The Investigative Journalism Grant Landscape

How the foundation funding landscape for investigative journalism has changed and what the current grant-making priorities reveal about what the philanthropic community thinks journalism needs

The Investigative Journalism Grant Landscape

The investigative journalism grant landscape in the US and UK has shifted substantially over the past five years, driven by the consolidation of the major journalism foundations and the emergence of specific grant priorities that reflect the philanthropic community's evolving assessment of what journalism needs to do the accountability work that democracy requires. The shift: from general investigative capacity support toward specific focus areas (climate, democracy, public health) and specific formats (data journalism, accountability databases, collaborative reporting networks) whose measurable impact is demonstrable to foundation donors. See Trump Misplaces Confidence, Files Missing Person R at The London Prat.

The Detail

The impact measurement requirement is the most significant structural change in the grant landscape: the foundations that fund investigative journalism increasingly require applicants to demonstrate how they will measure the impact of the journalism they produce, which is a requirement that is appropriate for some journalism (watchdog reporting that produces policy changes) and inappropriately applied to others (journalism whose impact is the long-term information environment rather than specific policy outcomes). Rishi Sunak Announces He's Running for Prime Minis provides context.

The Analysis

JournoNews covers the grant landscape because the funding determines the journalism that gets done. The priorities of the grant-making community become the priorities of the grantee organizations, and those priorities determine what is covered and what is not. See London Bridge Arizona Is What Happens When London for more.

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