Kennesaw State Project Joins National Investigative News Network
Los Angeles—The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has joined the Investigative
News…
Georgia
(Jan 5, 2012) —
Los Angeles—The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has joined the Investigative
News Network, a growing consortium of some 60 news organizations in North America.
JJIE.org, a trial project housed at the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw
State University, is a news source and conversation hub for juvenile justice and the
related areas of child welfare, mental health and public education. Since its launch
in 2010, JJIE.org has grown into a national powerhouse for convening informed conversations
around youth justice issues.
“We are excited about having JJIE and Kennesaw State University as part of the network,”
said Kevin Davis, CEO and Executive Director of INN. “Juvenile justice issues are
chronically underreported by the mainstream media and we are delighted to help bring
high quality and persistent coverage of this important area.”
JJIE.org’s goal is to help the general public, practitioners, educators, parents,
youth, policymakers and lawmakers better understand juvenile justice issues both singularly
and as a part of the larger child welfare, mental health and educational ecosystem.
“Joining the INN collaboration is a logical step in the JJIE.org’s movement into a
national news organization covering youth justice issues,” said JJIE.org Executive
Director Leonard Witt, who calls juvenile justice the civil rights issue of our time.
“Of course, we will be exchanging stories with INN organizations coast to coast and
editor John Fleming is planning cooperative reporting and investigative journalism
projects with interested INN members,” Witt added. “We are confident everyone will
prosper by this relationship.”
JJIE.org is a division the Center for Sustainable Journalism housed at Kennesaw State
University. Located just outside of Atlanta with 24,100 students, it is Georgia’s
third largest university. The Center is made possible thanks to a substantial gift
from the Harnisch Foundation. HTTP://thehf.org/
INN was founded in 2009 to help the increasing number of nonprofit newsrooms to pool
resources, promote editorial collaborations and more widely distribute their work.
INN is composed of nonprofit organizations that produce nonpartisan investigative
and public service journalism on a local, regional and national basis.
All INN members produce original long-form and ongoing stories and data that keep
communities informed on the issues that affect them most.
Contact:
-Kevin Davis, CEO and Executive Director of INN
-Leonard Witt, Executive Director of JJIE.org
A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State University offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees to its more than 41,000 students. With 11 colleges on two metro Atlanta campuses, Kennesaw State is a member of the University System of Georgia and the second-largest university in the state. The university’s vibrant campus culture, diverse population, strong global ties and entrepreneurial spirit draw students from throughout the region and from 126 countries across the globe. Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2), placing it among an elite group of only 6 percent of U.S. colleges and universities with an R1 or R2 status. For more information, visit kennesaw.edu.
