Tag Archives: Center for Investigative Reporting

3 lessons we learned from Voting Block NJ

Posted on May 15, 2018 by By Cristina Kim and Annie Chabel, Center for Investigative Reporting

Collaborative journalism is having a moment right now, but it’s more than just a buzzword. As budgets and staff sizes continue to shrink in local newsrooms, collaboration has become one crucial way to expand coverage and reach. Last year, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community Building, Grantee Spotlight, Informed Communities, Local News Lab, Media, Nonprofit | Tagged Center for Cooperative Media, Center for Investigative Reporting, Political potluck, Voting Block NJ | Leave a comment

37 People Struggling to Get by in New Jersey

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Mike Rispoli, Free Press

When it comes to telling stories of economic hardship, what can journalists learn from social workers? From oral historians? From artists? From community advocates? It turns out, a lot. At a recent workshop at Rutgers University convened by coLAB Arts and Free … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts, Collaboration, Community Building, Free Press, Informed Communities, Media | Tagged 37 Voices, Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey, Center for Cooperative Media, Center for Investigative Reporting, CoLAB Arts, Free Press, local journalism, New Jersey working poor, NJ Spark, Oral History and Folklife Research, United Way ALICE, United Way of Northern New Jersey | Leave a comment