Yes we’ve gone all in on this and broadening our coalition is more important than ever. The WaPo news is a gut punch AND a call to support the community-centered newsrooms emerging in these moments of crisis.
Not a time to retreat. It’s the time to build on all fronts. 💪🏽 Thanks for chiming in!
Ingenuity, care, grit, determination: through 2025, these characteristics shined in our sector. @macfound directors saw this clearly in leaders, nonprofits, partners, and communities. Read their reflections, and let us know what resonated:
www.macfound.org/press/perspe...
I'm excited to share more details about our plan in late January + grateful to be build community as we take flight in this blue sky.
3) We flew the proverbial plane and built it at the same time—while grantmaking, we developed a Local News strategy that will guide our work moving forward through 2028. The board just approved our plan, so we're all systems go. 🚀
2) We just announced that $20 million in grants to newsrooms, research, and journalism support organizations focused on community-led and serving media. This funding will support their efforts to provide infrastructure + $$ to the newsrooms they serve.
www.macfound.org/press/press-...
1) We partnered with Press Forward and our peers in the pooled fund, distributing $20 million to 205 small newsrooms nationwide. 📣 With our friends at Press Forward Chicago, we were part of the effort to get $1.6m to 13 newsrooms in our hometown.
www.macfound.org/press/grante...
