To support the Technology and Social Change Research Project in researching coordinated inauthentic activity to promote mis/disinformation that could impact US democratic processes including rule of law issues, elections, and their impact on Black, Indigenous, and people of color.
Program Area: Public Square
Louisiana State University and A&M College
To conduct an academic study that advances knowledge on gender equity in journalistic practice. This research will target both the mechanisms of gender bias in use of expert sources in reporting and potential interventions, and report on the outcomes.
American Journalism Project
The American Journalism Project makes transformative investments in civic news organizations, building a new public service media that is governed by, sustained by, and looks like the public it serves.
Montclair State University Foundation, Inc.
The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University, provides critical infrastructure to the local news and information ecosystem across New Jersey. Their signature program, NJ News Commons, along with their other efforts, works to create a more collaborative local news ecosystem in New Jersey and beyond.
El Tímpano
El Tímpano, a fiscally sponsored project of Independent Arts & Media, works in collaboration with residents and community partners to create empowering, two-way channels of information that inform and engage the Bay Area’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.
URL Media Holdings Inc
URL Media, a fiscally sponsored project of the Journalism Funding Partners, builds and supports a network of Black and Brown led newsrooms to harness their collective power and content for distribution, sustainability, and audience growth.
Scalawag
Through journalism and storytelling, Scalawag works in solidarity with oppressed communities in the South to disrupt and shift the narratives that keep power and wealth in the hands of the few.
The Pivot Fund
The Pivot Fund, a fiscally sponsored project of Online News Association, invests in the skills, capacity, and development of BIPOC-led and serving community media and lends their expertise to the broader work of building an equitable and robust Georgia local news ecosystem.
New Jersey Civic Information Consortium
The New Jersey Civic Information Consortium is an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that funds initiatives to benefit the State’s civic life and meet the evolving information needs of New Jersey’s communities. The Consortium reimagines how public funding can be used to address the growing problem of news deserts, misinformation, and support more informed communities.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc. dba The Vance Center
Lawyers for Reporters, a project of the Vance Center, and in partnership with the Press Freedom Defense Fund, provides pro bono legal services to local and social mission-driven organizations in the United States.