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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…

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…

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

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…

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!

Sep 4

Introducing the Democracy Infusion Project

Introducing the Democracy Infusion Project

A free collection of classroom resources for journalism educators

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?

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…

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.

Jul 24

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