Center for Collaborative Journalism

The Center for Collaborative Journalism, called "one of the nation’s boldest journalism experiments" by The New York Times, is a new partnership between Mercer University, The (Macon) Telegraph, Georgia Public Broadcasting and The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Funded by $4.6 million from Knight and $1 million from the Peyton Anderson Foundation, the Center applies the teaching hospital model to journalism education.

Reporters work with student journalists in a joint newsroom that houses students, GPB and primary editorial operations for The Telegraph, right next to classrooms, a media lab, faculty offices and radio and TV studios. The Center will also launch a hyperlocal community news site that pushes the boundaries of multimedia news production, chronicles the history of Macon and engages the community about issues most valuable to their neighborhoods.

We welcome your feedback and involvement. Follow us on Twitter (@mercerccj), email us at ccj@mercer.edu, and sign up for our email list at http://ccj.mercer.edu/.