CU News Corps summer 2012
The CU News Corps got its start in summer 2012, originally using the name CU Journalism News Service.
A handful of students worked on news of the summer’s wildfires and the Aurora theater shootings in July. Here are some highlights of their work:
Channel 11 in Colorado Springs did a using our map with details of the properties destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire.
KUNC used a of the Flagstaff Fire in Boulder.
Students created a with frequently updated details about the summer’s fires. One student did a on the impact the fires had on fireworks. And another student covered an on Waldo Canyon.
The day of the Aurora shootings, students contributed to the , and we believe the used the information we emailed them. A student also an expert about gun control laws.
Meanwhile, student Steven Kasica sent daily “postcards” from the London Olympics, which were used by and the .