Journalism + Design at the New School, the training partner for NJCH’s Fueling Community Journalism initiative, recently conducted a Q&A with the leader of one of the initiative’s community college partner sites. The Community Journalism initiative supports free, non-credit certificate programs at four New Jersey community colleges.
The Q&A with Holly Johnson, professor of English and journalism at Mercer County Community College, reflects on the successes and lessons learned during the first three cohorts of the school’s program, J-Lab.
Its first cohort launched in January 2024, and it is currently enrolling participants for its fourth cohort, which will launch in September 2025.
“I love that the stories students choose to tell are ones no one else would think to write, stories that would otherwise go overlooked, but that they know because they are embedded in their own communities,” Johnson said.
Click here to read the full Q&A on the Journalism + Design blog
