Two-step application process opens today; grants will fund solutions in priority areas of Audience, Operations, People and Revenue  (Nov. 13, 2024) – Press Forward, the nationwide movement to strengthen communities by reimagining local news, is today announcing its Open Call on Infrastructure, providing up to $20 million for solutions to newsrooms’ common challenges.    Rapid changes have impacted every facet of the … Read More

Oct. 16, 2024 – Two hundred and five small local news outlets – including one in every U.S. state – will receive a share of $20 million to close persistent coverage gaps in their communities, thanks to funding from Press Forward, the nationwide movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news. Motivated by the extraordinary quality and number of proposals, Press Forward is funding twice as many news organizations as it anticipated initially through its first open call. The recipients, the majority receiving…

April 22, 2024 – Press Forward, the $500 million movement to reimagine local news, will launch applications on April 30 for its first open call for funding focused on addressing the long-standing inequalities in journalistic coverage of underserved communities. 

February 21, 2024 – Press Forward, the national movement investing more than $500 million to strengthen communities and local news, announced today that 11 communities are joining its network of local chapters across the country. The new chapters – Colorado, Lancaster, Pa., Lexington, Ky., Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, San Antonio, South Florida, and Wyoming – bring … Read More

February 13, 2024 – Press Forward today announced that Dale R. Anglin will serve as the inaugural director of the growing coalition of local and national funders committed to investing more than $500 million to strengthen communities, democracy and local news. Anglin, a leader in philanthropy and journalism, brings expertise crucial to Press Forward’s mission, particularly in fostering collaboration among … Read More

November 3, 2023 – A growing coalition of funders today announced the next phase of their plan to strengthen local news at an unprecedented level: Press Forward Locals. A network of local chapters across the country—starting in Alaska; Chicago; Minnesota; Philadelphia; Springfield, Illinois; and Wichita—are springing up as funders are coordinating or collaborating across states and regions to bring new … Read More

September 7, 2023 – A national coalition of donors catalyzes local news and information for stronger communities. A coalition of 22 donors today announced Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next five years. Since 2005, approximately 2,200 local newspapers … Read More