🏆 The Leader in Journalism Fellowship
We’re building a stronger, more informed South Jersey by supporting and elevating the next generation of storytellers.
🏆 The Leader in Journalism Fellowship
We’re building a stronger, more informed South Jersey by supporting and elevating the next generation of storytellers.
🏆 The Leader in Journalism Fellowship
We’re building a stronger, more informed South Jersey by supporting and elevating the next generation of storytellers.
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The South Jersey Emerging Journalists Project (SJEJP) is an independent initiative dedicated to supporting content creators and emerging journalists from underserved communities across Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cumberland, and Atlantic counties.
Through fellowships, partnerships, and community engagement, SJEJP works to ensure that South Jersey’s diverse stories are told, heard, and shared.
By Emmanuel Young, SJIEP Fellow (2022) Across South Jersey, many towns have historical sites of significance to the history of African Americans. In Gloucester County, an old schoolhouse that predates …
By Ahnyah Pinckney, SJIEP Fellow (2022) Five years ago, Ernest Brown of Sicklerville was coaching a local team as part of a church basketball league. Afterward, one of the kids …
By Jayden Cohen-Boyce, SJIEP Fellow (2022) On the first Friday of each month, Willingboro Heart and Soul (HANDS) hosts “Fresh Fridays” events at different locations throughout Willingboro. The evening series …