"The challenge of rebuilding America's local news landscape is vast, and will depend on multi-layered solutions at the national and local levels, including through these local chapters," DaleAnglin, director of the Press Forward initiative, says in a press release announcing New Jersey's chapter.
Press Forward is a national movement to strengthen American democracy by revitalizing local news and information.
A coalition of funders is investing more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news, and scale the infrastructure the sector needs to thrive.
Press Forward Locals are a network of chapters across the country where funders bring new donors and foundations together to expand resources for local news.
In New Jersey, the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium and the Community Foundation of New Jersey plan to build a coalition of aligned funders and stakeholders and deepen the work of supporting a healthy, diverse news and information ecosystem across the state.
Read the Entire Article
A customized collection of news from foundations from around the Web.
William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”