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New Jersey Hills Media Group wins 11 journalism awards in annual state press association contest

Via Bernardsville News

The New Jersey Hills Media Group captured 11 journalism awards, including seven first place awards, in the annual Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the New Jersey Press Association.

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COMMENTARY: Social Media: Eroding Public Trust and Threatening Democracy

By Linda Stamato, via Bernardsville News

CNJLM Board Treasurer Linda Stamato shares her thoughts on social media's impact on the media landscape. Stamato is also Faculty Fellow and Director Emerita at the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Rutgers University.

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Local Media’s Uphill Battle

Via InsiderNJ

The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media sent out a holiday message highlighting the comments of Nancy Verga, a councilwoman in Morris Plains. “Local media outlets are vital to maintaining our sense of shared community and culture,” is what Verga was quoted as saying.

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Byrne Kean Dinner celebrates New Jersey reporting, benefits nonprofit journalism group

Via Madison Eagle

The second Byrne Kean Dinner was a celebration of the importance of independent journalism as a bulwark of democracy and a successful fundraiser for the nonprofit Corporation for New Jersey Local Media. The evening attracted nearly 200 guests and included awards for impactful reporting and advocacy for open government, calls for action by two former governors and a musical revue by current and former legislative correspondents.

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Longest serving Statehouse correspondent is making news at 92

Via NJ.com

In the last 57 years, New Jersey has seen more than a dozen governors and hundreds of state legislators tackling issues from the need for a state income tax to how best to implement civilian review boards to monitor local police departments.

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Governor Kean: ‘Democracy is in Trouble’

Via InsiderNJ

Governor Tom Kean made an impassioned pitch for the importance of community journalism in his keynote speech at the inaugural Byrne Kean Dinner. "Democracy does not survive without a free press, without journalists who are knowledgeable, who are fair, who people respect and who understand the problems in their local communities," Kean asserts.

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NJ Journalism Impact Awards to be presented at Byrne Kean Dinner

Via InsiderNJ

Michael Aron, chief political correspondent for New Jersey Network and NJTV in a career that spanned eight governors, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award in New Jersey Journalism at the inaugural Byrne Kean Dinner on Wednesday evening, September 29. The non-profit Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM) will also present New Jersey Journalism Impact Awards to seven journalists.

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New Jersey Hills signs letter of intent to convert to non-profit status

Via NJ Hills Media Group

In an effort to preserve and expand community journalism, the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM) today announced a letter of intent has been signed with the New Jersey Hills Media Group, publisher of this newspaper, to work together on converting the group’s 14 weekly newspapers in Morris, Somerset, Essex, and Hunterdon counties to non-profit ownership.

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Amanda Richardson talks the path to nonprofit news in New Jersey

Via Columbia Journalism Review

CJR spoke to Amanda Richardson, executive director of the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media, about the process of establishing a partnership, the nonprofit business model, and hopes for the future. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

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New Jersey Weeklies Go Non-Profit

Via E&P Report’s Video Podcast

For more than 66 years, the Parker family has owned the 14 weekly newspapers of the New Jersey Hills Media Group, which serves 50 communities in north central New Jersey. With a combined circulation of just under 100,000, it is the largest weekly newspaper group in the state.

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Non-Profit To Acquire Storied NJ Suburban Newspaper Group

Via CityBizList

The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media(CNJLM), a nonprofit dedicated to building strong communities through journalism and civic engagement, today announced a landmark agreement with the New Jersey Hills Media Group to work together to convert the group’s 14 weekly newspapers in Morris, Somerset, Essex, and Hunterdon counties to non-profit ownership.

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New Jersey weeklies going non-profit

Via News & Tech

The new Corporation for New Jersey Local Media has an agreement with the New Jersey Hills Media Group to work together to convert the group’s 14 weeklies to nonprofit ownership under the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media.

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COMMENTARY: Journalism, not-for-profit style: the news we need (by, for and with those who need it)

By: Linda Stamato, via The Bernardsville News

“I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.” So said President John F. Kennedy in remarks delivered at the American Newspaper Publishers Association gathering in 1961.

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New Jersey Hills Media Group to Transition to Non-Profit Status

Via E&P

The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM), a nonprofit dedicated to building strong communities through journalism and civic engagement, today announced a landmark agreement with the New Jersey Hills Media Group to work together to convert the group’s 14 weekly newspapers in Morris, Somerset, Essex, and Hunterdon counties to non-profit ownership.

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Respected chain of 14 weekly newspapers moving to non-profit status

By: David Wildstein, New Jersey Globe

The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM), a nonprofit dedicated to building strong communities through journalism and civic engagement, today announced a landmark agreement with the New Jersey Hills Media Group to work together to convert the group’s 14 weekly newspapers in Morris, Somerset, Essex, and Hunterdon counties to non-profit ownership.

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Corporation for NJ Local Media Signs Agreement to Transition State’s Largest Independent Weekly Newspaper Group to Non-Profit Status

via InsiderNJ

The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM), a nonprofit dedicated to building strong communities through journalism and civic engagement, today announced a landmark agreement with the New Jersey Hills Media Group to work together to convert the group’s 14 weekly newspapers in Morris, Somerset, Essex, and Hunterdon counties to non-profit ownership.

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‘Team of Rivals’ forms non-profit to preserve community journalism​

June 16, 2020

Two candidates who ran against each other last November are teaming up in a non-partisan effort to preserve and strengthen community newspapers in New Jersey.

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Analyzing the N.J. State budget: The good, the bad and the ugly

October 6, 2020

Does New Jersey really need to borrow $4.5 billion to balance its budget because of the pandemic?

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Has coronavirus killed public transit? Here’s what needs to change for commuters to come back.

September 16, 2020

Commuter rail systems have to adapt to changes in how people work and where they live if NJ Transit hopes to see ridership rebound post coronavirus, experts said.

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Webinar today analyzes future of commuter rail in New Jersey in wake of coronavirus

August 30, 2020

Four rail transit experts will assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the future of commuter rail transportation in New Jersey in a virtual panel discussion open to the public at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15.

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Former political rivals host online forum on the future of community journalism

June 25, 2020

Harding Township Committeeman Nicolas Platt has a fear he hopes will never come true as he sits on the dais at the Harding Township Committee meeting each month.

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Future of local journalism to be explored in webinar today

May 31, 2020

The public is invited to attend a virtual panel discussion at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, regarding the future of local, nonprofit journalism.

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