New Jersey News + Information Ecosystem | Planning Session #1 | July 21, 2021

Welcome + Who’s in the Room

Please add your name to the chat and share what inspired you to participate today

Today’s conversation

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A quick poll before we dive in…

Why + How We Came Together

• Major changes in legacy media
• Far fewer working journalists
• Growth of hyperlocals
• Growth of news nonprofits
• Promising community initiatives

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Photo courtesy of Free Press

Why + How This Came Together

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Building a Collective Agenda

Collect data and information to understand the issue

Bring together stakeholders to develop a shared, big picture goal

Create collective agenda with mutually reinforcing activities

Refine collective agenda + develop coordinated action plan

Strengthen collective agenda with feedback from community + field-level stakeholders

Identify a shared issue

Launch collective agenda with coordinated action

Q&A

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Jamboard

• What do we want to accomplish?
• How do we want to collaborate?

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How to: Jamboard

1. Click the link in the chat to open our shared Jamboard
2. Select the sticky note from the toolbar panel on the left
3. Type your response and click save
4. Click and drag your sticky note to an open space on the Jamboard
5. Repeat steps 2-4 to share your thoughts

Developing a Shared Vision for the Future

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Aspirations from Initial Session

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• Every person cares about local news and views it as a public good
• A society that realizes what credible news is
• Everyone has the resources they need for quality and equitable reporting
• People have shared and unified responsibility and understanding to do reporting
• Local news systems are integrated and collaborate with others in the reporting space
• Active engagement and participation of citizens across all generations
• Philanthropy understands importance to invest in journalism + more resources are available
• Scalable, sustainable and equitable news and information

Small Group Conversations

• What’s our end goal or shared vision for NJ news and information by the end of the decade?

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• What would change of we are successful?

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• Who do we need to be part of it?

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• How would we organize behind this vision?

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• Next Steps:
• Comment period to build upon and strengthen today’s contributions (Now-August)
• Session 2 – Defining our Collective Agenda (mid/late September)
• Asks & Offers

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