Published: Dec. 5, 2012 By

The CU News Corps got its start in summer 2012, originally using the name CU Journalism News Service.

A handful of students worked on news of the summer’s wildfires and the Aurora theater shootings in July. Here are some highlights of their work:

Channel 11 in Colorado Springs did a  using our map with details of the properties destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire.

KUNC used a  of the Flagstaff Fire in Boulder.

Students created a  with frequently updated details about the summer’s fires. One student did a  on the impact the fires had on fireworks. And another student covered an  on Waldo Canyon.

The day of the Aurora shootings, students contributed to the , and we believe the  used the information we emailed them. A student also  an expert about gun control laws.

Meanwhile, student Steven Kasica sent daily “postcards” from the London Olympics, which were used by  and the .