Archive of stories published by NJ Spark

Homepage

Open in app

All

Keyshawna Johnson in NJ Spark

Feb 28, 2018

PHS to Prison: The Plainfield Series

Ohhh….you’re from Plainfield?

2 responses

Jayne Chacko in NJ Spark

Nov 5, 2018

To Drive or not to Drive? Amazon Flex Driver VS. Amazon Warehouse Worker

Akia Thorpe in NJ Spark

Feb 21, 2017

The Real Strange Thing About the Johnsons

If you haven’t seen the short film “The Strange thing about the Johnsons” directed by…

1 response

Mina Afayee in NJ Spark

Dec 12, 2016

What Happens to the People of a Gentrified City

Jersey City resident Nate Kelly used to live downtown in a $900/month apartment, but when his rent more than tripled to $3,500 a few years ago, he was forced to move out. Like many other long-time JC residents, the Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic…

JULIA JIN in NJ Spark

Nov 20, 2019

Demystifying the image of homelessness portrayed in the media

Samuel O. Ludescher in NJ Spark

Apr 26, 2017

New Brunswick and the Street with Two Faces

Rutgers University students renting off campus housing in New Brunswick are…

STEFANI ZAMORA in NJ Spark

Mar 1, 2018

Sharing a Story of Violence in NJ State Prison

Keyshawna Johnson in NJ Spark

Mar 27, 2018

908 Border Patrol: The Plainfield Series

“Slow down, we’re in Scotch Plains now.”

TAYLOR DAVIS in NJ Spark

Mar 28, 2018

‘I don’t ever give up’

After a major run-in with the law, Eugene Evans Jr., 59, kept a low profile as a telemarketer in New Brunswick, NJ…

Becca Koblin in NJ Spark

May 8, 2019

Climate Change Does Not Exist: and Other Fairytales

Global warming cannot possibly exist because we still have snow storms…

These were the top 10 stories published by NJ Spark; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

About

NJ Spark

NJ Spark is a social justice journalism lab at Rutgers University. We bring students together with media makers and journalists to create media for and with underserved communities.

Tags