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This article reports on the development in recent years, across the United States, of programs in journalism schools and some other units of higher education that borrow from the "teaching hospital" model, following a pedagogy in which students or professional journalists produce news content directly for general audiences or do so in partnership with professional media organizations. In these efforts, the news content is posted on websites hosted by the universities involved, disseminated through partner news organizations, or freely reprinted by non-partner media organizations from the websites. The article briefly describes a variety of these programs, offers a detailed case study of the program at Youngstown State University, analyzes the similarities and differences across programs, and reflects in conclusion on how these programs serve democracy and journalism in the digital age.