Community Info Coop

Our local news program @jerseybeenews is hiring an Essex County local to help produce its award-winning curation and newsletter service. Learn more and apply by Oct. 27!

✨ In this week's LION newsletter ✨ 🦁 We're seeking 25 news leaders to help us identify and connect with #independentnews publishers 🇺🇸 How @ObjectiveJrn and @comminfocoop turned $3k into $20k to launch a democracy beat 📅 11 upcoming opportunities lionpublishers.com/newsletter/arc…

The Democracy Beat initiative from @comminfocoop and @ObjectiveJrn is what a proactive journalistic commitment to strengthening democratic freedoms and institutions looks like. medium.com/centerforcoope… #USDemocracyDay

PITCH CALL: We're offering up to $2K for stories on democracy, like ⭐️ solutions reporting on communities tackling threats to democracy ⭐️ Q&As with thought leaders ⭐️ Op-eds on lessons from democracy abroad Interested? Pitch us via this form by July 24 airtable.com/appFbCQllxzv3m…

If you missed our #DemocracyDay workshop with @ObjectiveJrn and @comminfocoop yesterday on how to fund + sustain a new kind of political reporting, you can now watch the recording! Thanks to @gabemschneider + @thensim0nsaid for leading a great session! youtu.be/tBtceDp_Rmg

interested in learning what it means to support democracy beat reporting? @USDemocracyDay has the hook up. join us for a webinar on June 28 with @gabemschneider and @thensim0nsaid on how @ObjectiveJrn successfully created 2 democracy beat positions. eventbrite.com/e/the-democrac…

We are ✨ONE✨ day away from our webinar with @thensim0nsaid & @gabemschneider on how @ObjectiveJrn used Democracy Day to create two democracy reporting positions! Register for insight on how to manage, hire for, and sustain this beat. eventbrite.com/e/the-democrac…

Attention journalists and pro-democracy people! Don't miss this webinar on June 28. Co-hosted by @ObjectiveJrn and @comminfocoop, feat. @gabemschneider and @thensim0nsaid. RSVP TODAY! eventbrite.com/e/the-democrac… @USDemocracyDay

Wonder what it takes to build a Democracy Beat in your newsroom? Join us on June 28 for a conversation with @thensim0nsaid & @gabemschneider about how @ObjectiveJrn successfully created not one — but two — democracy reporting positions. eventbrite.com/e/the-democrac…

We're so ready for your SRCCON session ideas! Tell us about experiments we can learn from, the dreams you have for your newsroom, the questions you're wrestling with—session proposals are open through June 14: 2023.srccon.org/participation/…

We just opened an application process for community colleges in NJ to work with @JournoDesign + @njhumanities on creating certificates in community journalism. Very excited to build this model in partnership with folks across the state