Connecticut Mirror is one of 11 nonprofit newsrooms to receive an American Journalism Project grant to strengthen revenue generation capacity and build sustainable news organizations. The Mirror will receive $830,000 over three years. According to a press release, the funding is expected to support three new full-time positions at CT Mirror (a leadership gifts officer, a manager of membership and audience development, and an administrative assistant / events coordinator) and two part-time positions (a grants manager and an earned revenue consultant).
Publisher and CEO Bruce Putterman describes the grant as “transformative.”
December 10, 2019, Washington, D.C. — Today the American Journalism Project (AJP), a new, nonpartisan venture philanthropy organization dedicated to local news, announced its first grants to 11 nonprofit, local civic news organizations (CNOs). These grants will give CNOs the resources to grow their business, technology, and fundraising capacity. Additionally,
