Local news outlets in the United States and Canada can apply for funding.
Local Media Association (LMA) invites all local news outlets to join the second cohort of LMA’s Lab for Journalism Funding. The Lenfest Institute for Journalism is partnering with LMA to provide financial support for each participating news organization to conduct comprehensive listening tours and research as they determine how best to serve their community’s needs.
News organizations will learn how to develop reporting projects that can be funded through philanthropy.
Twenty news organizations will be invited to participate in the program, which runs September to December 2021.
Collectively the group will aim to raise US$5 million by June 30, 2022.
The application deadline is Aug. 8.