API Update

The grants will help local and community-based media across the country augment their community engagement work around local elections and beyond.

After five years of being fiscally sponsored by the American Press Institute, Trusting News is growing and entering a new chapter.

The American Press Institute refreshed the Better News website, a hub for original case studies and curated best practices for local news organizations, to improve the user experience for its readers and align it with new API branding.

The grants will help participating organizations host events that cultivate productive community engagement, build community trust, and strengthen their revenue and resilience. 

The two organizations will provide a series of monthly webinars to local media leaders and journalists in the months leading up to the 2024 U.S. elections, and share practical resources throughout the year to support news organizations’ evolving needs around local elections and democracy.

The API Local News Summit on Elections, Trust and Democracy is invitation-based, but we want to grow the network of those empowering their communities to make decisions in elections and beyond.

Six news organizations will participate in the American Press Institute’s live events sprint program, a five-month cohort aimed at helping news organizations design and market [...]

The American Press Institute officially unveiled new branding and messaging today, and relaunched its main website to provide users with a better experience and to more clearly emphasize its support for local and community-based media.

Beginning this fall and throughout 2024, the American Press Institute and The Associated Press will collaborate to share resources and insights to support news organizations’ evolving needs around local elections and democracy. As news organizations review their 2023 election coverage and look ahead to 2024, this effort will seek to provide local outlets with the resources they need to strengthen understanding of American democracy.

The project, which launches this month, supports five media organizations’ efforts toward better engaging communities of color.