Joe Amditis
@jamditis.com
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NJ PBS is excited to announce that veteran journalist and New Jersey native Rob Nelson will serve as anchor of its new daily newscast, NJ PBS News with Rob Nelson.
Head to njpbs.org for more information.
Head to njpbs.org for more information.
September 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
NJ PBS is excited to announce that veteran journalist and New Jersey native Rob Nelson will serve as anchor of its new daily newscast, NJ PBS News with Rob Nelson.
Head to njpbs.org for more information.
Head to njpbs.org for more information.
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Thanks, @niemanlab.org for writing about our NJ news influencer research! www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/news...
News influencers are filling information gaps in New Jersey, but original reporting still lags
News creators are increasingly where people get their news (check out Hanaa's ongoing series of interviews with news creators from around the world) and a new study from the Center for Cooperative Med...
www.niemanlab.org
September 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Thanks, @niemanlab.org for writing about our NJ news influencer research! www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/news...
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Our study on New Jersey news influencers is live. I'd encourage you to read the full research report for the most detail medium.com/centerforcoo...
New research paper details New Jersey’s news influencers
Study of the state’s social media content creators shows how they meet community information needs, what motivates them, and how they…
medium.com
August 31, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Our study on New Jersey news influencers is live. I'd encourage you to read the full research report for the most detail medium.com/centerforcoo...
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1/4 New report: New Jersey’s local news influencers are filling gaps left by shrinking local newsrooms. We studied what they post, what motivates them, how they build trust, and whether the work pays.
September 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
1/4 New report: New Jersey’s local news influencers are filling gaps left by shrinking local newsrooms. We studied what they post, what motivates them, how they build trust, and whether the work pays.
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2/4 We analyzed 3,992 posts from 54 NJ creators on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, plus interviews with eight creators. About half of the posts had high NJ relevance.
Read the story: medium.com/centerforcoo...
Read the story: medium.com/centerforcoo...
New research paper details New Jersey’s news influencers
Study of the state’s social media content creators shows how they meet community information needs, what motivates them, and how they…
medium.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
2/4 We analyzed 3,992 posts from 54 NJ creators on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, plus interviews with eight creators. About half of the posts had high NJ relevance.
Read the story: medium.com/centerforcoo...
Read the story: medium.com/centerforcoo...
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“As large media has contracted, small media has surged — which brings huge challenges but also incredible opportunities." medium.com/centerforcoo...
New research shows NJ’s local news landscape dominated by small businesses that barely scrape by
The state has lost nearly 50 local news providers in five years, but the real story may be in the growth of small news businesses
medium.com
August 31, 2026 at 1:54 PM
“As large media has contracted, small media has surged — which brings huge challenges but also incredible opportunities." medium.com/centerforcoo...
"Computah, connect to my Google TV streamer and debloat this thing for me."
August 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"Computah, connect to my Google TV streamer and debloat this thing for me."
August 27, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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The number of newsrooms in New Jersey keeps shrinking, but the number of small news businesses is growing. Our latest research counts 730 outlets serving the state, down 50 in five years, and most run as small operations bringing in $500,000 a year or less.
August 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The number of newsrooms in New Jersey keeps shrinking, but the number of small news businesses is growing. Our latest research counts 730 outlets serving the state, down 50 in five years, and most run as small operations bringing in $500,000 a year or less.
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Most local news funding gets spread thin: small grants, lots of outlets, a year or two at a time. Two NJ newsrooms just got the opposite. The Jersey City Times and Follow South Jersey landed multi-year grants big enough to plan around, not just survive on.
August 27, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Most local news funding gets spread thin: small grants, lots of outlets, a year or two at a time. Two NJ newsrooms just got the opposite. The Jersey City Times and Follow South Jersey landed multi-year grants big enough to plan around, not just survive on.
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Five years running The Midwest Newsroom taught Holly Edgell that collaboration is, in her words, a superpower journalism has barely tapped. Her partners across four states just helped her prove it, and reshape how the newsroom works.
August 25, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Five years running The Midwest Newsroom taught Holly Edgell that collaboration is, in her words, a superpower journalism has barely tapped. Her partners across four states just helped her prove it, and reshape how the newsroom works.
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Good to meet New Jersey Civic Information Consortium grantees and fellow board members today at the summer social at Duke Farms! Don’t miss the cool things happening in NJ news and info spaces (3rd photo from @jamditis.com)
August 18, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Good to meet New Jersey Civic Information Consortium grantees and fellow board members today at the summer social at Duke Farms! Don’t miss the cool things happening in NJ news and info spaces (3rd photo from @jamditis.com)
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You may know that I try to show newsrooms that they have an alternative to the horse race model in election coverage: "The citizens agenda."
It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me.
Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g...
Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...
It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me.
Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g...
Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...
What are your top issues in November's elections? Inform Roanoke Times coverage
The Roanoke Times is taking a closer approach to election coverage this fall by asking our audience directly: What do you care about most?
roanoke.com
August 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
You may know that I try to show newsrooms that they have an alternative to the horse race model in election coverage: "The citizens agenda."
It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me.
Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g...
Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...
It's the campaign season and I am starting to get examples sent to me.
Roanoke: roanoke.com/news/local/g...
Cascadia: www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jul/16/...
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If you're interested in the Citzens Agenda model with a Rosen twist try my Internet Archive
pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...
Put 'citizens agenda' into the search button and see what you get. You can pick 'Newest First' or 'Oldest.' I recommend Newest.
pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...
Put 'citizens agenda' into the search button and see what you get. You can pick 'Newest First' or 'Oldest.' I recommend Newest.
Jay Rosen's Internet Archive
A curated public collection of the works, critiques, and teachings of Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at NYU. 25,000+ records spanning four decades of journalism criticism, media theory, and public...
pressthink.org
August 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
If you're interested in the Citzens Agenda model with a Rosen twist try my Internet Archive
pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...
Put 'citizens agenda' into the search button and see what you get. You can pick 'Newest First' or 'Oldest.' I recommend Newest.
pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...
Put 'citizens agenda' into the search button and see what you get. You can pick 'Newest First' or 'Oldest.' I recommend Newest.
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If you're interested in the Citzens Agenda model with a Rosen twist try my Internet Archive
pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...
Put 'citizens agenda' into the search button and see what you get. You can pick 'Newest First' or 'Oldest.' I recommend Newest.
pressthink.org/j/rosen-arch...
Put 'citizens agenda' into the search button and see what you get. You can pick 'Newest First' or 'Oldest.' I recommend Newest.
Jay Rosen's Internet Archive
A curated public collection of the works, critiques, and teachings of Jay Rosen, professor of journalism at NYU. 25,000+ records spanning four decades of journalism criticism, media theory, and public...
pressthink.org
August 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Today, Reinaldo Chaves and I published the first version of this Brazilian public records requests skill for coding agents that uses the Lei de Acesso à Informação to find the right public body, request the record, track the deadline, and take the correct appeal path.
August 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Today, Reinaldo Chaves and I published the first version of this Brazilian public records requests skill for coding agents that uses the Lei de Acesso à Informação to find the right public body, request the record, track the deadline, and take the correct appeal path.
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It has come to my attention that my dog is a meme
August 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM
It has come to my attention that my dog is a meme
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“the most valuable skills for vibe coding are the skills of a good project manager,” such as identifying requirements, clearly articulating what you want, providing direct and clear feedback, and organizing ideas and documentation." - @jamditis.com www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/a-ne...
A new book looks at how AI is rewiring the newsroom, for better and worse
AI is already helping reshape journalistic practices across five stages of news production: coming up with story ideas, sourcing information, verifying content, telling stories, and distributing news.
www.niemanlab.org
August 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“the most valuable skills for vibe coding are the skills of a good project manager,” such as identifying requirements, clearly articulating what you want, providing direct and clear feedback, and organizing ideas and documentation." - @jamditis.com www.niemanlab.org/2026/08/a-ne...
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Vereau makes the case for print: no internet needed, no reader data collected, and it reaches older Latino adults who still read on paper. Anthony Advincula wrote it up for us:
medium.com/centerforcoo...
#localnews
medium.com/centerforcoo...
#localnews
Presencia, a new Spanish-language print publication, launches in New Jersey
Publisher Gery Vereau says the decline of newspapers makes trusted, reliable Spanish-language papers more necessary than ever.
medium.com
August 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Vereau makes the case for print: no internet needed, no reader data collected, and it reaches older Latino adults who still read on paper. Anthony Advincula wrote it up for us:
medium.com/centerforcoo...
#localnews
medium.com/centerforcoo...
#localnews
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In Paterson, New Jersey, one man loads a rented car with newspapers and drives to about 20 cities to hand them out. Sometimes he takes the bus. Gery Vereau, a journalist of 40 years, launched Presencia this spring: a biweekly Spanish-language print paper for NJ's Latino readers.
August 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
In Paterson, New Jersey, one man loads a rented car with newspapers and drives to about 20 cities to hand them out. Sometimes he takes the bus. Gery Vereau, a journalist of 40 years, launched Presencia this spring: a biweekly Spanish-language print paper for NJ's Latino readers.
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Three partner newsrooms handed their audience data to a regional collaborative. That kind of buy-in is rare. On Aug 25, Holly Edgell of The Midwest Newsroom breaks down how they got there: which metrics they picked, how they built trust, what they reported back. One hour, online, free.
August 4, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Three partner newsrooms handed their audience data to a regional collaborative. That kind of buy-in is rare. On Aug 25, Holly Edgell of The Midwest Newsroom breaks down how they got there: which metrics they picked, how they built trust, what they reported back. One hour, online, free.
ayyyyy tbd/con is a free virtual event on Sept. 23-24 for people who have more questions than answers about AI — and i'm on the "practice" selection committee!
you should register
tbdcon.ai
you should register
tbdcon.ai
August 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
ayyyyy tbd/con is a free virtual event on Sept. 23-24 for people who have more questions than answers about AI — and i'm on the "practice" selection committee!
you should register
tbdcon.ai
you should register
tbdcon.ai
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@njpbs.org is hiring the person who keeps its back office running: a business manager who handles the station's budgets, grant accounts, purchase orders, vendor contracts, and onboarding for new hires.
Full time in Montclair, $66,067.40-$79,291.60.
Full time in Montclair, $66,067.40-$79,291.60.
August 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
@njpbs.org is hiring the person who keeps its back office running: a business manager who handles the station's budgets, grant accounts, purchase orders, vendor contracts, and onboarding for new hires.
Full time in Montclair, $66,067.40-$79,291.60.
Full time in Montclair, $66,067.40-$79,291.60.
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CivicStory's sustainability reporting project has co-published with 25 newsrooms across NJ. Whoever takes this co-director seat inherits that collaborative reporting work, on top of running the org.
CivicStory is hiring an Editor Co-Director in NJ www.civicstory.org/job-opening-...
CivicStory - CivicStory Editor Co-Director (PT)
www.civicstory.org
August 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
CivicStory's sustainability reporting project has co-published with 25 newsrooms across NJ. Whoever takes this co-director seat inherits that collaborative reporting work, on top of running the org.