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School board voter guide starter kits help NJ local news outlets, voters dig deeper

School board voter guide starter kits help NJ local news outlets, voters dig deeper

When Danielle DeGerolamo received a $500 stipend to help elevate her local school board election coverage, she chose to spend it on the…

Manya Brachear Pashman

Nov 5

Nine NJ Black publishers collaborate on special project covering the 2024 elections

Nine NJ Black publishers collaborate on special project covering th...

From Newark to Atlantic City, a group of Black-led news and media organizations have come together to provide comprehensive reporting on…

Cassandra Etienne

Oct 29

Introducing our new Civic Science zine: Notes on Civic Science, Vol. 1

Introducing our new Civic Science zine: Notes on Civic Science, Vol. 1

When I first became the Civic Science Fellow at the Center for Cooperative Media, funded by the Rita Allen Foundation, I attempted to…

Catherine Devine

Oct 23

South Jersey Information Equity Project seeks local journalists and media makers for 2025…

South Jersey Information Equity Project seeks local journalists and...

Applications for reporting fellows are open until Nov. 25

Cassandra Etienne

Oct 18

How newsrooms across all 50 states came together for U.S. Democracy Day 2024

How newsrooms across all 50 states came together for U.S. Democracy...

On September 15, 2024, newsrooms across the U.S. came together for the third annual U.S. Democracy Day.

Oct 15

New Jersey appears to spend little of its state advertising money with local media

New Jersey appears to spend little of its state advertising money w...

New report analyzes how the state spends its advertising dollars, assessing $230M in expenditures since 2019

Oct 11

Amy Goodman meets with NJ’s local journalists about the importance of independent, ethnic and…

Amy Goodman meets with NJ’s local journalists about the importance ...

These outlets, she says, are ‘the best example of giving voice to the people in your communities.’

Anthony Advincula

Oct 7

Q&A: Bryan Pollard on building global collaborations with Indigenous journalists

Q&A: Bryan Pollard on building global collaborations with Indigenou...

Bryan Pollard is a grants manager at The Associated Press (AP), and the former president of NAJA

Oct 1

Guide: Misinfo stories you can report right now with a new News Literacy Project dashboard

Guide: Misinfo stories you can report right now with a new News Lit...

By Dan Evon, Senior Education Design Manager for News Literacy Project

Beatrice Forman

Sep 20

Permanent journalism collaboratives in the U.S.

Permanent journalism collaboratives in the U.S.

New research from the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University documents the characteristics of permanent journalism…

Stefanie Murray

Sep 16

Q&A: Michael Grant on how the HBCU Digital Media Collaborative can equip and connect student media

Q&A: Michael Grant on how the HBCU Digital Media Collaborative can ...

Michael Grant is co-founder of the HBCU Digital Media Collaborative, a new initiative connecting student media at Historically Black…

Sep 10

Guide: How local journalists can cover extremism in their communities

Guide: How local journalists can cover extremism in their communities

How to identify extremist organizations, their funder, and the right way to frame your work about their tactics.

Beatrice Forman

Sep 3

Calling all NJ journalists: Use this kit to build your school board voter guide

Calling all NJ journalists: Use this kit to build your school board...

Reporting stipends of $500 will also be offered to 16 newsrooms

Manya Brachear Pashman

Aug 19

New Jersey newsrooms somewhat reflect state’s diversity, study finds

New Jersey newsrooms somewhat reflect state’s diversity, study finds

However, journalists of color reported higher burnout and turnover in their jobs and lower pay; Hispanic representation low

Cassandra Etienne

Aug 13

Q&A: Alia Wong on how AP connects local outlets with exclusive datasets for collaborative education…

Q&A: Alia Wong on how AP connects local outlets with exclusive data...

Alia Wong is the collaborations editor for AP’s Education Reporting Network, a collaborative model led by Chrissie Thompson to leverage…

Aug 5

South Jersey Information Equity Project congratulates 2024 reporting fellows

South Jersey Information Equity Project congratulates 2024 reportin...

By Adrienne Bauldock and Cassandra Etienne

Adrienne Bauldock

Jul 30

U.S. Democracy Day awards stipends to 17 pro-democracy reporting projects

U.S. Democracy Day awards stipends to 17 pro-democracy reporting pr...

After reviewing more than 70 excellent applications for our first-ever pro-democracy reporting stipends, the U.S. Democracy Day team…

Jul 23

Why community reporting matters now more than ever

Why community reporting matters now more than ever

Keynote remarks from the 2024 South Jersey Information Equity Project closing ceremony

Jul 19

Q&A: Rashad Mahmood on how the Local News Fund supports journalism in New Mexico

Q&A: Rashad Mahmood on how the Local News Fund supports journalism ...

Rashad Mahmood is executive director of the New Mexico Local News Fund, a collaborative network that helps to fund journalism and…

Jul 9

From shy singer to arts advocate, Flisadam Pointer impacts New Jersey media

From shy singer to arts advocate, Flisadam Pointer impacts New Jers...

After more than a decade of identifying as a blogger, Flisadam Pointer has started to embrace the title of ‘journalist.’

Mariela Santos-Muniz

Jun 5

Q&A: Ayinde Merrill on how collaboration and listening can build strong civic media

Q&A: Ayinde Merrill on how collaboration and listening can build st...

Ayinde Merrill is a program officer at the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium

Jun 5

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