[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] By Marika Lynch Reporters and editors know this instinctively: Words shape perceptions and drive action. That’s true in the newsroom, where word choice is the foundation of clear, contextual, and nuanced reporting. The same principle applies when news organizations make the case to their readers and supporters for subscriptions, memberships, or donations. The way you frame the message ... Read More| Press Forward
How can a newsroom best use $100,000? Three Press Forward grantees discussed their real-world cases of using grants for long-term good last week during LION’s annual Independent News Sustainability Summit in St. Louis. “A grant is a gift, but it’s also an opportunity,” Graham Ringo, Press Forward grantee engagement and support manager, said as she opened the panel. The three ... Read More The post Turning a grant into long-term success: Advice from three grantees appeared first on Pre...| Press Forward
Impact snapshot from a Press Forward grantee newsroom Who: Lisa Snowden, editor-in-chief and co-founder, Baltimore Beat Where: Baltimore, Md. What: Baltimore Beat was started in 2017 after the demise of Baltimore City Paper, a 40-year-old alt-weekly newspaper. It is a Black-led newspaper and online news outlet. The Beat became a nonprofit in 2019, and received a gift of $1 million ... Read More| Press Forward
Irish punk-rappers Kneecap believe the cancellation of a string of gigs in recent months has only added to their popularity, while a "ridiculous" upcoming| Digital Journal
The release of Commoner’s new white paper, “This is Local News Now,” couldn’t be better timed – or more hopeful. Press Forward commissioned this piece months before the federal government defunded public media. But the central thesis of the report gains even more relevance with the impending shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is already prompting large-scale reimagining ... Read More The post New report rethinks who creates the news and information communit...| Press Forward
Two radio projects - at High Plains Public Radio and Rocky Mountain Community Radio - have the chance to rethink the way public media operates in rural areas.| Press Forward
France's foreign ministry said Sunday it would summon the US ambassador after he criticised the government for what he said was its insufficient action| Digital Journal
When Kimberly Spencer became director of the Colorado Media Project (CMP), home to Press Forward Colorado, she had one clear priority: listen first. Spencer, who stepped into the role in February 2025, spent her first two months meeting with newsrooms across the state to ask what roadblocks they’re facing. Some answers were expected — like revenue challenges and hiring concerns. ... Read More| Press Forward
President Donald Trump on Friday tapped close political aide Sergio Gor as US ambassador to India, sending one of his feared enforcers at a delicate time| Digital Journal
July 20, 2025 Art is a universal language—we are able to use it to communicate without words. Being in another country where there is a language barrier can be challenging. […]| Classrooms Without Borders
Since coming home from Germany, I have been trying to figure out how to put this experience into words. I am truly so grateful that I stepped out of my comfort zone and went on this trip.| Classrooms Without Borders
One quote: It’s been over a month, and I am still not yet confident in how best to present my experiences with Classrooms without Borders in Poland. There’s no clear way to encapsulate the range of…| Classrooms Without Borders
Towards the end of our three-hour tour of Dachau, walking through the parted rows of poplar trees and freely out through the gates that read Arbeit Macht Frei, our German guide’s voice quivered for…| Classrooms Without Borders
I came to Germany searching for history. What I found was memory. Public. Curated. Complicated. And at times, conspicuously incomplete. The Germany Close Up fellowship was designed to immerse young…| Classrooms Without Borders
By Mark Glaser In 2019, when workers at sports site Deadspin were upset with its private equity owners and management control over its editorial direction, they quit and, in 2020, struck out to start Defector Media, a worker-owned cooperative. More recently, when public media station WAMU shut down DCist in 2024, a group of laid-off workers started The 51st, eventually ... Read More| Press Forward
Journalists are in a difficult bind: As they come under increasing attack online and in person, they also have an ingrained culture of getting the work done and getting the story out without considering their own safety or mental health. “Journalists often internalize burnout as a rite of passage,” said Luisa Ortiz Pérez, executive director of Vita Activa. “Many reporters ... Read More The post Caring for journalists is at center of safety and mental health programs appeared first on P...| Press Forward
With the help of Press Forward funding, the outlet recently launched the L.A. TACO Media Lab, which brings together social media creators and student journalists to learn from one another and collaborate, in partnership with the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism| Press Forward
By SHARON EBERSON The Mercer family is having a party, and they want you as their guest. But beware. A lot more than mingling will be asked of you. The immersive, interactive, haunting experience …| onStage Pittsburgh
