7 lessons from revenue teams at exemplar civic news organizations
During the American Journalism Project’s first few months, one focus of ours has been to understand what’s known and what’s not known about Civic News Organization revenue operations.
A few things we’ve learned these first four months
We shared in our newsletter on July 2 that we’ve invited our first set of proposals for investment and support. This week, we wanted to take a moment to share some of what we’ve learned in talking with more than 100 Civic News Organizations (CNOs) over the past few months, particularly as it relates to their revenue capacity needs.
The American Journalism Project team is growing by two. Now, we’ve got work to do!
Since the American Journalism Project launched earlier this year, we’ve had the privilege to talk with and learn from more than a hundred local civic news organizations, and recently joined many of them at the INN Days conference in Houston, where a record number of nonprofit news organizations gathered to share, learn and build connections.
Sharing criteria for what the American Journalism Project will fund
Today we’re excited to share publicly the funding criteria of the American Journalism Project. Our goal is to be transparent about our intentions and goals, and to help organizations know when and how they can reach out to us to begin a conversation.
New York Times: The City Gets a New News Source: The City
New York City used to be awash in newspapers. It can feel like daunting times for the local news business.Now comes The City.
