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Newspaper-Nonprofit Partnership to Train Community Correspondents

A new project starting up in West Oakland, California promises to transform the way that local news can be used to foster greater civic engagement. 

The Oakland Tribune is partnering with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, The California Endowment, the Oakland Public Library and residents of the West Oakland community in a pilot project to train a new corps of community journalists. The project will train West Oakland residents who are interested in reporting, writing and taking photos as part of its community correspondents program.

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