The American Journalism Project today announced $1.5 million in new support for Mission Local, fueling the nonprofit newsroom’s continued growth and expansion of neighborhood-first, multilingual reporting across San Francisco.
The meeting, hosted at the George W. Bush Institute with More Perfect, the American Journalism Project, and Press Forward, explored the growth of nonprofit local news across Texas.
New support will advance the organization’s efforts to fuel coverage across the rapidly growing county.
In this Year in Review, you’ll see the meaningful progress the American Journalism Project and our portfolio made in 2025. Since our launch in 2019, we have invested in 53 local news organizations that are working each day in service of their communities.
Nonprofit news organizations in Hawai’i, Tennessee and Virginia will expand their reporting and build on their work to deliver community-rooted local news.
In a moment when trusted local news is disappearing, AJP’s portfolio is demonstrating what’s possible when we choose to rebuild civic life one community and one newsroom at a time.
New funding will help AJP deepen its work building a sustainable future for independent local journalism across the country
Support from MacArthur’s Big Bets Program will strengthen nonprofit news infrastructure and expand access to trusted local journalism.
Funding will support Spotlight PA’s expansion into communities and strengthen its scalable model for sustainable local news growth.
New support will fuel the strategic growth of nonprofit local news organizations and support new learning opportunities in digital marketing for newsrooms.
We’re building a movement for local news.
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