Over time, we’ve noticed a growing myth about media grant making – that the outcomes aren’t quantifiable, that it doesn’t produce a tangible, measurable impact. In a new report, the International Center for Journalists offers 20 plus reasons to the contrary. That’s how many changes to government policies were brought to bear by the work of fellows. For […]

Ken Doctor, who writes well about Newsonomics, has taken apart the economics of a single investigative story with this report on the Nieman Lab site.  He features a strong California Watch story about how state regulators have routinely failed to enforce earthquake safety laws for public schools, “allowing children and teachers to occupy buildings with structural flaws […]

With 15,000 journalism jobs cut in recent years, hurting the in-depth local news that helps sustain our democracy, more funders are making journalism and media grants.  And many of them attended a Monday morning session on the topic at the Council on Foundations conference in Philadelphia for a robust discussion on the opportunities and challenges of […]

Arizona Republic picks up major’News21 transportation safety story over the weekend, starting it on’the front page, with two full pages of coverage inside the newspaper.’ Chilling story of a tour bus operator’who avoids fallout from a’crash that killed passengers and’failed inspections’by’”reincarnating”‘under different company names and continuing to’obtain federal permits to operate. News21, a national university […]