With more than 50 participating newsrooms led by The Daily Yonder and the agribusiness-focused Investigate Midwest, the multi-year effort will be the nonprofit group’s largest collaboration ever.
There was an increase in foundation support and individual giving for nearly two-thirds of nonprofit news outlets, but a decrease in earned revenue for about half.
More than half of all nonprofit outlets have either no people of color or “only a small percentage” within their ranks. The vast majority — more than two-thirds — do not have a single person of color in leadership at the executive level.
“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.”
There seems to be some momentum among those with deep pockets to address the local news crisis. But if that money appears, where should it be directed?
“For someone just starting out with a local news project, the most important takeaway from our report — and our work in general — is that we are stronger working together than we are working alone.”
Kennedy, Dan. "Thinking outside the (newspaper) box: The Local News Lab seeks to revive community news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 17 Feb. 2016. Web. 28 Jan. 2022.
APA
Kennedy, D. (2016, Feb. 17). Thinking outside the (newspaper) box: The Local News Lab seeks to revive community news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved January 28, 2022, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/thinking-outside-the-newspaper-box-the-local-news-lab-seeks-to-revive-community-news/
Chicago
Kennedy, Dan. "Thinking outside the (newspaper) box: The Local News Lab seeks to revive community news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 17, 2016. Accessed January 28, 2022. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/02/thinking-outside-the-newspaper-box-the-local-news-lab-seeks-to-revive-community-news/.
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