The KORISE | Mom&I
Our flagship. Mom&I began in 2000 as a magazine for immigrant mothers and grew into a family and community chronicle across 302 issues.
Read at korise.coTwenty-six years of New Jersey's immigrant record, now held in public trust.
KCED Foundation is a nonprofit, bilingual newsroom for Bergen and Hudson Counties. We report, publish, train the next generation of local journalists, and help residents and small businesses find their way through public systems in English and Korean.
26years publishing since January 2000
302published issues
1,400+recorded interviews
320+studio productions
Chuseok K-Fest at Jersey City Hall
The 2nd annual official festival. 11 AM to 4 PM, free and open to all.
K-Bio Summit 2026
Invitation-only convening on women's and maternal health.
After 48 Hours
A bilingual series on the first days of parenthood.
The KORISE | Mom&I
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One record. Everything we do grows from it.
Our archive, our studio, and the trust of the community are the foundation. Every program puts them to work for the people of Bergen and Hudson.
- The FoundationMom&I Archive 300, Fort Lee Studio, Community DatabaseThe 26-year record, the production house, and the relationships every program draws on.
- NewsroomPublic Information Desk, Studio Newsroom (Live Stream)Public information in the languages residents speak at home, and live civic coverage.
- PublishingThe KORISE | Mom&I, District JC, Life Science Intelligence Brief, ArtiverseFour editorially independent titles, from community life to the state's life-science economy.
- VoicesAfter 48 Hours, Artiverse PodcastLong-form audio and video series, free to every listener.
- Media LabMedia Fellowship, Broadcasting Camp (Junior and Senior)Training the next generation of local journalists, and every generation of storytellers.
- Economic DevelopmentKorea Desk, K-Bio Summit, NJ Korea Delegation TripLanguage access, navigation, and public facilitation that turn information into opportunity.
- Community & CultureJC Official Chuseok K-FestJersey City's first official Korean festival, created with the City.
- PartnersKCED Partner NetworkUniversities and institutions who share the work and widen its reach.
A newsroom residents can actually use.
When local papers close, immigrant neighborhoods lose their place in the public record first. We report for them, in English and Korean.
Public Information Desk
Clear, in-language information on the public services, deadlines, and decisions that shape a family's life, pointing people to the agencies and professionals who already provide them.
Studio Newsroom
Live-streamed interviews, press conferences, and town-hall Q&As where residents ask and public officials answer, on camera and on the record.
Expert sessions
Licensed professionals in health, benefits, immigration, and law, in seminars and panels that lead to real services. We do not give clinical or legal advice, and we never put vulnerable people on air.
Four titles, one record.
Print is where this began, and it is still where the record is kept. Each title is editorially independent; no funder or sponsor shapes what we publish.
District JC
District JC
Reporting and data on Jersey City's neighborhoods, small businesses, and the public decisions that shape the local economy.
Visit District JCLife Science Intelligence Brief
Life Science Intelligence Brief
Public reporting on New Jersey's life-science economy and its ties to Korea: the institutions, policies, and people deciding where innovation lands.
Artiverse
Artiverse
An interview-led magazine on artists and technologists, and the ideas moving between them.
Voices
Series made in our studio and published openly. No paywall, no subscription, no cost to the people who need them.
After 48 Hours
What no one explains before you go home: feeding, recovery, sleep, and the questions people are afraid to ask out loud. Obstetricians, doulas, lactation consultants, and postpartum specialists, alongside the mothers who lived it.
Artiverse Podcast
Conversations with the artists and technologists featured in Artiverse.
Media Lab
The record only lasts if someone keeps making it. We train the people who will.
Media Fellowship
University students produce real reporting across print, broadcast, and social formats, one project per semester. Spring 2027 focuses on Jersey City's Korean community; Fall 2027 on New Jersey's life sciences.
Broadcasting Camp, Junior
Young people train on real broadcast equipment: camera, editing, and audio. Graduates join a volunteer student crew that helps produce the newsroom year-round.
Broadcasting Camp, Senior
Older residents learn to record and share their own stories, so a generation's history is kept in its own words.
Information that turns into opportunity.
Free, multilingual navigation and public facilitation for immigrant entrepreneurs and the institutions that serve them. We point people to services that already exist. We do not replace any city review.
Korea Desk
A single, reliable point of contact for immigrant and multilingual small businesses. Multilingual intake, step-by-step navigation through city processes, free workshops, and Live Market Test, where owners try products with real buyers at community events before committing capital.
K-Bio Summit
An invitation-only annual convening on New Jersey's life sciences. The 2026 summit focuses on women's and maternal health.
NJ Korea Delegation Trip
Exchange between New Jersey and Korean public and institutional partners, with language support and facilitation throughout.
Chuseok K-Fest
Jersey City's first official Korean festival, co-hosted with the Jersey City Office of Cultural Affairs and the Hudson County Chamber of Commerce Korean Chapter. Last year the Mayor issued a proclamation, two children sang both national anthems in the Council Chambers, and families from across Hudson County learned to write their names in Hangul.
11 AM to 4 PM at City Hall Plaza and Council Chambers. Free and open to the public.
Festival detailsWe do this with partners.
The KCED Partner Network brings universities, community organizations, schools, and licensed professionals into the work. They bring the people; we bring the studio, the crew, and the channel, with shared credit and no charge for mission-aligned partners.
KCED Foundation is a member of NJ News Commons at the Center for Cooperative Media, Montclair State University.
A working studio, open to the community.
A broadcast studio, control room, and podcast suite in Fort Lee. Leaders featured here include U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim, Governor Mikie Sherrill, and Congressman Josh Gottheimer. Appearance is not an endorsement.
Produce with us
Community organizations, schools, and licensed professionals can produce mission-aligned work here at no charge.
Book the room
The studio is available to book. Rental supports the newsroom, with priority for nonprofit, civic, educational, and community use.
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"For 26 years I recorded my neighbors' voices. I built this studio to hold them. Now I'm giving it away, because a story is only worth keeping if it belongs to everyone."
Sylvia Kim, Founder, President & Executive Director
In 2026 Sylvia Kim gave the Fort Lee studio, The KORISE | Mom&I, and the full 26-year archive to KCED Foundation, held in public trust. She kept no ownership and no financial interest. An independent Board of Trustees governs the Foundation and protects its editorial independence.
Keep this newsroom independent.
This record exists because people paid for it to exist. Members keep it running, and every gift is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Member
$25/moor $275 a year. Monthly newsletter, your name on the digital Community Wall, and invitations to community events.
Sustaining Member
$75/moor $825 a year. Everything in Member, plus early access to select videos and reports, and recognition in the year-end report.
Producer's Circle
$150/moor $1,650 a year. Everything above, plus on-screen credit, an annual studio event, and a personal thank-you from the founder.
We disclose our major supporters. We decline money from political parties, candidates, and campaigns. No funder or sponsor has a say in what we cover.