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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.

Journal 96
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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

Higher education and the media have been hard hit with trust issues. Here are a few statistics that we shared: 27% of Americans say they have not too much or no confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interest ( Pew Research ) 39% of Americans, a record-high, say they don’t trust the media at all.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Im tells NPQ that “one of the main goals of this is to bring attention to the need for philanthropic support of journalism.”

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The 15th issue of NTEN: Change is here: Advocacy and Visual Communications

NTEN

The 15th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, focusing on Advocacy and Visual Communications: How to Rise Above the Noise. This issue is packed with actionable ideas, intriguing interviews, and impactful case examples that''ll help you show what your mission means, and why it''s important. >>Read

Issue 99
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The Change Journal's 10th Issue is Out: It's a Mobile World

NTEN

This issue of NTEN:Change provides statistics you should probably know about your supporters and constituents, strategies that might need to incorporate mobile technology considerations, tips, stories, and insights from nonprofit professionals and technology experts. Well, it means a lot of different things.

Issue 90
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Nonprofit Public Relations For Beginners: How To Gain More Attention In Less Time

Kindful

Huge organizations have huge teams and designated employees just for nonprofit public relations and outreach, media connections, and communications. This is where knowing the basics of nonprofit public relations will come in handy so you can effectively pitch media and not waste your time without seeing results. In other words….

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Reflecting on NTEN Publications Accomplishments in 2011: We Launched a Digital Journal for Nonprofit Leaders!

NTEN

Recently, I've been thinking about the launch of NTEN's newest resource: NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders. With support from Google, we were able to launch this new resource and provide it for free to the nonprofit community: [link] But What’s New About This Publication?

Journal 59