OUR COLLECTIVE PLAN FOR NJ | 2022-20XX
Diversify and grow funding for local news
- Establish agreed-upon budget and plan for raising and funding news and information
- Create public/private partnerships and innovative tax programs to support NJ news and information
- Build and grow $25 million endowment to sustain news in New Jersey
- Engage elected and government agency officials to invest in journalism as a public good
Enhance and expand quality, trusted journalism
- Focus on the news and information needs of traditionally marginalized communities
- Provide journalism training to members of communities most heavily impacted by the decline in local news.
- Teach media/civic literacy in schools and communities
- Train more student journalists
- Create and share resources (guidebooks, case studies, research, etc.)
Transparent, accessible and representative news and information across New Jersey
A more connected, civically engaged and equitable state
Vision:
A healthy democracy where all New Jerseyans have the news and information they need to make informed decisions, engage in their community and shape the world around them.
Mission:
To work collaboratively to make New Jersey news and information more inclusive, equitable and sustainable for all of our communities.
Values:
We are committed to equity in everything we do
- Equal access to information
- Shared power
- Inclusive decision-making
- Transparency and accountability at every level
Strengthen news and information infrastructure
- Develop innovative technology, resources and structures to share content and information
- Collaborate across sectors to efficiently and effectively increase coverage, distribution and engagement
- Leverage public institutions/community organizations as resources and information hubs
- Increased funding to support news and information hubs
- # of outlets increased in NJ
- Median wage of NJ journalists
- # people trained to do reporting and journalism
- # journalists to cover local affairs and issues
- # of students trained as journalists
- % Increased access to government records
- % greater engagement of residents in civic activities
Journalism that values - and is valued by - the people it serves in every community
Address news and information inequities
- Identify news and information inequities
- Equip communities to build power and hold media accountable
- Provide inclusive journalism and anti-racism training and education to the field
- Establish more locally-owned outlets to cover regions not represented by legacy media
- Hire more journalists of color and pay a sustainable, living wage
- # of NJ journalists of color
- # of locally-owned media outlets
- Median wage for journalists of color in NJ compared to all journalists in NJ