In the last decade, New Jersey has seen a surge of new media that has allowed its residents more access to the “information age.
New newspapers have appeared on the Jersey Shore, TV news programs have been set up around the state, and Internet-based news and information websites have come into the scene.
But the quality of the news and information being provided to New Jerseyans is being seriously questioned since the end of the 2008 economic recession, according to a new report on media quality in the state.
The new report, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, analyzed the quality of the news and information being offered to New Jerseyans through an extensive nationwide search of websites. The analysis, released July 3, 2009, found that the quality of information on the sites was not consistently good, with a large amount of news and information being available that does not meet New Jerseyans basic needs.
“People have a hard time finding what they need, but when they can’t find it they just tune out,” said Michael DeCarlo, who co-authored the article with James L. , a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s School of Journalism and Communication. “If a website is informative and is worth visiting, your interest will follow, and if it’s not, it will fade away.
Miele said that the quality of the information provided to residents at the University of Massachusetts by its Media Access Project was “pretty dismal.
“New Jerseyans don’t get what they need or need what they need,” he said. “People don’t search for information on their own. They go to a web page instead…New Jerseyans are not interested in, and can’t find, information at the press of a button.
Miele said that the website is not a good source for local news, and many local residents turn to the Internet to get information.
“We feel that we need to change the nature of online media to make it a source of information and entertainment,” he said.
Assessing the health of local journalism ecosystems : A Comparative Analysis of Three New Jersey Cities.
Article Title: Assessing the health of local journalism ecosystems : A Comparative Analysis of Three New Jersey Cities | Programming. Full Article Text: “The health of local journalism ecosystems” is the title of a new article published in the online journal, New Jersey Journal of Communication. The article compares three different new Jersey city newspapers to measure changes that have been made to improve the quality of local journalism. The results point to many areas of improvement, including more local-source reporting and better use of the journalistic process. We also find that the most successful methods of producing locally-sourced journalism involve working with local sources through relationships. Further, we find that more work needs to be done in developing, communicating and using a model for local-source reporting that is truly open and transparent. We are interested to see if the article will be of interest to you.
The health of local journalism ecosystems’ (HMLJ, New Jersey Journal of Communication) recently was presented through an article published by the journal.
The new Jersey newspapers are the New Jersey News Journal, the New Jersey Sunday Journal & Courier and the New Jersey Daily Record. The research shows that although the three newspapers are doing better than expected in terms of number of local-source stories, they are also doing worse on two other indicators of local journalism quality: the use of the journalistic process to produce local-sourced stories and the use of local-sources through relationships.
Two other indicators that were assessed were the use of a model for local-source reporting, such as a model described in the paper, and the use of a model for local-sources through relationships.
We are also interested in seeing how this article will be of interest to you. You may download the full article here (PDF).
News from Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown.
Article Title: News from Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown | Programming.
A group of residents of Newark and its environs who are not well known as residents of the US State of New Jersey are involved in a series of community and political disputes. The Newark Action Coalition (NAC) is a group of Newark residents who in many ways operate as a regional version of the Tea Party but are not affiliated with the Republican Party of the USA.
Some of the members of the group are residents of Newark and others live in Monmouth County, Newark County, or Morristown County. The name of the group is a tribute to the former Newark, New Jersey Mayor and former Governor (and Democrat) Jim McGreevey, who was a member of the Republican Party of the USA. The group includes people with experience in a range of fields, including business, education, law enforcement, politics, and community organizations.
The NAC was formed in part to oppose Mayor Cory Booker in the mayoral race in Newark and to protest Mr. Booker’s position on local issues, including his refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance. Booker has not been a full time member of the Republican Party of the USA and was known as the “Mayor of Newark” but was elected as a Democrat.
The Newark Action Coalition is not only concerned with the issue of standing for the pledge, but also with the political activities of elected officials and other elected officials in Newark. Because of this, for the last several years the group has organized opposition meetings to such elected officials as Mayor Booker, former Governor Jon Corzine, and former Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (JEL) Steven Lawlor. It has also organized opposition meetings to elected officials as Newark’s Commissioner of City Utilities, Newark’s Corporation Counsel, Newark’s Public Safety Commissioner, Newark’s Attorney General, Newark’s Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, Newark’s Attorney General, and Newark’s Police Chief among others.
The NAC calls itself a “New Jersey-centric” group which calls for more political dialogue rather than a campaign of confrontation. It is a small group, perhaps a few hundred. Its members are a mixture of people who are involved in community and political activity, and others who are employed in the government.
Rutgers Report and the Health of Media Ecosystems
Rutgers Media Studies & Policy Research found a major shift in the health of the news ecosystem in the US since the 2004 presidential election. After the Clinton election, the news industry is on the rise, but it is under threat. It would be naïve to think that the media landscape will go back to normal. The health of the news industry will determine what might return to normal. The health of the news ecosystem has been deteriorating for some time. This, however, is not a new trend. The media, with its many competing forces, has been declining over the last two decades. The health of the ecosystem has been increasing for some time, which can be attributed to both an increase in the audience and an increase in the diversity of news sources. News has always been a highly regulated industry. It was once under the purview of a centralized government, and therefore had to be regulated by government. As a result of its centralized government regulation, the government was heavily involved in news-making. Now, with decentralization, news is not regulated by a centralized government. Instead, news is no longer under centralized government regulations; it is an open source, peer-to-peer platform driven by people. This is a large step forward in the health of the ecosystem, and the rise of the “alternative” media. The alternative media, like the alternative entertainment industry, grew out of the decentralized, decentralized, decentralized, and decentralized media ecosystem. It is important to understand the health of the news ecosystem to understand why the growth is happening even as they are being eliminated. The growth of the press and its health is driven by the growth in the audience. That is why the media is declining. This is causing news to be increasingly “unhealthy” and increasingly ineffective. It is also causing news to be “unhealthy”. For example, if news were to be treated as a “market,” news would be as profitable as the movies or the movies would be as profitable as the music industry. Yet the alternative media, like the alternative entertainment industry, growing out of the decentralized, decentralized, decentralized, and decentralized media ecology, is experiencing declines in health. This has caused the press to be increasingly unhealthy since the news industry is growing. This is a large step forward in the health of the ecosystem.
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