Bloomfield Nonprofit To Hold ‘Listening Session’ On Local News

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the Bloomfield Information Project. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The Bloomfield Information Project is partnering with Social Impact Studios to host a listening session for Essex County residents to share their experience with local news and information on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. on Zoom. You can register for the event here.

This is the first in a series of listening sessions the nonprofit local news organization in Bloomfield will be hosting this year. And it is among the many virtual gatherings throughout New Jersey to help design a statewide strategy to support more informed communities and address the growing problem of news deserts and misinformation.

Register to attend the Feb. 11 virtual gathering here.

If you can’t make it, check out this schedule of upcoming local news listening sessions throughout New Jersey. Or sign up for the Bloomfield Information Project’s Daily Bulletin to stay up-to-date on local listening sessions, events, and other news.

Social Impact Studios is hosting a statewide public-engagement campaign on behalf of the NJ Civic Information Consortium, a first-in-the-nation project established by the State of New Jersey in 2018 to respond to the local news crisis through an expansion of state-level funding for public service media and technology.

The Bloomfield Information Project is a public service journalism lab working to provide the news, information, and connection people need to live their best life in and around Bloomfield, New Jersey. Its work informs a national initiative to reinvent and expand public service journalism, media, and technology.

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