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MacArthur supports the production and distribution of news and documentary programs for television, radio, and the web that help inform the American public about important domestic and international current affairs and policy issues.
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March 11, 2010
To support relief and reconstruction efforts in Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake, MacArthur is investing nearly $2.2 million. Read more »
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Columbia Journalism Review Online
March 15, 2010
MacArthur grantee NewsTrust, a nonprofit website that allows people to rate the quality of news articles, teams up with Stanford journalism students to highlight stories with serious flaws. Read more »
The New York Times
March 2, 2010
A MacArthur-supported survey by the Columbia Journalism Review on the profitability of magazine websites finds that fact-checking and editing standards vary widely among the sites. Read more »
February 9, 2010
MacArthur grantees the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University and PBS’ Frontline broadcast their first co-production, “Flying Cheap,” a documentary about the working conditions at regional air carriers. Watch video »
January 20, 2010
In the wake of the earthquake, Internews has been helping Haitian media by providing technical equipment to help communicate critical information, such as where to go for food, water, and shelter. Designed to help provide trusted news in crisis situations, Internews receives support from MacArthur for quick reaction to such humanitarian disasters. “Local media reporting for their local audiences are the best conduits for information in times like these,” said Internews' chief operating officer Jeanne Bourgault in an interview about the group’s work in the Columbia Journalism Review. “They know their audiences, their needs, their concerns, and, of course, they can reach them in their own language.” Watch a short video on Internews's work in Haiti »
October 22, 2009
A group of Chicago journalists committed to public service journalism announced the formation of the Chicago News Cooperative (CNC), with major support from the MacArthur Foundation. Read more »
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