American Journalism Project

The American Journalism Project is a new venture philanthropy organization dedicated to local news. By providing course-altering investments and venture support to civic news organizations, we are building a new public service media that is governed by, sustained by and looks like the public it serves.

Sarabeth Berman

CEO

2 past transactions

Block Club Chicago

Grant in 2022
Block Club Chicago launched in 2018, just months after the abrupt closure of DNAinfo. Toomey, Sabella and Lulay teamed with former reporters from the award-winning news site to create a newsroom with the same local focus, but with a membership-based funding model. The site launched as a nonprofit, joining a growing network of 501(c)(3) news sites around the country.

Sahan Journal

Grant in 2022
Sahan Journal is a nonprofit, digital-first news organisation dedicated to chronicling the struggles, successes and transformations of Minnesota’s diverse and rapidly growing immigrant and underserved communities, whose stories are often overlooked by mainstream news organisation's.
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