistic project together from the very beginning, rather than working with a news organization’s existing editorial content.

The Executive Editor, Greg Burton, reached out earlier this year and pitched the idea of working together in a completely integrated way. And, as important, he had a hell of a story.
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