Basic Reporting and News Writing: Focus on Newark and Beyond
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
Contact:
185 University Avenue
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
John Cotton Dana Library
Newark, N.J. 07102
Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies
We're Reading...
- The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect
- Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel. Revised and Updated 4th edition. New York, Crown, 2021. Note: Our subscription only allows for one user at a time. So if you are not able to connect, it may be because someone else is currently using the book. Rutgers-restricted Access
Some Basic Information Sites
- New Jersey County and Municipal Web Sites
- Who cares more about the municipal information than the municipality? What you can find at the municipal site is going to vary greatly. But it's a good place to start! Sites may include information on everything from local news and events, municipal services, taxes, schools, local elections, and agendas and minutes of municipal councils and agencies.
- New Jersey Public Libraries Directory
- Local libraries collect and make available all kinds of things relating to their areas and municipalities. They often focus on creating access to local news sources.
- New Jersey State Health Assessment Data (NJSHAD)
- Use the New Jersey State Health Assessment Data (NJSHAD) database to generate a variety of health statistics tables for a municipality or county
- New Jersey Legislature Home Page
- Includes legislative bills with histories back to 1996; the New Jersey State Constitution; a searchable index to New Jersey Statutes; legislative reports; and transcripts of many public hearings
Newark, New Jersey
- The Newark Experience
- Classified listing, with links when available, to anything and everything--books, articles, newspapers, reports, websites--relating to the city of Newark.
- Newark by the Numbers
- Resources containing data on the city of Newark, New Jersey, as well as Essex County.
OPRA Requests
- A Citizen's Guide to the Open Public Records Act
- New Jersey Government Records Council. 5th edition. October, 2024.
- New Jersey municipalities should have their OPRA forms and filing information on their official sites. You will usually be able to find these by doing a Google search. For example, to find the link to the OPRA form for Elizabeth, you can just search: "new jersey" elizabeth opra