Supporting journalism collaboratives across America
The mission of the Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub is to advance the field of collaboration in journalism across the United States.
The Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub, housed at the Center for Cooperative Media, was established in 2025. The goal is to create sustainable models for local news collaboratives that directly benefit the communities they serve. We focus on catalyzing sustainable models that attract local support and investment. We measure the success of collaboratives by their financial sustainability and their impact on the community.
The future of journalism is collaborative. We’re here to help make that future sustainable, impactful, and community-focused.
WHAT WE DO
The Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub provides comprehensive support to journalism collaboratives across the United States. Launched by the Center for Cooperative Media with support from the Knight Foundation, we offer financial backing, strategic guidance, and proven frameworks to help news organizations work together more effectively.
Our support includes:
— Grants of up to $50,000 for qualifying collaboratives
— Expert coaching on revenue development
— Sustainability planning and implementation
— Impact measurement frameworks
— Access to our national network of collaboration leaders
— Resources and best practices from successful collaboratives
WHO WE WORK WITH
We support both new and existing journalism collaboratives. Including those:
— Planning to launch a new collaborative
— Looking to strengthen an existing partnership
— Seeking to make your collaborative more sustainable
— Wanting to measure and increase your community impact
WHY COLLABORATION MATTERS
When news organizations work together, they can:
— Serve their communities more effectively
— Build stronger, more sustainable operations
— Share resources and reduce duplicate efforts
— Tackle bigger stories and investigations
— Reach new and underserved audiences
— Create lasting impact in their communities
READY TO GET STARTED?
Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
About the Hub
The Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub is a project of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, supported by the Knight Foundation. Since 2017, we’ve been studying and supporting collaborative journalism through research, events, resources, and direct support to newsrooms. Learn more about our work at collaborativejournalism.org.