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Center News and Notes

  • Research Notes
In a research project for the Bill Lane Center for the American West, Grace Carroll and Kyleigh McPeek interviewed dozens of sources including scholars, journalists, and relatives of victims to find out how true crime media impacts the crimes they…

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  • Journalism Fellows
  • Rural West
  • Topics of the West
On NPR's Morning Edition, our 2023 Western Media Fellow Brandon Kapelow reports on a community-based suicide prevention program in the remote Alaskan city of Hooper Bay.
  • Out West student blog
What can you do with just a few hours in Yosemite? Kylie Creighton isn't sure; a whole summer wasn't enough for her.
  • Journalism Fellows
Our Media Fellowship underwrites a journalist examining the American West with a $7,500 stipend for three to six months' work. Applications are due October 14, 2024.
  • Out West student blog
Sam Howell Petersen reflects on their experiences of learning and community in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.