Posts by Cole Goins

The COVID-19 pandemic and global protests against police brutality in 2020 have put the systemic nature of our most entrenched problems in full view. As journalists, the work we do...

This post was originally prepared as a lightning chat for Gather, a platform by the Agora Journalism Center to support community-minded journalists. Watch the live chat here (requires registration).  In...

In July, we launched our online Systems Thinking for Journalists toolkit, filled with flexible exercises and ideas for journalists and their communities to apply the practices of systems thinking to...

When taking a human-centered design approach to building a product or service, the first step is to get a deep understanding of the needs and motivations of the people you’re...

Perusing the first round of grantees from the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium (NJCIC), you’ll notice a trend: nearly half of the projects are rooted in equipping more people across...

In July 2018, my colleagues and I at Journalism + Design led one of our first systems thinking workshops with a group of journalists from media organizations across the Bay...

Last year was a busy one for us at the Journalism + Design lab, and we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the community-based programs we supported in 2023 and...

In fall 2021, a diverse group of students, local organizers and community members based in Philadelphia gathered via Zoom to learn the fundamentals of community-centered news. They were participating in...

On September 13, the Journalism + Design lab co-hosted a luncheon with our partners at the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH) to celebrate the work that community colleges in...

When I look back at the Journalism + Design lab’s work this year, I’m amazed at the creative ways we’ve seen people across the country stepping up to help keep...

In partnership with New Mexico Local News Fund, Journalism + Design will award a total of $120,000 in seed funding to New Mexico community colleges for projects that improve the...

In January 2024, Mercer County Community College (MCCC) hosted its first Community Journalism Lab, or J Lab, a noncredit certificate program designed to train and support new community reporters from...