Peterman practiced “people first journalism,” said Dr. G. Michael Killenberg, the program’s first full time faculty member and founder of the bureau. That philosophy made Peterman a good role model for the newsroom, which Killenberg said should “focus on lives and good deeds of everyday people.” The Neighborhood News Bureau is the compilation of planning by both the university and the city of St. Petersburg to bring journalism into the heart of an under covered community.    ---> Leon Dash

D. Pfundtner and W. Stoutimore from the Media Covergence class interview department founder, Dr. Killenberg. <photo by Erroll Johnson>