Comments on: Will Community Foundations Fund Local Journalism? http://pjnet.org/post/1780/ Public Journalism Network Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:05:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Will Foundations Support Journalism? « Spot Us - The Blog http://pjnet.org/post/1780/#comment-5438 Will Foundations Support Journalism? « Spot Us - The Blog Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:27:36 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=1780#comment-5438 [...] to Lenn Witt, one of Spot.us advisors, for the [...] […] to Lenn Witt, one of Spot.us advisors, for the […]

]]> By: Brad King http://pjnet.org/post/1780/#comment-4840 Brad King Sat, 10 May 2008 16:29:46 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=1780#comment-4840 I've been working with two different community-driven, web-based start ups looking to engage citizens and reporters in journalism. Until I started working with them, I hadn't come across anyone working with foundations to support journalism in this way -- but it does seem to make sense. And the Knight Foundation (which has an office at Berkeley, where I received my Masters in Journalism -- as a way to self-disclose) appears to be way out in front of the rest. I’ve been working with two different community-driven, web-based start ups looking to engage citizens and reporters in journalism.

Until I started working with them, I hadn’t come across anyone working with foundations to support journalism in this way — but it does seem to make sense. And the Knight Foundation (which has an office at Berkeley, where I received my Masters in Journalism — as a way to self-disclose) appears to be way out in front of the rest.

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