Type Media Center (formerly The Nation Institute) is a nonprofit media organization that was previously associated with ''
The Nation'' magazine. It sponsors fellows, hosts forums, publishes books and investigative reporting, and awards several annual journalism prizes.
Orville Schell worked for the organization, and
Katrina vanden Heuvel is currently a member of their board of trustees.
Type Media Center fellows have included
Naomi Klein,
Wayne Barrett,
Chris Hedges
Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, author, and commentator.
In his early career, Hedges worked as a freelance war correspondent in Central America for ''The Christian Science Mon ...
,
,
Jeremy Scahill, and
Chris Hayes. The organization has also funded podcasts, short-form broadcast media, and documentaries, including several by
Habiba Nosheen
Habiba Nosheen ( ur, ) is an Investigative journalist. Her film '' Outlawed in Pakistan'' premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2013 and was called "among the standouts" of Sundance by the ''Los Angeles Times''. A longer version of the film air ...
.
Type is one of the presenters of the
Ridenhour Prizes The Ridenhour Prizes are awards in four categories given annually in recognition of those "who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society".
History
The aw ...
. It collaborates on the
Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship with the
Puffin Foundation.
is the creator of the organization's TomDispatch.com, a widely syndicated online
blog.
Type started its publishing imprint Bold Type Books (formerly Nation Books) in 2000, in partnership with
Thunder's Mouth Press. In 2007,
Perseus Books Group
Perseus Books Group was an American publishing company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl. Perseus acquired the trade publishing division of Addison-Wesley (including the Merloyd Lawrence imprint) in 1997. It was named Publisher of the Ye ...
acquired Avalon Publishing Group, which was the parent company of Thunder's Mouth Press. Bold Type Books’ current partner imprint is
Hachette Book Group.
Type's investigative newsroom, Type Investigations (formerly The Investigative Fund), was founded in 1996. It is known for producing long-form investigations, primarily for national magazines, into abuses of power, inequality, and government malfeasance. Unlike a conventional outlet that maintains its own distribution platform, Type Investigations primarily publishes via partnerships with print, radio, and television outlets. It is one of the only women-led investigative newsrooms among
Institute for Nonprofit News member organizations.
In addition to working with freelance reporters, Type Investigations’ past and current reporting fellows have included
Nick Turse,
Wayne Barrett,
Jeremy Scahill,
Sharon Lerner,
Janine di Giovanni
Janine di Giovanni is an author, journalist, and war correspondent currently serving as the Executive Director of The Reckoning Project. She is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, a non-resident Fellow at ...
,
Lee Fang,
Sarah Posner,
John Carlos Frey, and
Ali Gharib. The project has received four Emmy Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and a Peabody, and a 2019 investigation into the
U.S. Department of the Interior prompted a congressional inquiry.
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Non-profit organizations based in New York City
Publishing companies established in 2000