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.
WHAT WE DO
The Collaborative Journalism Resource Hub provides comprehensive support to journalism collaboratives across the United States. We are housed in the Center for Cooperative Media and are funded by the Knight Foundation.
We offer:
— 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
— Consideration for funding through special programs
WHO WE WORK WITH
We support newly formed and existing journalism collaboratives. Including those:
— Planning to launch a new collaborative
— Looking to strengthen or expand an existing partnership
— Seeking to make a collaborative more sustainable
— Wanting to measure and increase community impact
WHY COLLABORATION MATTERS
When news organizations work together, they can:
— Represent their communities more effectively
— Build and strengthen sustainable operations
— Share resources and streamline efforts
— Create partnerships with community and civic organizations
READY TO GET STARTED?
Request for proposals: Journalism Collaborative Sustainability Accelerator
The Hub seeks to assist journalism collaboratives to be able to fundraise, create a revenue plan, and sustain its existence and operations over multiple years.
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.