Want to publish Community News Service stories in your paper or on your media site? Contact Cory Dawson at cory.dawson@uvm.edu to discuss a partnership with us.

A project of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program.

The Community News Service is a student powered partnership with local community papers. We are a professionally edited reporting service which pairs student reporters with professional editors to provide community-scale content at no cost.

With a focus on hyper-local and local news, the project has two primary goals:

  • To EDUCATE and engage STUDENTs in journalism and build citizenship skills.

  • To provide local content to community newspapers.

Editor: Cory Dawson (Resume)

Coordinator: Richard Watts (Resume)


Thanks to our generous donors…

AARP, the College of Arts & Sciences, the UVM Office of Engagement, Gannett Foundation, Lintilhac Foundation, ISNE, Windham Foundation, Scripps-Howard, Pomerleau Real Estate, National Life, Vermont Electric Co-op and the many UVM alumni and friends who so generously support the students. 


Listen to the history of CNS. Produced CNS audio editor Leah Kelleher.


OUR PARTNERS