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Stories Invincible: Tools to build new opportunities for Camden residents
Stories Invincible: Tools to build new opportunities for Camden residents
Camden is in the middle of an arts movement that some locals call a “renaissance.” The city is filled with artistic talent. And that…
Reet Starwind
Sep 25
Q&A: Madeleine Bair on collaborating with local communities to tell impactful stories
Q&A: Madeleine Bair on collaborating with local communities to tell...
Madeleine Bair is the founder of El Tímpano, a local participatory reporting lab built in partnership with Oakland’s Latino and Mayan…
Will Fischer
Sep 25
Hundreds of journalists across the country participate in U.S. Democracy Day 2023
Hundreds of journalists across the country participate in U.S. Demo...
Newsrooms joined forces for a historic, nationwide, pro-democracy reporting collaboration
Joe Amditis
Sep 19
Opinion: From Modi to Trump: Radical politics and its impact on democracy
Opinion: From Modi to Trump: Radical politics and its impact on dem...
How covering India’s tumultuous 2014 elections reshaped one journalist’s perspective on the fragility of democracy
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Equity vs. tradition: The double-edged sword of modernizing town meetings
Equity vs. tradition: The double-edged sword of modernizing town me...
New England towns’ annual legislation days face pressure from secret balloting — and the internet.
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
The complicated reality of voting as an American abroad
The complicated reality of voting as an American abroad
Emotional and logistical challenges deter U.S. citizens overseas from voting, but their impact could be game-changing.
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Opinion: Democracy starts in the classroom — a parent’s dive into elementary school journalism
Opinion: Democracy starts in the classroom — a parent’s dive into e...
How teaching journalism in elementary schools can lay the groundwork for a more informed electorate
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Opinion: What the traditionalist party takeover of Poland’s public service channel can teach the U.S
Opinion: What the traditionalist party takeover of Poland’s public ...
After Poland’s Law and Justice party rose to power, its public access channel became a mouthpiece for homophobia. In the U.S., how…
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Opinion: When fighting for democracy, don’t ignore faith communities
Opinion: When fighting for democracy, don’t ignore faith communities
The story of faith’s favorable impacts on democracy has been largely untold
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Meet Sarah Blahovec and Neal Carter, the nonprofit founders empowering people with disabilities to…
Meet Sarah Blahovec and Neal Carter, the nonprofit founders empower...
Founded in May 2023, Disability Victory is fighting the ableism often baked into politics, from inaccessible debate stages to the idea that…
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Ranked choice voting’s boom in popularity met with aggressive bans in recent years.
Ranked choice voting’s boom in popularity met with aggressive bans ...
Five states have banned the system that advocates believe could end to gerrymandering, claiming that it can create false majorities.
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Stealth money is crippling democracy, authority on financial crime argues
Stealth money is crippling democracy, authority on financial crime ...
A Q&A with Raymond W. Baker, the “Invisible Trillions” author on kleptocracy, corruption, and its place in United States politics.
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Opinion: It’s time for Americans to take a stand on Puerto Rico’s status
Opinion: It’s time for Americans to take a stand on Puerto Rico’s s...
Puerto Ricans on the island live like colonial subjects, under U.S rule yet without meaningful representation. That’s deeply undemocratic.
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Experts say the college vote is being intentionally suppressed — here’s what to know about…
Experts say the college vote is being intentionally suppressed — he...
Many state legislatures make it intentionally difficult for college students to vote by gerrymandering their districts, creating polling…
U.S. Democracy Day
Sep 13
Beyond the bootstrap fallacy: Public service journalism deserves public funding
Beyond the bootstrap fallacy: Public service journalism deserves pu...
When you walk into a public library, you are surrounded by rows and rows of books, all available to you free of charge. Libraries have long…
Joe Amditis
Sep 12
A Labor Day tribute to Documented and public service journalism
A Labor Day tribute to Documented and public service journalism
Happy Labor Day, New Jersey!
Joe Amditis
Sep 4
Introducing the Democracy Infusion Project
Introducing the Democracy Infusion Project
A free collection of classroom resources for journalism educators
Jane Elizabeth
Aug 15
AI-generated news has arrived in New Jersey
AI-generated news has arrived in New Jersey
It’s not journalism, but does it have a role to play in the information ecosystem?
Joe Amditis
Aug 3
Q&A: Richard Watts on the power of students collaborating with journalists
Q&A: Richard Watts on the power of students collaborating with jour...
Richard Watts is the director of the Center for Community News at the University of Vermont, where he works to increase support and…
Will Fischer
Aug 2
Innovative Spanish Translation News Service in New Jersey gets renewed funding
Innovative Spanish Translation News Service in New Jersey gets rene...
NJ Civic Information Consortium commits $75K to expand program
Anthony Advincula
Jul 26
How The Objective and Community Info Coop raised $20,000 to launch a democracy beat
How The Objective and Community Info Coop raised $20,000 to launch ...
Journalism has a democracy problem.
Simon Galperin
Jul 24
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