Summary
The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from West Virginia universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the West Virginia onAir Hub … related to federal, state, and local elections and government.
Our first outreach will be to Auburn University partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of West Virginia onAir Hub’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.
Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.
About
The University of West Virginia’s onAir chapter will initially focus on training interested undergrad and graduate students on how to curate West Virginia onAir content especially submitting Top News articles, events, videos, and information and moderating forums in each post they curate.
Student curators will also work with state senate and house committee chairs to produce aircasts on issues being discussed and bills being proposed in their committees.
During election season, students with other other organizations like the League of Women Voters, will coordinate and produce aircasted debates with candidates.
The University of West Virginia onAir chapter will also help to establish other onAir chapters at public and private universities and colleges throughout the state.
University of West Virginia
WVU is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown to the career-oriented programs of WVU Potomac State in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Tech in Beckley — we are leveraging our talents and resources to create a better future for West Virginia and the World.
