Since 2014, the Online News Association’s Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education has supported 22 collaborative journalism education projects by U.S. universities. Each group receives a $35,000 micro-grant to “hack their curriculum through live news experiments” involving students, educators, local media outlets and other partners.
Media Impact Funders is a network organization serving funders who use the power of media and technology for social change. Support from the Rita Allen Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation has enabled the creation of Assessing Impact of Media (AIM), an online portal for research, tools,…
The Sunlight Foundation’s OpenCongress project enables anyone to follow and explore the activities of Congress, and it has become a leading comprehensive, nonpartisan source for legislative information. With support from the Rita Allen Foundation, the Sunlight Foundation is redesigning the tool with user-centered principles as a new platform…
As a leading voice in public-interest journalism, ProPublica has tested a number of ways of engaging audiences in investigative reports, including an interactive data set about pharmaceutical payments to doctors and a cartoon and Broadway song about banking practices that fueled the 2008 financial crisis. Now, with support…
RELATED STORY: Partners for Democracy TurboVote works to bring how we vote into the 21st century, helping Americans stay informed about upcoming elections and navigate the process of civic participation. The Rita Allen Foundation provided startup funding for TurboVote’s partnership with two of the largest leadership networks in higher…
With support from the Rita Allen Foundation, the Center for Responsive Politics is creating an unparalleled database of financial data on nonprofits that are politically active in federal elections, sources of political “dark money,” because they can receive unlimited contributions but are not required to disclose the identities…
The Conversation, first launched in Australia in 2011, is an independent news organization that actively seeks and supports academics who apply their expertise to write accessible, engaging articles on newsworthy topics. The Conversation US, launched in 2014, accounts for a growing proportion of The Conversation’s total readership.
RELATED STORY: Partners for Democracy Democracy Works is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization using technology to help voting information “fit the way we live” in the 21st century. Democracy Works technologists partnered with the Pew Charitable Trusts, Google, and state and local election officials to develop the Voting…
Fast Forward aims to bolster and broaden the success of emerging tech-based nonprofits by providing startup funds, training and mentoring to teams of social entrepreneurs through its annual Accelerator. Each summer, Fast Forward chooses a new cohort of groups working to apply technology for social good, with…