Check out these examples of outstanding local NJ reporting from the last year — The Center for Cooperative Media is thrilled to announce the winners of the fifth annual NJ News Commons Excellence in Local News Awards. Due to the (still) ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we will once again be foregoing a celebratory awards luncheon for this year’s winners, but each of the winners will…

This year’s contest will be different than previous years — UPDATE: The submission deadline has passed and we are no longer accepting nominations. These last two years have been—for lack of a better word—different, than any in recent memory. With that in mind, it seemed fitting for the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University to reassess what kind…

Journalism at the national level has been under attack over the last four years, and the business model that once supported the industry has been crumbling for more than a decade. On top of that, last year was particularly turbulent as a pandemic raged (and continues to rage) across the…

Amid a pandemic, a racial reckoning and divisive election, here’s some of the best journalism we saw in New Jersey — The Center for Cooperative Media is thrilled to announce the winners of the fourth annual NJ News Commons Excellence in Local News Awards. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we won’t be holding a celebratory awards luncheon this year, but all of our winners will still receive a certificate and…

The deadline to apply is March 31, 2021 — At long last, the first-in-the-nation New Jersey Civic Information Consortium is accepting grant applications for its first round of funding. This step has been years in the making. The Consortium is an independent non-profit organization created by the State of New Jersey in 2018, tasked with growing and improving access…

I can’t even count the number of times I heard one of the CBS News anchors decry today’s assault on the U.S. Capitol building as “unbelievable,” “shocking,” and “unimaginable.” As they and others around the world watched Trump supporters storm into the offices and chambers of the U.S. …

You’ve done some amazing journalism this year. Help us make sure you’re recognized for it. — THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JAN. 31, 2021! The last thing anyone wants to do right now is look back and reminisce about 2020. …

The money will be used to support local NJ news providers covering the new coronavirus in their communities — Journalists at newsrooms of all sizes are being furloughed, laid off, or facing pay cuts while advertising revenue continues to plummet. Smaller news organizations, especially those with few personnel and no significant financial backing, are among those hurting the most. As Poynter’s Kristen Hare puts it, “It’s getting hard to…

New Jersey publishers will focus on local news revenue projects — Late last year, we announced a new round of micro-awards aimed at supporting projects and experiments focused on bringing in more money for local news publishers in New Jersey. …