Nieman Lab·2026-03-05
It’s time for local news funders to pick winners, scale up, and force mergers, a new report argues
Last summer, Press Forward made almost $23 million in grants to 22 organizations aimed at bolstering the infrastructure for local news . The grants were the culmination of a request for proposals process that began accepting applications in November 2024, and elicited 559 proposals. Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro, with support from Arnold Ventures (disclosure: an occasional consulting client of mine), w
去年夏天，Press Forward向22个旨在加强地方新闻基础设施的组织提供了近2300万美元的赠款。这些赠款是提案征集流程的最终成果，该流程于2024年11月启动申请，并收到了559份提案。伊丽莎白·汉森·夏皮罗在阿诺德风险投资公司（Arnold Ventures）的支持下（披露：该公司是我的一个偶尔的咨询客户），w