CCJ Mission Statement
The mission of the Center for Community Journalism is to foster effective community journalism by training working journalists and forging a link between academia and the world of community journalism to strengthens both.

CCJ Goals
Provide continuing journalism education tailored to the needs of small news organizations, needs often overlooked by other journalism training programs.

• Help community newspapers keep abreast of emerging technologies.
• Explain ways community newspapers contribute to healthy communities.
• Strengthen the link between the classroom and the newsroom by: -introducing students to the journalism practiced at the community level and encouraging them to consider a career in community newspapers; -encouraging educators to prepare students better for jobs in community news; -supporting scholarly research in community news and providing ways for scholars and professionals to share their knowledge.