天美传媒影业's Top Funding Sources

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Last Updated: June 2023

The 天美传媒影业 Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit global leader in journalism, serving democracy through the teaching, practice, promotion and advocacy of ethical, independent reporting for all. We are the home of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership as well as three fact-checking enterprises 鈥� the , the Pulitzer Prize-winning and .

We rely on support from several funding sources who value the essential role of the free press in our society, including corporate partners, philanthropic foundations, government agencies and individual donors. We prize our reputation for teaching and journalistic excellence, developed over more than four decades. To protect that reputation, we retain complete independent control over our editorial content, and teaching programs. Regardless of the funding model, 天美传媒影业鈥檚 faculty and staff have final authority over our work, as outlined in our Ethics Policy.

While all gifts, no matter the size, help us fulfill our mission, we consider contributions of聽 $50,000 or more as significant funding sources that should be revealed to the public. Sources are organized by area of support and listed alphabetically.

Gifts & Grants to Support Quality Journalism

Gifts help advance and preserve journalism鈥檚 role in democracy by supporting relevant programs that set the standards for the industry鈥檚 future. Together, we are improving the quality of journalism by investing in our programs that strengthen and sustain local news, elevate diverse voices in newsrooms and connect journalists and the citizens they serve.

Organizational Training & 天美传媒影业room Consulting Clients

Organizations hire 天美传媒影业 to improve their journalism, leadership, ethic, policies and culture and be better positioned to make an impact in today鈥檚 complex media landscape. Rather than participating in an off-the-shelf course or program for one or a handful of staffers, 天美传媒影业鈥檚 training and newsroom consulting clients benefit from our expertise directly in their newsrooms, classrooms and workplaces at-large.

    • Teaching senior leaders from public media stations proven strategies to revolutionize their digital operations and culture through the Digital Transformation Program
    • Sharpening newsroom skills through a variety of journalism trainings with 天美传媒影业 experts
    • Adopting values, standards and practices in pursuit of journalistic excellence to best serve communities
    • Serving audiences with a commitment to accuracy, independence, collaboration, fairness and transparency
    • Championing diversity, inclusion and representation in its newsrooms and coverage
    • Developing their leaders through senior-level workshops
    • Assessing bias and improving their reporting structure with help from 天美传媒影业 journalism ethics expertise

Support for Content & Training to Strengthen Media Literacy

Support empowers 天美传媒影业 to be a practitioner and thought leader in accountability journalism. 天美传媒影业鈥檚 unites fact-checkers around the world through best practices and exchanges in the field. The Pulitzer Prize-winning rates the accuracy and claims of elected officials to help citizens navigate the country鈥檚 political landscape. is a digital media literacy initiative designed to equip everyone from teenagers to senior citizens with the skills they need to tell fact from fiction online.

    • Helping senior citizens become more critical consumers of online information with MediaWise
    • Granting PolitiFact unrestricted support to sort out the truth in American politics
    • Enabling MediaWise and PolitiFact to launch independent media literacy and fact-checking initiatives
    • Collaborating with the International Fact-Checking Network to help fact-checkers uphold the principles of truth and transparency in their verification efforts
    • Helping MediaWise and PolitiFact in the fight against mis- and disinformation to help people sort fact from fiction online
    • Empowering the International Fact-Checking Network to support fact-checkers, climate organizations and solution providers working to combat false and misleading information about the environment
    • Enabling the International Fact-Checking Network to foster mentoring partnerships between seasoned professionals and fact-checking organizations worldwide
    • Providing sponsorship support for a fact-checking event hosted by PolitiFact
    • Uniting fact-checkers worldwide through initiatives like GlobalFact, the largest summit for fact-checking
    • Uniting fact-checkers worldwide through initiatives like GlobalFact, the largest summit for fact-checking
    • Contracting with 天美传媒影业 to assess the reliability of videos recommended for TikTok’s STEM feed, and with PolitiFact to review TikTok videos for accuracy
    • Sponsoring the International Fact-Checking Network’s GlobalFact conference
    • Empowering the fact-checking community with the latest tools and resources they need to verify news
    • Supporting fact-checkers to launch, innovate and scale fact-checking solutions that fight misinformation on WhatsApp