What makes for robust local news provision? Looking at the structural correlates of local news coverage for an entire U.S. state, and mapping local news using a new method Cover image via Canva: mdegrood via Getty Images
Executive summary
The findings below are simplified for the purpose of clarity; please see the full paper for definitions and variable operationalization.
This research is part of a multi-phase, multi-year effort to understand local news provision ― in detail yet at scale. The state of New Jersey acts as both laboratory and pilot for testing and implementing a new method for evaluating local journalism; namely, rather than mapping by where an outlet’s newsroom is based, news provision is mapped by coverage area, where a news outlet is counted in each municipality it says it covers (note that coverage area is self-reported in this phase of the project). News provision is then correlated to various structural characteri
Community Bulletin Board: the North and South Brunswick Sentinel (for Feb. 17)
Learn about spring perennials in a virtual event at 7 p.m. Feb. 17, presented by the South Brunswick Library and the Friends of the South Brunswick Public Library.
Expert Joan Butler will discuss her favorite plants and flowers and how to combine them for best effect in the garden.This special virtual event will be presented on Zoom. Register using the link at http://www.sbpl.info
A reminder will be sent to early registrants several days before the start of the program and a final reminder will be sent to everyone once registration closes at 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 17.
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Common calendar, Packet papers, February 12
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French American School Princeton (FASP) is accepting enrollment.
At FASP, students in preschool (3 years old) through grade 8 benefit from a rigorous bilingual curriculum accredited by the Middle State Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools and the French Ministry of Education; personalized attention thanks to small class sizes; and a multicultural community with more than 30 nationalities represented.
FAPS is located at 75 Mapleton Road, Princeton.
McCarter Theatre Center presents Fireside Chats to “spark” conversation in the community.
Filmed on the front lawn of the Princeton theater, student activities, Pulitzer Prize-winners, local business owners and others are interviewed by Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen.
Lehigh Valley Heart Institute recently announced a partnership with Penn Medicine to coordinate care for patients served by Lehigh Valley Health Network requiring a heart transplant.