Will New Jersey Governor Murphy set aside advertising money for ethnic news media in New Jersey?

I’m fwd-ing this article written by Cassandra Etienne and Oni Advincula, Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University

Screenshot from the Center’s press briefing with Gov. Phil Murphy on Wed. Oct. 6, 2021.

It was a small elephant in the room and an open question in the chat box when New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined two dozen ethnic and community media reporters for a press briefing on Wednesday.

New York City and California have set aside advertising dollars to specifically spend with ethnic and community media. When would New Jersey do the same?

“I wouldn’t necessarily commit, but it’s something I would absolutely consider. We do some of this already,” said Murphy. “I would be very much open to doing that. It’s a smart way to get to people. And frankly, in a more targeted, closer to the ground way than the big, other media players, whether they be print radio, or television or digital.”

Such advertising funds could be a huge boon to an estimated 150 local and ethnic media outlets that serve immigrants and communities of color throughout the state.

Murphy’s answer came in response to Aleksandra Slabiz of Nowy Dziennik, a Polish-language…