A major focus for Knight this year has been Press Forward, the collaborative effort we helped launch a year ago aiming to enhance the growth, expansion and sustainability of local news organizations across the country. With Press Forward, we doubled our commitment to journalism from $150 million to $300 million over five years. And then, because we recognized the need was so great, we quickly decided to commit nearly all of that new money in year one, giving us the opportunity to assess the performance of those investments and fill in necessary gaps with our significant remaining funding.
As part of our commitment, today I’m proud to announce $15.5 million in new Press Forward grants. This funding will help launch five new local Press Forward chapters in Charlotte, N.C., Tallahassee, Fla., Gary, Ind., State College, Pa., and the South Florida region, while bolstering existing chapters in Lexington, Ky., Wichita, Kans., and Philadelphia.
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