Pepperdine University is the Newest Regional Solutions Journalism Hub

We're excited to announce that Pepperdine University in California is joining four other journalism schools as a regional hub for solutions journalism.

The university hubs program was launched in 2022 with the aim of creating beacons to ensure that journalism focused on responses to problems is integrated into the teaching, research and service of leading journalism schools.

Pepperdine, recognized as a leader in innovative collegiate journalism, was one of eight cohort schools in the 2023–24 Student Media Challenge. Student journalists there dedicated a year to reporting on climate anxiety at the Malibu campus, which was threatened by the Woolsey wildfire in 2018, which prompted the evacuation of 295,000 people and burned nearly 97,000 acres.

Learn more about Pepperdine's plans and the Solutions Journalism University Hub program.