“Simon’s approach has elements of human-centred design and Saul Alinsky’s community organising…It is radically different than the standard approach…”

From Mr Anderson on how The Jersey Bee usesdesign thinking to produce news that enables progress.👇

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From The Jersey Bee: Traditional journalism organizations encourage people to follow the news and get involved in their communities without addressing the barriers people face to civic participation.

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How The Jersey Bee uses journalism to improve public health jerseybee.org/2024/04/22/how… via @

'The Jersey Bee follows a model adapted from healthcare, education, and social work to deliver information that improves public health outcomes in our community' by Simon Galperin jerseybee.org/2024/04/22/how… Love it!

'The Jersey Bee uses journalism to improve the quality of life in our area by treating our readers as collaborators, not just an audience.' 😍

Of course I think this is great!!

At The Jersey Bee, we’ve been trying to build a local news practice that aligns with Community Info Coop’s vision for the public funding of a local news.

I shared how the The Jersey Bee is aligning journalism with public service and Current republished it! Check it out!

A piece by Cole Goins, & yours truly, about community colleges and how they are using non-credit certificates and public access programming to help skill those historically excluded from the media to play new roles in the future of journalism :) journalismdesign.com/how-community-…

'The Jersey Bee doesn’t just cover the news. We make the news useful.'

Read more about how The Jersey Bee uses an info hierarchy of needs, organizing, and journalism to improve the quality of life in our community.

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It's my birthday! The big 3-4. And all I want is better local news in New Jersey.

Can't buy me a drink today? Celebrate with me by supporting The Jersey Bee. We've just kicked off our spring fundraiser!

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“Media 2070 asks what would it look like if media policies ensured that Black communities had equitable ownership and control of our own local and national media outlets and over our own online media platforms?” - Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis w/ Nieman Lab #CJPA

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Humbled and honored to join the NJ Media Racial Equity Advisory Board.

Looking to improve the quality of life for JOCs, advocate for fair wages, and support career development for underrepresented groups.

What is an opportunity to advance racial equity in local media in NJ?

Reporting on food access is especially challenging due to people’s distrust of media.

But The Jersey Bee started by listening, bringing resources, and building relationships.

Four years in, here is the first dispatch from our new food access beat.

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I’m excited to be working with a fellow Newmark J-School #EngagementJ grad for the first time!

Had to build myself a newsroom to do it!

Thanks to Melissa DiPento for joining The Jersey Bee to help us produce more original service journalism!

This application to join The Jersey Bee as our first public health reporter closes this Friday, Feb. 9!

Do listening and reporting to produce one story monthly for six months to improve food access in Essex County.

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Excited to share The Jersey Bee is looking for a local journalist to work with us to produce reporting that improves access to food for low-income residents.

Employment is per-diem, $33/hour, 15-20 hours/month for six months.

Apply by Feb. 9.

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oh, boy. where do we start with *this* framing?