More on Capital B in the Next Three!

Truly, our biggest fear in this environment is losing out on support to keep growing and going. So join us: capitalbnews.org/donate. And follow along through the end of the year as we share more about our path forward.

CBS News & NBC News have gutted their race and culture verticals. We've seen media owners selling out their newsrooms to advance their business interests. But Capital B's journalism is independent. It's a real solution for the communities we serve. And we wont' be intimidated out of our mission.

For some much-needed real talk amid all the optimism for the future: Any big plan for a journalism org to serve Black communities in 2025 is facing major headwinds.

Our plan is to deepen local impact, strengthen journalism pipelines, and build a sustainable future. We’ll go in-depth on our strategy over the next six weeks, unpacking the why + how.

In just a few years, this approach to our reporting has sparked real change—spotlighting overlooked disaster survivors, uncovering hazardous drinking water, improving conditions for tenants, and inspiring civic action. Impact, not just impressions.

Capital B is both a mirror and a window.

A mirror that reflects the truths and lived experiences of Black communities—authentically and with integrity. A window that offers a trusted view into those realities, connecting people through honest storytelling.

When we launched Capital B in 2022, we were 9 people with a big vision: bring more, better news to communities too often under-covered or misrepresented. Today we’re 30 strong with two local newsrooms + a national desk—and we’ve learned tons about our strengths and challenges.

Will you join us in our fight to share the truth, against the odds? Follow us at @capitalb.bsky.social and go to capitalbnews.org to subscribe to our newsletters. Our stories, our experiences, our history, and our reality cannot be erased.

We’ve done so much in three years. But now, amid a powerful movement to denigrate and erase Black individuals’ and communities’ unique contributions to the US, and the truth about the systemic inequities we face — there’s so much more to do.

We’ve hosted candidate forums for local races, launched a print product and text messaging service, and toured every battleground state in advance of the ‘24 election.

Our work’s pushed FEMA to visit a forgotten Black neighborhood after a hurricane; gotten HUD to fix horrible living conditions in a housing complex; put nat’l spotlight on a shocking story of racism against a small town’s 1st Black mayor; helped ppl find food; doctors, and other resources; and more

If you’re able, please consider donating to @capitalb.bsky.social, following us, and subscribing to our newsletter this #givingnewsday. Today, your donation will be matched – giving to our news organization will go a long way. capitalbnews.fundjournalism.org/donate/?camp...

We want to do more. Now, more than ever, @capitalb.bsky.social needs to do more. As a nonprofit, one of the ways that we can expand into more local communities and hire reporters to cover more beats is through the support of our readers and champions who believe in what we do and who we do it for.

At @capitalb.bsky.social, we serve Black communities news on a national scale and locally in Atlanta and Gary, IN. Our readers tell us that they feel seen by our coverage, they get angles they wouldn’t get in mainstream news, and our work's inspired them to take tangible civic and community actions.

As this happened, the need for trustworthy. independent news that fosters a shared sense of truth in our communities has become more stark. Nonprofit news is one solution to this problem.

We founded @capitalb.bsky.social 4 years at the dawn of a new administration, went live 3 years ago, and have watched as our news institutions have become even more diminished and even less trusted and tethered to community.