Berkeleyside, Block Club Chicago, Chalkbeat, Documented, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Sahan Journal, VTDigger and Wisconsin Watch have been named as finalists for LION’s 2022 Local Journalism Awards.
Stephen George, president: “Where do you find hope? I find it in my community — family, friends, neighbors. Places, spaces, art and music. Storytelling. Sidewalks and roads. From the people and things that make up our neighborhoods, here and across the river. And in the work LPM does every day."
Four AJP grantees — inewsource, MLK50, Oaklandside and WFAE — won ‘Salute to Excellence’ awards from the National Association of Black Journalists. The awardees were recognized during NABJ’s annual conference in early August.
Verite is a diverse, Black-led nonprofit news organization that launches today to serve communities in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond.
Three veteran New Orleans journalists announced on Wednesday the launch of a nonprofit news organization designed to serve marginalized groups in and around the city, becoming the latest in a series of nonprofit newsrooms across the country that aim to reverse the spread of local news deserts.
Verite Editor-in-chief Terry Baquet and Managing Editor Tim Morris share about the launch of Verite, a new nonprofit digital newsroom that will be serving the New Orleans area.
American Journalism Project funds a three-year project to establish reporting partnerships in seven regions
Rachel Dissell, local journalist, is joining the Ohio Local News Initiative and will contribute to reporting and community engagement efforts of both newsrooms
The American Journalism Project (AJP) has partnered with the News Revenue Hub to support the launch of the Ohio Local News Initiative, a nonprofit startup that will grow into a statewide network of independent newsrooms across Ohio, starting in Cleveland.
City Bureau announces its first cohort of Documenters Network sites, launching this Fall
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