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🏆Now accepting nominations for the 2025 Excellence in NJ Local News Awards
🏆Now accepting nominations for the 2025 Excellence in NJ Local News Awards
Tell us about the reporting you’re most proud of this year!
Joe Amditis
Dec 6
Which nonprofit New Jersey news orgs should you support for Giving Tuesday in 2024?
Which nonprofit New Jersey news orgs should you support for Giving ...
Here’s a list of reputable nonprofit news organizations in New Jersey that are participating in #GivingTuesday this year
Joe Amditis
Dec 3
Tales untold: A night of community storytelling in Camden
Tales untold: A night of community storytelling in Camden
“If you do not tell your story, someone else will.”
Reet Starwind
Nov 27
Journalism collaborations around 2024 U.S.
Journalism collaborations around 2024 U.S.
Across the country, collaborations between newsrooms, universities, and community organizations around the 2024 U.S. elections formed a…
Catherine Devine
Nov 25
Q&A: Max Resnik on how City Bureau’s Documenters Network can strengthen local journalism and civic…
Q&A: Max Resnik on how City Bureau’s Documenters Network can streng...
Max Resnik is the Director of Network Services for the Documenters Network at City Bureau, a nonprofit civic media organization based in…
Will Fischer
Nov 22
Center for Cooperative Media to launch statewide pay equity survey of New Jersey journalists and…
Center for Cooperative Media to launch statewide pay equity survey ...
Pay equity in U.S. journalism has been a major issue in the industry for years, as white-led, white-focused news organizations have…
Amanda Alicea
Nov 21
With The Jersey Journal closing, what does the future of local news look like in Hudson County, New…
With The Jersey Journal closing, what does the future of local news...
Last month The Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s largest daily newspaper, announced plans to end its print edition and close its Montville…
Cassandra Etienne
Nov 13
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, v...
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 Dec. 2, 2024
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.
Joe Amditis
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
HannaSiemaszko
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
Will Fischer
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…
Will Fischer
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
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