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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
2024 Overview — PUBLIC SQUARE
Senior Editorial Advisor: Dr. Todd Stevens Burroughs . Public Square Amplified (PSA) is a grassroots local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 40 years of combined experience in the nonprofit, journalism, and community organizing sectors headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. PSA positions journalism as a civic tool and creates a pipeline for a new cadre of local ...
Arts & Culture - PUBLIC SQUARE
Nov 9, 2023 · NEWARK, NJ–Corinne Bailey Rae is a time traveler.A cosmonaut. A historian of the future past. And this benevolent explorer wants her fans to see what she has seen. Her latest album, Black Rainbows, a 45-minute transmission released September 15, invites the listener on an immersive, sonic voyage traversing the American South, Ethiopia, and the great expanse of outer space as Bailey Rae ...
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 ...
Community News — PUBLIC SQUARE
Nov 2, 2024 · 10/24/24 Public Square Amplified team. This group has been getting out the vote since 1984. Newark, NJ - 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.
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4 days ago · Renee Johnston is a registered member and state committee chair for the Green Party of NJ; and co-host of the weekly show Saturdays with Renee on Black Liberation media. She actively volunteers with mutual aid and political organizations, and organizes political educational opportunities to engage with people on the issues most impacting the material conditions of Black and working people.
Blog 2 — PUBLIC SQUARE
Nov 5, 2024 · Jun 15, 2023. Public Square Amplified team. 2/9/23 Tammy Harris. I grew up in a town called Farmingdale, New Jersey, with my parents and my eight siblings. Although we were just making ends meet, we lived on a one-acre property which my father was farming a garden on a third of it for the family to eat.