Press Forward announces $20 million to 205 local newsrooms

Press Forward announces $20 million to 205 local newsrooms — Poynter At least one newsroom in every state and two U.S. territories will get a piece of $20 million in Press Forward funding, according to an announcement Wednesday. They include legacy newspapers, weeklies, TV and radio stations, an alt-weekly, newer nonprofits, student-led newsrooms, those covering communities often underserved by journalism and newsrooms devoted to strengthening emerging journalists. The majority of newsrooms will get $100,000 towards general operating support. Press Forward, as a reminder, is an initiative that aims to get $500 million into local news. It announced in April that its first open call for funding would focus on historic inequities. “Motivated by the extraordinary quality and number of proposals, Press Forward is funding twice as many news organizations as it anticipated initially through its first open call,” the press release reported. “The recipients, the majority receiving $100,000 in general operating support, were selected from a total of 931 proposals from newsrooms with annual budgets of less than $1 million.” Press Forward reports that of the 205 grantees:  — 40% are led by people of color, including The Haitian Times, which was founded in 1999. — 25% serve rural communities, including The Nome Nugget, which is Alaska’s oldest newspaper. — Eight are college newsrooms, including The Independent Florida Alligator at the University of Florida, which led reporting about former school president Ben Sasse’s extravagant spending. “These newsrooms are proof that we are seeing a moment of transformation, where new and longstanding leaders are stepping up to create a new story for local news,” said Dale R. Anglin, Press Forward’s director, in the press release. “Each of these newsrooms plays a vital public service role in its community – providing trustworthy local news and information in places where no other sources may exist. Independent newsrooms need community support to survive. We hope that more people will subscribe and donate to them.” See below for the full list of the newsrooms receiving funding. Wisconsin Watch investigative reporter Bennet Goldstein reports from the field for the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. (Courtesy: Coburn Dukehart/Wisconsin Watch) Alabama Alaska  — Alaska News Coalition — The Copper River Record — KCAW Raven Radio — KDLL — KUCB — The Nome Nugget — Sol de Medianoche News Arizona  — Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting — Arizona Luminaria — Conecta Arizona — LOOKOUT Publications — The State Press at Arizona State University — Tucson Sentinel Arkansas California  — BenitoLink — Black Voice News — Boyle Heights Beat, part of the L.A. Local News Initiative — California Health Report — Hmong Daily News — India Currents Foundation — L.A. TACO — News for Chinese — Oakland Voices — Radio Indigena 94.1 — Redwood Community Radio — The Riverside Record — Santa Cruz Local. — Shasta Scout — SJV Water — Talon Marks — El Tecolote — Voices of Monterey Bay Colorado  — Alamosa Citizen — Asian Avenue Magazine — Aurora Sentinel Community Media — El Comercio de Colorado — KVNF Mountain Grown Community Radio — Ouray County Plaindealer — San Miguel Basin Forum — Sopris Sun — World Journal Connecticut Delaware Florida  — Hy-Lo News — The Independent Florida Alligator — MediaLab @ FAU — The Tributary — Watermark Publishing Group Georgia Guam Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana  — Indiana Public Broadcasting News — Our Times Newspaper Kansas  — Iola Register — Kansas University School of Journalism – Good Morning Indian Country — The Lawrence Times Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts  — Anchor Media, LLC — The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ) — The Boston Korea — Dorchester Reporter — El Planeta — The Scope Maryland Maine  — Amjambo Africa — The Maine Monitor — Midcoast Villager (Belfast Villager) — Midcoast Villager (Rockland Villager) — Penobscot Bay Press — Sunlight Media Collective Michigan Minnesota  — BLCK Press — ITASCA COMMUNITY TELEVISION (ICTV) — Pine Knot News — Project Optimist — SPEAK MPLS — Swift County Monitor-News — ThreeSixty Journalism — WTIP North Shore Community Radio Missouri  — Excelsior Citizen — Houston Herald — The Kansas City Defender — Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — St. Louis Argus — Te Lo Cuento News Kansas City – St Joseph Mississippi Montana North Carolina  — Border Belt Independent — Carolina Public Press — Down in the County — Hola Carolina — JMPro Community Media — North Carolina Health News — QCity Metro — Qnotes — Shoresides North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey  — 2PuntosPlatform — Atlantic City Focus — Front Runner New Jersey — The Jersey Vindicator — Montclair Local Nonprofit News — The Trenton Journal New Mexico Nevada New York  — The Bell — BK Reader — The Daily Catch — Epicenter-NYC — The Haitian Times — Iron String Press Inc. (Publisher of The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta/AllOtsego.com) — KHASOKHAS — Radio Catskill — The River Reporter Ohio  — Athens County Independent — The Land — The Portager — Richland Source — The Black Wall Street Times — Lorton Media Group/The Frontier — Nondoc Media — Tri-City Collective Oregon  — Eugene Weekly — The Lund Report — Underscore Native News — The Allegheny Front — Erie Reader — FunTimes Magazine, LLC — Green Philly — LebTown — New Mainstream Press — NEXTpittsburgh — The Philadelphia Hall Monitor — Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle Puerto Rico South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas  — The Austin Common — Austin Monitor — Austin Vida — Dallas Free Press — Dallas Voice — Deceleration — The Mesquite — Paragraph Ranch LLC/The Texas Spur — Shift Press — Uvalde Leader-News — West Texas Tribune Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Washington, DC Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming