The American Press Institute is now accepting applications from local and community-based news organizations throughout the United States to kickstart initiatives to strengthen civic discourse in their community.
Both nonprofit and for-profit news organizations may apply here by August 21 by 8 p.m. ET for grants of up to $10,000 from the 2023 Civic Discourse and Community Voices Fund to be used over four months starting in September. The grant period will include virtual opportunities to share insights with other fund participants, learn from other civic discourse practitioners, and develop new skills.
API anticipates the cohort will include up to 20 news organizations. Projects will be prioritized that pay special attention to a diversity of voices and people. Projects can also be new or built upon existing work.
Experiments enabled by the grants should help news organizations learn and build toward sustainable civic discourse initiatives, ones that are in place for the 2024 election year and beyond.
API is especially interested in civic discourse projects that deeply involve communities of color. We are also interested in projects that give voice and build bridges among other differences, such as religion, class, immigration status, language barriers, politics, and more.
Read more at americanpressinstitute.org
You can find participation details and the eligibility requirements, and apply here.