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    Articles tagged foundations (29)

    Sarah ScireAugust 28, 2023
    More funding is flowing to local journalism and for-profit newsrooms, study finds
    The report also finds “warning signs” over editorial independence in responses from newsrooms.
    Christine SchmidtSeptember 18, 2019
    Nonprofit news outlets aren’t relying as heavily on foundations — but journalism philanthropy continues to grow
    “Nonprofit news organizations have much in common even if their scope or mission differs. Their journalistic missions are shaped largely by the gaps they are trying to fill — investigative at the state, national and global level; more general news at the local level.”
    Christine SchmidtFebruary 28, 2019
    “Local leads to trust”: The examples shared and pledges made at the Knight Media Forum
    “The shorter the distance between our neighbors and our news, the stronger our community.”
    Christine SchmidtFebruary 25, 2019
    “Philanthropy desperately needs to be more agile”: Molly de Aguiar on grantmaking with local and national media
    “The right approach is almost always giving up the illusion of control funders think they have and trusting that people closest to the work know what’s best.”
    Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 6, 2017
    Are nonprofit news sites just creating more content for elites who already read a lot of news?
    “The potential for nonprofits to offer a radical alternative to commercial media is being lost.”
    Donors and the newsrooms they fund don’t always agree on “the difference between acceptable involvement and interference”
    Shan WangJanuary 5, 2016
    In rethinking the future of the Maynard Institute, there are no shortcuts and no direct answers
    “If we were starting the Institute” — a major force for diversity in journalism — “today, what would it need to be, and how would it survive?”
    Press Publish 7: Michael Maness on Knight Foundation’s priorities and how to ensure impact
    The head of Knight’s journalism initiatives talks about who it funds and how it tries to give its projects life beyond a grant’s expiration date. Joshua Benton
    Mark CoddingtonSeptember 14, 2012
    This Week in Review: The bizarre anti-Muslim film, and challenging foundations’ journalism priorities
    Plus: More details on the Journal Register Co.’s bankruptcy, new ideas on j-school training, and the rest of the news in media and tech this week.
    Joshua BentonDecember 5, 2011
    For nonprofits, government money is appealing, but might not help the bottom line
    More money from the government usually comes with less money from everywhere else. But a lot of that reality is under nonprofits’ control.
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