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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 14h

Prachi Singh hadn't written code in seven years. Now she's building features on India Currents with AI: a real-or-fake headline game, landing pages, a newsletter page. Our Joe Amditis coached her, and his rule stuck — keep a change log so you can roll back the moment the AI goes sideways.

A header card for a Generative AI in the Newsroom article titled "Vibe coding news features and treatments for India Currents," by Clare Spencer, dated Sept. 29, 2026. A footer line notes the coverage features the Center for Cooperative Media.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 15h

Tom Shroder spent years editing other people's writing at the Washington Post Magazine. On Oct 7 he's running a webinar on how he uses AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude as an editing partner, and where he still trusts a human over the machine.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 27/09/2026

Learn how journalists and news organizations are building cooperative models that strengthen independent media. Wednesday's free webinar covers ownership, governance, and real examples. Speakers from Defector, Pittsburgh Progress, and more. 9/30, 10 AM ET #journalism

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Joe Amditis @jamditis.com · 25/09/2026

Boardwalk, a new CMS for public media stations, from the @centerforcooperativemedia.org. Coming soon 👀

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 24/09/2026

Join us for a 1-hr webinar on media co-ops — what they are, who they serve, and how to start one. We'll hear from Defector, Pittsburgh Progress, and more. Wed 9/30, 10am ET, free online. #journalism

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 22/09/2026

Last call: our press briefing on aging in New Jersey is tomorrow. If you cover health, caregiving or older residents, this hour gives you sources and context, plus time for your questions. Sept. 23, 2 p.m. ET, online, free.

A blue silhouette of the state of New Jersey on a light blue background, with a shield in the center holding a house-and-heart icon. Promotional graphic for the Center for Cooperative Media press briefing on aging.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 21/09/2026

Terry Parris Jr. thinks a neighborhood can make its own news inside its public library. Nieman Lab reported on where that idea goes next, and one stop is right here in New Jersey, where we're helping build a pilot across three library branches.

The Brooklyn Public Library's central branch at night, its tall limestone facade curving around a glowing gold-decorated entrance with lit doors, seen from the empty plaza out front.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 21/09/2026

Tomorrow we're bringing four collaboratives together to answer the same question four ways: how do you actually work with student journalists? Heather May, Kathy Lefler, Ray Schmitt and Manny Garcia share what's worked for them. Sept. 22, 1 p.m. ET, online, free.

Webinar banner reading "How collaboratives can work with student journalists," a Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub Collabinar, Session 11. Black-and-white headshots of four speakers are lined up across it.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 19/09/2026

If your beat touches health, aging or caregiving in New Jersey, this briefing is for you. We're giving reporters context and sources for covering an aging state: Medicare and elder-care changes, AI scams targeting seniors, and the Master Plan on Aging. Sept. 23, online, free.

Promotional graphic for the event: a dark blue silhouette of the state of New Jersey on a light blue background, with a shield holding a house-and-heart icon over the center of the state.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 18/09/2026

Democracy Days started here at CCM in 2022, asking newsrooms to send us the reporting that helps democracy hold together. Three years on, the Media and Democracy Project has taken the idea and built its own Democracy Day roundup of local journalism doing exactly that.

Illustration headed "Observe International Day of Democracy! Celebrate Local Journalism!" showing a globe, two people placing a slip into a box marked VOTE, and a journalist holding a video camera and microphone.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 18/09/2026

Student journalists can carry real reporting for a collaborative when the partnership is built right. Four newsrooms have done it, and next Tuesday they're walking us through how: the mentoring, the fresh eyes, and the trust it takes to make it work.

Promotional graphic for the Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub Collabinar, session 11, titled "How collaboratives can work with student journalists." Black-and-white headshots of four speakers appear on the right.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 18/09/2026

Spent a few years in nonprofit fundraising or donor relations? NJ PBS has a job worth a look. It's hiring a membership manager to grow and keep the public TV network's donor base. Full time in Montclair, $76,486.40-$84,131.83. @njpbs.org

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 17/09/2026

A press briefing for New Jersey reporters on Sep 23: what to know when you're covering an aging state. Changes to Medicare and elder care, AI-driven scams that target seniors, the Master Plan on Aging, and how communities are adapting so people can age well at home.

An illustration of the state of New Jersey in dark blue on a light blue background, with a shield in the center holding a house and a heart, standing for home care and aging well.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 17/09/2026

Trusting News has spent a decade on one stubborn problem: people don't automatically believe journalists, and telling them to won't fix it. Joy Mayer founded the project in 2016. She sat down with us to talk about trust, AI and what still needs to change.

Joy Mayer smiles at the camera, wearing dark-framed glasses and a bright pink top, seated on a gray outdoor sofa with green palm fronds and a wooden fence behind her. A teal COLLABORATOR label and a pink Q&A speech-bubble graphic appear in the lower right.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 16/09/2026

A public library card could soon come with a byline. In New Jersey we're working with the Library Newsroom Project on a one-year pilot in three library branches, where residents report and publish local news themselves. $68,000, three towns, one experiment. 1/3

The Brooklyn Public Library's central branch at Grand Army Plaza at night, its curved limestone facade and gilded entrance doors lit up against a dark sky.

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NJ PBS @njpbs.org · 16/09/2026

NJ PBS is excited to announce that veteran journalist and New Jersey native Rob Nelson will serve as anchor of its new daily newscast, NJ PBS News with Rob Nelson. Head to njpbs.org for more information.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 16/09/2026

Bringing student journalists into a collaborative sounds simple until you're the one setting it up. Four editors who've done it walk through what worked and what didn't in their newsrooms. Free online session, Tue Sep 22 at 1 pm ET.

Promo graphic for the Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub "Collabinar" Session 11, titled "How collaboratives can work with student journalists," with black-and-white headshots of four speakers.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 15/09/2026

One day left before our media co-ops webinar. It's a plain walk-through of how reporters and editors are building newsrooms they own and run themselves, and how to start one. Wednesday, Sep 16, 2 p.m. ET, online, free.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 14/09/2026

Last call: our webinar on New Jersey's local news influencers is tomorrow. We studied 54 NJ creators on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to see how much local news they actually provide, in a state ranked 49th of 50 for reporters per capita. Free, online, 2 p.m. ET. #localnews

Illustration of a nighttime New Jersey highway with a green Garden State Parkway "Cape May" exit sign. Text reads: New Jersey's local news influencers, a mixed-methods analysis of the state's social media content creators and how they contribute to the local news ecosystem.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 12/09/2026

Cooperative ownership is one of the ways journalists are keeping newsrooms alive. On Sep 16 we're walking through what a media co-op actually is, who it serves, and the first practical steps to start one. With real lessons from Defector and the Pittsburgh Progress.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 11/09/2026

About half of what New Jersey's local news influencers post is tied to specific NJ places, people and issues. But only about 1 in 4 posts is news or opinion. We looked at 54 of these creators to understand who they are and what they actually cover. We're walking through it on Sep 15.

Promo graphic for a study titled "New Jersey's local news influencers," subtitled "A mixed-methods analysis of the state's social media content creators and how they contribute to the local news ecosystem," over a dusk photo of cars on the Garden State Parkway passing a green Cape May exit sign, with the Atlantic City skyline in the distance.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 10/09/2026

New Jersey is watching one university take on a lot at once. In a New Jersey Monitor commentary, Alejandro Ramos lays out what Montclair State running NJ PBS and buying NJ Spotlight News could mean — and why he thinks our NJ News Commons, 300+ local outlets, is the connective tissue.

Screenshot of a New Jersey Monitor commentary article headlined "Montclair State University has extraordinary responsibility overseeing NJ PBS," by Alejandro J. Ramos, dated September 10, 2026, with a photo of the Montclair State campus below the headline.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 09/09/2026

The American Press Institute picked up our study of New Jersey's news influencers and pulled out the practical part: what local newsrooms can actually learn from creators who built loyal audiences in months, not years, on beats the industry mostly walked away from.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 09/09/2026

Sean Sullivan covers New Jersey for NJ Advance Media entirely on TikTok, no traditional beat. His investigation into the American Dream mall won a Poynter award. He's a case study in our new report on the state's local news influencers, and he joins our Sep 15 webinar to talk about the work.

Event graphic titled "New Jersey's local news influencers," with the subtitle "A mixed-methods analysis of the state's social media content creators and how they contribute to the local news ecosystem." A nighttime Garden State Parkway scene shows cars driving toward a lit city skyline, with a green Cape May, Exit 0 highway sign.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 09/09/2026

A single reporter to cover all of northern New Jersey for NJ PBS: Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Hudson, Morris, Warren, and Sussex counties. Pitching stories, shooting and editing video, filing for broadcast, streaming, and digital. Substitute-anchoring now and then.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 08/09/2026

The media co-ops session on Sep 16 is taught by people who've actually done it. Brandy Jensen writes culture at Defector, the employee-owned site. Steve Mellon helped start the Pittsburgh Progress after the Post-Gazette strike. Keystone Development Center hosts.

Illustration of open newspapers and a book with a green fountain pen resting on it, linked by a network of connected dots in green, blue, and cream. It's the promotional image for the media co-ops webinar.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 08/09/2026

The person NJ PBS wants running its fundraising has led development at a nonprofit or a newsroom and has managed multi-million-dollar campaigns before. It's hiring a revenue director to build a steadier base for New Jersey's public TV network. @njpbs.org

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 07/09/2026

Media co-ops put the newsroom in the hands of the people who make it: reporters, editors, and media workers who own and run it together. On Sep 16 we're hosting an online session on how that model works and who it serves. If you're weighing cooperative ownership, come sit in.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 07/09/2026

A lot of good New Jersey journalism never reaches a TV audience. NJ PBS wants someone to change that: an assistant director of programming and partnerships who lines up co-productions and content deals with newsrooms, universities, and cultural groups across the state. @njpbs.org 1/3

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/09/2026

Four journalism collaboratives are going to walk through how they actually bring student journalists into the work: mentoring, real assignments, and the trust that takes. We're hosting it Sep 22, online. If you run a collaborative or teach in one, this is for you.

Promotional banner for the Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub Collabinar, Session 11, titled How collaboratives can work with student journalists, with black-and-white headshots of the four speakers.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Republican @RepJamesComer on why he won’t do town halls: "If it's all the village idiots, I don't have any desire to do a town hall.” When they tell you who they are, believe them. (P.S. this is also why @MarshaBlackburn hides 🐔 — as local media lets her)

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/09/2026

The NJ Journalism Awards showcase the reporters and newsrooms building local news in our state. Through the NJ News Commons network, we connect with these journalists and the work they're doing. Events like this keep us accountable to each other.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/09/2026

NJ PBS is hiring an executive producer to run its news across broadcast, digital, and live streaming. The person building the nightly rundown, timing scripts, and deciding what leads. Full time in Montclair, $95,000-$120,000. @njpbs.org 1/3

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 05/09/2026

Nieman Lab took a close look at our study of New Jersey's local news influencers. Neel Dhanesha walked through what Carrie Brown, Tara George, and Yi Luo found: creators are stepping into gaps left by shrinking newsrooms, but original reporting still lags.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 05/09/2026

More journalists are starting publications they own together. Co-ops like Defector and the Pittsburgh Progress are showing what employee ownership looks like in practice. On Sep 16 we're hosting a webinar on how media co-ops actually work and how to start one.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 05/09/2026

NJ PBS is hiring the person who keeps the station running behind the scenes: a station administrator handling budgets, grant accounts, vendor contracts, purchase orders, and onboarding for new hires. Reports to the general manager. Full time in Montclair, $66,067.40-$79,291.60. @njpbs.org

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/09/2026

Nieman Lab took a look at our new study of New Jersey's local news influencers. The takeaway: these creators are filling gaps left by shrinking newsrooms, but they aren't replacing original reporting. Roughly half of what they post is tied directly to NJ.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/09/2026

Covering aging in New Jersey means keeping up with a lot at once: the state's Master Plan on Aging, shifts in Medicare and care management, and AI scams like voice cloning now aimed at seniors. On Sept 23 we're pulling it into one virtual briefing for reporters.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/09/2026

This one's for the reporters covering older New Jerseyans. On Sept 23 we're hosting a virtual briefing on aging in the state, built for journalists who write about health, elder care, and consumer safety. What it covers, and why it's happening now, in the thread.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/09/2026

1/4 New report: New Jersey’s local news influencers are filling gaps left by shrinking local newsrooms. We studied what they post, what motivates them, how they build trust, and whether the work pays.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/09/2026

NJ PBS is adding a full-time reporter dedicated to Trenton. The job is a statehouse correspondent covering the Legislature, the Governor's office, and state agencies, plus news across Central Jersey. @njpbs.org

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 31/08/2026

Two of the people we're bringing to our Sep 23 briefing spend their days on New Jersey's aging questions: Chris Widelo, state director of AARP New Jersey, and Cathy Rowe, who runs New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well. It's built for reporters covering this beat.

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The Institute for Independent Journalists @indiejournalists.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Join us at #NLGJA26 to learn about the reality of freelance journalism today, with Trans Journalists Association co-founder Kae Petrin, COYOTE Media co-founder Soleil Ho, and IIJ founder Katherine Reynolds Lewis. Register at nlgja.org

We're speaking at #NLGJA26 The Reality of Freelance Journalism Today How to generate multiple revenue streams, earn consistent income, seek out new clients, and prioritize emotional and financial sustainability Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 11:00 AM-12:00 PM PT

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 29/08/2026

Covering aging in New Jersey means untangling the NJ Master Plan on Aging, shifting Medicare and elder care rules, and a wave of AI-driven fraud aimed at older residents. Our Sep 23 briefing gives you the context and sources to report it, not just react to it.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 29/08/2026

The person NJ PBS wants in its anchor chair has spent at least four years in a newsroom and has anchored live on camera before. If that sounds like you, it's hiring a senior news anchor to host the nightly newscast in Montclair. @njpbs.org

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Rebuild Local News @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Nearly two-thirds of New Jersey residents say they want more local news. And yet a new study from @centerforcooperativemedia.org shows that in‑state outlets dropped 8.2% while out‑of‑state providers grew 7.3% since 2021. Read the full report: centerforcooperativemedia.org/news-topogra...

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 27/08/2026

Reporters covering New Jersey: the questions around aging keep piling up. Long-term care access, Medicare shifts, AI scams aimed at seniors, and what aging well actually takes here. We're hosting a virtual press briefing on Sep 23 to hand you context and sources.

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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 27/08/2026

JOB: @njpbs.org is hiring the person who decides what runs on New Jersey's public TV. The assistant programming director shapes the broadcast and streaming schedule, handles clearances with national PBS, and makes room for local shows across the state's communities.

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