Press Forward’s Pooled Fund
About the Pooled Fund
Press Forward’s Pooled Fund invests in promising ideas and emerging best practices that will reinvigorate local news.
Funding is invested through a series of open calls to the field, in alignment with Press Forward’s four funding priorities.
Our Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps is now closed.
Open Call on Closing Local Coverage Gaps
April 30 – June 12, 2024
Press Forward’s first open call will address the long-standing inequalities in journalism coverage and practice in the U.S., by investing in small, local newsrooms that provide original reporting in underserved communities.
Open Call on Local News Infrastructure.
Coming Nov. 13, 2024
Program guidelines for our second open will be released when applications open.