Top news of the week: 24.02.2022.
Future Of News & Journalism
Knight Foundation announces investment in publishers of color to foster their digital transformation, sustainability
With Knight’s commitment of over $4 million, legacy publishers and startup networks will become more financially sustainable to better serve communities of color
Announcing Maria Ressa as an Atlantic Contributing Writer
Ressa, the co-founder and CEO of Rappler, will write for The Atlantic about democracy, press freedom, and the social web.
Dean Baquet Never Wanted to Be an Editor
Ahead of his expected retirement, the Times’ executive editor reflects on his newsroom’s unprecedented growth, Twitter’s influence on journalism, and the time he punched a hole in a wall.
Report for America spotlights important new trend – creation of ‘Community News Funds’
New strategy involves community foundations working with local news leaders to create a single, permanent fund to support local news for years to come.
Pulitzer Center Launches AI Accountability Network
The Pulitzer Center, a nonprofit organization that supports independent, global journalism, is now accepting applications for its new Artificial Intelligence Accountability Network. ...
Ukraine crisis: Blinken and Lavrov agree to meeting as tensions reach ‘moment of peril’
Senior figures to meet next week amid US warnings that Vladimir Putin could give order to invade within days
Resilience is an unfortunate requirement for emerging journalists of color
Poorly paid internships force young reporters of color to either work multiple jobs while interning or live paycheck to paycheck.
Inside The Marshall Project’s local reporting collaboration in Cleveland
<p>Even as the financial models of traditional for-profit journalism have been crumbling at the local level, groups across the US—and the world—have been working to reimagine what local ...