Grassroots Media

Why this portfolio works

Healthy democracies depend on communities that know what is happening and who has power. This portfolio backs independent local newsrooms, civic journalism collectives, community radio, and media training programs that tell stories the national press misses, hold local institutions accountable, and give people the information they need to act together.

A healthy information ecosystem takes more than one kind of organization. This portfolio combines local accountability newsrooms, Spanish-language civic news, fact-checking and media literacy, statewide political reporting, and financial support for nonprofit newsrooms — so organizations working at different points in the system reinforce one another.

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  Arizona Luminaria

  Role in the portfolio: Provides on-the-ground accountability reporting in a state where local coverage has thinned dramatically.

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  Factchequeado

  Role in the portfolio: Counters Spanish-language disinformation that reaches communities the portfolio's newsrooms serve.

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  Enlace Latino NC

  Role in the portfolio: Delivers civic news in Spanish to North Carolina communities with few trusted local information sources.

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  The Texas Signal Media Foundation

  Role in the portfolio: Covers statewide politics and grassroots movements, connecting local stories to state-level power.

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  NewsMatch

  Role in the portfolio: Strengthens the funding base beneath nonprofit newsrooms so the rest of the portfolio's work can continue.

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