''CalMatters'', a nonprofit news organization covering

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state politics and policies, launched in 2015. Founders cited the decline in coverage of state politics in the decade leading up to the founding of ''CalMatters'' as a major motivation. As of 2017, it was becoming one of the largest nonprofit newsrooms in the country raising 90 percent of its funding from individuals with only some foundation support. It has also credited its partnership with the ''LA Times'' and Capitol Public Radio, among others, as helping to grow the organization quickly. Upon

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taking office, the website launched a project called "Trump v. California" which highlighted the criticisms made by the president against the heavily Democratic state. ''CalMatters'' launched a rebranded website in 2019. In November 2023, Andrew Donohue was named investigative editor and has been hiring to grow the size of his investigative team to five reporters from three in 2023. In 2024, nonprofit news outlet ''

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'' merged newsrooms with ''CalMatters'', citing complementary funders and expertise, with ''The Markup'' having a more technical and narrower focus on national and global technology policy.{{Cite web , last=Scire , first=Sarah , date=April 25, 2024 , title=Seeking "innovative," "stable," and "interested": How The Markup and CalMatters matched up , url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/04/seeking-innovative-stable-and-interested-how-the-markup-and-calmatters-matched-up/ , access-date=2024-06-22 , website=Nieman Lab

Awards

* Edward R. Murrow Award (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) ** 2020 for Large Market Radio Multimedia (to California Dream collaboration of KQED, KPCC, KPBS,

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and ''CalMatters'') for "Graying California" * EPPY Awards ** 2022 Winner, Best Online-Only News Website in the Nation ** 2019 Winners: *** Best Feature Story *** Best Innovation Project * Online Journalism Awards (OJAs) ** 2018 First Place, Feature * San Francisco / Northern California Emmy Awards **2024 Winner, Criminal justice **2023 Winner, Trial by Fire

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