Fueling Community Journalism Through NJ Community Colleges
NJCH and Journalism + Design at the New School are partnering with a set of community colleges around the state in 2023-24 to create and deliver free noncredit community journalism certificate offerings, to equip people with tools to better understand and articulate what's happening in their communities.
These certificates, unique to each school and created with input from local community partners and media organizations, will give participants transferable skills from a variety of disciplines – including journalism, design, the humanities, media literacy and systems thinking – that challenge them to explore creative ways to better inform their community and circulate high-quality news.
The Fueling Community Journalism initiative is currently supporting free, non-credit certificate programs at four NJ community colleges.
Project TeamS
NJCH and Journalism + Design at The New School are pleased to announce the members of our 2023-24 “Fueling Community Journalism Through NJ Community Colleges” cohort!
Each college will receive a $40,000 award from NJCH and J+D to train faculty members and fund tuition-free, noncredit certificates in community journalism at their institutions. These certificate programs, which will be unique to each college, will be developed by the selected colleges through training and support from NJCH/J+D and other local news experts.
Beginning in July 2023, representatives from each college will take part in intensive workshops that will explore how to create, facilitate, and sustain certificate programs that incorporate local voices and community needs. Colleges also will have the opportunity to build sustainable connections with local media partners and nonprofit organizations in their regions through a Spring 2024 community journalism/community college convening, as well as through NJCH/J+D-supported seed grants for the colleges’ community partners. The colleges will launch their inaugural certificate programs in Spring 2024.
Press release
Four New Jersey community colleges have received $40,000 awards to train faculty members and fund tuition-free, noncredit certificates in community journalism at their institutions.
Media coverage
- TapInto Sparta, June 29
- NJ Herald, July 5
- Sparta Independent, July 10
- Community College Daily, July 17
- ROI-NJ, July 21
- The Trentonian, July 21
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mercer County Community College
Middlesex College
Sussex County Community College
People
Contact
For questions about the Fueling Grassroots Journalism at NJ Community Colleges program, contact Valerie Popp at vpopp@njhumanities.org or 609-695-4838.
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