Hellman to invest $5 million in journalism nonprofit
San Francisco financier Warren Hellman will invest $5 million to develop a nonprofit journalism venture that will provide regional news coverage online and feed stories to media partners including KQED and possibly the New York Times.
The goal of the organization, which is expected to begin next year and create "more than dozens" of positions, is to ensure thorough coverage of local politics, social issues, education and other topics as the ...
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I applaud the approach taken for this new venture, which apparently will leverage the work of experienced journalists with the added resources of local public broadcaster KQED, journalism students at UC Berkeley along with possible contributions from the NY Times. This distributed network of contributors has the potential to give more impact to the overall publication and I wish them well for this exciting project.