American Journalism Project
@theajp.bsky.social
The American Journalism Project is the first-ever venture philanthropy dedicated to supporting a thriving local news ecosystem. We invest in and build nonprofit newsrooms that are sustained by and look like the people they serve.
Introducing the Tulsa Flyer — the official name of the Tulsa Local News Initiative.
Formed after a year of community listening led by Tulsa civic leaders and AJP, the Flyer aims to strengthen #localnews and serve Tulsans. Visit: tulsaflyer.org
Formed after a year of community listening led by Tulsa civic leaders and AJP, the Flyer aims to strengthen #localnews and serve Tulsans. Visit: tulsaflyer.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Introducing the Tulsa Flyer — the official name of the Tulsa Local News Initiative.
Formed after a year of community listening led by Tulsa civic leaders and AJP, the Flyer aims to strengthen #localnews and serve Tulsans. Visit: tulsaflyer.org
Formed after a year of community listening led by Tulsa civic leaders and AJP, the Flyer aims to strengthen #localnews and serve Tulsans. Visit: tulsaflyer.org
Heading to #ONA25 next week?
On Sept. 13, join AJP’s Liam Andrew and YESEO founder Ryan Restivo for a hands-on session about how journalists can use AI to create tools and applications — no coding required.
Learn more: https://ona25.journalists.org/schedule/
On Sept. 13, join AJP’s Liam Andrew and YESEO founder Ryan Restivo for a hands-on session about how journalists can use AI to create tools and applications — no coding required.
Learn more: https://ona25.journalists.org/schedule/
September 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Heading to #ONA25 next week?
On Sept. 13, join AJP’s Liam Andrew and YESEO founder Ryan Restivo for a hands-on session about how journalists can use AI to create tools and applications — no coding required.
Learn more: https://ona25.journalists.org/schedule/
On Sept. 13, join AJP’s Liam Andrew and YESEO founder Ryan Restivo for a hands-on session about how journalists can use AI to create tools and applications — no coding required.
Learn more: https://ona25.journalists.org/schedule/
Congrats to AJP-supported @documentedny.bsky.social on winning two @aajaofficial.bsky.social awards:
🏆 Community Impact Award to a Local Newsroom
🏆 AAJA-Medill Innovator Community Award to April Xu
🏆 Community Impact Award to a Local Newsroom
🏆 AAJA-Medill Innovator Community Award to April Xu
August 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Congrats to AJP-supported @documentedny.bsky.social on winning two @aajaofficial.bsky.social awards:
🏆 Community Impact Award to a Local Newsroom
🏆 AAJA-Medill Innovator Community Award to April Xu
🏆 Community Impact Award to a Local Newsroom
🏆 AAJA-Medill Innovator Community Award to April Xu
Tomorrow at #NABJ25: AJP-supported newsroom leaders join AJP board member @jelaniya.bsky.social to talk #localnews, leadership & trust.
Hear from @oseyeb.bsky.social (Mirror Indy), @ieditnred.bsky.social (@outliermedia.org) & Lila Mills & Helen Maynard (Signal Cleveland).
Hear from @oseyeb.bsky.social (Mirror Indy), @ieditnred.bsky.social (@outliermedia.org) & Lila Mills & Helen Maynard (Signal Cleveland).
August 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Tomorrow at #NABJ25: AJP-supported newsroom leaders join AJP board member @jelaniya.bsky.social to talk #localnews, leadership & trust.
Hear from @oseyeb.bsky.social (Mirror Indy), @ieditnred.bsky.social (@outliermedia.org) & Lila Mills & Helen Maynard (Signal Cleveland).
Hear from @oseyeb.bsky.social (Mirror Indy), @ieditnred.bsky.social (@outliermedia.org) & Lila Mills & Helen Maynard (Signal Cleveland).
Are you at #NABJ25 this week? Stop by the career fair between today and Aug. 8 to chat with AJP's @lorettachao.bsky.social about exciting opportunities with #localnews orgs in our portfolio!
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Are you at #NABJ25 this week? Stop by the career fair between today and Aug. 8 to chat with AJP's @lorettachao.bsky.social about exciting opportunities with #localnews orgs in our portfolio!
👏 Congrats to AJP-supported newsrooms honored in the 2025 Green Eyeshade Awards:
@mississippitoday.org
@veritenews.org
@cpipr.bsky.social
@capitalb.bsky.social
@grist.org
Their work reflects the depth and public service mission of nonprofit #localnews. More: www.greeneyeshade.org/2025-winners/
@mississippitoday.org
@veritenews.org
@cpipr.bsky.social
@capitalb.bsky.social
@grist.org
Their work reflects the depth and public service mission of nonprofit #localnews. More: www.greeneyeshade.org/2025-winners/
July 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
👏 Congrats to AJP-supported newsrooms honored in the 2025 Green Eyeshade Awards:
@mississippitoday.org
@veritenews.org
@cpipr.bsky.social
@capitalb.bsky.social
@grist.org
Their work reflects the depth and public service mission of nonprofit #localnews. More: www.greeneyeshade.org/2025-winners/
@mississippitoday.org
@veritenews.org
@cpipr.bsky.social
@capitalb.bsky.social
@grist.org
Their work reflects the depth and public service mission of nonprofit #localnews. More: www.greeneyeshade.org/2025-winners/
We’re excited to welcome Kate Yoo McCrery and Natalie Choate to the AJP as they step into their roles as vice presidents of growth investments. 👋 They’ll work closely with our portfolio organizations to build resilient operations and grow their local reach.
July 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We’re excited to welcome Kate Yoo McCrery and Natalie Choate to the AJP as they step into their roles as vice presidents of growth investments. 👋 They’ll work closely with our portfolio organizations to build resilient operations and grow their local reach.
📣 We're excited to welcome Baybars Orsek as AJP’s head of strategic partnerships! A leader in journalism + philanthropy, Baybars will help grow transformative support for #localnews.
June 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📣 We're excited to welcome Baybars Orsek as AJP’s head of strategic partnerships! A leader in journalism + philanthropy, Baybars will help grow transformative support for #localnews.
Looking for your next opportunity in #localnews? News organizations in our portfolio are hiring across editorial, revenue and operations. Explore open roles today: www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
June 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Looking for your next opportunity in #localnews? News organizations in our portfolio are hiring across editorial, revenue and operations. Explore open roles today: www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
Congratulations to Terry Baquet of AJP-supported @veritenews.org on receiving the 2025 Freedom of the Press Local Champion Award from @rcfp.org!
In New Orleans, he’s building a newsroom rooted in community — producing deeply reported journalism and developing the next generation of journalists. 📰👏
In New Orleans, he’s building a newsroom rooted in community — producing deeply reported journalism and developing the next generation of journalists. 📰👏
June 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Congratulations to Terry Baquet of AJP-supported @veritenews.org on receiving the 2025 Freedom of the Press Local Champion Award from @rcfp.org!
In New Orleans, he’s building a newsroom rooted in community — producing deeply reported journalism and developing the next generation of journalists. 📰👏
In New Orleans, he’s building a newsroom rooted in community — producing deeply reported journalism and developing the next generation of journalists. 📰👏
🚨 We’re hiring: Development Lead, Specialized Support Team
Can you help nonprofit newsrooms grow bold, lasting philanthropic support? Join the American Journalism Project to coach fundraising leaders & strengthen the future of #localnews.
Apply here 👉 www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
Can you help nonprofit newsrooms grow bold, lasting philanthropic support? Join the American Journalism Project to coach fundraising leaders & strengthen the future of #localnews.
Apply here 👉 www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
May 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🚨 We’re hiring: Development Lead, Specialized Support Team
Can you help nonprofit newsrooms grow bold, lasting philanthropic support? Join the American Journalism Project to coach fundraising leaders & strengthen the future of #localnews.
Apply here 👉 www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
Can you help nonprofit newsrooms grow bold, lasting philanthropic support? Join the American Journalism Project to coach fundraising leaders & strengthen the future of #localnews.
Apply here 👉 www.theajp.org/about/work-w...
Local journalism is how a community sees itself. How it stays informed, connected and accountable. What we're witnessing isn’t a breaking point for #localnews. It’s the forging of something stronger.
🎥 Watch:
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May 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Local journalism is how a community sees itself. How it stays informed, connected and accountable. What we're witnessing isn’t a breaking point for #localnews. It’s the forging of something stronger.
🎥 Watch:
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As AJPalooza 2025 wraps, we're reflecting on bold ideas, candid conversations and shared purpose. Grateful to AJP-supported @deepsouthtoday.org — who hosted in partnership with us — and to all who are building the future of #localnews.
May 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As AJPalooza 2025 wraps, we're reflecting on bold ideas, candid conversations and shared purpose. Grateful to AJP-supported @deepsouthtoday.org — who hosted in partnership with us — and to all who are building the future of #localnews.
“Every time I am out interacting with people in the community, they energize me, because to the person — Republican, Democrat, Black, white, young, old — there is a thirst. There is a desire to have something different.” Rita McNeil Danish, @signalohio.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“Every time I am out interacting with people in the community, they energize me, because to the person — Republican, Democrat, Black, white, young, old — there is a thirst. There is a desire to have something different.” Rita McNeil Danish, @signalohio.bsky.social
Taking the stage to discuss what it takes to lead #localnews: @dicktofel.bsky.social, Rita McNeil Danish (@signalohio.bsky.social), Lauren Gustus (@sltrib.com) and
@sonalrshah.bsky.social (@texastribune.org).
@sonalrshah.bsky.social (@texastribune.org).
May 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Taking the stage to discuss what it takes to lead #localnews: @dicktofel.bsky.social, Rita McNeil Danish (@signalohio.bsky.social), Lauren Gustus (@sltrib.com) and
@sonalrshah.bsky.social (@texastribune.org).
@sonalrshah.bsky.social (@texastribune.org).
Our portfolio is growing — and so is its impact. Next, we're diving into our State of the Portfolio with AJP's @sarabethb.bsky.social and Michael Ouimette.
May 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our portfolio is growing — and so is its impact. Next, we're diving into our State of the Portfolio with AJP's @sarabethb.bsky.social and Michael Ouimette.
"Let's not lose sight of what's right in front of us. And what's right in front of us is often people, just like all of us in this room, who care and who are doing it. So, let's do it with them." – @maribel-wadsworth.bsky.social, @knightfoundation.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"Let's not lose sight of what's right in front of us. And what's right in front of us is often people, just like all of us in this room, who care and who are doing it. So, let's do it with them." – @maribel-wadsworth.bsky.social, @knightfoundation.org
Day 2 of AJPalooza 2025 begins as we carry forward the spirit of connection and urgency sparked yesterday — from big ideas shaping #localnews to a moving Second Line honoring AJP co-founder John Thornton.
May 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Day 2 of AJPalooza 2025 begins as we carry forward the spirit of connection and urgency sparked yesterday — from big ideas shaping #localnews to a moving Second Line honoring AJP co-founder John Thornton.
“Mississippi, like so many of the places that folks in here cover, is a state that too seldom has and provides true accountability for misspending or questionable action or inaction. And if it's not for us, then who's doing it?” – @ganucheauadam.bsky.social, @mississippitoday.org
May 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Mississippi, like so many of the places that folks in here cover, is a state that too seldom has and provides true accountability for misspending or questionable action or inaction. And if it's not for us, then who's doing it?” – @ganucheauadam.bsky.social, @mississippitoday.org
“A huge part of impact for us is... working to change people's lives in an immediate way by helping folks to trust the information that we're giving them, and then them being able to use that information to better navigate their communities.” – Lauren Williams, @capitalb.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“A huge part of impact for us is... working to change people's lives in an immediate way by helping folks to trust the information that we're giving them, and then them being able to use that information to better navigate their communities.” – Lauren Williams, @capitalb.bsky.social
Irving Washington, AJP Board Chair Irving Washington takes the stage: “Leadership right now isn't leading for others. It's leading with others, because the truth is, none of us are doing this alone.”
May 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Irving Washington, AJP Board Chair Irving Washington takes the stage: “Leadership right now isn't leading for others. It's leading with others, because the truth is, none of us are doing this alone.”
“There's a lot of adapting that we still have to do, a lot of evolving, a lot of responsiveness to a very quickly changing media environment and the way people consume news.” – Warwick Sabin of @deepsouthtoday.org
May 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“There's a lot of adapting that we still have to do, a lot of evolving, a lot of responsiveness to a very quickly changing media environment and the way people consume news.” – Warwick Sabin of @deepsouthtoday.org
AJPalooza 2025 is here! 🎉 Our CEO @sarabethb.bsky.social is kicking us off alongside Warwick Sabin (@deepsouthtoday.org), David Francis (@veritenews.org) and Mary Margaret White (@mississippitoday.org). Follow along for key highlights over the next two days!
May 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
AJPalooza 2025 is here! 🎉 Our CEO @sarabethb.bsky.social is kicking us off alongside Warwick Sabin (@deepsouthtoday.org), David Francis (@veritenews.org) and Mary Margaret White (@mississippitoday.org). Follow along for key highlights over the next two days!
AJP-supported @thebeacon.bsky.social was cited on @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver for its reporting on federal public health cuts in Kansas City — impacting vaccines, disease tracking, and mental health care.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...
April 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
AJP-supported @thebeacon.bsky.social was cited on @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver for its reporting on federal public health cuts in Kansas City — impacting vaccines, disease tracking, and mental health care.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...
At the Story Discovery at Scale conference, hosted by @biglocalnews.bsky.social (@stanforduniversity.bsky.social), AJP's Liam Andrew shared insights from our upcoming AI landscape analysis focused on tools to help cover local government meetings.
April 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
At the Story Discovery at Scale conference, hosted by @biglocalnews.bsky.social (@stanforduniversity.bsky.social), AJP's Liam Andrew shared insights from our upcoming AI landscape analysis focused on tools to help cover local government meetings.