Authors: Jan Schaffer
In the nation’s sixth largest city, a vibrant media landscape exists with niche reporting sites, legacy newspapers and an active community of creative technologists. But there is also a notable decline in public affairs reporting and little collaboration between these media entities.
The William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia commissioned J-Lab to conduct this study of the city’s media landscape and the state of public affairs reporting and make recommendations for a possible media investment strategy.
While this represents a new direction for the foundation’s funding, communications director Brent Thompson says, “We’re beginning to approach journalism as something important in and of itself rather than as just an extension of our policy goals.”
This report details J-Lab’s key findings and recommendations.
See the foundation’s plan for its next steps here. Track the progress on its blog here.
See the overview and key findings at J-Lab.org:
Overview
- Key Findings in Brief
- Key Recommendations in Brief