Editorial of November 27, 2025
The Future's So Bright...
You may remember that, back in October 2024, we announced an innovative new partnership with SUNY Oneonta. “The Institute for Local News at SUNY,” according to officials, “engages students in university-led reporting programs with local media partners to bolster local news coverage while giving students real-world learning experiences in multi-media story-telling and communications.”
At that time, Dr. Gayane Torosyan was the ILN lead for SUNY Oneonta. Her role, along with SUNY Oneonta part-time instructor, local media expert and now Butternut Valley Alliance Executive Director Cassandra Miller (congrats, Cassandra!) was to guide students in the writing of professional-level news stories in their classes, which were then delivered to us publication-ready. Through this partnership, students receive an internship-like learning experience resulting in published work for their portfolios, officials said, while understaffed and resource-strapped local news outlets such as we get much-needed original content covering important community issues.
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