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News BlogElena Kapintcheva2023-03-15T20:30:31-04:00
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    A look at the landscape of nonprofit journalism

    Although not all foundations or news organizations in the United States were surveyed, the data enhance our understanding of the world of nonprofit journalism in [...]

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    Create clear rules to avoid obvious dangers

    This essay is part of “Charting new ground: The ethical terrain of nonprofit journalism,” API research exploring the philanthropic funding of journalism. Read the other [...]

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    Motivations and potential conflicts of those who fund news organizations

    The foundations and nonprofit media organizations surveyed are almost equally divided on the overall motive behind the financial support for media. Less than half of [...]

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    Unrestricted funding vital for journalism

    This essay is part of “Charting new ground: The ethical terrain of nonprofit journalism,” API research exploring the philanthropic funding of journalism. Read the other [...]

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    What metrics and outcomes funders ask for from news organizations

    Another issue in the nonprofit news landscape is about metrics, or proof that work being underwritten is reaching an audience or perhaps having even more [...]

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    How news organizations disclose relationships with funders

    The study also looked at whether the work of news organizations intersected with their partners or funders beyond the collaboration. What happens, for instance, when [...]

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    Balanced approach can work, despite perception problems

    This essay is part of “Charting new ground: The ethical terrain of nonprofit journalism,” API research exploring the philanthropic funding of journalism. Read the other [...]

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    When individuals behind a donation are unknown, how news organizations proceed

    One issue that has emerged in recent years regarding transparency is so-called donor-advised funds — financial vehicles that manage charitable donations made by individuals, families [...]

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    How news organizations handle disclosure and transparency of funding

    Transparency is considered a core element of journalism and an important feature of foundations. And while the most foundations and newsrooms report in this survey [...]

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    Few news organizations have written guidelines about outside funding of news

    One of the most striking findings from the research is there aren’t clear or universal rules of the road here — and very few written [...]

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