To support Hearken and their “Responsive Election Coverage for Better Democracy” work, fiscally sponsored by the American Press Institute, to provide training, coaching, resources and emergency support to 500+ journalists throughout the country, for more engaged, trusted, and informed elections coverage in 2020.
Program Area: Public Square
Chalkbeat Inc.
This general operating grant will support Chalkbeat’s efforts to create a scalable and sustainable model for local journalism that serves communities while sharing costs across geographic bureaus in order to make the work maximally sustainable.
First Draft News
To support First Draft News, a fiscally sponsored project of The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, in designing training programs at news outlets across the United States in resilience building and collaboration to provide ongoing support for journalists, technologists, and the public as they navigate the challenges of mis/disinformation.
American Press Institute
The Trusting News project works with journalists across the country to develop, test, and implement strategies in reporting and publishing that builds trust with audiences.
Georgia News Lab
Georgia News Lab, a fiscally sponsored project of the Institute for Nonprofit News, sustains and diversifies investigative newsrooms by training a new generation of diverse journalists across Georgia through high-impact partnerships with local newsrooms.
The Center for Investigative Reporting, Inc.
The primary purpose of this grant is to expand the use of CIR’s Impact Tracker in the United States, so that news outlets can better monitor their role in their community. The grant will also support a budding partnership with local outlets in Chicago and a set of opportunities to promote diversity within the ranks of investigative reporters.
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
This grant provides MIJE resources to relaunch programs and advocacy around diversity in journalism. MIJE is fresh off a round of strategic planning where they worked with over a dozen journalism professionals to identify needs within the field and devise ways to build on those opportunities for change. The purpose of this grant is to help the organization reestablish itself so that it can begin to take on the roles outlined from their human centered design strategic planning process.
MuckRock Foundation, Inc.
This general operating support grant is to continue the development of the Muckrock platform and staffing capacity as they seek to broaden user base and interface capability.
PEN American Center, Inc.
The purpose of this project grant is to empower PEN America to leverage their robust cohort of writers to galvanize their local communities around issues of press freedom. The PEN America leadership will establish a fund that allows deeply engaged members to execute activities and hold events that educate their local communities about the importance of press freedom with the support of the greater PEN team.
Indiana University
This grant will support the development and testing of Hoaxy Bot-o-Meter, a tool to uncover attempts to boost the spread of misinformation online. Hoaxy Bot-o-Meter will uncover and display how information from such questionable sources is generated and rebroadcasted.