Pasadena Media Foundation, the nonprofit publisher of Local News Pasadena, is the recipient of a $10,000 journalism grant from the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). The grant, for California natural disaster news reporting, was awarded to the Foundation for Local News Pasadena’s role in “keeping your neighbors safe with factual information.”
The Institute went on to say, “In crisis, accurate reporting and information saves lives.”
Local News Pasadena publisher and Pasadena Media Foundation founder Sheryl Turner accepted the grant on behalf of the Foundation stating, “During this very traumatic time, most of the stories we’re writing are about the resilience of the Pasadena and Altadena communities. This grant will help us as a news organization to build our own resilience so we can continue to report and inform our readership.”
According to its Web site, the Institute for Nonprofit News “strengthens and supports more than 475 independent news organizations in a new kind of news network: nonprofit, nonpartisan and dedicated to public service. From local news to in-depth reporting on pressing global issues, members of the INN Network tell stories that otherwise would go untold – connecting communities, holding the powerful accountable and strengthening democracy.”
INN’s California Natural Disaster Response Fund is made possible with support from the Google News Initiative, dedicated to working with the news industry so that global newsrooms and local papers alike can flourish.
