The Murrow News Service provides local, regional and statewide stories reported and written by journalism students at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.
Created in 2011, the Murrow News Service distributes stories to local, regional and national media outlets including The Spokesman-Review, The Oregonian, The Seattle Times, NBCNews.com, PBS.org, KOMO.com, The Pacific Northwest Inlander, KXLY.com, The Moscow-Pullman Daily News, The Tri-City Herald, Vancouver Columbian, the Bellingham Herald, the Lewiston Tribune, Crosscut.com, and others. In 2012, students from the Murrow News Service won first place in online news reporting, in-depth reporting, and sports reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists, Region 10.
The Murrow News Service operates a bureau in Olympia, Wash., which is staffed year-round by students from the Murrow College. Through the Murrow College’s Backpack Journalism Program, the Murrow News Service sends top students on international reporting programs.
To become a media partner or submit your story idea for posting and distribution, contact Ben Shors, project manager of the Murrow News Service, at bshors@wsu.edu.
News from the Pullman Bureau:
- Facebook managing editor announces departure
- Joey Cawyer’s last wish
- Rodarte’s title brings attention to gang violence
- Sequestration threatens university research funding
- Malden man faces murder trial
- Bill would protect “Good Samaritans”
- Drugs a big factor in region’s car thefts
- Despite warnings, aging firefighting tankers continue to fly
- In Nicaragua, training volunteers to save animals
- New marijuana law could cause problems on the Palouse
- Legal pot use raises questions of abuse
- Deportation-deferral program could help 27,000 in Washington
- WSU’s Woolridge read to take on old team
- Rare collection of opium pipes finds home at University of Idaho
- For Iraq veteran, college offers chance to focus
- Veterans return to school (video)
- Stimulus helps fund grid update
- On campus, marijuana legalization may change little
- Twitter ban raises concerns from legal experts
- WSU coach Leach bans players from twitter
- Small donations add up in state races
- On the Palouse, wind farm brings hope for small town
- Smoke casts haze over eastern, central Washington
- Student journalist films Yemen protests at U.S. embassy
- Summer tuition at WSU may be reduced in 2013
- Census shows rising median age of Hispanic population
- Architecture degree is foundation for nonprofit
- Vet rescues: Saving the world, one pet at a time
- As homers drop, college players look to bats
- An organic expansion at WSU
- Election, economy spark explosive growth of militias
- Voice of the Voters, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill
- In Tekoa, old theater still entertains
- WSU giving gets boost with new coach
- In Kies’ collection, a trove of historic documents
- More college students struggle with debt
- World Vets leads animal rescues around the globe
- WSU apple research branches out
- Small, rural towns bear high cost of war
- After night of partying, a terrifying fall
- Police barred from residence halls
- Universities struggle with federal crime reporting
- Oral surgeons, staff, bring smiles to Guatemalan children
- Libyan asset freeze hits students studying in US
- WSU student recalls the horrors of Libyan prison
- Shaken-baby syndrome on rise in recession
- Conservative student group defends its beliefs
- New vaccine may protect bighorn sheep
- Nuclear reactor gains interest at WSU
- Is soccer heading for trouble?
- In college football, more players opt to start early
- Colleges advise athletes on social media posts
- College students struggle to graduate on time
- Nursing students, instructors, study breast cancer in rural counties
- Many in rural Washington still lack broadband internet
- Massive shipments worry residents
- Rural jails house federal prisoners
- Bill would force school consolidation
