In Argentina, as in the US, the old journalism model is decaying. In the US, nonprofit journalism has become increasingly prominent; in Argentina, building on that nation’s strong worker co-op sector, journalists themselves are becoming owners of their own publications.
As the landscape of journalism continues to evolve to incorporate more collaborative and nonprofit activity, the move of the popular PolitiFact to become a standalone division of Poynter that can work nationally makes great sense.
Before the rise of NPR, public radio was but a bit player in radio news. Could the past decade’s rise of nonprofit local media be a harbinger of a similar transformation in newspapers?
We asked our community of embedded practitioner journalists why they write for NPQ. These are their responses.
Chicago has a rich tradition as a big news hub, but now it appears to be attracting a swarm of nonprofit journalism groups. Will it eventually become a model for a more distributed news landscape?
This new grant program’s outcomes should be watched closely by nonprofits of all kinds.
Nonprofit news outlets are building new partnerships with external collaborators to achieve scale and sustainability. What can other nonprofits and funders take away from this? A lot!
An effort to collect and verify reports of hate throughout the U.S. is becoming into a valuable national resource reflecting troubling trends.
The virtual/crowdsourced newsroom might be a small step closer.
Is it heartening to see so many tax-exempt groups getting their share of press scrutiny? Absolutely. The press is an important accountability mechanism for institutions, and we need it to be literate and attentive when examining us so that the population at large understands this critical sector.
