Announcements

The American Journalism Project announced grants to nonprofit news organizations in Chicago, Minnesota, San José, and Pennsylvania.

Independent newsroom in Cleveland to launch in 2022, producing daily, high-quality, community-oriented journalism as part of a new statewide network of newsrooms across Ohio.

The American Journalism Project announced five new grants to nonprofit news organizations that aim to provide specialized local reporting for audiences around the country. This brings the American Journalism Project's portfolio of grantees to 26 organizations and total investments made to nearly $25 million.

I’m excited to share that the American Journalism Project is curating a new partner collection for Giving Compass: Democracy and Informed Communities: Funding the News.

Quadrivium’s philanthropic investment in the American Journalism Project comes at a moment of great crisis for local news providers. The pandemic contributed to what was already an increasingly dire climate for local newspapers, one in five of which folded during the last decade and a half.

The American Journalism Project (AJP), a venture philanthropy organization committed to building a future for local news, announced grants to nonprofit news organizations that serve communities in Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

The American Journalism Project is excited to announce that veteran nonprofit journalism leader Christa Scharfenberg will join the organization as senior vice president, Portfolio Success.

The American Journalism Project (AJP) today announced former Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News Chairman and Publisher Joe Natoli as its new Board Chair, and Executive Director/CEO for the Online News Association (ONA) Irving Washington as Vice-Chair.

Americans trust local news — and need it now. The American Journalism Project joins a coalition of local news organizations, journalism funders, reporters and advocacy groups in signing the open letter below about a bipartisan piece of legislation that would help local news organizations survive, the Local Journalism Sustainability Act (H.R. 7640),