We’re excited to share an interim report on our progress to date. In it, you’ll find: 🗞️Our funder coalition is growing 🗞️Millions are being invested in the local news field and 🗞️ We’re putting down roots across the U.S. We’re still in #PressForward’s year 1, and we’re just getting started on our mission to strengthen communities by reimagining local news. Thank you to all of our partners who have made this work possible! Read the report: https://lnkd.in/e7i-n2eb
Press Forward
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
A national coalition strengthening communities by reinvigorating local news
About us
Press Forward is a historic initiative to strengthen democracy in the United States by revitalizing local news and information. The steady and significant decline in the availability of reliable, fact-based local news across the country is connected to growing threats to democracy, increasing polarization, and the spread of disinformation. At the same time, over a decade of investment in journalism experimentation and transformation have produced new models and solutions that are ready to scale, and a new generation of leaders prepared to reinvent and revitalize the field. It’s time to move from individual grantmaking strategies to a shared vision and coordinated action. Press Forward is a national coalition investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and to scale the infrastructure the sector needs to thrive. Join the movement at pressforward.news.
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https://www.pressforward.news/
External link for Press Forward
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- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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- 2-10 employees
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- Remote
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- Nonprofit
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- 2023
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Remote, US
Employees at Press Forward
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Christina Shih
Journalism Sustainability | Business Development | Nonprofit Management
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Carol Kennedy BS, CWCM
“Do or do not, there is no try.” -Yoda
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Marissa Pablo
Director of Operations for Press Forward Empowerment Coach
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Beret Traum
Undergraduate Student at E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University
Updates
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In Mississippi, university students will operate a “What is True” hotline, website and podcast, to help Mississippians separate facts from hearsay. Residents will have the opportunity to call in with questions about a claim they’ve seen, and students will fact-check that information. It’s one of the ways local news initiatives are meeting information needs in rural areas. Here’s more about four such efforts that have received funding from the MacArthur Foundation and Scripps Howard Fund, as part of Press Forward’s Aligned Grantmaking. - with 100 Days in Appalachia, Mississippi Free Press, Buffalo's Fire and the The University of Southern Mississippi. #PressForward https://lnkd.in/dmqV2q4F
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Press Forward reposted this
Executive Director at New Mexico Local News Fund, supporting the local news ecosystem in New Mexico
Honored to take part in this important discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing local news in New Mexico, and what we at the New Mexico Local News Fund are doing to tackle it. Grateful for our national partners like Press Forward, Democracy Fund and local ones like THORNBURG FOUNDATION, McCune Charitable Foundation, our individual donors, and so many others. Here's the discussion: https://lnkd.in/gBSm58xJ On the same show there were also great discussions about news ownership in NM featuring Patrick Davis and Rich Connor on their new media ventures. https://lnkd.in/geiM4K5G And about some of the hard hitting investigative reporting going on from Searchlight New Mexico: https://lnkd.in/gShnwE4c
Stopping the Spread of News Deserts - New Mexico In Focus
https://www.newmexicopbs.org/productions/newmexicoinfocus
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Congrats to the Inland Empire Community Foundation on the launch of your journalism innovation initiative, and for being one of two California #PressForward local chapters, so far! https://lnkd.in/eEa6eWkt
Inland Empire Community Foundation Launches Journalism Innovation Initiative
http://theievoice.com
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Press Forward reposted this
Official launch today: Media Forward Fund in Berlin! Silvia R. Jim Brady Martin Kotynek Maria Exner -- congratulations! #PressForward Press Forward Kathy Im
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A new fund for journalism launches in Europe: Congrats to our partners at the Media Forward Fund , providing support for news in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The fund is beginning to accept applications for funding today. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/emwjt4Rk
Media Forward Fund
mediaforwardfund.org
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Funding coming soon for North Carolina local news ⬇️
📣The Fund’s next round of grant applications will open on July 8! This upcoming grant cycle will award general operating grants up to $40,000 to news and community organizations that fill reporting needs, expand information access, challenge dominant narratives, and activate the storytellers of North Carolina. Existing grant partners and new grant-seekers are eligible to apply. Here’s what you need to know so you can get a head start on your application before our grant application opens on July 8: ✅Learn more about our criteria, the application, and other details about applying for this grant cycle: https://lnkd.in/eTS5yN2i ✅If you’re a grant seeker who hasn’t received a grant from the Fund in 2024, fill out this short Google Form to get access to our grant portal: https://lnkd.in/em5Vv8rN ✅On July 11, the Fund will host a Q&A session to discuss grant eligibility, the application process, the review process, and more. Register today: https://lnkd.in/e-E9HQ7S ✅Sign up for virtual office hours with Lizzy Hazeltine (https://lnkd.in/eKq4jMTt) or Jagmeet Mac (https://lnkd.in/eQZggmZe) to discuss the grant application one-on-one.
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With our newest Press Forward Locals, we now have 25 chapters across the country! Big welcome to Press Forward: ⭐ Central Appalachia - led by the Appalachia Funders Network ⭐ Northern Michigan - led by the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation ⭐ Vermont - led by the The Vermont Community Foundation ⭐ Tampa Bay - led by the Community Foundation Tampa Bay Each of these groups will be raising funds and bringing in new donors for local news in their backyards. Lean more about these chapters: Pressforward.news/locals Interested in forming one? Each is led by a local funder: https://lnkd.in/gDC6wbqa
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We are thrilled to see Press Forward Locals launch and grow.
Today in New Jersey: Dale Anglin kicking off Press Forward NJ!!! Press Forward
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"This is a chance to remake journalism." - Dean Baquet of the New York Times on why young journalists should still be attracted to a journalism career. Baquet's remarks at the launch of Press Forward Southern Arizona provided an insightful overview of the local news landscape - and instilled optimism for its future. The event hosted by local leader the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona included #PressForward's Associated Director Christina Shih and Democracy Fund's Teresa Gorman. Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/esXY8MTu cc Tamara McKinney Jenny Flynn