WHAT IT IS

The New Jersey Sustainability Reporting Hub is a statewide media collaborative that will focus attention on our ecosystem through robust reporting by eight multimedia fellows for six months. Their reports on newsworthy sustainability efforts around New Jersey - in municipalities and on campuses - will be amplified by a circle of dissemination partners.

WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

We are raising $7,000 - 10% of the first phase of the project - from the citizens of New Jersey.  Every $5 and $10 counts!  New Jersey has important stories to tell, and amplifying these stories will be critical to our transition to environmental sustainability. 

HOW IT WILL WORK

• CivicStory - a solutions-based 501 c 3 nonprofit news site - will provide stipends to eight newsrooms employing reporting fellows who will report for a six-month period.  

• Stories produced by the reporting fellows will be published by the reporter's newsroom and then shared with NJSR Hub affiliates, educational institutions, the NJ News Commons, and a circle of nonprofit organizations.

• Reporting will focus on newsworthy action and initiatives in New Jersey to speed our transition from fossil fuels, and ensure healthy living environments for future generations.

• Topics will include food choice; waste reduction; community solar, net zero energy & home energy conservation; water, soil, and air quality remediation; composting & organic waste management, transportation choices; purchasing choices; bio-diversity; native plants & natural lawn care; green cleaning, and more.

WHO IS INVOLVED

The four founding partners are CivicStory (project lead), the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, NJ Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS), and Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education (ANJEE).

Nonprofit affiliates include ANJEC (Association of NJ Environmental Commissions), Camden County Municipal Utility Authority (CCMUA), Ironbound Community Corporation, New Jersey Future, NJ Audubon, PSEG Institute for Sustainability Studies at Montclair State University, Sustainable Jersey, and Sustainable Princeton.   

CivicStory is the fiduciary lead and manager of the project. 

FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information, visit CivicStory.org or contact Editors@CivicStory.org.