We are excited to announce that Beatrice Forman has joined the U.S. Democracy Day reporting collaborative team as our new project coordinator. Beatrice comes to us with a wealth of experience in data entry and collection, project management, and equitable journalism. Her passion for fostering collaborative and equitable newsrooms relationships…

The next few years are going to be… interesting. — Artificial intelligence has come a long way in a relatively short period of time. AI language models like OpenAI’s GPT series are impressive in their ability to generate human-like text, answer questions, and even mimic the writing styles of famous authors. …

By now you’re probably sick of hearing about AI and ChatGPT. I know I am, and I literally wrote a book (okay fine, it’s just an ebook) about this stuff. But if you’ll humor me for a minute, there’s a deeper, more subtle conversation to be had about all this…

I’m excited to announce the public release of my new ebook, “Beginner’s prompt handbook: ChatGPT for local news publishers.” The ebook is being made available today for free (although a small tip or donation is certainly welcome). Hay una versión en español de este libro disponible. Fue traducido por ChatGPT…

Cassie Haynes recently announced that she is leaving Resolve Philly, the community-focused, collaborative journalism powerhouse that she cofounded with Jean Friedman-Rudovsky back in 2018. On behalf of the entire team at the Center for Cooperative Media, we want to express our deepest gratitude and admiration for Cassie’s exceptional work as…

We are excited to announce the new advisory board members for the Democracy Day 2023 collaborative journalism project. …

Another year, another round of outstanding NJ local journalism — The Center for Cooperative Media is proud to announce the winners of the 6th annual NJ News Commons Excellence in NJ Local News awards! This year’s awards were once again structured somewhat differently than traditional journalism awards. Before the pandemic, we used to issue calls for submissions in various categories…

New report calls for a more intentional, equitable approach to meeting civic information needs — If you care about journalism, protecting democracy, or increasing civic participation, the best way to do that is to focus your energy (and funding) on collaborative efforts, startups and community groups — not on legacy news organizations. At least, that’s what Chalkbeat’s Elizabeth Green, City Bureau’s Darryl Holliday, and Free…

Four fellows will produce solutions-based, restorative narratives with and for communities of color in Camden, Gloucester, and Burlington counties — The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University kicked off the 2023 South Jersey Information Equity Project (SJIEP) reporting fellowship in Willingboro, NJ on January 14th. The event brought together a group of dedicated fellows, Center staff, and a team of experienced mentors and advisers, including Tennyson Donyea, Velvet…