Foundations and Journalism: an Awkward Fit

By RICK EDMONDS

Three years ago, I began a research project on the relationship between foundations and the news media, thinking, on some level, that the two would be a natural match. Foundations have money to mount influential programs; many news organizations need money to do serious, ambitious projects. And for foundations, airtime or coverage in news columns can be like striking gold in reaching opinion makers and prompting action.

But I've concluded that

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