The American Journalism Project receives $25 million to fund more . . . On Tuesday, the American Journalism Project announced a $25 million investment from Knight to “accelerate the growth of nonprofit local news organizations nationwide ” This hefty chunk of change will flow toward three goals
Local Journalism Thrives on Ambition and Optimism When the American Journalism Project (AJP) first partnered with City Bureau, they were a nine-person team in Chicago, pioneering new ways of engaging the community in creating journalism One of their novel programs was to train and pay community members to document local government meetings
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MIF Member Spotlight: American Journalism Project Since its founding in 2019 by Elizabeth Green and John Thornton (founders of Chalkbeat and The Texas Tribune, respectively), the American Journalism Project has awarded $55 3 million in grants to 44 partner organizations across 33 states
Here are the American Journalism Project’s first 11 recipients, taking . . . The goal is to grow a culture of philanthropic support toward journalism, which journalism has already been noodling — but newer donors still need some convincing The journalists at these organizations and many others are already holding down the editorial-side fort