Last week my youngest announced they want to be a journalist. My work is focused on rebuilding a vibrant and equitable journalism landscape in America so they hear a fair bit about media and news in our house. But this was the first time they had said they want to…

Ping and Echo is a daily newsletter that delivers podcasts kids and grown-ups will love to listen to together, and gives you everything you need to turn an episode into an adventure. — In 2016 I was commuting back and forth between Massachusetts and New Jersey and I was listening to a lot of podcasts. Over and over again I heard terrific stories that I wanted to share with my kids, stories that launched me on explorations of new topics and stories that…

NewsMatch is built on years of creativity, experimentation and collaboration in philanthropy. — We are days away from the end of NewsMatch 2019, which promises to be the largest fundraising campaign ever, in support of nonprofit news (go donate now!). NewsMatch is a national campaign and matching grants program which, year-after-year, has proven to be a profoundly successful way to expand giving…

On the verge of #GivingNewsDay NewsMatch is growing to meet the needs of local news and investigative journalism around the country. — NewsMatch 2019 launched one month ago with more newsrooms and journalists participating than ever before. The end-of-year campaign doubles donations to trusted nonprofit news organizations in nearly every state across America. Every year NewsMatch gets bigger, and every year it seems its mission to support and expand local news and…

Last week I was added to a poetry chain letter and for the last seven days I’ve been getting poems sent in to my inbox from friends and strangers. Many used the occasion of the chain letter to find a poem, or quote, that spoke to the moment we are…

Raising awareness, capacity and dollars for local news at a time of crisis. — There are almost-weekly reminders about the struggles facing local news. Last week the entire staff of the New Orleans Times-Picayune were laid off when the paper was sold to a competing paper. When 14 staff were laid off at the Cleveland Plain Dealer in April, it fell to one of…

NewsMatch funders and partners recently gathered at the 2019 Knight Media Forum in Miami to connect with leaders in journalism, technology and philanthropy to explore ways to strengthen local news and our democracy. During the conference, NewsMatch hosted two breakout sessions focused on how its year-end giving campaign creates funder…

The last month has been a difficult one for journalism in America. In a span of just two weeks roughly 2,000 journalists have lost their jobs or been offered buyouts. The nation’s six largest daily newspaper companies seem caught in a dangerous dance of consolidation and cost cutting. Even the…

When it comes to the biggest stories of 2018, from immigration to education, gun violence to campaign finance, nonprofit journalists around the country have been a driving force for good, revealing corruption and lifting up the stories of their communities. — Below are 29 remarkable examples from the Institute for Nonprofit News list of best stories from 2018 that show the power and importance of nonprofit reporting. You can donate to all these newsrooms at NewsMatch.org (if you give before the end of 2018 NewsMatch will double your donation.)