Tag Archives: NJ Spark
37 People Struggling to Get by in New Jersey
April 10, 2018When 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
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NJ Spark: Reporting on Issues of Poverty and Economic Inequality to Build Community
March 28, 2016“We’re so erased. If you’re a person of color, if you’re a woman, if you come from a poor background, if you come from a family who worked like dogs and never got any respect or a share of the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Building, Grantee Spotlight, Informed Communities, Media
Tagged New Jersey news, NJ Spark, Rutgers University
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