The American Journalism Project (AJP) is a
not-for-profit
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organization dedicated to improving resources for local journalism.
Its main function is to provide grants to
501(c)(3) organization
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s, specifically to news organizations that are underfunded,
focusing on coverage of local issues such as politics and schools.
AJP was founded in 2019 by two journalists, Elizabeth Green of
Chalkbeat
Chalkbeat is a non-profit news organization that covers education in several American communities. Its mission is to "inform the decisions and actions that lead to better outcomes for children and families by providing deep, local coverage of ed ...
and
John Thornton of
The Texas Tribune
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''The Texas T ...
.
AJP is the recipient of grants to further their cause. Grantors include the
Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, also known as the Knight Foundation, is an American non-profit foundation that provides grants for journalism, communities, and the arts.
The organization was founded as the Knight Memorial Education ...
,
and the
MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private foundation that makes grants and impact investments to support non-profit organizations in approximately 117 countries around the world. It has an endowment of $7.6 billion and ...
,
AJP has partnered with
OpenAI
OpenAI, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) organization founded in December 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It aims to develop "safe and beneficial" artificial general intelligence (AGI), which it defines ...
to explore how artificial intelligence can be used to strengthen local news coverage.
ProPublica
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's ''Nonprofit Explorer'' presents financial information from
Form 990
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tax filings by year for AJP
References
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2019 establishments in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.
501(c)(3) organizations
American journalism organizations