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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM MEDIA IMPACT FUNDERS ABOUT COVID-19:

Journalism funders around the country and the world are responding to the COVID-19 crisis with a variety of funding initiatives aimed at sustaining critical public interest information needs. Media Impact Funders is compiling these resources and will continue updating the list as more resources become available.

The Field of Media Funding

The term “media” now means so much more than just journalism and newspapers. Learn more about the importance of media funding and its role in preserving civil society, the scope of media funding, the history of the field and examples of foundations and their myriad initiatives to support effective media.

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News from the Field

Member Spotlight

Member spotlight: John Templeton Foundation

September 17, 2020

Impact

How evaluation perpetuates inequity (and how to stop it)

August 17, 2020

Katie Donnelly

Impact

Funding impact work amid a pandemic: A Q&A with Perspective Fund

July 30, 2020

Katie Donnelly

Upcoming Events

As an event-driven organization, we’re constantly bringing changemakers together, whether in-person or online, to make strategic connections with like-minded professionals.

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Events

ComNetworkV

The pandemic has forced The Network to move all of our work online while the world has gotten more complicated. If you work in comms for good, you don’t have to go it alone.

September 23, 2020

Events

Media equity and American politics: Best practices from community-centered journalism

In July, the Ford Foundation published Reconstructing American News: Investing in the transformation of journalistic processes and power relations to strengthen civil society.

September 23, 2020

Mapping the Field of Media and Philanthropy: The Latest Data, Networks and Trends

Developed in partnership with Candid (formerly Foundation Center), our media grants data map is a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically-funded media projects worldwide since 2009. This tool enables users to see, understand and dig deep into the numbers, networks and trends surrounding media and philanthropy.

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