The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund and the Rita Allen Foundation sponsored an open call for ideas to address concerns about the spread of misinformation and produce ways to build trust in journalism. The funders collaborated to choose 20 winning projects and provide a total of $1… Read More

SciLine, a service from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, provides journalists with high-quality scientific expertise and context—on demand and on deadline. As SciLine Director Rick Weiss wrote in an an October 27, 2017, editorial in Science, “… in the fight against misinformation, fact… Read More

The Coral Project conducts robust research and builds free, open-source tools that empower newsrooms to build constructive dialogue with their communities. Support from the Rita Allen Foundation will allow The Coral Project to improve its tools, as well as provide resources and training to help journalists use them effectively and, ultimately, to… Read More

The Internet Archive’s TV News Archive opens new avenues for journalists, scholars and citizens to track and evaluate political news. This database, developed with support from the Rita Allen Foundation and others, includes more than 1 million TV segments and thousands of linked fact-checks. A new grant will… Read More

Americans have an overwhelmingly positive view of science, yet remain ambivalent toward government’s leading role in driving scientific advancement. According to a recent benchmark study conducted by ScienceCounts, a nonprofit focused on enhancing public support for federally funded science, only one in four Americans recognize that government’s… Read More

The third Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium on the Science of Science Communication, supported in part by the Rita Allen Foundation, built on the consensus study report Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda as a framework for advancing both research and practice in science communication. Read More

Documenting Hate is an initiative to create a comprehensive, reliable national database of identity-related violence and other hate crimes directed toward people, places and institutions. Led by Rita Allen Foundation grant partner ProPublica, the project is a collaboration between news organizations, journalism schools and civil rights groups. The… Read More