Solutions Forum and $75,000 in Prizes Will Catalyze Ideas Focusing on Sharing Behavior March 26, 2018 – What makes misinformation such an urgent problem today is its ability to spread rapidly and pervasively, via social media, online publishing and the 24-hour news cycle. Misinformation goes viral fast—false stories spread…
A new free online course from First Draft News (RAF grant partner) teaches basic tools to verify the authenticity of online content.
March 28 discussion will explore ways for funders to advance public engagement with science and evidence…
Fast Forward (RAF grant partner) invites tech nonprofits to apply by 4/10 for its summer 2018 Accelerator program.
A collection of resources on science and civic life, featuring a new perspective piece in the Stanford Social Innovation Review on opportunities for philanthropy…
ONA Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education will support collaborative local news experiments; applications due 5/3.
View our Resources page for a selection of science communication tools, including a new report on Americans’ attitudes toward science.
Center for Cooperative Media’s new case study looks at USA Today Network’s collaborative journalism project on border security…
COMPASS to host Scientist Sentinels: Civic Engagement and Leadership Program; applications due 2/20…
In 2017, the Rita Allen Foundation was one of nine funders joining News Match, a national campaign to match individual donations to nonprofit newsrooms from October 1 to December 31. The Foundation’s support helped to build the capacity of nonprofit news organizations, and provided additional funds to…