Last week, I asked a question that has stayed with me: Who is all of this for?
If journalism philanthropy ultimately exists to ensure communities have access to trusted information, then every conversation about mergers, infrastructure, governance and sustainability should ultimately be judged by whether it improves people’s access to the information they need — not simply whether it strengthens institutions.
That essay generated a thoughtful response.
But another conversation has stayed with me just as much.
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with a funder about the future of local journalism when they said something that has echoed in my mind ever since: “We already know what works.”
