Jessica Clark

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Wearing my @RWJF Futurist in Residence hat here at #JFunders22 as I listen to journalism funders talk about how to fight misinformation. What new forms are on the rise & how to fight? rwjf.org/en/how-we-work/pion….

Hearing about this new project from @pulitzercenter — pulitzercenter.org/event/sci… #JFunders22

More than 80% of adults have heard some form of Covid misinfo. No one news source has trust of majority of the public. "We live in a moment of great uncertainty and confusion, an era of truth decay...that has corrupted our civic discourse." @celinegounder #JFunders22

More recent misinformation campaigns have attacked Plan-B and Monkeypox, says @celinegounder. Pretty much any health issue that can be politicized is rife for these coordinated efforts. #JFunders22

California legislators are pushing for tough regulation of minsiformation, interesting. #JFunders22

Celine Gounder from @KHNews talking about how to fight science & health misinformation. Constant debunking was needed during the pandemic (and now) Patient support groups/FB groups became "Trojan horses" for minsiformation, &Covid death rates surged in rural American #JFunders22

There is a ton of opportunity to build "small-j" journalism and "small-d" democracy says @ehansen02 Our country is going to rise and fall on the embeddedness and connectiveness of our communities. It's not always about the big national problems and investigations. #JFunders22

It has been great to see the growth of local public media stations to fill the market failure in local news, says @ehansen02 — and to attract direct revenue for it in terms of sustainers and donors #JFunders22 #JFunders22

Eventually we'll see that there's a replicable model being created that can better serve smaller/rural markets in news deserts says @IrvWashington3 #JFunders22

"Venture philanthropy" at @JournalismProj involves galvanizing more donations for local news and investing in news orgs with a goal of sustainability explains @IrvWashington3 who is on the board & recently left @ONA for @KHNews #JFunders22

The National Trust for Local News is like a "Nature Conservancy" for small papers—building up more effective nonprofit structures for small publishers working with tiny staffs to maintain coverage for their local communities @ehansen02 #JFunders22

News deserts research prompted @ehansen02 to co-found the National Trust for Local News, especially with a focus on independently owned local newspapers: nationaltrustforlocalnews.or… #JFunders22

When you have a product dependent on people paying, you'd better make sure you are serving them well, says @ImtiazBaltNews Need to build an audience that they can monetize in ways beyond ads and subscription #JFunders22

The Baltimore Banner's CEO @ImtiazBaltNews talking about nonprofit news & their subscriber-based business model: thebaltimorebanner.com Thinks size of newsroom is related to impact. "Revenue promiscuity" is the goal #JFunders22

When local news dies, it's not like no one has information. It just creates space for "pink slime" sites and other misinfo to flourish. This hinders our ability to solve all kinds of problems. There is no magic solution to address this, says @nancygibbs #JFunders22

When people don't encounter others in their community or hear from local voices, they tend to get it from more negative and polarizing national sources on team red/blue. Partisan politics has become "the core of people's identities" says @nancygibbs #JFunders22

Local news is weakest in the rural areas that exercise a disproportionate influence on our democratic process and where Covid misinfo runs rampant | @nancygibbs #JFunders22 #JFunders22

Last year Amazon made more money than every newspaper on the planet, says @nancygibbs — let that sink in for a moment.#JFunders22

"Hubris aside, what we try to do is change the future. That's what a great grant can do...it's not a small job," says @EricNewton1 #JFunders22