The Marshall Project: Project Summary
The Marshall Project is a single-subject nonprofit news organization that covers the U.S. criminal justice system. Its mission is “to create and sustain a sense of urgency about criminal justice in...
View ArticleThe Listening Post: Project Summary
The Listening Post is a new model for creating an ongoing conversation with a broad base of citizens around issues that affect them using two-way text messaging, a community news site, recording...
View ArticleSan Francisco Public Press: Project Summary
San Francisco Public Press produces local public interest news daily online and in a quarterly print newspaper. It focuses on civic life in San Francisco and also covers issues with regional or...
View ArticleOklahoma Watch: Project Summary
A statewide media nonprofit, Oklahoma Watch produces investigative journalism, especially on how policies affect the vulnerable. It holds public forums and fosters debate through social media,...
View ArticleNew Mexico In-Depth: Project Summary
New Mexico In-Depth produces public policy journalism, aspiring to surface conditions and perspectives of communities most affected by public decision-makers. The organization has worked in its first...
View ArticleNew England Center for Investigative Reporting: Project Summary
New England Center for Investigative Reporting is an award-winning nonprofit investigative reporting news outlet based at WGBH (PBS and NPR in Boston) and Boston University with a national and regional...
View ArticleMother Jones: Project Summary
Everyone has heard of Mother Jones, focusing on public issues such as the environment, income equality, gun control, and presidential politics. Facebook, for Mother Jones, is the top driver of growth....
View Articleinewsource: Project Summary
inewsource produces data-driven investigative coverage from San Diego in a collaborative model, distributing through partners including KPBS public television and radio, PBS NewsHour and various...
View ArticleBitch Media: Project Summary
Bitch Media is a feminist media organization with a global audience of 6 million, providing and encouraging an engaged feminist response to mainstream media. It publishes in print with Bitch: Feminist...
View ArticleCapital of Texas Media Foundation (Austin Monitor): Project Summary
The Capital of Texas Media Foundation aims to educate and engage the citizens of Austin and Central Texas about their local communities and civic entities. The primary tool of the foundation is the...
View ArticleThe First Year: Lessons From the INNovation Fund
One year into the INNovation Fund program, the grant is accomplishing exactly what it set out to do: spur innovation and experimentation for creative revenue models in journalism. Each of the grantees...
View ArticleArizona State University/Cronkite News: Project Summary
ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism operates both Arizona PBS and Cronkite News, a statewide community news service and a daily news program produced by students and seen by 2+million viewers on...
View ArticleVTDigger: Project Summary
VTDigger provides in-depth news, analysis and investigative reports that explain how decisions made by state officials impact Vermonters. Its website has an audience of 135,000 to 150,000 unique...
View ArticleVoice of OC: Project Summary
Voice of OC is a nonprofit, investigative newsroom focused on daily coverage of Orange County’s city halls and government agencies, with an eye toward providing real-time accountability journalism that...
View ArticleTucson Sentinel: Project Summary
“A smarter Tucson is a better Tucson.” That’s the motto of the Tucson Sentinel, an online news organization offering unbiased reporting and engaging community conversation. There are 138 identified...
View ArticleThe Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting: Project Summary
The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting is an online newsroom offering investigative and enterprise coverage of agribusiness and related issues such as energy, climate change, labor and...
View ArticleThe Marshall Project: Project Summary
The Marshall Project is a single-subject nonprofit news organization that covers the U.S. criminal justice system. Its mission is “to create and sustain a sense of urgency about criminal justice in...
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Connecticut Health Investigative Team INNovation Success Story
Connecticut Health Investigative Team chose to hold a health fair with their INNovation Fund grant from Knight Foundation and Democracy Fund. They leveraged a $20,000 grant into $52,000 in additional...
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Seattle Globalist INNovation Success Story
The Seattle Globalist is an online daily whose purpose is to highlight the connection between global and local news in Greater Seattle. While there continues to be an outcry at the lack of diversity...
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