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An initiative of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University

The power of democracy and why journalists must work together to protect it

The power of democracy and why journalists must work together to protect it

Join Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative to draw attention to threats facing U.S. democracy, on Sept. 15

Center for Cooperative Media

Jul 20

Beyond the ‘Democracy Desk’: Why U.S. newsrooms need to become explicitly pro-democracy

Beyond the ‘Democracy Desk’: Why U.S. newsrooms need to become explicitly pro-democracy

By Jay Rosen, professor of journalism, New York University

Center for Cooperative Media

Jul 22

Center for Cooperative Media sends NJ community and ethnic media delegates to first LION…

Center for Cooperative Media sends NJ community and ethnic media delegates to first LION…

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Five delegates from New Jersey’s community and ethnic media will be at the first-ever LION Publishers Independent News…

Aug 15

Q&A: Sarah Alvarez and Erin Perry on why competition in journalism is over

Q&A: Sarah Alvarez and Erin Perry on why competition in journalism ...

Outlier Media is a Detroit-based service journalism organization that collaborates directly with residents through SMS texting and…

Jul 12

Stories Invincible announces Camden event featuring discussion of info needs, fellowship…

Stories Invincible announces Camden event featuring discussion of i...

The event will start at 4:30pm on July 14 at Nuanced Cafe in Camden, NJ.

Jul 8

What we learned about hybrid events after this year’s Collaborative Journalism Summit

What we learned about hybrid events after this year’s Collaborative...

‘Never again,’ Joe said in the moment.

Stefanie Murray

Jun 22

U.S. Democracy Day is Sept. 15; Sign up now to participate!

U.S. Democracy Day is Sept. 15; Sign up now to participate!

Nationwide collaborative reporting project hopes to shed light on threats to American democratic process

Stefanie Murray

Jun 13

Reporting fellowship highlights impact of COVID-19 on underserved communities in New Jersey

Reporting fellowship highlights impact of COVID-19 on underserved c...

Six-month fellowship supported 10 New Jersey journalists from ethnic and community media outlets

Jun 9

‘Stories Invincible’ initiative aims to elevate restorative narratives in Camden, New Jersey

‘Stories Invincible’ initiative aims to elevate restorative narrati...

From afar and for far too long, the City of Camden, N.J., has been defined by its night sky — an irrefutable reputation as one of the…

Jun 6

Collaboration: From ‘impossible stories’ to world-changing journalism

Collaboration: From ‘impossible stories’ to world-changing journalism

Read Marina Walker Guevara’s keynote from the 2022 Collaborative Journalism Summit

Stefanie Murray

May 23

Q&A: Marina Walker Guevara on the past and future of collaborative journalism

Q&A: Marina Walker Guevara on the past and future of collaborative ...

Marina Walker Guevara is executive editor at the Pulitzer Center, where she leads large-scale collaborative journalism investigations…

May 23

South Jersey Information Equity Project welcomes five inaugural fellows

South Jersey Information Equity Project welcomes five inaugural fel...

First cohort of fellows will cover Black communities in South Jersey.

Adrienne Bauldock

May 9

Center for Cooperative Media to launch Spanish Translation News Service in New Jersey

Center for Cooperative Media to launch Spanish Translation News Ser...

Pilot collaboration between local news and Spanish-language media will address language barriers and misinfo in Latino communities

May 5

South Jersey Information Equity Project profile: Meet Clyde Hughes

South Jersey Information Equity Project profile: Meet Clyde Hughes

Longtime journalist Hughes runs Front Runner New Jersey for Black communities in South Jersey

Adrienne Bauldock

May 4

Loved and Lost project marks second year of commemorating lives claimed by COVID-19

Loved and Lost project marks second year of commemorating lives cla...

Nearly 1,000 names have been added to virtual monument

Mariela Santos-Muniz

Apr 27

Q&A: Paul Cheung on how journalists can tell more diverse stories by looking to music

Q&A: Paul Cheung on how journalists can tell more diverse stories b...

Paul Cheung is CEO at the Center for Public Integrity, a national non-profit investigative newsroom.

Apr 25

Cross-field collaboration: How and why journalists and civil society organizations around the…

Cross-field collaboration: How and why journalists and civil societ...

New research analyzes 155 collaborative reporting projects

Mar 28

Center for Cooperative Media relaunches membership support program for NJ journalists

Center for Cooperative Media relaunches membership support program ...

Last year, the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University began supporting New Jersey journalists in the form of paid…

Cassandra Etienne

Mar 17

Velvet McNeil on the importance of visualizing greatness

Velvet McNeil on the importance of visualizing greatness

“I hope that they understand their power and that their stories are viable and informative.”

Charles Curtis, III

Mar 16

Q&A: Sonam Vashi on why lasting trust requires collaboration

Q&A: Sonam Vashi on why lasting trust requires collaboration

Toward a new type of participatory journalism

Mar 10

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

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

First round of applications are open until March 21

Adrienne Bauldock

Mar 7

Happy birthday to us! The Center for Cooperative Media plans 10th anniversary celebrations for 2022

Happy birthday to us! The Center for Cooperative Media plans 10th a...

Help us celebrate a decade of cooperative media, and prepare for the next one

Stefanie Murray

Mar 2

A look at DEI efforts in New Jersey newsrooms

A look at DEI efforts in New Jersey newsrooms

Here’s what’s changed at Gannett and NJ Advance Media

Feb 17

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