We’re excited to share an interim report on our progress to date.? In it, you’ll find: ???Our funder coalition is growing ???Millions are being invested in the local news field and? ??? We’re putting down roots across the U.S. We’re still in #PressForward’s year 1, and we’re just getting started on our mission to strengthen communities by reimagining local news. Thank you to all of our partners who have made this work possible! Read the report: https://lnkd.in/e7i-n2eb?
关于我们
Press Forward is a historic initiative to strengthen democracy in the United States by revitalizing local news and information. The steady and significant decline in the availability of reliable, fact-based local news across the country is connected to growing threats to democracy, increasing polarization, and the spread of disinformation. At the same time, over a decade of investment in journalism experimentation and transformation have produced new models and solutions that are ready to scale, and a new generation of leaders prepared to reinvent and revitalize the field. It’s time to move from individual grantmaking strategies to a shared vision and coordinated action. Press Forward is a national coalition investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and to scale the infrastructure the sector needs to thrive. Join the movement at pressforward.news.
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https://www.pressforward.news/
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Thank you Maribel Perez Wadsworth & Knight Foundation for your support for local news, and for helping our local chapters grow! #PressForward
As I reflect on this year as President & CEO of Knight Foundation, what I said in February — that philanthropy must move at the speed of news — has never been more relevant. ? A major focus for Knight this year has been?Press Forward, the collaborative effort we helped launch to enhance the growth, expansion, and sustainability of local news organizations across the country. With?Press Forward, we doubled our journalism commitment from $150 million to $300 million over five years. However, recognizing the urgent need, we accelerated this effort committing nearly all of that new funding in the first year. This decision gives us the flexibility to assess the performance of those investments and address any gaps with our remaining resources. ? This agility also allowed us to support newsrooms covering the election by launching the?Knight Election Hub?and hosting the?Knight Election Law Forums?with the American Bar Association. And when state support for Florida’s arts and cultural organizations was unexpectedly cut this summer, we responded with one-time, emergency funding for 96 small arts organizations in Knight communities across the state. ? As Knight looks forward to 2025, we’re committed to moving at the speed of news as we identify opportunities to multiply our impact. Today, I’m proud to announce $15.5 million in new Press Forward grants to help fund five new local chapters across the country. And as part of our work to support the expansion of Press Forward, we’re also now investing $1.2 million in our partners at Poynter Institute, who will work with other funders local to Press Forward communities on how to invest in journalism philanthropy to further support news organizations in immediate need of funding. ? To read more about Knight’s work in 2024, click here:?https://kf.org/3ZZA79h
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The Colorado Media Project (which is housed at Rose Community Foundation), is searching for a new Director! We’re looking for someone who can lead the strategy, fundraising, grantmaking and relationship development of this innovative fund. Check out the job posting and please share! https://lnkd.in/gTy_fTHj
Call for Applicants: Colorado Media Project Director — Colorado Media Project
coloradomediaproject.com
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Today, we're thinking of the journalists in Milton's path and those who continue to provide essential coverage after Hurricane Helene. Thank you for all you do, at great personal risk, to keep communities informed.
Hurricane Helene survivors turn to local news
https://www.pewresearch.org
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With another disaster looming in Hurricane Milton, we need more trustworthy local news & information flowing through our communities. Misinformation hampers recovery, and local news is a strong antidote. You can support local newsrooms reporting on Western North Carolina, through this list from the North Carolina Local News Lab Fund: https://bit.ly/3BElIoP
Another Hurdle in Recovery From Helene: Misinformation Is Getting in the Way
https://www.nytimes.com
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"If you surveyed foundations and individual donors about their giving priorities, journalism and local news do not rise to the top. With Press Forward, we’ve united more than 60 funders from across the country to ignite a paradigm shift that positions journalism as a philanthropic priority." - Lindsey Linzer, VP, The Miami Foundation. Local news is as important to communities as the arts and libraries, and needs community support to thrive. Thank you, Lindsey, for sharing that message, and for your leadership with #PressForward over the past 12 months!
Press Forward in Year 1: taking bold action and bravely leading the way - The Miami Foundation
https://miamifoundation.org
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#ChooseTruth on World News Day - and every day -? by supporting your independent local news outlets. Strong local news sources —>> vibrant communities. Learn more at worldnewsday.org #WorldNewsDay
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?? The 2024 election is only 40 days away. Journalists, newsrooms, and community organizations looking for election coverage support: check out the Knight Election Hub for free and subsidized resources on data, software, polling, training, and access to expertise. ?? https://lnkd.in/gYmmShzk
Knight Election Hub
accounts.muckrock.com
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High-quality, immigrant-focused journalism can help cut through denigrating comments and dispel misinformation - Alicia Bell and Mazin Sidahmed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
As Lies About Immigrants Flourish, Nonprofit Ethnic Newsrooms Need Support
philanthropy.com
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"In order to maintain the role of accurate information in a democratic society, we must create new, decentralized news structures that respond to the perspectives of younger Americans and meet increasingly fragmented audiences wherever they are. Given the tremendous shifts in technology, national diversity, and the organizational economics of journalism, it’s the only way forward." A must read from Imara Jones https://lnkd.in/ed3Xq6hR
Imara Jones on small-scale, decentralized news structures - Ford Foundation
fordfoundation.org