All around the country, local news organizations are banding together to collaborate, share resources and solicit support.
Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund
The mission of the Lancaster County Local Journalism Fund is to support, protect and expand local journalism in and for Lancaster County by promoting investigative and public interest journalism and media literacy. These efforts will ensure the people of Lancaster County continue to be informed, engaged and empowered by independent local journalism.
The Granite State News Collaborative
The Granite State News Collaborative is a statewide multimedia news collaborative that draws on and amplifies the strengths of its members to expand and add missing dimensions to coverage of issues of concern to the NH public as a whole, as well as to particular communities. Through coordinated reporting and engagement activities, the Collaborative will pursue inclusive and responsive coverage that builds public trust and holds government accountable to its citizens.
“When I brought the idea of a news collaborative to some of my colleagues last year, the response was heartening, and in a few short months, we’ve created something new and exciting for New Hampshire,” – Carol Robidoux, founding member of The Granite State News Collaborative and founder of Manchester Ink Link.
The Chicago Independent Media Alliance
The Chicago Independent Media Alliance is a partnership of independent, local, and community-driven media entities coming together in the spirit of collaboration, especially in creating new revenue streams and heightening independent media’s visibility. Our goal is to create a self-sustaining media ecosystem in Chicago to better inform and serve Chicago and all of its diverse citizens. Our 68 partners in the alliance include traditional print newspapers, independently produced podcasts, dynamic video production studios, and nonprofit newsrooms focusing on key issues that affect the fabric of the city.
New Mexico Local News Fund
The New Mexico Local News Fund aims to grow the ecosystem of local news across our state to better serve the information needs of all New Mexicans. To accomplish that ambitious goal, we work with both existing newsrooms and trusted community organizations. Our goal is ultimately for everyone to have access to the local news and information they need to thrive. The New Mexico Local News Fund is a fiscally sponsored project of the Santa Fe Community Foundation.
Colorado News Collaborative
At the Colorado News Collaborative, our vision is an informed and engaged civil society. Our mission is to be a local media resource hub and ideas lab that serves all Coloradans by strengthening high-quality local journalism, supporting civic engagement, and ensuring public accountability.
COLab helps communities like yours have better news. We’re a nonprofit that helps news outlets all across Colorado produce more fact-based news that makes a difference, and we help communities build more trust with those news outlets. That makes for better news – that is, higher quality news that serves all Coloradans.