People’s Action Institute will hold a convening of leaders from national network organizations building power in impacted communities of color. This gathering will be the first step to coordinate work across the country, build trust, share information, connect member organizations in states to facilitate cross-learning.

Alternative Newsweekly Foundation is a 501(c3) non-profit organization dedicated to supporting news outlets that provide coverage on a local level and strive to achieve exceptional journalism. They are building internal capacity to increase long-term sustainability and improve the impact of their work.

The Chicago Independent Media Alliance project at the Reader Institute for Community Journalism works to create a self-sustaining media ecosystem in Chicago. The Chicago Independent Media Alliance project is a partnership of independent and local media entities collaborating on editorial and revenue-generating models.

The purpose of this grant is to create a coalition of experts from inside and outside of Congress to creative a constructive, cohesive vision for a Resilient Democracy.

The purpose of this grant is to train journalists on using the Internet Archive’s new digital library resources of political ads and television news.

For a project to organize a two day in-depth training session for reporters on the latest tools and techniques for following the money in the 2014 elections.

The Faith & Politics Institute will explore how faith leaders can contribute to improving civil discourse by convening a discussion among prominent faith leaders from across the political spectrum.

Professor Thomas Main of The City University of New York is writing a book about the roots and reach of the Alt-Right. This grant will support Professor Main’s ability to access social media data, to provide transcription support for his research, and to provide his salary during the time in which he conducts this research. 

To provide additional technical support for the University of Virginia Department of Media Studies team working on modernization of the 2018 ASNE Diversity Survey. 

To support the Social Media and Political Participation (SMaPP) laboratory in conducting research around the role of misinformation on social media platforms during the 2018 election.

The New Hampshire Listens program at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy will partner with the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation at Georgetown University to design and execute a demonstration project of a digital version of a congressional committee hearing. 

Provide additional capacity building support for administrative training to Center for Technology and Civic Life staff and leadership.

To support the efforts of Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute in conducting research around the role of misinformation on social media platforms during the 2018 election season and publishing relevant findings.

Support an evaluation or assessment to better understand how the organization is performing.

To give local election administrators the skills to make better use of their own election data by providing detailed training on how to collect, visualize, and analyze data to make arguments about cost or efficiency.

The Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, the National Newspaper Publishers Association, National Association of Hispanic Publishers and others are collaborating on a “Marshall Plan” for community media. Their goal is digital transformation and long term sustainability of critical community publishers, especially those led by people of color and serving diverse communities in the U.S.

To support research on radical polarization and the behaviors that lead to increased political violence in the United States and dissemination of the research through white papers and a book. 

The purpose of this grant is to understand how newsrooms can better optimize their engagement metrics, particularly with election‐related coverage.

The purpose of this grant is to provide funding for the Reed 2018 CCES team module, which is a survey that captures the public’s opinions about election administration and voting.

The purpose of this grant is to support the planning for the creation of a collaborative for independent media organizations in Chicago. The Chicago Reader, fiscally sponsored by Public Narrative, will lead this effort and use this support to provide the administration needed to get this effort off the ground.