While many local media markets remain in turmoil, a widening range of nonprofit and grassroots media sources are filling the void in a growing number of communities.
The Articles YOU Read! What interested NPQ readers over the past year? The list below presents 2017’s forty most compelling articles in descending order. It’s a riveting mix that accurately reflects both the turbulence of the times and the needs and interests of our readers. But before we leave you to read these and send them to friends, remember that this list represents only a fraction of what we have produced this year.
Foundations collaborate on News Match with the goal of raising $3 million to nonprofit new organizations.
Four nonprofit news outlets in Pennsylvania are combining their efforts to examine the threat of lead in Pittsburgh’s public water supply. The backstory is how these nonprofits built on their unique strengths and cultures to illuminate these issues.
Can the world’s newest collaborative newsroom meet its mission and stay in the black?
Boy, are we ever happy we did not wax on enthusiastically about the Philadelphia Media Network’s new setup: a confusing relationship with the Philadelphia Foundation and an institute that looks to be something of a fundraising arm. Frankly, if that setup was the answer, we’re not sure what the question was.
Nonprofit news sites often depend upon philanthropy to get started but then have to move at warp speed to find renewable revenue sources. This is one case where a local foundation’s “shifting of its priorities,” married to restrictions imposed by the parent group, was fatal.
Financially challenged daily newspapers continue to find that becoming nonprofits creates a more sustainable business model, allowing them to keep publishing.
By mixing government with popular reviews, ProPublica and Yelp hope to provide the public with evaluative information about their health care options.
In what seems like a great opportunity for the right taker, a nonprofit news team has resigned en masse in a very unusual executive transition.
