To support journalism schools as laboratories for innovation through the ONA Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education. The competitive Challenge Fund supports “live news experiments” that further the development of teaching hospital models in journalism education. The Fund aims to hack the journalism ecosystem to encourage more collaborative local news coverage, community engagement, and digital innovation.
Program Area: Public Square
The Obsidian Collection Archives
General support grant to Obsidian Collection.
The Miami Foundation Inc.
The purpose of this grant is to grow and continue The Fund for Nonprofit News, fiscally sponsored by The Miami Foundation, in support of NewsMatch 2018. The Fund supports a matching gifts program designed to encourage donations to nonprofit newsrooms and expand the capacity of nonprofit journalism to build their small donor base.
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia
To provide additional technical support for the University of Virginia Department of Media Studies team working on modernization of the 2018 ASNE Diversity Survey.
Santa Fe Community Foundation
The purpose of this grant is to catalyze the support of the New Mexico local news ecosystem in collaboration with local funding partners. The grant will set up a local news and information fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation — the New Mexico Local News Lab Fund — that will focus on building more healthy news ecosystems as a vital part of just communities and a healthy democracy.
Montclair State University Foundation, Inc.
To support a peer learning and collaboration fund and capacity building at the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. For this project, Center for Cooperative Media will create a program to support peer learning and network building between organizations and individuals who embody the values of collaboration and ecosystem building. It also provides support for the Center for Cooperative Media to undertake capacity building activities, including strategic planning, staff development and training, and board recruitment and training.
City Bureau NFP
The purpose of this grant is to support City Bureau, an innovative local news organization in Chicago, that is leading efforts in community engagement, ecosystem building, business models. This grant will enable City Bureau to continue and expand their core programs, including Documenters, Civic Reporting Fellowships, and Public Newsrooms.
Take The Lead Inc
The purpose of this project grant is to support the “50 Women Change the World Leadership Program” for 50 rising leaders in the media industry. The program is based on Take the Lead’s core curriculum, the “9 Leadership Power Tools to Advance Your Career” training program that teaches women how to lead themselves, their careers and systems change in a mindful and holistic way.
Social Science Research Council
The Social Data Initiative will examine social media’s impact on society and democracy, explore questions about the responsible use of social network data, and generate insights to inform solutions.
The New School
The purpose of this renewal grant is to support the Journalism + Design program at The New School in their efforts to support local news through spreading the tools of systems thinking and community engagement. This grant will allow The New School to refine its approach to workshops, partnerships, and open-source material for further spreading the mission and mindset of systems thinking in journalism.