The 2021 NewStart fellows are journalists, designers, editors, authors, media owners, diversity leaders and innovators from around the country who will begin the Media Solutions and Innovation master’s degree program through the West Virginia University Reed College of Media this summer.
NewStart and the one-year online master’s degree program were developed last year in collaboration with the West Virginia Press Association to train the next generation of community media owners and publishers. Crystal Good, one of the inaugural NewStart fellows, recently launched Black by God The West Virginian, an emerging storytelling organization dedicated to providing Black West Virginians with relevant news.