Why it Matters

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If you step into our newsroom, you might hear a single sentence: The Daily News writes stories other people aren’t telling.

This is a philosophy that shapes a lot of what we do with our content choices. We want to tell stories that may otherwise fly under the radar in the Ball State University and Muncie communities. One way we try to connect both of these worlds is through The Partnership Project.

The Partnership Project started because the editorial board of The Daily News decided to have special coverage on Muncie Community Schools (MCS) and about the work happening in MCS that isn’t being discussed. When Ball State took on a bigger role with MCS, our two worlds became interconnected to some degree. We wanted our coverage to reflect that.

Some people may say Ball State is disconnected from the Muncie community; it’s easy for a college campus to seem like its own universe that doesn’t reflect its surrounding areas.

The Daily News doesn’t want to be in a bubble, and that’s part of why the Partnership Project was born.

We want to talk about what’s going on in Muncie. We want to tell great stories from MCS. We want to open the doors for better connection between Ball State and the communities that surround it.

This Partnership Project edition of our newspaper features the communities from outside the Ball State bubble. We hope telling stories like these will connect us all.