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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 09/10/2026
Requires a related bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of administrative experience. Public media, university or nonprofit experience preferred. Full listing and application: montclair.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/JobOpp...
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Business Operations Manager (NJ PBS)
IMPORTANT APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Upload Resume or Curriculum Vitae for automatic population of information to the application. The contact information, work experience, and education listed on your...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 09/10/2026
NJ PBS is hiring a business operations manager to support the station’s budgets, grant accounts, vendors and day-to-day operations. Full time in Montclair, NJ. Salary: $66,067.40–$85,903.70 annually. Qualifications and application link below.
Screenshot of Montclair State University’s job listing for Business Operations Manager (NJ PBS), captured October 9, 2026. Below the university logo and campus photos, the listing shows Montclair, NJ; full time; posted today; requisition R1005130; and an Apply button.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 08/10/2026
During the cutover, weekday Midtown Direct trips use Hoboken tickets; weekend one-way trips to New York need Penn Station New York tickets. Line and ticket guide: reroutenj.org Official rules: www.njtransit.com/portalcutover
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 08/10/2026
Kadosh’s Oct. 5 report includes Joe’s first-cutover experience and three tips: check your ticket’s destination, know your Hoboken transfer and recheck alerts before leaving. montclairlocal.news/2026/10/nj-t...
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NJ Transit Portal Bridge Cuts Return. What Montclair-Boonton Line Riders Need to Know
Riders will have to swing five weeks of NJ Transit service cuts starting Sunday, Oct. 11, as Amtrak and NJ Transit transfers the final track from the 116-year-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack Riv...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 08/10/2026
Matt Kadosh’s Montclair Local guide to the Oct. 11 Portal Bridge cutover covers RerouteNJ and three checks for riders. Putting ticket rules beside station and transfer details helps people plan the whole trip. Weekday and weekend requirements differ.
Reroute NJ map of the Portal North Bridge Phase 2 cutover, Oct. 11–Nov. 15, 2026. Five color-coded New Jersey rail lines, station dots and transfer hubs lead toward Newark and New York, with a legend identifying the bridges, PATH, ferry and bus alternatives, and the single-track zone.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 07/10/2026
We turned Carrie Brown’s advice into a quick checklist for your feed. Look for these habits over time, then check important claims elsewhere. The full interview is in the quoted thread.
Dark charcoal graphic with purple geometric borders and mint accents. “Before you trust that local post. Three questions for your feed.” Checklist: “Who pays? Look for clear sponsorship disclosures.” “Where’s the evidence? Look for sources you can check.” “What happens after a mistake? Look for answers and corrections.” Below: “Look for these habits over time.” Adapted from Carrie Brown’s advice, Montclair Faculty Voices, October 7, 2026. Center for Cooperative Media.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 07/10/2026
Read Montclair State University’s Oct. 7 Faculty Voices feature with Carrie Brown, including how to assess sources, corrections and consistency: www.montclair.edu/news-media/n...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 07/10/2026
Carrie Brown offers concrete trust signals for local news influencers: explained sources, disclosed paid relationships and responses to corrections. Montclair’s Faculty Voices feature draws on our NJ influencers study. Reliability becomes visible through habits repeated over time.
A person walks past Susan A. Cole Hall at Montclair State University, framed by trees with orange and red autumn foliage.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/10/2026
Read Krosnowski’s Oct. 5 News 12 report, including the affected lines and transfer changes: newjersey.news12.com/2026/10/05/w...
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What to know before second Portal Bridge cutover begins
It means reduced and altered service on all lines during construction.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/10/2026
News 12's Tom Krosnowski spoke with our Joe Amditis about RerouteNJ ahead of the Oct. 11 Portal Bridge cutover. His point: A familiar rail trip can become an unfamiliar transfer at Hoboken. The tool maps how the changes affect a commute.
Reroute NJ map of the Portal North Bridge Phase 2 cutover, Oct. 11–Nov. 15, 2026. Five color-coded New Jersey rail lines, station dots and transfer hubs connect toward Newark and New York; the legend identifies the bridges, PATH, ferry and bus alternatives, and the single-track zone.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/10/2026
Register for the free Oct. 7 session here. The online access link is provided after registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-for-edi...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 06/10/2026
Tomorrow's AI for editing webinar compares free and paid tools using sample text. Tom Shroder will show how to evaluate suggestions and decide what still needs a human editor. Join us online Oct. 7, 2–3:30 p.m. EDT. Free; registration below.
Illustration of a journalist's desk with a laptop displaying red editing marks on a document, alongside a notebook, marked-up papers, camera, globe and coffee mug.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 05/10/2026
Read the Oct. 2 report by 서만교 in Korea Daily (in Korean), covering the briefing’s discussion of aging, Medicaid and AI scams: www.koreadaily.com/article/2026...
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뉴저지, 고령화·메디케이드·AI 사기 ‘삼중 위기’ | 미주중앙일보
뉴저지주가 급속한 고령화와 메디케이드 수급 자격 강화, 인공지능(AI)을 악용한 노인 대상 사기라는 세 가지 과제에 직면했다. 전문가들은 의료와 돌봄 체계의 변화에 대비하는 동시에 노인들의 경제적 피해를 막고, 주거...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 05/10/2026
Korea Daily's coverage of our Sept. 23 aging briefing connects health care to housing and transportation. Cathy Rowe's example is concrete: A medical appointment is only accessible if an older resident who no longer drives can reach it.
Cathy Rowe speaks during the virtual aging briefing. The New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well logo appears behind her, with a small Center for Cooperative Media logo in the lower-right corner.
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Global Investigative Journalism Network @gijn.org · 04/10/2026
🌈 At #IJWeek, we have several hands-on workshops for journalists! 🗺️ Mapping analysis with QGIS 🔎 Search in the age of AI 🎧 How sound is reshaping investigations 🎙️ Investigative podcast workshop. Register here ⬇️ twp.ai/9ObvuN 1/3
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 04/10/2026
Visualizing heat 🔥 Bologna photographer @michelelapini.bsky.social took pictures with his iPhone and a thermal sensor to document temperatures in homes, offices, and public spaces this summer to highlight the invisible injustice of extreme heat. buff.ly/eWXZa5f
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Revealing the Invisible Injustice of Extreme Heat - Inside Climate News
Thermal imaging shows how people experience scorching heat varies depending on their circumstance.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 04/10/2026
It requires a relevant bachelor’s degree, knowledge of state government, the ability to shoot and edit video, and a valid NJ driver’s license. Other open NJ PBS roles: montclair.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/JobOpp...
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About Us Building on a distinguished history dating back to 1908, Montclair State University has evolved from an institution that was a recognized leader in teacher education to an R2 research institution ranked as one of the 100 best public doctoral universities in the nation. The University serves 22,000 undergraduate and graduate students with more than 300 doctoral, master's and baccalaureate programs provided by 13 colleges and schools. Situated on a beautiful 252-acre campus just 12 miles from New York City, Montclair delivers the instructional and research resources of a large public university while retaining the supportive and personalized academic environment that provides a feeling of community more typical of smaller institutions. Montclair State University is proud to be committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate in its recruitment and employment practices. The University is an inclusive, richly diverse community that fosters mutual respect, tolerance and understanding among all students and employees.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 04/10/2026
Coverage includes Union, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, and Monmouth counties. Full duties, qualifications, and application instructions: montclair.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/JobOpp...
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Reporter, Trenton/Central Jersey
IMPORTANT APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Upload Resume or Curriculum Vitae for automatic population of information to the application. The contact information, work experience, and education listed on your...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 04/10/2026
@njpbs.org is hiring a Reporter, Trenton/Central Jersey. It asks for at least three years of video reporting, including field reporting and producing clips and packages. Full time in Montclair, $80,000-$95,000 annually.
The NJ PBS logo on a dark blue background with an illustration of New Jersey. Text reads: New Jersey public media.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 03/10/2026
Free and online, Oct 7, 2-3:30 PM ET. Tom Shroder leads it; he edited at the Washington Post Magazine. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-for-edi... #journalism
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AI for editing webinar
A hands on webinar about how to use AI tools for prose and copy editing
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 03/10/2026
If you're a reporter or editor who still does your own line editing, this one's for you. On Oct 7 we walk through a working process for running drafts past ChatGPT and Claude, where they help and where to trust your own ear instead.
An illustration of a journalist's desk: an open laptop showing a document marked up with red editing circles and strikethroughs, next to a coffee mug, a camera, a globe, pinned photos, a notebook with a fountain pen, and papers with edit marks, with a city skyline through the window.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 03/10/2026
Jan. 22, 2027, noon–1:15 p.m. ET. $30; free for IIJ members. Monique Madan, Garnet Henderson, Serena Maria Daniels, and Yashica Dutt share their business strategies, with moderator Kirstin Garriss. Register: bit.ly/4y4Lvyu
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 03/10/2026
Our interviews included a publisher supporting five full-time staff and a creator who still needed a side job. Growing an audience didn’t guarantee stable income. Our research: centerforcooperativemedia.org/njinfluencers/
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 03/10/2026
Creators we interviewed for our New Jersey news-influencer study described unstable income. IIJ’s Jan. 22 webinar brings together independent publishers to discuss subscriptions, sponsorships, and partnerships that fund their reporting.
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NJ PBS @njpbs.org · 02/10/2026
Governor Mikie Sherrill on Dale Caldwell's investigation and resignation: "I cannot have anyone in the organization routinely ignoring ethics rules or harassing staff." Catch more of our interview at njpbs.org
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/10/2026
The Consortium formed in 2018 as NJ counties lost newspapers. Six state universities take part now, with Montclair State as host, funding newsrooms that keep watch on local government. #localnews
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/10/2026
His full op-ed in The Link News, on why the state keeps funding the Consortium and the newsrooms it backs: thelinknews.net/2026/09/29/s...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/10/2026
New Jersey's Civic Information Consortium didn't appear out of nowhere. State Sen. Vin Gopal traces it to years of advocacy to grow local news in the state — work he credits to our team here at the Center and the Dodge Foundation.
Header of a Link News article headlined "Supporting a Free Independent Press, By Vin Gopal," published September 29, 2026.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/10/2026
Free and online, Oct 7, 2-3:30 PM ET. Tom Shroder leads it; he edited at the Washington Post Magazine. You'll edit sample text together and compare free and paid tools. Sign up below. #journalism
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AI for editing webinar
A hands on webinar about how to use AI tools for prose and copy editing
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 02/10/2026
Most advice about AI and editing stops at "be careful." Our Oct 7 webinar goes further: a working process for running your drafts through ChatGPT and Claude, where they actually help, and where you should trust your own ear over the machine.
Illustration of a journalist's desk: a laptop showing a document marked with red editing circles and lines, printed pages with similar edits, a notebook and pen, a coffee mug, a globe and camera by a window overlooking a city skyline.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/10/2026
Joe writes a lot of these AI guides for small newsrooms at the Center. The pattern he keeps landing on: use the tools, keep your own judgment, and always leave yourself a way back. #AIjournalism
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/10/2026
The full story, by Clare Spencer for Generative AI in the Newsroom: generative-ai-newsroom.com/vibe-coding-...
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/10/2026
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 · 01/10/2026
Free and online, 2-3:30 PM ET. You'll work through sample text together and leave with a step-by-step process for your own reporting and editing. Register at the link. #journalism
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AI for editing webinar
A hands on webinar about how to use AI tools for prose and copy editing
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 01/10/2026
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.
Illustration of a journalist's desk: an open laptop showing a document with red editing marks and circled text, beside stacks of marked-up printed pages, a spiral notebook and pen, and a coffee mug, with a city skyline through the window.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 27/09/2026
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/media-co-o...
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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
Event header showing illustrated papers, pen, and network nodes. Text reads: Media co-ops: How journalists and news organizations are building together, Wed Sep 30, 10 AM EDT, Reserve a spot.
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 22/09/2026
Speakers: Enrique Lavín of The Star-Ledger, Chris Widelo of AARP New Jersey, and Cathy Rowe of NJ Advocates for Aging Well. Reserve a spot below. #localnews
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Press briefing: Aging, public health, AI, and care management in NJ
In observance of Health Aging Month, join us for a virtual press briefing on aging and quality of life in New Jersey.
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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
Culpepper's story lays out the plan: three New Jersey branches on a $68,000 budget for one year, sharing training, tools and printing while each builds its own thing. The whole piece: www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/the-...
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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
Free and online. Reserve your spot below. #collaborativej
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How collaboratives can work with student journalists
Come hear how four collaboratives work with student journalists and learn ways they can contribute to yours.
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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
2 to 3:30 p.m. ET. Speakers: Enrique Lavin of The Star-Ledger, Chris Widelo of AARP New Jersey, and Cathy Rowe of NJ Advocates for Aging Well. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/press-brie... #localnews
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Press briefing: Aging, public health, AI, and care management in NJ
In observance of Health Aging Month, join us for a virtual press briefing on aging and quality of life in New Jersey.
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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
There's something satisfying about watching an idea we planted find a second life somewhere else. #localnews
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Center for Cooperative Media @centerforcooperativemedia.org · 18/09/2026
Jonathan Reiss and the MAD team highlight a baker's dozen of local stories, from housing vouchers in LA to voting access in Texas, each one showing what public-interest reporting looks like on the ground. mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/on-democra...
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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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