The Local News initiative for Southern Arizona was created to help strengthen local journalism in our community and fill critical gaps in local news and information.
Read about the initiative launch here.
A group of civic leaders joined with the community foundation to launch the initiative in November 2023. They worked nearly a year together to address concerns about the steady decline in local news coverage and local journalists reporting on Tucson, Pima County and parts of Southern Arizona.
The initiative raises public awareness about the impact of the loss of local news in our community and the local solutions and opportunities to address it. The goal is to build philanthropic support for a new pooled fund so that we can start the first cycle of grantmaking in early 2024 to hire more local journalists to increase local news coverage about and for our community.
How You Can Help
- Learn – Read about the initiative launch and leadership.
- Donate – Be part of getting reporters on the ground next spring.
- Take the Survey – Inform our next steps. English | En Español
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- Help Spread The Word – Download our Social Media Tool Kit
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