CommunityCommunities deserve local news and information that meet their needs. We build tools, systems, and institutions to make that possible.
Public service local news provider
Local news should be run like a public good. The Jersey Bee is a local news provider in New Jersey that meets civic news and information needs and models local news as a public utility.
Explore The Jersey BeeMedia policy innovation
Public goods should be publicly maintained. Info Districts develops policy models for special service districts and other public media funds and institutions that serve community needs.
Explore Info DistrictsTraining, research, and organizing
A changing economy and climate call for more just and equitable journalism and media. Just Transition supports allied networks and organizations through training, research, and organizing.
Explore Just TransitionServices for businesses and institutions
Businesses and institutions dedicated to serving their communities need dedicated community information infrastructure. Community Information Services provides software and managed services to major employers and institutions to improve stakeholder outcomes.
Explore Community Information SystemsOur mission is to make journalism and media more representative of communities of color and working people.
We equip communities to build and shape the media institutions they depend on through policy, organizing, and practice.
Our mission and commitmentsIntroducing The Jersey Bee 2030, our public service newsroom's plan to expand its local news and information service across New Jersey and become financially self-sustaining.
In New Jersey Monitor, Simon Galperin, founder and CEO of Community Info Co-op, describes how The Jersey Bee builds local information infrastructure to respond to community needs, highlighting and promoting New Jersey's successful investments in civic information infrastructure.
The Jersey Bee was named a 2026 Catalyst Award division finalist in the Next Challenge for Media by the Glen Nelson Center for Media at American Public Media Group.
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