So, What Are We All Doing Here?

The American Poverty Journalism Center was founded by a group of Washington and Lee University students in the Spring 2005 term to serve as a resource and meetingplace for journalists concerned with issues of poverty and social justice.

The principal feature of the APCJ website is the daily-growing Database of journalists across the country that have made significant efforts in reporting poverty.

We are also looking to keep up an Archive of news articles dealing with poverty or other social justice issues.

The Bulletin Board has been set up to facilitate discussion by journalists on recent works or ongoing projects as well as communication between journalists and organizations committed to the study of poverty.

We have also included a Resources section to link non-profit organizations with groups that can assist in effectively communicating their causes to the public.