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This was published as part of the 2024 community journalism class sponsored by New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. It’s June 14, the jump ball is thrown, and Big Fendi, former Nicki Minaj manager and now author, takes it running. A promotional video for a community basketball tournament dubbed “Nuttin’ Butt Azz’” is circulated on Facebook.
The Constitution: A tool for liberation — PUBLIC SQUARE
Sep 15, 2022 · In the spirit of Democracy Day, Public Square Amplified asked our colleagues Linda McDonald Carter, a community-based attorney and former professor and director of Paralegal Studies at Essex County College, and Gloria J. Browne Marshall, a Pulitzer Center grantee and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College, to explore the themes of American Democracy and our Constitution.
How the “Free Mumia” movement rocked Black ... - PUBLIC SQUARE
In 2024 and beyond, it might be hard for those who have grown up with the World Wide Web, and social media in particular, to understand that there was not an instant grapevine in 1995 for Black journalists from across the nation to immediately learn …
Our Stories — PUBLIC SQUARE
10/19/24 Public Square Amplified team. This group has been getting out the vote since 1984. The bustling intersection at Broad and Market Streets is a prime location for shopping, featuring a variety of department stores and street vendors. It’s also a public transportation thoroughfare making it an ideal spot to engage with folks.
About — PUBLIC SQUARE
Public Square Amplified is a local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 40 years of combined experience in the academic, nonprofit, journalism, and community organizing sectors. Public Square Amplified positions journalism as a civic tool and creates a pipeline for a new generation of local journalists.
Democracy & politics — PUBLIC SQUARE
Oct 19, 2024 · In his Black-and-White medium, Brian Branch Price, Public Square Amplified photojournalist, and editor, narrates the Palestinian community's profound rage, indomitable spirit, and unwavering determination to end the war on Gaza, and he and they find a narrow space that allows him both distance and intimacy. 11/2/23 Zoe Van Gelder.
Law & justice — PUBLIC SQUARE
Jun 14, 2024 · On Tuesday night, March 7, hundreds of citizens gathered to mourn and protest in outrage the killing of yet another Black man, 31-year-old, Najee Seabrooks, by two Paterson Police officers, while Seabrooks was experiencing a mental health crisis. In provocative irony, Seabrooks worked as a high-risk violence interventionist with the Paterson ...
Code of Ethics — PUBLIC SQUARE
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. Ethical journalism strives to ensure the free exchange of information that is accurate, fair and thorough. An ethical journalist acts with integrity.
Events — PUBLIC SQUARE
Students in Public Square Amplified’s Community Journalism Class witnessed the last hours of the Rutgers University-Newark student and community encampment, which was demolished by city and University police on June 9. Student journalists are scheduled to be live on “Quest Youth Radio” on 89.5 WSOU-FM on Saturday morning, June 22, to ...
2024 Overview — PUBLIC SQUARE
May 31, 2024 · Senior Editorial Advisor: Dr. Todd Stevens Burroughs . Overview: PSA's "Citizen as Journalist" class of 2024 took participants through an experiential learning process that inspires storytelling that centers the voice of activists, students, workers, and immigrants. The class opened the storytelling world to community members who are trained and untrained in journalism and news reporting and ...