On WFAE’s Charlotte Talks radio show, host Mike Collins led a conversation about the state of journalism. Collins was joined by AJP’s Amanda Erickson – along with Bruce Shapiro, executive director for Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, and Tommy Tomlinson, WFAE commentator and host of the SouthBound podcast.
A nonprofit news project covering race, social justice and related issues took another step toward becoming a reality. Yawu Miller, formerly the senior editor of The Bay State Banner, announced on Twitter that the nascent organization he’s launching with Claudio Martinez will be called the Greater Boston News Bureau.
On News Literacy Week, AJP CEO Sarabeth Berman joined Margaret Sullivan, Steven Waldman, Kimi Yoshino and Tracie Potts onstage at the National Press Club for a conversation on how to solve the local news crisis.
Counties across the state are blowing past legal deadlines to process SNAP applications, leaving families struggling to eat. The delays may be about to get even worse.
Many of this country’s biggest problems are devilishly hard to solve. The decline of local news may be different. “It took a generation for the American news industry to unravel, and it will take a generation to fully rebuild it,” Sarabeth Berman, C.E.O. of the American Journalism Project, which funds nonprofit newsrooms, said in a recent speech.“
Last year, Documented conducted audience research to understand better the news needs of Caribbean immigrants living in New York. The findings paved the way for Documented’s decision to create a communication channel with Caribbean immigrants via Nextdoor.
Sarabeth Berman, American Journalism Project CEO, presented at Emerson Collective’s annual Demo Day, highlighting the promise of nonprofit local news and the remarkable reporting our grantees are doing. In the presentation, she spotlighted Wisconsin Watch’s efforts to uncover a story in Kiel, Wisconsin.
Mirror Indy will produce quality, original daily reporting centered on Indianapolis communities, ensuring all residents have access to the local news and information they need.
Signal Ohio, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit news startups, launched Signal Akron today, its second newsroom in Ohio. The growing range of freely accessible journalism at SignalAkron.org will include accountability reporting and community resources. Stories already published include a deeper look at police accountability, the effects of the c
In order to maximize the impact of the investigation, Mississippi Today’s audience and editorial teams collaborated closely to create a meaningful distribution and engagement plan.
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