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Dear Sunnylands: Let’s Widen the Roadmap — and Mark an Achievable Destination for Local News

Dear Sunnylands: Let’s Widen the Roadmap — and Mark an Achievable Destination for Local News

To thrive and grow, local emerging organizations need a new alignment between philanthropy and market-driven business building. We already see the fledgling success of that model
Correcting The New York Times on Trans Issues

Correcting The New York Times on Trans Issues

More than 1,000 Times contributors have sent an open letter asking for the paper of record to examine its biases in reporting on trans issues. The paper's response is part…
Dear Sunnylands, Make More Room for BIPOC, LGBTQ, and Rural Media Leaders at the Table

Dear Sunnylands, Make More Room for BIPOC, LGBTQ, and Rural Media Leaders at the Table

Donors looking to support journalism as “civic information” need to hear directly from leaders of news outlets serving these communities
Facing Hunger — and Death — In Somalia

Facing Hunger — and Death — In Somalia

A combination of drought, armed conflict, and ineffective government is making life a type of torture for the most vulnerable
Meet The States Using Public Funding to Support Local Journalism

Meet The States Using Public Funding to Support Local Journalism

In the face of federal inaction, state-level experiments to fund community-based outlets are expanding
Press Freedom Community: Prioritize the Defense of Journalism that Serves the Public Interest

Press Freedom Community: Prioritize the Defense of Journalism that Serves the Public Interest

To produce positive social outcomes, press freedom advocacy must shape the global information space to promote accountability and democratic debate
Report from Sunnylands: Revitalizing Local News with New Capital, Creativity, and Collective Action

Report from Sunnylands: Revitalizing Local News with New Capital, Creativity, and Collective Action

A gathering of current and prospective journalism funders and practitioners seeks to reinvent local news as civic information in service of communities
What Happens When Candidates Avoid Mainstream News

What Happens When Candidates Avoid Mainstream News

Politicians have long made calculations about which outlets to speak with and when. But the proliferation of partisan sites has made it easier to retreat into friendly corners
A Play About Life and Death in the South

A Play About Life and Death in the South

John Archibald, NF ’21, discusses his debut as a playwright I write about life in Alabama. Which means I write about death in Alabama. And issues of life and death…
Reporting is Never Merely Reporting

Reporting is Never Merely Reporting

Journalists don’t just observe the world but help shape it — for better or for worse — through our coverage choices