Since joining the staff of Open Campus in 2021, Charlotte has built a beat that combines accountability journalism with direct service to incarcerated readers.
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Three newsrooms join forces to deepen North Carolina higher ed coverage
We’ll work together to find new and creative ways to get that information to people who need it across the state.
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Open Campus is hiring an independent contractor to provide accounting services
We seek a partner with deep nonprofit expertise to maintain our financial records, prepare reports, and ensure regulatory compliance.
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Open Campus welcomes Maye Primera as associate editor
Maye Primera is a bilingual journalist who will help local newsrooms connect with Spanish-speaking audiences.
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Open Campus reporters win Colorado feature-writing award
The reporters partnered on a story about an incarcerated professor teaching incarcerated students in Colorado.
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College Inside and Prisoncast! team up to launch newsletter for people incarcerated in Illinois
Charlotte West, Open Campus’s education and prisons reporter, has teamed up with Lauren Frost and Alex Keefe from WBEZ Chicago’s Prisoncast! project to create a quarterly print newsletter for people incarcerated in Illinois.
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Why entire communities deserve to know more about higher ed
Colleges and universities play large roles in cities and states — they help shape local economies and prepare people for new jobs, they facilitate social mobility, they drive research, innovation, and advancements in public health.
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Introducing the Higher Ed Under Pressure project
The Trump administration is trying to remake higher ed. We’re helping local newsrooms cover what’s at stake.
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Open Campus journalists to speak on panels at SXSW EDU
Open Campus journalists will be speaking in March at SXSW EDU in Austin.
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Open Campus adds three new partner newsrooms to Local Network — and we’re hiring
Open Campus is adding full-time, higher-ed reporters to three new partner newsrooms, growing its Local Network to 17 organizations.