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SUMMARY:Back to the Block: Why Neighborhood News is the Future of Local Jou
 rnalism
DESCRIPTION:Join Marcus Riley\, senior director of Content Strategy and Inc
 lusive Journalism at The E.W. Scripps Company\, for this week’s Media Me
 ntor Series session\, presented by the Roy Howard Community Journalism Cen
 ter.\n\nAs trust in media shifts\, many news organizations are rediscoveri
 ng the power of neighborhood-level reporting. This session will explore wh
 y hyperlocal\, community-centered journalism is gaining renewed importance
  and how newsrooms are rethinking strategy to better reflect and serve the
  communities around them. Drawing from leadership experience in content st
 rategy and inclusive journalism across multiple markets\, this mentor will
  examine how organizations implement neighborhood news models\, measure im
 pact and ensure representation. Participants will gain insight into how em
 erging journalists can center communities in their reporting and why proxi
 mity\, inclusion and listening are essential to rebuilding trust.\n\nOrigi
 nal listing: https://calendar.usm.edu/event/media-mentor-series-marcus-ril
 ey\n\nDetails: https://hattiesburg.events/events/ea716fdd-622d-42de-9d35-b
 ae311ed829c
CATEGORIES:University
URL:https://hattiesburg.events/events/ea716fdd-622d-42de-9d35-bae311ed829c
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