Communications and Media

Recent Events

Beyond Breaking News: Local Journalism’s Role in Disaster Recovery - A Webinar Hosted by CDP
February 8, 2024
“No Justice Without Love” & Community: A Roundtable Discussion on Criminal (In)Justice in NYC and How to Disrupt the System
May 11, 2023
How to Communicate a Commitment to Disability Inclusion - A Webinar Hosted by The Communications Network
April 19, 2023
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Communication Sector Opinions & Insights

Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers
March 24, 2021
Internal Communications for Philanthropy: Maintaining Community in a Time of Isolation
March 31, 2020
Renewing Philanthropy's Commitment to Local Journalism
January 6, 2020
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Communications and Media Sector News

MLK50 Justice Through Journalism Receives Grant from the Ford Foundation
January 26, 2023
Borealis Philanthropy's Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Moves $4.9 million to BIPOC Newsrooms and Field Building Partners
October 4, 2022
New Humanities in Place Program at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards More Than $15 Million to Organizations Doing Place-Based Work
September 30, 2021
Pfizer Foundation Awards Grant to the Maryland Department of Health to Address Decreases in Childhood Vaccinations During COVID-19 Pandemic
July 21, 2020
New Grants Totaling $4.5 Million Approved by John A. Hartford Foundation Board of Trustees
June 11, 2020
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Communications and Media Sector Resources

Out of Print The Case for Philanthropic Support for Local Journalism in a Time of Market Upheaval

In a new report, Tony Proscio, of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, explores the current landscape of local journalism, with a particular focus on the role that philanthropy could play in revitalizing the field. 

1/7/2016 - "Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology" - Live Stream Recording & Resources
January, 2016

View the live stream recording of the program "Powerful Resource or Unhealthy Distraction? The Ongoing Debate about Young People and Technology."

11/20/2014 - Today’s Libraries - Live Stream Recording and Presentations
November, 2014
View the materials and livestream recording of the program, "Today’s Libraries: Community Anchors for Innovative Digital Media Learning, Makerspaces, and After-school Programming."
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On the Move in the Sector

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Names Meghan Jambor Interim Informed Communities Program Officer
July 12, 2017
Julia Weede Joins Carnegie Corporation of New York
July 10, 2017
Tony Haile, Former CEO of Chartbeat, Joins Media Development Investment Fund Board of Directors
April 12, 2017
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