Other billionaires who own newspapers are doing a better job, a journalism professor explains.
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Nonprofit news outlets face pressure to find new sources of revenue from their funders.
Public broadcasting has long been a target of conservative Republicans.
Money raised through foundation grants can be larger and more predictable than advertising revenue, but it often comes with strings attached.
Public media can’t replace everything that’s been lost during journalism’s economic crisis. But it has plugged some major holes, particularly at the local level.
The precursors of today’s public media programs consisted of professors giving lectures about history and finance.
As digital news pioneers observed, ‘local doesn’t scale.’ Any solution to the local news crisis is going to involve reporters and editors who are creative and smart about what works for their readers.
How can an industry experiencing systemic failure get back on its feet?
From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with ‘many voices.’
The health of American democracy could be at stake.
Memberships, subscriptions and small donations are reducing reliance on big grants, but mainly for the outlets that were already flourishing.
Fixes for small pieces of massive problems show that overarching crises may be less hopeless than they appear.
Canada has a lot to learn from the U.S. about nonprofit news. Here’s how nonprofit news organizations work in the United States. Spoiler alert: It’s all about collaboration.
Instead of taking pride in how quickly they cover the same stories as everyone else, these organizations make public service journalism their top priority.
Without credible news and information, a healthy democracy is not possible.
Big cash infusions can give nonprofit journalism a much-needed boost. But the ailing news industry needs more consistent funding.
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
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C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts, Pace University
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Chair and Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
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Professor of Communication, University of Washington
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Professor, School of Communication; Executive Editor, Investigative Reporting Workshop, American University School of Communication
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Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, New York University