Sometimes getting the basics right is as important as being innovative, as the past decade’s record of development in the nonprofit journalism sector attests.
In addition to allocating CDN $119 million a year, the proposed legislation would make journalism a valid criterion for having charitable status, opening the door for greater foundation support for nonprofit journalists.
In the face of growing political polarization, spaces for thoughtful dialogue across ideologies have all but disappeared. Spaceship Media seeks to fill this void by bringing people together to talk about contentious issues. In this conversation, an NRA member and an anti-violence activist discover they are not as different as they once thought.
National writers’ organization PEN America has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump to enjoin him from using his office to retaliate against those who criticize him in public. Their lawsuit reflects the interdependent nature of civic institutions and the importance of upholding them.
This is one of the most interesting projects to come out of the new news environment lately, because these women intend to check facts through publicly interrogating the embedded narratives used by news outlets.
In contrast to a decade ago, there are a whole array of resources available to help nonprofit news sites—but that doesn’t make the process of establishing a startup more straightforward.
Facebook digs in deeper to a program that provides training and support to local for-profit and nonprofit news sources.
The founder of the Lenfest Institute has died, leaving behind a legacy for the very field in which he made much of his money.
Foundation support for nonprofit journalism has never been stronger, but, as a new report reminds us, there remains a gaping local media hole to fill.
Nonprofit media in Chicago include a number of bold attempts at creating a more grounded narrative and now there is a philanthropic initiative that aims to meet them where they’re at.
