Powering a Nation
Ten Carolina journalism students and two faculty members are leading an experimental reporting endeavor that explores U.S. energy use and its relationship to the country's demographics.
The project is part of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education's News21 program.
News21 is short for News for the 21st Century: Incubators of New Ideas. It seeks to deepen the intellectual life at journalism schools and create a stronger voice for them in the news industry. A key element is to seed innovative reporting on issues in ways that attract new and younger audiences.
Powering a Nation explores wind farms, the electrical grid, mountaintop removal, coal activists, religious response and biofuels, among other topics.
The project has been recognized for excellence by the National Press Photographers Association.