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June 20, 2017
Visual notes from the Collaborative Journalism Summit. Photo by Sarah Gustavus Collaboration is an essential element for healthy news ecosystems. The relationships that develop through collaboration…
June 9, 2017
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. But first,…
March 31, 2017
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. But first, we…
March 29, 2017
Democracy Fund has been spending the past year learning from and listening to local journalists, civic leaders, and foundations. A participant at a small collaborative workshop in New…
February 5, 2016
Lessons from the Local News Lab — Part Five This is part five of six essays documenting what we have learned about building new networks for local news and fostering more…
December 2, 2015
By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns Today is Giving Tuesday, which has become a juggernaut in philanthropy raising $46 million for thousands of…
October 28, 2015
The Knight Foundation is Investing in National-Local Collaborations Through Five Recent Grants. In New Jersey we are developing a statewide model for a more…
July 23, 2015
A New Experiment with the Center for Investigative Reporting At the Dodge Foundation, we just gave a first-time grant to the Center…
July 22, 2015
By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns Photo by Alan Levine, used via Creative Commons Across the country, people are taking…
June 30, 2015
“In an age of participatory media, news demands participation. Or to quote Benjamin Barber, ‘People are apathetic because they are powerless, not powerless because they are apathetic.’ For…
May 6, 2015
Much of the work we’ve been doing over the past year has focused on creative experiments designed to help local news sites develop community-driven products…
February 3, 2015
Nothing strikes fear in the hearts of nonprofit organizations more than when a funder asks about impact. Foundations demand that nonprofits measure and understand the impact of their work, but…
January 21, 2015
Local, hard-hitting watchdog journalism is alive and kicking in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The team behind New Brunswick Today is taking on some of the area’s most important stories,…
October 30, 2014
For media and journalism organizations, understanding how to get and keep funding from philanthropic foundations is often a mystery. Part of the problem is that foundations on the…
