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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward.

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Providing education for incarcerated students

M+R

When we started working with Vera in 2017 to expand access to postsecondary education in prison, we worked out a five-year timeline. This policy victory means that, once fully implemented, approximately 450,000 incarcerated students will have the opportunity to access life-changing postsecondary educational programs.

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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

.” – 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated a discussion through UST Education about trust and associations with Melanie Gottlieb, CEO of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and Tara Puckey, Executive Director of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Im tells NPQ that “one of the main goals of this is to bring attention to the need for philanthropic support of journalism.” And the way to do that is through journalism.” The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed. We have a crisis in our country,” Im adds.

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Content Curation & Association Education Strategy

Forj

National associations or “communities of practice” have been in the business of content curation for many years: publishing journals, books containing the community’s body of knowledge, and face to face educational sessions. These are products the learner earns continuing education credits for taking. Nothing new you say?

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Meet Ash Shepherd, NTEN's Education Director

NTEN

As the Education Director, Ash will be responsible for overseeing and designing programs for the NTEN Community to help them transform technology into social change. After doing that for a number of years, I got the opportunity to be one of the initial members of the Editorial Committee for the NTEN: Change Journal.

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Practical, Actionable SEO Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

From an article on 2024’s SEO trends by Rosey Bowring: “Angie Nikoleychuk, Content Marketing Manager at Search Engine Journal says that we can partially blame AI for the sudden surge of low-effort and low-value content online. In 2024, it’ll be even more about providing actual value to the reader.

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