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Follow on Google News | Four NJ community colleges selected to create tuition-free certificates in community journalismEach will receive $40,000 from "Fueling Community Journalism Through NJ Community Colleges"
By: NJ Council for the Humanities 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. Each college will also facilitate partnerships with local media and community organizations to provide pathways for participants of the certificate programs to get involved in local news production. The program aspires to establish and promote community colleges as trusted hubs for news and information, particularly in communities that lack reliable local sources. The community college awardees are: ● Atlantic Cape Community College, Mays Landing ● Mercer County Community College, West Windsor ● Middlesex College, Edison ● Sussex County Community College, Newton "As institutions that broaden educational access and serve diverse populations, New Jersey's community colleges are well-positioned to fuel greater engagement with local news and information," "Each of these colleges bring rich expertise and ideas for growing community journalism programs that will help catalyze greater participation in local news production and distribution," 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 seed grants for the colleges' community partners, supported by NJCH and J+D. The colleges will launch their inaugural certificate programs in Spring 2024. The program's training activities will be led by Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, a computational journalist with The Marshall Project and adjunct professor in Journalism + Design, other journalists, and experts from Journalism + Design. Full information at: https://njhumanities.org/ This project is funded by a grant from the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. End
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