Sophie Culpepper is a staff writer at Nieman Lab focused on covering local news. She previously co-founded the hyperlocal Lexington Observer, where she reported on public schools, local government, economic development, and public safety among other topics as the digital news nonprofit’s only full-time journalist for two years. She graduated from Brown University in 2021 and was a managing editor on The Brown Daily Herald’s editorial board.
“We talk to a lot of towns where there is no newspaper anymore; there’s no community center anymore; the town store shut down. And this is kind of it.”
While the sector is still growing, that growth is slowing, by some metrics. And audience data for 2023 shows that across all outlets surveyed, average monthly web traffic fell.
“We don’t come in when there’s something crazy happening and then leave when it’s over. This is just what we do all the time. And I really hope that makes people trust us more as a newspaper.”
Culpepper, Sophie. "“We’re there to cover what’s happening”: How student journalists are covering campus protests." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 9 May. 2024. Web. 26 Jul. 2024.
APA
Culpepper, S. (2024, May. 9). “We’re there to cover what’s happening”: How student journalists are covering campus protests. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/were-there-to-cover-whats-happening-how-student-journalists-are-covering-campus-protests/
Chicago
Culpepper, Sophie. "“We’re there to cover what’s happening”: How student journalists are covering campus protests." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 9, 2024. Accessed July 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/05/were-there-to-cover-whats-happening-how-student-journalists-are-covering-campus-protests/.
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