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PJNet: 'Will Community Foundations Fund Local Journalism?'

Submitted by robertson.adams on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 09:55.

Leonard Witt of Public Journalism Network (PJNet.org) spoke with Knight Foundation Journalism Program VP Eric Newton and asked him about the role community foundations could play in supporting local journalists.

"In this video Eric Newton, Vice President for the Journalism Program at the Knight Foundation, says only 25 percent of community foundations fund journalism, but then tells why he thinks that number is about to grow."

Link: http://pjnet.org/post/1780/

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