Nonprofit News
Nonprofits Race to Tell Local News Stories and Build Industry Trust
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Even as many local news publications shed jobs, new local nonprofit news sites continue to pop up throughout the country.
nonprofit journalism
Report Outlines State of Black Press and Calls for Increased Philanthropic Support
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A new report issued by the Democracy Fund provides an overview of the Black press in the US and makes three recommendations to boost the field as platforms increasingly shift online.
nonprofit journalism
Knight Foundation’s Networked Funding Strategy Is Well Worth Watching
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The Knight Foundation’s massive new commitment to the burgeoning field of nonprofit journalism is impressive in its breadth and network approach, but we wish its announcement were clearer about the need to center inclusion.
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How Philanthropy Affects the Shape of Nonprofit Journalism
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Foundations spend $1.3 billion annually to support nonprofit journalism worldwide. A study based on 74 interviews of nonprofits, foundations, and intermediaries finds that the funding does not reduce journalistic autonomy, but it does subtly alter the nature of the journalistic enterprise.
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Building Nonprofit Journalism in a Rural News Desert: Lessons in Success
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The Foothills Forum, at age 5, has won awards and is being sought out for advice from others seeking to start similar nonprofit journalistic ventures.
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New Philanthropic Initiative Aims to Scale Nonprofit Journalism
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A new organization, backed by a venture capitalist who launched the Texas Tribune nearly a decade ago and the founder of Chalkbeat, aims to raise $1 billion to support mission-driven local news outlets.
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Craigslist Founder Gives Big to Journalism about Big Tech’s Consequences
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Craig Newmark is among a growing number of philanthropists who are investing in the growing field of journalism, nonprofit news sites, and infrastructure.
Nonprofit News
Across the US, Decline of Local Press Leads to Rising Municipal Borrowing Costs
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Is press monitoring of local government effective? Not always, but often enough that a study of over 200 US counties in the past two decades reveals a pattern in which, after local papers close, government efficiency falls and the cost of public borrowing rises.
Journalism
Can Nonprofit Journalism Fill the Gap Left by Faltering Local Media?
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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.
mass media
In Argentina, a Worker Co-op Media Model Emerges
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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.