The new public square is welcoming artists and neighbors to shape its design and use On June 11, 2019, Knight Foundation made a $1 million investment in the redevelopment of a new site for Springboard for the Arts in a new St. Paul location. See the press release for more information. Imagine that you need space for […]
Article · June 11, 2019 by Sarah Lutman
Sarah Lutman is a consultant for the Wyncote Foundation and Jessica Clark is research director for Media Impact Funders. Below they discuss how foundations that are new to funding journalism can get a better handle on trends and practices in the field, based on two new reports produced with support from the Wyncote Foundation. The […]
Article · February 15, 2018 by Sarah Lutman
Public radio stations and producers have been central to the rising popularity of podcasting, as we documented in the recent Knight Foundation report “From Airwaves to Earbuds.” However, given the surge in commercial production and distribution companies, what will it take to maintain a flourishing ecosystem for public interest podcasts? As is often the case […]
Article · February 27, 2017 by Sarah Lutman
Podcasting and other forms of on-demand audio have the potential to foster a media landscape that lifts up the hidden stories and absent narratives of our diverse society, that reflects local communities, and that provides an open and accessible platform for innovation that can serve democracy’s future generations. But realizing that public-interest potential will take […]
Article · January 26, 2017 by Sarah Lutman