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Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute / Yvonne Leow
/ Oct 8“Compared to the global network of investors in tech, there are only a handful of media funders who have given significant grants to journalism startups. In 2012, Pierre Omidyar gave $50 million to First Look Media, in 2018, Craig Newmark committed $20 million to The Markup, and the Knight Foundation gave $20 million to the American Journalism Project, which then funds local journalism nonprofit newsrooms. In the past two years, tech and philanthropic media funders have been signaling to founders to double down on building a local news organization, yet they haven’t designed a path for local news founders to succeed.” —
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journalism philanthropy,
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