On News Literacy Week, AJP CEO Sarabeth Berman joined Margaret Sullivan, Steven Waldman, Kimi Yoshino and Tracie Potts onstage at the National Press Club for a conversation on how to solve the local news crisis.
New grants will expand nonprofit local news across the Deep South, Delaware and New York State and will support the growth of local climate coverage
Counties across the state are blowing past legal deadlines to process SNAP applications, leaving families struggling to eat. The delays may be about to get even worse.
Many of this country’s biggest problems are devilishly hard to solve. The decline of local news may be different. “It took a generation for the American news industry to unravel, and it will take a generation to fully rebuild it,” Sarabeth Berman, C.E.O. of the American Journalism Project, which funds nonprofit newsrooms, said in a recent speech.“
This summer, the American Journalism Project launched our new Product & AI Studio, a new program to explore the smart application of emerging technologies in local journalism. Today, we’re excited to share an update on the progress the Studio has made so far.
Last year, Documented conducted audience research to understand better the news needs of Caribbean immigrants living in New York. The findings paved the way for Documented’s decision to create a communication channel with Caribbean immigrants via Nextdoor.
Sarabeth Berman, American Journalism Project CEO, presented at Emerson Collective’s annual Demo Day, highlighting the promise of nonprofit local news and the remarkable reporting our grantees are doing. In the presentation, she spotlighted Wisconsin Watch’s efforts to uncover a story in Kiel, Wisconsin.
A look at results from the American Journalism Project’s first set of nonprofit news grants
Mirror Indy will produce quality, original daily reporting centered on Indianapolis communities, ensuring all residents have access to the local news and information they need.
Signal Ohio, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit news startups, launched Signal Akron today, its second newsroom in Ohio. The growing range of freely accessible journalism at SignalAkron.org will include accountability reporting and community resources. Stories already published include a deeper look at police accountability, the effects of the c
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