Seven Alaska News Organizations Awarded Prestigious Press Forward Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps Grants
Seven Alaska news organizations are among the 205 awarded $100,000 each by the Press Forward national coalition to Close Local Coverage Gaps.
ACEJ and Alaska Press Club offer extra assistance with your Press Forward application to the national pooled fund
Alaska news organizations applying for Press Forward’s national pooled fund open call for coverage in underserved communities may sign up for office hours with a nonprofit philanthropy consultant before the June 12 application deadline.
Press Forward Alaska launches with leaders of the national movement
Prospective donors, community leaders and journalists gathered in Anchorage for the launch of Press Forward Alaska this April. Events took place during "J-Week," the annual conference of news professionals hosted by the Alaska Press Club. The Atwood Foundation, Alaska Center for Excellence in Journalism fund and Alaska Press Club hosted John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Jim Brady of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent for the PBS NewsHour.
Press Forward’s first Open Call for funding
Local news outlets can now apply for Press Forward’s first open call for funding, focused on addressing local news’ historic coverage gaps.