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SSU Student Newsroom Awarded $22,000

(L-R) Jordan Ewing, Kareem McMichael, Dr. Angela Mathis, Chloe Gallivan, 
Eden Turner, William Martin, and Keleigh Arrington.

Center for Journalism & Democracy Awards $22,000 to SSU Student Newsroom

Savannah State University’s (SSU) Department of Journalism and Mass Communications received a $22,000 grant from the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University via its Newsroom Innovation Challenge. SSU is one of only ten Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to receive funding from the center. The grant will support the Tiger’s Roar student-run newspaper and Tiger’s Roar-TV.

The Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University invested nearly $200,000 to help improve campus newsroom technology, business operations, audience engagement, and reporting.

“HBCU student newsrooms brim with talent but often lack the resources needed to give students access to the cutting-edge technology and operational support that so many of their peers at predominately white institutions have,” Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Center’s founder, said in a statement.

Members of SSU’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication who worked on the grant proposal include: Dr. Juliana Trammel, department chair; Kareem McMichael, Tiger’s Roar advisor; William Martin, WTRT-TV program director; Dr. Angela Mathis, adjunct faculty; Eden Turner, Tiger’s Roar Editor in Chief 2022-2023; Chloe Gallivan, Tiger’s Roar Editor in Chief 2024-2025; Ellen Hunter, Tiger’s Roar co-editor; Keleigh Arrington, Tiger’s Roar reporter; and Jordan Ewing, contributing writer.

In addition to Savannah State University, Howard University’s the Hilltop and HU News Service, and campus newsrooms at Morgan State University, the University of the District of Columbia, Morehouse College, Florida A&M University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina Central University, and Texas Southern University will each receive award packages that range from $4,000 to $29,000 and a one-time technology award.

The funds will also allow the newsrooms to pay stipends for student journalists, many of whom are unable to volunteer at their campus news organizations because they need to work paying jobs.

“This grant will allow us to strengthen our journalism education even more at Savannah State University,” said Trammel. “Starting fall 2024, mass communication students and our student-led media will be positioned to engage in greater hands-on journalism better than before with additional resources.”

Savannah State University's department of journalism and mass communications is accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which endorses excellence and high standards in professional education in journalism and mass communications. SSU is the only HBCU in Georgia accredited by ACEJMC and one of only three universities in the state accredited by ACEJMC.

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