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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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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

Higher education and the media have been hard hit with trust issues. From Tara: How declining trust is affecting the media Declining trust is something that isn’t new within the journalism landscape; we’ve been dealing with it for decades. Execs agreed on the importance of educating members about trust issues in their field.

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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.” We’re ready to continue to fundraise to elevate that number and elevate this issue.” The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund.

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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

Candid

As part of their democracy portfolios, they’re funding not only newsroom operations and training but also research and collaborations to bring diverse voices to the fore. To close the funding gap for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) newsrooms, Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund has awarded over $5.2

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The social sector has a negativity bias. Here’s what you can do about it.  

Candid

By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. Negative emotions and focusing on what hurts create tunnel vision, heightening our ability to zero in on the immediate issue, but making it harder to think about the bigger picture or brighter future.

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Call for Submissions: Contribute to the NTEN Blog, e-Newsletter, and Journal

NTEN

NTEN:Change : our quarterly digital journal, designed for non-technical nonprofit leaders. Tackle the organizational issues that come with change: how do you get buy-in for the new technology? how do your train staff to use it? You might want to check out our submission guidelines , and find answers to FAQs.

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The 10 Biggest In-Person Ask Blunders

Bloomerang

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. He enjoys training non-profit boards on fundraising best practices and overcoming the fear of asking for gifts.

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