A Hyperlocal Reporter’s Guide to Covering Municipal Government in New Jersey
About The Citizens Campaign The Citizens Campaign, founded in 1998, is a non partisan community of citizens who believe we can no longer depend on the political establishment to govern and that citizens need the power to take the initiative to build and implement pragmatic solutions that make government work better and cost less. To accomplish this, The Citizens Campaign uses a No Blame, Solution Driven strategy and provides a toolkit of political and journalistic skills training and expert support that gives citizens the ability to get things done without having to be elected officials. The Citizens Campaign recognizes that for citizens to be empowered they must first be informed. Towards that end, with the generous funding of the Rita Allen Foundation, The Citizens Campaign works to foster state-of-the-art local government reporting in the emerging industry of online local newspapers otherwise known as hyperlocal news and provides training for citizen journalists. This guide book is a component of this important initiative. The record of accomplishments of people empowered by The Citizens Campaign demonstrates the value of its empowerment tools and its non-ideological, solutions focused strategy. For more information, visit www. thecitizenscampaign.org
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