February 7, 2018
Local people will create the future of local news
Democracy Fund establishes two new local funds By Teresa Gorman and Josh Stearns Local news is critical to a healthy democracy, and we believe…
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Posts tagged "New Jersey"
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May 10, 2017
A Journalism Collaboration Lifts Up the Voices of New Brunswick’s Working Poor
Editor’s Note: A little over two years ago, Democracy Fund and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation invested in a new project that wanted to bridge the…
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March 9, 2017
Jersey Shore Hurricane News experiments in listening to get to ‘deeper’ community issues
At first blush, New Orleans and the Jersey Shore might seem as different as étouffée and salt-water taffy. New Orleans is urban,…
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August 6, 2015
New Study Highlights Unequal Access to Local News and Information in New Jersey
By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns If you are a resident of Morristown, New Jersey you get 23 times more news coverage per capita than the state’s largest city,…
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March 13, 2015
When Local News Isn’t Really Local
In New Jersey, New York’s shadow can mean a less healthy news ecosystem. (This article by Rutgers University professor Philip M. Napoli originally appeared at the Nieman…
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May 20, 2014
Seeding the News Ecosystem
Originally post at the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation blog on February 26, 2014 by Debbie Galant, Director of NJ News Commons. Ten years ago, I attended a…