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AP, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Conversation join to jumpstart coverage of nonprofit world

Reposted from 9/28/20The Daily BeastBy Emily Shugerman The collaboration, funded by a three-year, $3.6 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., is aimed at advancing the public’s awareness and understanding of the people and organizations trying to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.  All three organizations will expand the volume of fair and accurate coverage of…

Young journalists should gear ourselves to cover nonprofits

By Stephen Neukam My introduction to journalism, generally and certainly as a student, taught me that the primary purpose of the institution was to hold government power to account. Undoubtedly this is true — our experiment in democracy would not be as far along without the third estate. Beyond government oversight, we become aware of…