Fair Chance Reporting and the work of Dr. Lucinda D. Davenport, Joe Grimm and the journalism students at Michigan State University have been recognized by the industry. What began as a simple source-logging exercise grew into a diversity, equity and inclusion initiative. 

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Our mission is to teach student journalists to intentionally reach sources that are representative of their communities. We have built simple tools and practices that teach our students to cover their diverse communities. They work to include people who vary in age, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, income and physicality. They seek the opinions, giving everyone a Fair Chance to share their perspectives.

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This helps them ensure that the many perspectives in a community are captured and reported completely. And our students understand that journalistic ethics demand this.

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Our efforts to teach and implement Fair Chance Reporting have been recognized and enable the award-winning work of the School of Journalism at Michigan State University to continue.