Our prisons and higher ed reporter @charlottewest.bsky.social will be chatting with @prisoncast.bsky.social on Sunday's special broadcast of Prisoncast! with our local partner @wbez.org. Tune in at 2 pm central for the two-hour show on wbez.org or your local Illinois public radio station.

We love how Stephanie Wang of @luminafoundation.bsky.social described us during @sxswedu.com: "Open Campus is like a power-up in Super Mario Brothers. You're instantly supercharged...to cover higher education because of their deep expertise and understanding of the context across different states."

Join our team! Open Campus is looking for a bilingual journalist (Spanish and English) with strong editing and translation skills, particularly those with experience with engagement and higher education reporting. www.opencampusmedia.org/2025/01/07/o...

We're adding 3 new partners to our Local Network: @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social, @sareport.bsky.social, & Centro de Periodismo Investigativo in Puerto Rico.

That means we now support 20 reporters in 17 newsrooms, reaching more than 18 million readers a month. www.opencampusmedia.org/2025/01/08/o...

We're adding a 5th Texas location, partnering with @sareport.bsky.social to add a full-time higher ed reporter there. This person will join our growing Open Campus Local Network, now in 17 places across the country. To work with us in San Antonio, apply here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

We're excited to be working with @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social on a new beat, focused on the role of higher ed in meeting the needs of the state's changing economy. They become the 15th partner newsroom in our Local Network.

Apply for the full-time reporter job: jobs.gusto.com/postings/wis...

Higher ed shapes the future of every community in America. That’s why we put people on the beat in local newsrooms across the country.

Help us continue to do this important work. Donations to Open Campus are matched up to $1,000 per person through Dec. 31. donorbox.org/open-campus

The presidential election exposed an increasing gender divide in politics that reached a group that Democrats have counted on for years — young voters. Though a majority of young women voted for Harris, Trump made inroads among young men. Here's what young voters told @clairerafford.bsky.social

This is one of a series of enterprise stories we're doing to support in-depth higher ed reporting that centers local communities.

Read all of them, including collaborations with @sltrib.com, @montanafreepress.org, & @theassemblync.bsky.social: www.opencampusmedia.org/category/in-...

@charlottewest.bsky.social's newsletter explores how issues like student debt, the return of Pell Grants for people in prison, and limited access to technology are shaping education and career paths during and after incarceration. Sign up here: www.opencampusmedia.org/college-insi...