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#LNS22 Workshop #1: How to bring a community together to build a podcast

Speaking will be Jordan Gass-Poore' (@jgasspoore) producer of the NJ Hazard Podcast njspotlightnews.org/podcast/

@jgasspoore #LNS22 Workshop #2: Time management for local journalists

The speaker is Jeremy Caplan (@jeremycaplan), director of the Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program at CUNY @newmarkjschool. The program: journalism.cuny.edu/j-plus/entrepr…

@jgasspoore @jeremycaplan @newmarkjschool Now we have a panel discussion: Cultivating Community Scribes in South Jersey: Community engagement magic: That’s what happens when a community foundation, a humanities nonprofit, and a journalism program come together to explore the local news scene in South Jersey!

Speaking will be: Valerie Popp, Director of Strategic Initiatives, NJ Council for the Humanities (@njhumanities); Debbie Esposito (@Debbie_Esposito), NJCH Community Scribe, Winslow Township (1/2)

Erik Estrada (@ErikJJEstrada), Community Foundation of South Jersey (@SJerseyGives); and Cole Goins (@colegoins), Journalism + Design, The New School (@TheNewSchool) (2/2)

They worked on their spring 2022 Democracy and the Informed Citizen community scribe program, which trained over 15 community members from Downe, Hammonton, Salem, Willingboro, Winslow, and Woodbury in the basics of citizen-driven journalism.

State humanities councils were chosen for this type of work because they really understand their states, and the things that go on. The NJ Council of the Humanities has been working in the state for decades, for example.

The Center for Cooperative Media (that's us!) is a supporter of this program. #LNS22

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the program had to be revamped.

The curriculum for this program was based on a curriculum done at CCP in Philadelphia.

Community scribes: What's news to you?

The NJ Civic Information Consortium (@NJCivicInfo) has given the program a grant to continue their work locally in New Jersey. This new part of the program was suggested by one of the program participants.

Shared by @colegoins:

Here’s the curriculum we open-sourced from the initial certificate program we launched with the Community College of Philadelphia that was the foundation for the Community Scribes workshops: docs.google.com/document/d/1hs…

Plus: Resources from Journalism+Design faculty and staff resources.journalismdesign.com

And shared by @Debbie_Esposito:

Community Foundation of South Jersey Announces Five Transform South Jersey Grant Recipients cfnj.org/community-foun…

Here are the speakers on our current panel:

You need to understand the different stories that people have beyond the numbers and the data #LNS22

How can journalism be a part of structural change? Part of this is sharing the power of storytelling, and helping people in communities to create a narrative shift #LNS22

Now Dr. Sarah Stonbely (@SarahStonbely), Research director at the Center for Cooperative Media (@CenterCoopMedia), is giving a research update: "What does the news cost in New Jersey?"

For more on Sarah's research, click here centerforcooperativemedia.org/portfolio-item…

Dr. Stonbely is sharing some of the premilinary results of her New Jersey focused research with all of the Summit attendees. Thanks, Sarah!

The 2022 NJ Local News Summit is jam-packed! Welcome to the lightning talks portion of the Summit #LNS22

Now speaking is Nikki Villafane, from the Bloomfield Info Project on her journey from subscriber to staffer and how the nonprofit is building a sustainable movement for local news and civic engagement in Essex County.

For more on the Bloomfield Info Project, click here bloomfieldinfo.org

There are several initiatives being worked on by the Bloomfield Info Project (@aboutbloomfield), including the community reporter program.

If you'd like to read more about local NJ media training community members, there's an article about that journalismdesign.com/how-organizati…

Now speaking on "Going it alone: How the solopreneur journalism space is creating room for a more inclusive New Jersey news ecosystem" are Ambreen Ali of Central Desi and Tennyson Donyéa of Black in America
@TennysonDonyea
blackinjersey.com
centraldesi.beehiiv.com

Currently: Listening to "Arts coverage as the ‘great unifier’" by Flisadam Pointer (@FlisadamP), music news writer for UPROXX on the importance of arts and entertainment coverage

Hyperlocal news media is filling some of the gaps when it comes to arts coverage. #LNS22

"Arts can be utilized to leverage financial power in New Jersey." - @FlisadamP

Amanda Richardson the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (@njlocalmedia) is now explaining about Stormwater Matters: How the Northern New Jersey News Collaborative is using solutions journalism to report on the topic of flooding and stormwater management

Follow the link for more on Stormwater Matters njstormwatermatters.com

Community events are part of the work being done through Stormwater Matters, and they hope to encourage more journalism collaboration in the future

Back to South Jersey! Melissa Helmbrecht (@mjoyhelmbrecht), founder + CEO of the nonprofit Hopeloft received a grant from the NJ Civic Information Consortium. She's talking about what her organization is doing.

Learn more about Hopeloft here: hopeloft.com

Hopeloft does a lot of work with youth in New Jersey, and as part of their efforts, is a project helping young people to tell stories

Here to talk about the South Jersey Information Equity Project is Cassandra Etienne (@CEtienne_CIEL) from the @CenterCoopMedia

The next cohort will be launching in January.

Link: sjiep.org

Now Reet Starwind (also from the Center for Cooperative Media) is discussing his work with Stories Invincible, which is telling stories about the City of Camden storiesinvincible.org

Founder Neidy Gutierrez is now explaining how Slice of Culture (sliceofculture.com) provides a platform for POC to share their stories while also working on highlighting & informing the diverse community in Hudson County.

They cover local businesses and hold events, etc.

Many thanks as well to the pre-taped lightning talk presenters! First is Neill Borowski (@neillborowski), editor of 70and73.com, discussing how to cover land use and own it for your site on social media.

Next is another NJ Civic Information Consortium grantee, the NJ News Commons Spanish Translation News Service. Oni Advincula fom the Center for Cooperative Media (@CenterCoopMedia) presents.

For more: centerforcooperativemedia.org/spanishtransla…

The Spanish Translations News Service is a statewide collaboration working to make news more accessible to Spanish-language news audiences in the state. #LNS22

Wrapping up the lightning talk section is Jason Strother (@Jason_Strother), founder of Lens15 Media, New Jersey’s first disability-focused news agency, which is telling stories for and about this diverse community and distributing content at no cost to other local news platforms.

Check out Lens15 Media: lens15.com (also a NJ Civic Information Consortium grantee)

The next phase for Lens15 Media is to build partnerships with other media outlets, across platforms.

That's a wrap, everybody!

Shoutout to Martha, for her live Spanish-language interpretation of the Summit. And to the Center for Cooperative Media partners!

Many thanks to all of the attendees and speakers. 'Til next year #LNS22