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On Oct. 16, Press Forward announced the recipients who will get a share of $20 million in grants to fund local news across the U.S.
Among the 205 outlets selected for funding — the majority receiving $100,000 in general operating support — several are part of Indiegraf’s publisher network.
According to Press Forward, 40 percent of grantees are headed by Black, Indigenous and other leaders of color, and 25 percent of recipients are serving rural communities.
Congratulations to all of our selected partner publishers! 🎉 Here’s a list of all recipients in the Indiegraf network:
The Kansas City Defender
The Kansas City Defender produces information and programs for the survival and flourishing of Black people distributed in innovative and accessible ways.
Learn how The Kansas City Defender drew inspiration from hip-hop accounts to build and engage a community of over 25,000 followers.
Conecta Arizona
Conecta Arizona creates dialogue between Spanish-speaking communities in the border region with accurate, engaging and accessible news from a bicultural and bilingual perspective.
Read more: How Conecta Arizona uses WhatsApp to combat misinformation and foster meaningful conversations within immigrant communities along the Arizona-Mexico border.
Deceleration
Deceleration is a nonprofit online journal producing original news and analysis responding to our shared ecological, political, and cultural crises. The outlet writes at the intersection of environment and justice — journalistically, academically and creatively — with an emphasis on the watersheds of San Antonio, South Texas, and the Gulf South.
Shasta Scout
Shasta Scout strengthens democracy by providing access to trustworthy information in a way that deepens and empowers engagement with the news, neighbors and people in power for readers in Shasta County, Calif.
Explore Shasta Scout’s approach to covering local elections, balancing community engagement with journalistic integrity in a politically charged environment.
The Hartford Times
The Hartford Times provides historically underrepresented voices access to democracy while promoting community-driven narratives and multigenerational solutions. Its goal is to improve Connecticut’s access to information and connectivity to provide its communities with consistent solutions, inspiration, and purpose.
285 South
285 South is Atlanta’s only English-language news outlet dedicated to covering the metro region’s growing immigrant communities. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of the communities it covers by highlighting issues these communities face as well as celebrating their successes, bringing them to the attention of decision-makers and others who want to support.
The Land
The Land is a local nonprofit news organization that reports on Cleveland’s neighborhoods. Through in-depth solutions journalism, it aims to foster accountability, inform the community, and inspire people to take action
See how The Land isn’t just giving Cleveland residents top-notch community journalism. With a little guidance and money, it lets them write the news.
NowKalamazoo
NowKalamazoo is a nonprofit community news service and a public resource for all who live, work, and play in Kalamazoo County, producing high-quality journalism that serves the public good and assisting citizens in accessing civic information, with a focus on communities that have been historically marginalized, harmed by the media, and/or otherwise kept from telling their own stories.
2Puntos Platform
2PuntosPlatform uses journalism as a tool for social change with a focus on Latine and Caribbean communities and their migration processes. Through connections and collaborations with these communities, it strives to reduce ideological gaps between immigrants and Americans and to foster mutual respect and understanding.
Sierra Nevada Ally
Sierra Nevada Ally builds healthy communities informed by facts with a focus on environmental, civics, and cultural reporting from underserved communities of the Sierra Nevada and beyond.
The Philadelphia Hall Monitor
The Philadelphia Hall Monitor covers news that impacts Philadelphia’s diverse neighborhood organizations and concerned citizens, focusing on how city programs impact families experiencing poverty, consumers, and those without access to traditional power structures.
Austin Vida
Austin Vida empowers its community by amplifying stories, events, and cultura. Latinos make up about 33 percent of Austin’s population; Austin Vida’s journalism centers that comunidad, which is underserved and underrepresented in U.S. media, to not only raise awareness of its diverse experiences but to also offer an accurate and holistic representation of the community.
RANGE Media
RANGE is a local, independent, worker-owned newsroom serving Spokane County with an emphasis on engaging communities not adequately served, reached, or represented by traditional media. The anti-racist, equity-minded, class-focused newsroom centers the perspectives and expertise of members of marginalized communities and provides tools to engage with power and advocate for their needs.
Black Iowa News
Black Iowa News, an independent digital and print news platform, is dedicated to producing high-quality journalism that highlights Black perspectives, showcases the Black community, and amplifies the voices of Black Iowans. The Black-led organization launched a quarterly statewide newspaper in 2023. With a circulation of about 10,000, the mission of the state’s only Black newspaper is “prioritizing, educating, and uplifting ourselves.”
Athens County Independent
Athens County Independent empowers community engagement through accessible public service journalism.
Arizona Luminaria
Arizona Luminaria is an independent nonprofit journalism organization publishing local news in English and Spanish. It provides equitable access to local information that empowers readers in Tucson and Southern Arizona — especially Latinx, Black, Indigenous, people of color, and other historically marginalized and underrepresented people — to participate in civic life and elections.
NotiVision Georgia
NotiVisión Georgia informs, educates, and advocates for the Hispanic community in Georgia, providing high-quality news content and connecting viewers with local resources. Its goal is to promote social change and build bridges of understanding among communities in the state.
SJV Water
SJV Water provides independent, unbiased news about water issues in the San Joaquin Valley, including who controls the water; how it is moved, traded and sold; and its various impacts on local communities.
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