Local news always matters. During election season, we can’t live without it.
How the news outlets in our portfolio are producing valuable coverage of local elections
Don’t call it a bot: Spotlight PA’s AI-powered election assistant
Spotlight PA received support from the Studio in December 2023 to build an interactive, bilingual conversational tool ahead of the upcoming 2024 general election in Pennsylvania, with the aim of connecting new and underserved audiences with trusted, nonpartisan information in English and Spanish. In this progress update, we learn more.
Expanding our team and other recent developments: an update from our Product & AI Studio
Learn more about the work we’re doing through the Studio, including the team we’ve assembled and some of the advancements the local news organizations in our portfolio are making.
Built to last: Highlights from AJPalooza 2024
It’s vital to build local news organizations that are resilient, sustainable, and can endure through changing market conditions. This was our focus during AJPalooza 2024, the American Journalism Project’s annual gathering of our grantee portfolio, local and national supporters, and partners in the effort to rebuild local news.
Exploring emerging technologies: an update on our Product & AI Studio
This summer, the American Journalism Project launched our new Product & AI Studio, a new program to explore the smart application of emerging technologies in local journalism. Today, we’re excited to share an update on the progress the Studio has made so far.
For nonprofit news organizations, growth takes many forms
A look at results from the American Journalism Project’s first set of nonprofit news grants
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: the commitment starts with us
Since our inception, AJP has been on a journey to advance DEI values in our grantmaking, in our support of grantees, and in our own workforce culture. Here, we’re sharing where we are so far in our DEI journey, with the hope that it could encourage similar work in other organizations.
Building sustainable local news: AJP’s pathway to impact
Since our launch in 2019, we’ve codified the focal areas of our work, grown our team, and invested in 41 nonprofit news organizations — with strong results. Since our work has grown in its complexity and breadth, we’re taking a moment now to share more details about how we work.
The impact of nonprofit news: a look at new research
This summer, scholars Nikki Usher and Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell’s paper, “How Loud Does the Watchdog Bark?” was published in the International Journal of Press/Politics. This research is an indicator that nonprofit, local news organizations are beneficial to democracy — and that funding for the field is imperative.
